Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-24

We unaualifiedly endorse the state
ments made by the Merchants Associa-
ton of Honolulu regarding the Fire
Claims. This Indebtedness on the part
OF the Territory was incurred in an at
tempt to suppress the buboric plague
in the quickest and most effective man
ner. and the greatest care has been ex-
ercised in adjudicating the above
claims. wS>.ch could not be paid by this
Territory except by largely increasing
the Territorial taxes. The earning pow
err OF the people has been so seriously
affected by the present conditions OF
trade consequent on the difficulties OF
the sugar industry, and considering
also that the Organic Act has since
prohibited the issuing OF bonds of the
Territory for such a purpose, that to
now pay the Fire Claims would be an
Iunsupportable burden, DOL.
Coffee.
As your Commission has expressed A
desire to be supplied with further in
formation regarding the coffee trade
land its possibilities we beg to furnish
the following facts:
The exports of coffee from Hawaii Ia
! the United States in the last two fiscal
years have been as follows:
Year ending
June 30. Pounds. Value.
1901 .2,119,5i3 S239.3lS
1902 1,0S2.994 114,340
These figures show a decrease in ex-
ports OF one-half within a year. owing
to low price of coffee on the Mainland
, and the difficulty OF securing reason
able labor for our coffee plantations.
Brazil supplies the bulk of the coffee
wiz. 900, 900, 900 lbs.) used in the Unit
ed States, and. in proportion to the
benefit derived by Brazil from this
, trade, the return made by that country
lis very small, her total purchases In
the States last year amounting to only
about s1O.000,000. The character Of
. Hawaiian coffee is dissimlar to Bra
r lillian. 1t is of a milder. but, to the
connoisseur, more acceptable flavor
, and although, on this account, 1t can
, not be expected altogether to take the
, place of the stronger coffees. its fine
I character and the fact that 1t is grown
, on American soil should entitle its
: cultivation to that encouragement
which a duty or bounty would at
I ford.
The extent to which the coffee in
y dustry on these Islands can grow UNI
der such fostering care is difficult ia
arrive at as no proper estimate can
be made of the amount OF capital OBJ.
. ltainable for the establishment OF cot.
q fee estates, nor the amount of labor
: whichever under partial suspension
4 OF the Chinese Exclusion Actor theil
cultivation, but II is certainly safe &c
n say that the area under coffee would
, be largely increased and as rapidly as
8 the conditions admitted Of, and, as thi'
a industry is one in which the small
A farmer can engage. with its reviva
: an increase OF this most desirable clasi
of agriculturalists may be expected.
We submit these facts to show tina
: some aid is necessary in order to stim
ulate the production OF coffee on Ha
wall, either in the form OF protection
: Tor Of bounty, as well as by provi
a sion for sufficient labor supply.
y Hawaiian Trade.
n 1t has already been stated by the Ha
i waiian Sugar Planters Association tina
n the trade between the United State
/ Mainland and this Territory is tn
& largest done with any country of tn
e size and population Of Hawaii, a fac
l. which Is statistically proved beyon
IS question, and, as the prosperity OF thi
" Territory Increases, so must OF neces
II sity its trade with the Mainland manu-
It facturers and merchants. It follows
J. therefore, that, apart from the benefit
* to be gained by our local populatio
It from the prosperity OF our staple In
70 dustries, the advantages derived by tn
l. Mainland from such prosperity ar
Is considerable and not to be overlooked
lie No record exists Of the imports fror
1t the Mainland since June, 1900, bu
i'd for the Ave months and fourteen day
II to June IA, 1900, the importations frol
m the Mainland were valued at So, 609, S2
being at the rate of about $18,7S5, 0C
per annum, and these figures conve
le some idea of what our trade with tn
to Mainland can be brought to under II
n vorable conditions.
a The value of the exports from FL
nj wall for twelve months to June 30, 1870
was So4 TIA 900 all of which want