The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-09-26

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COFFEE
A. your Commission has expressed "a
desire 20 he supplied with further in-
formation regarding the coffee trade
ind ita possibilities We beg 10 furnish
tnn following facts.
The exports ~ coffee from Hawaii 10
the United states in the last two fsCal
years have been as follows
Year ending
June go Pounds Value.
1901 ...,................2.1ie S23e.3is
1907 ,0s2.s9i 1l4.3i0
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 reasona-
BILE labor for our coffee plantations.
Brazil supplies the bulk OF the coffee
(viz. s00.OO0.O0O lbs) used in the United
a'NhNNSt biiAf lll IihItlAipll ~ lllt DfntIll
derived by Brazil from this trade. the
return made by that country is very
small, her total purchases in the States
last year amounting to only about So.
100000. The character of Hawaiian cof-
fee is dissimilar to Brazilian. 1t is OF
a milder. but, to the connoisseur, more
acceptable flavor and although, ON this
account, it cannot be expected alto
gether To take the place of the stronger
coffees, its fine character and the fact
that 1t is grown on American soil
should entitle its cultivation to that en-
enlargement which duty or a bounty
would afford.
The extent to which the coffee indus
try on these islands can grow under
such fostering care is difficult to ar
rive at, as no proper estimate can be
made of the amount of capital obtain
able for the establishment of coffee es-
tates, nor the amount of labor which
even under partial suspension of
the Chinese Exclusion Actor their
cultivation, but it is certainly safe to
say that the area under coffeee would
be largely increased and as rapidly as
the conditions admitted of, and, as this
industry Is one in which the small far
mer can engage, with its revival an
increase of this most desirable class of
agriculturalists may be expected.
We submit these facts to show that
some aid is necessary in order to slim
ulate the production Of coffee on Ha-
wall, either in the form of protection or
of bounty, as well as by provision
for a sufficient labor supply.
1t has already been stated by the Ha-
waiGn Sugar Planters Association that
the trade between the United States
Mainland and this Territory is the larg-
est done with any country Of the size
and population of Hawaii, a fact which
is statistically proved beyond question,
ana, as the prosperity of this Territory
increases, so must of necessity its trade
with the Mainland manufacturers and
merchants. 1t follows. therefore, that,
apart from the benefits to be gained by
our local population from the prosper
ity of our staple industries, the advan-
tages derived by the Mainland from
such prosperity are considerable and
not to be overlooked.
No record exists of the imports from
the Mainland since June, 1900, but for
the five months and fourteen days to
June IA, 1900, the importations from the
Mainland We're valued at $500, 500 be
ing at the rate of about SIS, ,7S5, 900 per
annum, and these figures convey some
idea of what our trade with the Main
land can be brought to under favorable
conditions.
The value of the exports from Hawaii
for twelve months to June 30, 1902, was
$24, 754 .922, all of which went to the
Mainland, excepting $54, which was
exported to foreign countries.
The exports have been, of course
mainly made up of sugar, but some
rice, coffee. fresh fruit. honey, hides,
wool, etc, etc, have also been ex-
ported.