The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-15
FROM
PUGET SOUND
Seattle Merchants Night Sell
Other Things Here if
They Tried.

The Seattle acknowledgements says:
The lumber trade between Puget
Sound and the Hawaiian Islands for
the present year will show a good in
crease. However, there is little pros
pect, for some years at least, that Sc
attic will get very much of the Coast
bound Hawaiian trade.
This is the statement of L. e. Beebe,
general agent in Honolulu of the Globe
Navigation Company, of Seattle, who
is here for recreation after a several
weeks attack of typhoid fever. He
will remain here until December 8,
when he will return via San Francisco
on the China.
When seen at the Rainier-Grand yes
terday and asked regarding the present
conditions in the Islands. Mr.. Beebe
said:
"The sugar crop of the Islands this
year will be about 100000 tons, as
against 100000 tons for last season. In
1894 there is every likelihood that it
will be at least 100000 tons. The
transportation of this vast amount of
product will be about equally divided
between San Francisco and the Horn
route.
''There are at the present time very
large plantations being developed in
the Islands, which, within the next two
years, will materially increase the out
put. One of these is the Olaa, ON the
island of Hawaii. which is promoted
! by B, F. Dillingham;. This year it will
produce 10000 tons The crop of the
Eva plantation this year will be $4,000
tons, which is the greatest individual
production on the Islands.
ct will be some years before there
will be much of the Hawaiian sugar
transported by way of Seattle. There
will have to be readjustment of
| freight rates between rail and water
lines before it can be hoped for that
/ much will come this way. Then again,
| there has been no effort ON the part of
Seattle business houses to cultivate an
acquaintance with the business houses
OF Honolulu, and the result is that the
latter are not aware that the Seattle
houses are able to fill their orders
There are houses in Honolulu which
| carry larger stocks than are found in
Seattle, in certain lines, and their trade
is worth having. AT the present time
most of this class buy in New York )
Honolulu is growing to be more a
tourist resort under American rule.
There is now in course of erection q
large hotel, promoted by Alexander
! Young. 1t will cost $1,500,000.
Within the past few years there has
been large increase in the lumber i'm
ports into the Islands, and a greater
share Of this trade is in the hands, of
Washington lumbermen. They have
seen fit to look after it, and have Sc
cured and held it. The same thing
might be done by the merchants if
they saw fit.
The population of the City of Ho-
nolulu at present is about 10000. The
per capita of money in circulation is
/ not so great as it was before the rails
ing of the American flag, for the reason
that the number of people there has
been doubled. The white population
in Honolulu now is about $1,000
business conditions for the past
year have not been the best, for the
? reason that a great deal of money of
the country was used for development.
Loans have been hard to secure on the
very best of security Howavar +bo,