The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-07
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States to give us a protective tariff tc
bring this industry to be one of the
foremost in Hawaii. AS all of the agri-
cultural products of the United States
are protected by tariff it is nothing
but fair to assume that coffee ought
and should be protected. This is sadly
needed now at a time when we are suf-
fering from the competition of Brazil
and Central American countries, where
labor is so very cheap and where same
is paid in silver.
| TOBACCO: This product has never
been cultivated to any extent upon
these islands as an agricultural prod
uct and"the little that has been grown
has been cultivated by natives for per-
sonal use mostly. However, the plant
can be found growing wild in many
parts of the islands, which seems to
indicate it's adaptability to our SOIL
| The native product, owing to its very
| rank and strong flavor, cannot be
| smoked by white people, and this is
due presumably to the leaf not having
| been subjected to proper treatment in
the curing, which has never been prac-
| ticed nor understood by the natives,
as we have never had any experienced
| tobacco growers in Hawaii. In order
| to remove this rank, strong, disagree
! able flavor the leaf must undergo a
sweating process, whereby it is freed
of a great deal of it's obnoxious quail
ties.
The United States experiment sta
ton nov located in Hawaii will, 1 be-
lieve, make experiments in tobacco,
and will possibly import many varie-
ties of seed. As with every other prod
uct it will prove in time that various
soils and climatic conditions will re-
quire special varieties as we'll as spe-
cial methods of handling throughout !!
Porto Ricans, lately arrived in the ISL /
ands, and who have visited me, have |
stated after looking over our soil, that ,
we can produce as good an article as
is raised in their former home, and
have also declared tobacco to be the
most profitable crop grown. Here is
field for a large industry, with practi-
cally an unlimited market.
PEPPER: About a year ago. while
in San Francisco on business, my at !
tention was drawn to this article by a
spice house. and in discus
sion on the subject 1 mentioned that
Chilli peppers grew profusely here, and s
without care or cultivation, in all con- {
1itions of soil and climate. The great
est shipment of this product come from c
Japan, besides two other varieties from '
Zanzibar and Sierra Leone. Africa. /
This product is protected by duty of c
.1ac a pound, which foreign countries o
must pay. t
The value of the article ranges from e
even to ten cents q pound, dried, ac- T
ording to quality, namely, color and
ieriness. There is absolutely no rea-
on why the money paid out for this
roduct should not remain in Ameri-
an territory and add to another mod
st export for Hawaii.
COPRA: This product = raised to a o.
reat extent in Samoa and Tahiti and
orms one of the principal exports of .
hose islands. n
1t is nothing more than the dried a
Ocoanut meat and is most valuable on \
ccount of the splendid oil which is
sed in the manufacture of high grade ="
oaps. The cocoanut palm grows pro- il
lsely at low elevations on the coast s!
ne of the islands, and viii thrive in If
iaces where where nothing else will -,
row. 1t can be seen growing on the -
andy beach along the sea shore and NJ
n very rocky land. as in Puma, which of
innot be cultivated to any product. Ell
he palm is very hardy one and at =
ve years of age will begin bearing
uit Thousands of acres Of this class IN
this useful product would certainly NJ
'oduce a valuable addition to our re-
urces. d.
The outside hUsk is very valuable for pr
aking floor mats and rope.
In going into this industry on any yo
scale it would probably be OF
lvisable to plant the Samoan variety. Wi
MS variety is a faster grower, also Div
airing fruit sooner. 70,
VANILLA: As this is a high-priced fa1
oduct it seems as though its cultiva- m,
IN should be undertaken, and with en-
oft to the grower. of
some years ago 1 saw vines of this he
ant growing luXurian1y IN Honolulu, wo
airing beans of excellent quality prt
AS we have no fertilizing insects in sui
avail to fertilize these flowers, this as
lst be done by hand as is practiced tai
Tahiti hu
The Tahiti vanilla has sold as high wit
% per pound ana the Mexican svari- thi
?, which is considered the finest of thu
as high as SIS per pound If
dost of the vanilla imported at the kill
esent time into the United States kill
mes from Mauritius. NOT
49, 1t seems as though pos ing
lie export article of considerable i'm of
trance could be found in this prod the
as the consumption is increasing | SO
irly OF all beverages it is perhaps FIRE
most nutritious and where coffee vel
tea are forbidden to invalids a ais,
ID, wholesome substitute can be tina
md here. 80;
OaIao Tree requires warm eli and
te WIN plenty OF rainfall. That the labt
g will bear fruit here can be evil con
ICED by the fact of trees bearing noas
ii on the island of OabyI ,od a,,o+b cs