Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-15
Manufacturing In Hawaii
REVIEWED IN DETAIL
For National Census Of 1900

branch of the sugar industry is almost
wholly Monaghan.
Exodus Of Labor.
The annexation of the Hawaiian ISL
ands brought them within the scope Of |
the United States laws prohibiting the |
of Chinese and the impor- |
tation of labOrers under contract. The |
ranks of these natiOnalities in the Ter I
ritory have been heavily depleted since !
not only by natural
causes. death or disability, but by a
steady exodus of considerable num-
bers who, having accumulated sufii
Cient means either to constitute a
competence or to enable them to EN-.
bark in business in their own coun.
tries, have returned to their native
lands. This diminution is constantly
going on. and all efforts to fill the en-.
larging gap in tlS labor supply have
thus far proved futile. A few hun.
dred laborers have been brought from
Porto Rico, but not in sufficient mum.
bers to supply the growing deficiency;
and efforts to procure satisfactory Ia
bCrers from other sections Of the Unit
ed States have failed. Not only Is the
number of labOrers barely sufficient to
properly carry on plantation work in
its present development, but the labor.
ers' knowledge of the situation has had
the effect of rendering them, as rule,
careless and negligent in prosecuting
their employment and irregular in its
performance II being well understood
that employers will not readily dismiss
inefficient employees, owing to the diff.
Guilty of supplying their places.
Table shows that ,.,e manufacture
OF sugar Is by far the most important
industry in the Territory. The forty.
four establishments reported for this
industry gave employment to 1869 per
sens, or Sic per cent of the wage.
earners of the Territory. and the
products were valued at S19.254,773,
OF n per cent of the total value of the
products.
/ The manufacture of sugar in the isl.
ands began about siXty.five years ago.
The crude machinery and primitive
methods were not greatly improved
upon for many years and the output
was small until 1875, when the manu-,
facture received great impetus. New
mills of the best kind equipped with
modern machinery, have since been
built.
Fertilizers Are Second.
Some OF the other industries in Ha.
wall are worthy OF mention, although
none of them approaches in in,DOr
lance the manufacture OF sugar. Tht
industry which ranks second in the
value of products Is the manufacture
Of fertilizers. There were three estab
lishments in this industry in 1900, with
1OE Wapp-nurnarg and nrnInrtg lpaf
at $ll5O,625.
The manufacture of foundry and ma
chine shop products ranks third
There were four establishments in thi!
industry in 1900, with 1863 wage-earn
ers, and products valued at sl.lO7. $50
There were fOrty-One establish
ments in the cleaning and polishing o
rice in 1900, with l73 wage.earners
and products valued at $6Gi,300.
Urban Manufactures.
The only city in the Territory Of suf
ficent Importance to justify a separat,
presentation of statistics is Honolulu
Tables 3. "a. 3B, &c and Sd show tn,
totals for the industries in this city
and places them in comparison will
= the totals for the entire Territory.
TABLE 3-Urban Manufactures.
Number OF
establish
ments. Capital
Total for Territory 395 $l1,54l 60
City OF HONOLULU. 1l9 2.9Gi,33
Per cent of Homo
lulu to Territory 3O1 %.
, TABLE 3A-Urban Manufactures.
4. Proprietor
. and firm
! members
) Total for Territory ...... 45S
City Of Honolulu ........... 1853
: Per cent OF Honolulu to
Territory ........... 34.7
\ TABLE 3B-urban Manufactures.
!. --Wage.Earners.-
i. Average Total
Q number wages
Total for Territory 4jS7 $l.SSG,75
+ City OF Honolulu -. LOS 97G,7S