The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-02-20
SETTLERS
INVITE
SETTLERS
A Great Truth in
Developing a
Country.

II have come to the Hawaiian Island,,
to see whether there liz an opening here
for man who wants to engage IN
horticulture on the scale that n man
OF moderate means does on the main
land OF the United States" said J. w.
White OF the State OF Washington. 70
an Advertiser man yesterday. Mr.
White reached this city on the steamer
| Miowera. from Victoria, having cor,Se
all that way to see for himself. and
since then base been LOOKING over tbs
situation in the immediate vicinity Ct
Honolulu, with some favor SO far as
his own impressions Of the dormant
possibilities of the country are con-
cerned, but with not a great lot OF
encouragement from some PERSONS Wa
seem to have qualified themselves for
admission into the ancient ana n0
honorable confraternity OF KNOCKERS"
Luckily, in this crse, they had To do
with IA man OF more tEan ordinary In
| telligence, and OF more than ordinary
perseverance, toe as IL shown in hta
|
Mr.. White has recognized that there
Iare malconten,s here, as elsewhere, end
has further recognized that 1t Is not
malcontents who build up a country.
| Il am u subscriber to the Chicago
Inter Ocean," the gentleman went On.
and some time ago l read an article In
| that paper. written from Honolulu.
| which awakened my interest In the
country, and In its possibilities for the
growing of certain kinds of fruit that
cannot be so successfully raised else
where, If a man could get hold OF land
on which to grow them I'm any feasible
| manner ] have been In the business
of horticulture--well long enough to
know something about 1t. | have made
| a study of II, in Washington, and have
nade n success. Stll, l would better
myself If i could.
| Let me say. at the start that do
not altogether like the lease system
A man likes to feel that he owns HIS
| own land. And / am told here that
fruits do not do as well as they should,
nor as well as they have done in the
past There must be reason for that
The soil is here. and the climate. The
| country has not gone backward In
either OF these things. And yet the
Chinese vegetable gardens, say, do
not seem to be as fourshing as they
are In the neighborhood OF Seattle. /
| am told, moreover, that the taro does
not root as large here as II used to.
| Now, WREN plant begins to fail In
a given locality. th2 man who knows
his business begins to look for the dis
ease. some insect pest, generally, that
is troubling that particular plant. Your
Chinese gardener does not, because he
does not understand such things. but
my experience has been that plants do
well when freed OF their insect enemies,
| and | have spent lot OF time and
| thought at home combating these
pests. The resLlt has been that i have
| made something of a success at fruit
raising.
| "If there Is trouble here, the thing TO
do Is to nrd out what 1t is and fight
It intelligently. Then, with n market
for your produce. there Is no reason
why "A small farmer and horticultural
should not do well here. ! have only
made study of sm1ll part of the
Island of Oa'u, as yet 1t had been my
intention, originally, to go to Hawaii,
but | think ] shall stay on this Island
for time-at least until I get an
understanding OF conditions as to land
and as to horticultural possibilities. 1t
seems TO me that one OF the needs IL
for fleet OF sn all and fast steamers
TO the Sound ports. The next most
important thir =. after ii has been
demonstrated that small farming can
be successfully carried on here Is TO
secure your market. Now bananas are
worth from $3.50 to $3.50 IA bunch In
81. Ia. 10. h.
train from San Francisco, and come.
for the most part, from Central Amer
lea. This trade could all be won by
n superior article from the Islands. N
they had some small and fast boats
to carry the fruit to the northern mar
kct. The market Is there, waiting.
Cocoanuts are quoted In Seattle at "
cents per dozen, jobbers price. and they
also come by rail from San Francisco.
All this trade could be done with the
Islands direct, and there are other
markets that your steamer connection.
would give, You could get the Sound
lproduce In return, and get II cheaper
Than you get II now Eycy producer
h also consumer, you know,
- SHAH look into the possibilities ~
the country IN the way Of prohlabls
production ~ many things that can be
grown In the tropics, ana win look
especially into the matter ~ securing
I, land fpr small farming If homo-seek'
ore are a. come here they must be able
o. hnd homes"
IN that last sentence Mr. white has
~ stated tho whole position The land II
hrrn fnr hnmr-ssekers. when mar
hus como aH far ar be- has come, ihnr'
must Boz intelligent direction in ms
matter - pointing out whore tho land
III in Dr. found Vogue ana Rliiirrins
Frnrralliles VIII not 40 f0r the aciua
, srtllrr ~ knows What hr wants. ane
hr COMES ~ seek u N $40 have ih'
ihinR sought u muni b. ihr business
~ snmeh0dy ~ point a pui ana nos ~
y every hniy Tor that 10 nobody ASS
70 who're nnf. man nnds homo other
FL y IA follow They musi ~ ihr maiis