Ellsworth American., 1903-09-02
At xHE PINEAPPLE PLANTATION
re tke Editor Of Tke Amersoaa.

Isaasds-l
At rEE PINEAPPLE PLANTATION
Te the Editor Of TAs Assersoaa:
Twas very gtsd 20 meet my friends, for
merry Of Pasadena, enjoying their r~-
eentiy-scquired possessions In this lsnd,
and a. see thing. here. I sm reminded Of
the conditions that existed in Psssdens
tEsnty- eight years ago. This town, Wa
bisws, with its valley almost sbu; In by
mountains and foothills; It's custivsteo
ten, fifteen, twenty snd forty serss a.
patches In the valley; its few houses OF
toe pioneer kind; Its water system N
which all lard owners are interested IN
proportion to their real estate holdings;
its little sehooihouss, Used for church
purpose si-o; its one little grocery store.
and with several Of its inhabitants i'm
ported from Passoeps, the prime movers
here; and the business, horticuiturs-all
make me feei to be very much at home.
Bet there are sofne things miss, name
is: miss grain fields that were 50 much
In evidence with us in PxssoeGa la that
esriy time. sowu for feed, barley being
our only kind Of bay. How tie haycocks
loom up before me ss think OF that vxi-
ley suggested by my examination of this,
and / wonder why these broad acres are
not sosn to grain, also, for fodder. when
I am told ,hs, hay and feed are imported
have asked this question, but have not
received q ciesr-eut answer, so say: "Can
grains be grown here. or are they de-
stroyed by army worms that msks gsrse1
farming for profit impcssiblesn
/ ssk: "why do you not grow grain
berer" And the answer: "PeopIe are
slow here; they'll catch on after a whiie.D
This ought to be great standby In this
country, and cattle raising should be
carried on extensively II grszing IL good,
but grass IS very cosrse, and perhaps not
very saccuIeut and sweet. noticed that
grszIag business is carried on on the is
land OF Hawaii, as we sailed along its
coast to HiIo, bat sugar-esne growing Is
the grsat product for profit there at pres
ent, and this Is the case on this island
Oahu; bat how long it viii remain so,
depends largely on the amount of Yankee
spirit and enterprise that are active in
the developing OF the country.
Wahisws is, ia its beginning, similarly
situated to city OF Honolulu, as is Psss.
dens to Los Angeles. During that pion-
esr-time with the latter, we had to depend
upon q slow stsgecosch for a connecting
link, as does the former here now. We
Pasadena, began with growing fruit-trees
which have been dug up to give room for
building our rapidly growing city, and
now we can start for Los Angeles every
ten minutes 1.-THE electric cars go on thar
schedule time. / believed and In forty
minutes be In the heart Of the city.
Who can prophesy what win be done In
this new town, dozen miles away from
Honolulu, with push behind al! enter
prises?
Now the inhabitants are growing pine
apples by the thousands. In the near
future, they may grow them by the mil
lions, and will, no doubt. Ny friend is
very enthusiastic over future prospects.
II things pan out well on this line, and
canneries can be made to pay, II will not
be long before one or more electric rail-
roads will connect the city, Honolulu, so
important sea port, to this piece of
country, and then things will be doing.
Capital eau do business here on a large
and profitable scale, IL there is a market
for pinespples, and II the soil will pro-
duce them. AS have already hinted, my
friend has very large ideas, and INDUCES
in very bright hopes. Some of his neigh
bors think he is too sanguine, but time
win tell. 1t will not do, however, to wait
With folded hands for sonnet hing to turn
up. There must be work, hard work, and
plenty of it. There will be times OF great
discouragements, but vim will down
them all, and then these pioneers will see
the fruits Of their toll and be riding in
on tae waves OF prosperity, Just as the
Kanskas, in the their queer boats, ride in
on the combing billows at WAIKIKI beach
in splendid style.
There is at least one thing do not see
here that is greatly to the advantage of
the settler, "thst horrid gopher" hat is so
trou blesome to us In southern California.
/ wonder why the settlers do not grow
the smaller fruits as well as the pineapple.
should think they might be raised with
profit, for fiud almost none in the mar
ket.
arise on the morning of April 81, and
take little walk before breakfast. can
not stop here longer than two or three
hours, to-day, for have another place of
interest TO visit on this short side-trip. i
wish, therefore. to work my faculty OF
observation, vision, as best can.
observe the ground is very wet this
morning. 1t must be from liquid sun
shine, although the sun is not shining
just now, and there is "never any fog
hefe", they say. / observe also that as
soon as step of the grass on to the hlgh-
way and walk along, my feet grow
bigger and heavier, so that my loco
motion becomes exceedingly awkward !;
then hunt stick and scrape of the red
mud. l call my friends attention to this
drawback in ones speed. yet wonderful in