The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-21
HILO SMALL FARMERS ARE
SAID TO BE PROSPEROUS
Coffee Shop Gossips Talk of Agricultural
Prospects.-.how the Frogs Fared
on Trip to Coast.

seeing couples buttonhong each
other and scratching backs for its been enough fellow
brain fag'
much' said the Knocker against the
push and the push clean politics Of there
splits and dapponments but it be expected in politics
can't down sliding board forever without getting splinter
Or in his anatomy
II that bananas looking up, said the Meddr 81
letter Mr. Lille the other day which stated that
brought bunch and that if they had
been larger the price would have been $500 and $3.50 The writer
of that letter inquired particularly about pneapp and quoted
high $3.50 per dozen for good fruit 1t that that
enough who have land here plant few
have figured that with either pines bananas
about twice much of his land does the wheat
farmer the States and making due allowance for difference
cost of living the fruit here the better situated
for the small farmer that but draw the
line there We tell here and grow vegetables
gra know they such things here profit be-
the white farmer will work hard the japanese farmer
and the cut will put longer hours than either of them
would delight seeing country settled by white farmers
want homeseads opened up but wouldn't my hand
induce them here and embark any branch of
other than fruits. There big living them
but there living in bananas and if this enterprise
canning factory started big demand pines and
growers could do WE'LL If there people here with money and
who wish Ho advance they should encourage the who
working this scheme They should shares stock the
and help along for it will eventually become
prise worth while We of such things here equaize
And take much money bring the cannery
point where the fruit will be ready for canning
Il hope the thing will through all right said the Cheerful
Liar Give had faith in the little jelly factory in Puma
consider that establishment credit this section of the country
and believe it capable of great things Just it is in its
nfancy the lack of capital has prevented the former from
enough Jelly to supply the demands but with the new pood
and additional capital the conditions will change If succeed
getting this cannery started would work in harmony with the
other and with coffee the heart of Hio will be
made glad when he reads the coast advertisement of
IIilo canned fruits"
"Abe Louisson still enthusiastic coffee culture, said the
Early Riser nd admire him for it He has never backed
since he went into the industry
He deserves lot of credit for sticking through the ups
and downs that beset the path of coffee grower said
eff Congress gives bounty you put down
being due the efforts of Louon Now, understand, he is
getting some from the
of tobacco Without deacng from his coffee he pro-
cultivate patch of about tobacco The soil
being prepared gives and
that he has coffee assured that will be
success
cts good thing not to have all of your eggs basket
said Medder successful industries have the
better for the country Mr. Wight of the Widers company
lending possible these industries and he is
while acquainted with Mr. Wight for number of years
just coming light which that
really knew the before He is spending to make this
country known to tourists and we had more such men am sure
would have tourists No. is not altogether sefshness
patronze the Wilder line but he goes spending
his money influence people here and all her
and long it the money contributed by Honolulu people
object the of spending it If Hlo tourists
industries said the Knocker II understand
that started the Enterprise last trip 1t seems
that something like five hundred frogs shipped alive by Lucas
and Co., and after the vessel had passed the three mile limit OF
the school children the made fish hooks of pins
and proceeded catch them mored that the frogs formed
portion of the ships food for the balance of the trip OF
voch for the truth of the story but there number of
frogs short when the steamer reached San Francisco
You believe everything you hear, said the Cheerful
Liar mighty plentiful hereabou and don't pay much
them You along the street and
will tell YOU story about and and when down to
the original recognize it. Some people here
supply the of the public in the
that daily newspaper really They will
, tIayaS prpadth the ammo hpfO a
II think right" said the Kicker "but would go
further and let do without ALL believe
get things about straight wordomouth do in the
columns papers and think what have pay
paper; FIVE piece Why You figure up amounts
something in twenty years
YOU tell the people thousand miles away
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