Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-03-08
PROFIT IN COTTON
THINKS BlERCE FIR
Hawaii TERRITORY

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VIM. w. Bierce, cotton expert, and
man who has had wide experience with
this product throughout all the coun-
tries where the unpromising brown
shells burst forth at certain seasons
into the snow.white MOSES that fur
nish clothing for the millions, is a
guest at the Alexander Young Hotd.
A few days ago, Mr.. Bierce was
told that there were some cotton
trees" in Honolulu as old as ten years
and which not only produced Q contin.
uous crop but showed no signs of los.
ing any of their original vigor. Know
ing well the limit Of age Of cotton
plants in all cotton growing countries
\ and other contradictory facts, Mr..
Fierce was naturally. a little sceptical.
He CHANGED upon Judge Galbraith, who
offered to take him to place where
there were some 5.yearold cotton
"trees'', the Lyons home in Punahou
When interviewed by a Bulletin re.
porter yesterday, this is what Mr..
Bierce had to say of his visit to the
Lyons home and his conclusions on
the subject of cotton growing as one OF
the future industries Of the Territory
of Hawaii:
81 consider the growth Of cotton in
this country nothing short Of marvel
Gus. In all my experience have new
/ a fanxfhinU lilo ~ aud \
seen about every country where the
plant is grown.
Judge Galbraith and I went to the
home of Prof. Lyons in Punahou the
other day and I there obtained sam
PIES of cotton that vie In every compo
rent part with the very best product
on the market, do not care where you
may go. =
81 have learned that the crop from
che few plants you have here and to
which you pay absolutely no attention
IL continuous and that is point which
is not only surprising to me but which
Eives Hawaii an advantage have
found nowhere else. AS you know, the
great expense attached to the cotton
INDUSTRY is the planting. The fact of
the continuous growth will save this
expense.
THE cotton you have here have ex.
amined infinitely. 1t is as good as the
cotton Of the Southern States and al.
most borders on the Sea Island cotton.
! This, as you know, is the very best in
the world. Sea Island cotton has been
successfully introduced into Queens
land. the Fill Islands, Tahiti and
Egypt, and see no reason why II
should not be INTRODUCED here with
equal success.
There is no question about the, eX'
ce!lence Of the fibre and now comes
3nother important point which I have
discovered in the examination Of the
samples secured at the Lyons home
The seeds simply full of OIL"
At this, Mr.. Bierce took from his
opening them showed the reporter the
kernels, which upon being squeezed
gently gave abundant proof Of the
rtatement just made by the cotton ex-
pert.
When the cotton industry was in its
Infancy, these seeds were thrown
away. Now the bye-product obtained
tharefrom Is worth something like $75,.
100000 per annum to the Southern
States.
Still another advantage. As you
see from this sample have. when the
fibre is pulled away, the seed is left
clean. This is not SO with the cotton
In other parts of the world, there being
considerable Of the fibre left clinglng
10 the seed, the cleaning away of
which entails considerable expense.
Now, as to my conclusions: II
seems to me that you have In cotton
an industry which will pay you mag.
nificently II only some of you people
would take up the proposition. You
have advantages here which no other
cotton-growing country, in the world is
possessed OF and there would be a
great profit coming to those who would
undertake the work. I see absolutely
no scientific reason why you should
not make a big success of cotton
growing in this country"
Mr.. Bierce Is the owner OF the mill
In Oklahoma City for the extraction of
cotton.seed oil and builder of cotton
congresses In use on the mainland
from New York to Galveston.