The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-14
THE CASE OF FRANZ BUcHHoLTL.

Hackfeld & Co, which seek TO corIeo
Mr. Buchholtz's impression that ne Has
grown all sorts of good crops on n"
waii-an impression which IS shdi e
nv the observers Of the United STATES
Exnarfnent Station-then Mr.. Buch
holtz must be set down as man %
most unqualified faith in the future o.
Hawaiian agriculture.
Tool, at the figures! H. Hackfeld q
90 assert that in eight years MT
Ruchboltz has only had 1922 per an
mum from the sale of his crops, hardy
enough to paw taxes, leaving nothing
cor his sunnort. Yet we find him not
only enthusiastic to stay on his farm
but entirely satisfied with the outlook
ahead. Why?
Inquiry develops the fact that MI
Rucbbo1tz did lose $4,000 in a great
Kona storm of a few years ago whlch
leveled his crops. But that is no more
~ an argument against the virtues Oh
tbis soil and climate for diversified
agriculture than the fact that II. hack
field & Co., if they lost their fine build
ing by fire, would argue against the
capacity of that firm to do business.
Mr. BuchhoItz, in spite OF a vista
ton of God" in the form of warning
elements, and much trouble with the
rnfddIeman, is satisfied 70 go on and
iyofa on W
he owes. More men like him would
save this Territory to white civillza-
ton and at the same time do no harm
to the sugar planter.
Speaking of the middleman, this IS
what Mr. Buchholtz told the Advertiser
in the last interview the paper had
with him:
.eThe Honolulu middleman wants to
get rich all at once" said Mr.. Buch-
foItz Yesterday. "They are not satIshed
with profit of 20 per cent, but 1t must
be 200 per cent Then they fear the
coming of me-grown products to TINS
market. 1t is liable to reduce the cost
t. the consumer, and that means
smaller profits for the middle man
again. The freight rates, too, are
high. but I have made arrangements
for the handling of some of the prod |
uce in Honolulu now, and it will pay
a small profit. AS it is, 1 raise only |
things for my own use, and as L am |
by myself, it doesn't take much to |
supplv the demand. 1 have about 2IO
acres, and 400 more under lease.
Everything grows well in our dls-
trict and there appears to be no limit |
to the crops that can be raised. CAP
bage, celery and caulifiower can be |
p;cked all the year around. The celery |
is of the finest quality. 1t may re-
main in the ground year or more, |
and that doesn't appear to affect It's
quality in the slightest. Cabbage the
same way; it may be planted in sum- |
mer winter. fall or spring and grows
to enormous size-two feet in diameter, |
and has the quality to rattoon. 70 |
tatoes the same way; 1 have planted
them four times in succession on the
same piece of ground, and they cost |
but half cent pound.
-'Artichokes, parsley, parsnips, car
rots and red beets grow the year
Gcund, and lima beans have to be |!
yathered every week. Cucumbers, tur- !
nips and tomatoes are ali growing on |
my farm, and are doing finely. Inc
melon was first attacked by the melon |
fly, but it doesn't grow well at my
elevation. Peas do not pay, though
the grow readily. However, they
must be picked right away, as they
ripen too quickly, sometimes in SIX
weeks.
esSome more of the things that may
be grown here? 1 guess pretty near
everything that grows anywhere, can
be successfully grown in kona. Be
sides the things 1 have mentioned, L
have growing, corn, onions, radlshes'
leeks, elephants, lettuce, peppers
souashes, pumpkins, strawberries,
raspberries, gooseberries, currants, ap-
pies, pears, almonds, walnuts, olives,
prunes, cherries, peaches, apricots,
oranges, lines. alligator pears, grapes,
figs pineapples dill, lavender, marJor-
am, sage, thyme, peppermint, man
goes. papaias, wheat. barley, corn, al
falfa, oats. blue grass, in fact, ever
thing can be grown there and is grow
ing on my farm now.
''Onions grow to a thickness of three
or four inches, and are of the finest
quality, yet I have been offered but a
cent and a half to two cents pound
here in Honolulu, and they sell for
five and six cents. Eggs was offered
but nineteen cents a dozen for-one
shipment I made, and two dozen were
broken en- route. Other produce have
shipped to Honolulu, and the middle
man says he could not sell it. Now
my arrangements are with a man who
says he will give away the stuff if
compelled to. just to make the people
see what can be raised here. I don't
see why small farming should not pay
in Hawaii and some day the middle
men will be sorry that they treated US
as has been done"
We think that the BuchhoItz and
other experiments on Hawaif's PIP
farms-not including plantations-have
established the fact that all kinds Of
agriculture flourish here. Doubtless if