The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-23

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subiec-yvhich really big subect-and hence would
say few words the matter OF TOBACCO cuIuI
Years ago the subject was discussed meeting OF the
Planters Labor and Supply Company, and when MT JOS
Marsden was sent his expedition to India Goa Java ana
Sumara, he looked into the subject ana DIouSt pd LII
Sumara quite quantity of tobacco seed winch ne sala
varieties OF tobacco grown IN 9unta
and it was represented many Sumatra had Ia
bored under the same difficulty these islands IN regard to
difficulty of obtaining marketable KIND OF TOBACCO ana
it was for long time considered almost useless an
ing said that there too much saltPeer IN the
SOIL other things. Finally they obtained good grade
of tobacco, and now, and tor many years VI -
twenty yeahey have developed large export trade III
tobacco the tobacco being used mainly for wrappers
We are now going the Philippines contend with
industries hemp, tobacco and sugar 1t has
represented that the capacity OF the Philippines tor SUI
gar development very limited the contrary has been
by dsnteested that the possibilities are
great but the Philippines will always be great competitor
Of these islands, unless get other industry besides
sugar depend upon Their three great industries are
they large forest possibilities there of lumber timber
wooden materials which may be very valuable in the
Market but they have three feet to stand on and when
adversely touches they have the other two
the rice industry. That is in very bad
the decadence Of the rice industry s and what
it to these islands, particularly to kaua and Oahu
this island for instance all through the kooaus and around
Waalua and through Eva and can say that the property
into rice producing property rather than sugar but that with
the very low price OF rice and their naoty TO OBTAIN oee
aborers, the industry bad 1t has affected
the Hawaiian people seriously In many cases most
of the lands belonging the common natives rented
out to the growers they good that way
The Chinese mix with the Hawaians than any other
benefit the native helping to support and to
To take the matter of the common retail trade at Homo
LULU about HONOLULU has been very much
h1rt-not dealer but very generally Hard times have
Whe have a Affected Honolulu For the steam
carrying trade, in supplanting the sailing vessels
own supplies spending only 5000 or 500 NOUN here where
the sailing vessels formerly spent $4,000 $4,000 month in
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only industry depend unless other
things can be developed The pineapple canning has become
very successful, and that is a very hopeful thing.
Mr. Bruner and Mr. Louisson still making success with
of the world is still in it's infancy It is said that there are
millions of people who than other food
product OF course there is great consumption of rice,
millions that potatoes well great
population of the world who the wheat and grain prod
universally the world tobacco used and
detriment the slightest way give
attention to the tobacco industry we'll
attention already.
Mr. Smh-Then I will simply emphasize that little
further very glad that is so-ha of the plant
you trying it, but think that isn't correct
that OF the planters trying experiments in tobacco
culture think that very few are trying tin tact just
few on Hawaii and few in other places.
Mr. Jared G. Smith of the United States Experiment Sta
ton given careful the soil suitable and
experiments in tobacco being conducted by him. but
there should be general attention to the matter OF
tobacco culture 50 that many lands which are not suited to
culture could be thus used, and portions of the
cane land might be used for that purpose But we are in
n 70 1abor-that is common en-
poyes-n having to depend simply the produc-
ton of The population which would find employment
in OF these other industries would help make resi-
population that times need they would be avail
able for the sugar industry
personally that this tobacco
culture and the experiments which being made will be
thought of seriously than for
of the possibilities which help in and
help competition with the Philippines which is
bound We may oppose the reduction of the Philip
pine tariff all have mind but in the end have got
with that country which has three
dustries stand upon and we have only
The Chairman-I will the benefit VIII
in that waiting for the force from the Experiment
Station who understood that the hour o'clock
half past nine Mr. Smith kindly volunteered up
the time-he hasn't quite done
Mr. Smith will add little further then Last Saturday
Mr.. A. s. Wilcox. who has
this subject, the United States Experiment Station
where surprised find large varieties
samples OF tobacco which Mr. Smith had there.
gentleman there from the mainand-a dealer in
bacco-who cOnVersant with the subject They
making cigars which really great
improve upon anything which has been accomplished
that line of work here before
Fifty years down kekaha Kauai, Mr. Archer. Mr..
Gruben and Mr. Knudsen when they young men, lived