Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-01-12

MISSION contains lengthy and interest.
ng statements from the small agricul-
uralists of the Territory that are Of
,reat value in throwing true light on
0Xact conditions. The Bulletin has
llready published the statements OF
L. c. Grcenwell and G. Il. Blacow.
Following is given the statement OF
W. W. Bruner, the kona coffee man,
lie had q conversation with Mr.. Pink !
ham who in turn recorded the state. |
ments and sent them to Mr.. Brunei:
Honolulu, T. H., Nov. 20, 1904.
W. W. Bruner, Esq, Kealakekua,
Kona, Hawaii
Dear Sir: | desire to place on
record a memorandum of our CONVEX.
sation last evening at the Alexander
Young Hotel, Honolulu.
trust you VIII by return mail take
exceptions to any points you deem
necessary.
In considering diversified products
for the Islands, you stated that the
Islands should he Classed and treated
as strictly a sub-tropical country. re.
quiring the most intensive cultivation,
and tnat the farmer and planter should
experiment with and cultivate such
products as are natural to sub.
tropical climate, and cease attempts
to reproduce agriculture and products
and unnatural to the sub.tropics. That
further. neither the lay OF the land,
rainfall OF conditions would permit
successful competition with the main.
land In this respect. That the com
mercial relations would be much bet.
Ter subserved by an interchange oi
products.
pineapples can be raised and canned
H. the Hawaiian Islands to advantage.
and under q ruling of the Treasury
Department, canned pineapples being
preserved in sugar has a practical pro.
lection of fifty cents duty per dozen
cans. Thus, the only limit of that In.
dUstry is the demand from the United
States proper.
Tobacco you propose to experiment
with. The conditions in Hawaii are
cntIrely uissimiIar with those in Cuba.
Our soil containing much salt-peter.
has damaging erect on all wrapping
tobacco, sporting the leaf and causing
Irregular burning. You believe efforts
should At present be confined to pro.
uuClnB niIer tobacco. The native
tobacco you admit Is too strong for
vNIilLsd consumption. the establish.
uent OF the tobacco industry you he,
lieye must be proven u success or fail
ure by experiment.
Sisal Labor.
me sIsaI industry you believe has,
to the extent that suitable lands can
be obtained. a lair prospect, provided
labor can he obtained Tor competition
with iucatan. Mexico. You believe II
! IL not white farmers industry as the
labor, conditions and results are not
sucn as would be at ali acceptable Il
States farmer.
Otner items Of agriculture you bs
' lieye will nave to be gradually studied
experimental with and brought into
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