The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-29

ucts-not sugar cane, though cane is
the great commodity here now, but the
day is coming when you should be pre-
pared for something else. You need to
lay foundation so that if at any time
cane should fail you would have a sub
stantial agricultural community.
II believe that if you today should
select from your Commission one of
your best men-not necessarily the
most familiar with your sugar industry,
but with the general capabilities of
your country for settlement-and send
him to Europe, especially to Italy. he
would have no difficulty in procuring a
desirable class of immigrants
/ NOT STILETTO WIELDERS.
For some time there has been an
effort on the mainland to attract Ital-
ians out of the congested cities to the
agricultural districts. At New Orleans
the other day a second contingent of
seven hundred Italians arrived there.
Those who had experience of them as
agricultural laborers in the South spoke
very encouragingly about them. There
is a mistaken opinion about Italians
Many people associate an Italian with
the stiletto. But the man from north
ern Italy is not that kind but worker.
He wants to raise his family respecta-
bly, and educate his children.
If you could get 1000 Italians here
to take advantage of your opportuni-
ties, it would be a great blessing to
this Territory. The Italian is a great
grape-grower. I have found very good
grapes here. If you could establish
grape-growing here you could get Itali-
ans here to make it a great industry.
Your pineapple industry is already be-
coming a great thing. If you are go
ing to encourage foreigners to come
here you must develop industries that
the alien will take kindly to.
FARMING ON MAUI.
II saw a farmer on Maui taking in
fine crop of hay. The same man had
a field of splendid pumpkins. He was
also raising corn and other products.
If you have people like that up there,
Mr. Cooke, they can be as independent
as any people on the mainland
Go to New England and see what
people have dug up there between the
rocks, and then see what / have seen
on Mr.. Bailey's place on Maui, and you
will agree with me that you have a
great future before you.
What about markets. I hear some !
people say. You are bringing a great
deal of produce now from the main
land You can raise those things your
selves. Fruits. .watermelons. pineappIes-
1 have never tasted any better. 1 never
saw finer pineapples than on Maui and
down here on Oahu. If you can raise
fruits two or three weeks ahead of the
season on the mainland, what is the
reason You cannot find your market
there? You might not do it the first
season, but You would before long"
MODE OF ACTION.
Mr.. Sargent argued for European i'm |
as a permapent source of ag-
ricultural labor mentioning his boy
hood experience of a farmers boys going |
to work for neighbors when there was |
nothing doing at home. Again he sug-
gested the sending of ain agent to Italy,
who should have a letter from the Gov |
ernor and one perhaps from Mr.. Rossi. |
the Italian immigra ton agent at New
York. |
As to the objection of great distance, |
his experience was that where you |
gave a man opportunity to make dollar |
he would not be stuck for means of |
getting there Mr.. Sargent advised |
against paying the passages of |
One of the first and most 1
important things they should do was |
TO arrange for immigrant rates, both di- /
rect from Palermo in Italy, or the most |
ports in the European |
countries where immigrants might be |
sought, and from mainland centers such |
as New York, Galveston and San Fran
cisco.
NEED OF EFFORT.
II noticed you decreased your popula-
ton within the last week about 1000,
Nr. Sargent remarked. Il understand
about 500 are leaving in the Stanley |
Dollar and certainly 300 left in the Ala
media. This is going to make show.
taking away people you are depending
IN for your labor
Mr.. Sargent believed if the Commits
sion had its representative at New
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