The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-07
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1 fT1CC
| per ID.
Pounds. Cents. Value.
Raw ........712, 56O,997 3a5 3.S4O. 500
Refined 49,. 34.041,640 4.86 1856
/ Decrease -. Se,119,000 -. 9616, 721
Being, on the basis of the 1900 census. a
falling off of $62.44 per capita in the
! Territory's increment OF wealth from its
chief industry.
| He also gives a table of sugar ship
ments for ten years past. Under the
above head the Governor says:
| Commercially, it has been a fairly
but not particularly prosperous year for
| Hawaii In the matter of sugar, the
chief staple, there was a combination
! of decreased production and diminish
! ed prices. Thus, whereas the value of
! shipments fell Short of that of the
/ year before by $9,616, 721, had the aver
! age prices (for raw and refned) of 1905
continued the deficiency in valuation
would have been less than $4,000 600
So the low condition of the market
is responsible for more than $4,000, 900
OF the deficiency. Refined sugar is now
only for the second year on Hawaffa
! il5t u tApOIlS. there DcIn2 DuI one
plantation on the islands turning out
the article from it's factory The prod
net found ready market on the main
land from the first, and the second
years output shows an increase of
more than 640O tons
Remarks are made on the rice indus
try, noting slight Improvement there
in. Then somewhat extended COM
mADtS are made on he Of ali.
versified industries, including appre-
ciative reference to the assistance of
the u s. Experiment Station The adj
vent oflthe rubber industry is noted.
as we'll as that of tobacco as a local
product, and Of sisal the Governor says:
Experts have pronounced the Ha-
waiian article to be of the very best.
The sisal shrub thrives on lands that
viii produce few other growths of
value as well as in good agricultural
soil. There are considerable areas in
the islands available for it's production.
and the only present hindrance to the
rise of large fiber industry here is
the slowness of capital to grasp the OPP
portunity."
STEAMSHIP SERVICES.
Reference is made to the tentative
starting of steamship line from Port
land, Ore, to Honolulu and Hilo, which
has greatly inspired hopes of an ex-
tenSive new market for our minor prod
ucts." The Governor also refers to the
mooted San Pedro line with favor, COM
menting:
There is no gainsaying the state
nlent that no other country upon the
globe has superior attractions. either
for summer or winter residence, to offer
people who desire a respite from the
extremes of heat and cold, which else
where are suffered. With its climatic
advantages Hawaii also presents great
scenic beauties, and withal it offers
practically every modern auxiliary of
human convenience and comfort"
Speaking of the absence of mention in
official trade returns of "a large in,
ternal commerce" the Governor says:
For the year ending June 30 1906. the
steamers of the Inter-Island Steam
Navigation Company carried 52,269 pas
sengers and approximately 3O6,641 tons
of freight. The company has a fleet
of fifteen or sixteen steamers. those
upon the chief passenger routes being
modernIy equipped"
Mention is made of the American
Hawaiian Steamship Cos. great feet
and its connecting of the Atlantic and
Pacific seaboards. via the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec, in that connection the
construction of the breakwater al Ka-
hului by the H. c. & S. Co, being
noted, on which the Governor COM
ments thus:
Our needs are so insignificant COM
pared with the great subjects before
Congress, and our voice comes from
such a distance, that little attention
is paid to what the national legislators
regard as merely local improvements.
Thus it is that private enterprise has
to perform here that which is done for
every other community by public ac-
ton. The hopes of the people We're
raised following annexation that the
Federal Government would take hold
of Hilo's harbor, and as the years roll
by disappointment increases. There is
a sign now, however. of some work be-
ing done, as a preliminary survey has
just been made.
"Hilo has a very considerable deep
sea commerce despite its disadvantage
of undefended exposure to ocean swells.
Besides the Portland line already
mentioned Hilo has direct steamship
communication with San Francisco.
With breakwater it would undoubted-
ly become a great port of commerce.
There and at adjacent landings now
a large proportion of the sugar yield
of the islands is transshipped to Homo
lulu for export. Direct shipments
thence to market would be a great
economy. No doubt the creation of
safe harbor at Hilo would vastly pro-
mote trade with both the mainland and
foreign countries. While the construc-
Ivy +a- wOII16 he
a splendid local benefit, it would at !
the same time be more justly CLASH !
fed as a work of national Importance !
Moreover, il would really cost the
United States nothing, for the revenues
Welded by 2 good harbOr az BIO