The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-11-09
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THE pineapple industry has as
sumed n place of Importance in Its ag
ricultural products; forests of rubber
trees are springing up. and sisal plant
, development is becoming important.
7 The fresh pineapple export business
has grown. and a steamer not infre-
quently carries a thousand cases of
fresh pineapples. The output of canned
, pineapples now approaches $4,000 cases
yearly. We anticipate this years crop
will amount to 5000 cases.
The soil and climate of the islands
are well adapted to the growth or
slsal and the superiority OF the fiber
over all others, with the increasing de-
mand for binding twine and cordage.
leads to n belief that the fiber will be
! one of the staple products of the Ter
ritory.
COFFEE AND OTHER PRODUCTS.
Coffee is grown successfully on the
islands. Hawaii needs protective
tariff on coffee before 1t can hope to
develop the industry as It should be.
The coffee growers of both Hawaii and
Porto Rico have an, uphill road just
now because they have to compete on
uneven terms with Central America
and other producers of mild coffees.
Despite all drawbacks coffee in the Ha-
waiian Islands is paying crop.
THE vanilla industry is an excellent
one for n man with family, and
enough has been done to show that It
can be made to produce satisfactory re-
turns. A splendid bean is produced.
THE special agent of the United
States Agricultural Station in Hawaii
has been conducting experiments for
the past four years, and has secured
enough data to convince him that there
Is very bright future for the tobacco
industry in the islands.
THE livestock industry is assuming
considerable Importance. Cattle thrive
there. There has been n large intro
duction of Herefords. Angus, Devons.
Jerseys and Holsteins. One cattle ranch
contains thousands OF acres. The Ter
ritory supplies all the beef consumed
locally.
'The commercial side of Hawairs i'm
portance is coming to the front. espe-
clally in connection with vessels flying
the American flag. Hawaii became
full-fledged Territory of the American
that time the customs revenue collect
ed there is s5,Ol5,S31,13. The imports
from the United States have grown
from s4,69O075 In 1897, when Hawaii
was an independent republic, to about
Sl5 OOo 600 at the present time.
OF VALUE TO SAN DIEGO.
There is, as you know, line of fast
freight steamers operated by the Amer
ican-Hawaiian Steamship Company,
some of the vessels touching at San
Diego. At the opening of the Tehuan-
tepec railway, January /, this service
viii become more frequent and OF great-
er value to San Diego
THE principal investments at the
present time are I'm shares, or bonds, of
sugar producing companies, or trans
portation corporations. There are some
fifty-six incorporated plantation COM
panies. There are also railroad and
steamship lines within the group The
usual rate Of interest for money on real
estate mortgages is from Q to s per cent.
and the same rate prevails on loans at
the banks. The taxes I'm Hawaii are I
per cent, on the cash value OF property
with per cent. income tax. over
%'pv'uVVIVov are llNtsttu III tHt sugar ln~
terests alone, and some $4,000 laborers
are employed.
Honolulu has popoulation of about
$1,000. 1t is "A well-built city of Ameri-
can type, with up-to date hotels and
business blocks, fine electric street
car system and stores and hops filled
with well-selected stocks. The temper
ature is about "a on an average for ev-
cry month"
BEFORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The Los Angeles Examiner OF October
II says on the same subject:
A new line OF steamships between
Southern California and the Hawaiian
Islands is proposed by the members or
the Southern California Editorial Asso-
ciatlon. who have recently returned
from trip to Honolulu. Members OF
-he association met yesterday afternoon
With the Chamber of Commerce di-
'ectors for the purpose OF considering
now the trade relations between Los
Angeles and Honolulu might be i'm
proved.
III. l.. Wood, secretary OF ths Hawaii
Promotion Comm ,ttee. VIII be in this
,ity within n week, and his visit is
expected to oIen the way for something
lefinite to be done towards establishing
! line OF steamers running directly from
Los Angeles to Honolulu.