The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-02-16

4hiaih ne hhanaai sutiari IN ihat
way We rtualniy rhhi tIa oannsfy
fnf 80 can Hfus ihe ffIn and Nh.n
properly rnnnfd would have rla
NJ gre markets N the mainland SHOVE
1ny utlHf hund ~ seems fn nr that
th' rIHn Yf buying should ts DH
SLIDING saIe iaale fuf fhr reason tIst
u .fHp hnd tu he suIl in advance nf
a hgufe lower than tnHt brought hy
thf previous crop tha llnusry shouid
NOT he Obliged tY bear aH of the loss.
pn the other hand if fhe crop elise.
where should be "a failure ana the
price commanded would Increase ov.r
that OF the previous year the Increased
profit should not ali 60 90 the cannerg
but should b. enjoyed as well by the
grower There are other consider
ations, but the price to the grower and
manner OF payment are nero matters
Il detail thai could be- worked out by
The company once Il is formed do
not only not doubt the feasibility OF
the plan to promote cannery but
believe we viii see MIR Andrews suc-
cessful. II VIII be necessary. OF course
10 have the csnuery ready before Tho
crop; growers are as timld as capital
and there must be assurances on both
sides: from the one that the pines will
be on hand when needed and from the
other that the money for them Will be
ready when the grower presents the
ripe fruit at the door of the cannery
for weighing You understand that
1t would be folly for the man with a
half dozen acres Of land to plant on
his or any other mans opinion that
u cannery Is to be started and that the
pines Will be bought. There must be
something more definite on both sides
and nave 10 doubt it can be OBJ
tanned"
There has been some correspondence
between MIR. Andrews and Messrs
Theo. H. Davis & Co., of Honolulu, and
a letter from Mr.. Swanzy, the manager
of the firm. contains expressions that
would tend to encourage the promoter
toward the belief that the enter
prise would have support in that direc-
tion. Mr.. Swanzy writes for his firm
as follows:
MIR SwANZY'S LETTER.
Mr.. L. A. Andrews, Hilo.
Dear Strive are in receipt of yours
Of the 7th inst. in which you make
enquiries regarding the establishment
Of pineapple cannery in Hilo. AS
to whether 1t would be better for your
pineapple growers to own their factory
or to depend on others to erect and
operate factory for them, in which
case they would sell their fruit to the
cannery, We have this to say: Pine
apple growers on this island (Oahu
get from twenty-five to thirty dollars
per ton for their fruit at which prices
they have been making good money.
The result is that a very much larger
area is being planted and it will
not be very long before the output
Of canned pines from Hawaii will reach
very high figures. With the increased
supply there will certainly be lower
prices the growers will have to accept
less than half what they have been
getting OH this island and whether it
will pay to produce the fruit on those
terms remains to be seen. II an in
dependent factory were established in
Hilo 1t would of course buy the fruit
from the growers at the market rates
but as these might of necessity be
low it is more than likely that the
growers would be dissatisfied and
might claim that they were not having
n fair deal from the cannery as they
would not know what the cannery was
doing and would be sure to think 1t
was getting the cream while they were
getting only the skinned milk. This
would result in unpleasant relations
between growers and cannery which,
in our opinion, 1t is most desirable
to avoid II possible. AS the price OBJ
tained by the cannery fuctuates the
grower must accept a proportionately
lower price for his pines If the cannery
suffers reduction in the price of the
completed product in order that the
cannery may make anything at all. 1t
seems necessary to reduce the price
of the product in order to encourage
the consumption which cannot be done
unless the consumer can buy can fcr
twenty-five cents in the Eastern
States If at this time your growers
were delivering pines to a cannery in
Hilo and got notice that they would
have to be satisfied with 20 per cent
or 25 per cent reduction in the rate
paid them they would feel badly and
might think they were not being prop
erly treated. All this being SO it is
our opinion that if the Hilo farmers
want to go into the pineapple business
to any extent it would be we'll for them
to either own or be interested in the
cannery so that they might see for
themselves that they were getting a
share OF all there was in the business
and have no cause for complaint If
they did not get what they expected
when they started out to raise fruit.
1t is the invariable rule that when
people go into a new thing they do
so in the expectation of doing great
things and If they miss doing great
things they have generally someone to
blame for it. Now while we are quite
disposed TO go into any business en-
terprise with the Hilo people we do not
want to hazard any unpleasantness or
misunderstanding and you know how
likely these are TO arise when man
finds he has borrowed more than he
can pay and when he has to face the
foreclosure OF his mortgage. The MEM
ory OF the Hio coffee boom is doubt
less fresh in your mind. This makes
us slow in saying that we would be
willing to establish cannery and
make advances on their fruit to grow