The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-09
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sumed a place of Importance in it's ag
ricultural products; forests of rubber
trees are springing up, and sisal plan
development is becoming important
The fresh pineapple export business
has grown, and a steamer not infre'
| quently carries thousand cases OF
| fresh pineapples. The output of canned
| pineapples now approach es $4,000 cases
yearly. We anticipate this years CROP
will amount to 200, 600 cases.
| The soil and climate of the islands
| are well adapted to the growth of
sisal and the superiority of the fiber
over all others, with the increasing de-
mand for binding Irvine and cordage.
leads to a 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 a protective
tariff on coffee before it can hope to
develop the industry as it should be
The coffee growers of both Hawaii and
Porto Rico have an uphill road just
how 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 man with a family, and
enough has been done to show that it
can be made to produce satisfactory re-
turns. A splendid bean is produced. i,
1.-The special agent of the United
States Agricultural Station in Hawaii
has been conducting experiments for
r La
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 a large intro
duction of Herefords, Angus, Deyons,
Jerseys and Holsteins. One cattle ranch
contains thousands of acres. The Ter
ritory supplies all the beef consumed
locally. -,
THE commercial side of Hawaii's I'm
portance is coming to the front, espe-
cially in connection with vessels flying
the American flag. Hawaii became a
full-fledged Territory of the American
Union June IA, 1900. In four years from
that time the customs revenue collect
ed there is s5,015, S31.13. The imports
from the United States have grown
from s4.69O.075 in 1897, when Hawaii
was an independent republic, to about
$15,000.000 at the present time. =.
OF VALUE TO SAN DIEGO.
There is. as you know, a 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 l, this service
will become more frequent and of great
err value to San Diego.
The principal investments at the
present time are in 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 to per cent.
and the same rate prevails on loans at
the banks. The taxes in Hawaii are
per cent. on the cash value of property
with a per cent. income tax. Over
100000, 900 are invested in the sugar in
terests alone, and some $4,000 laborers
are employed.
Honolulu has a population of about
$4,000. 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
allure is about "A on an average for ev-
cry month";
BEFORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Los Angeles Examiner of October
IL says on the same subject:
new line of steamships between |
Southern California and the Hawaiiani
Islands is proposed-by the members or
the Southern California Editorial Asso-t
ella ton, who have recently returned |
from a trip to Honolulu. Members of /
the association met yesterday afternoon
with the Chamber of Commerce di- |
rectors for the purpose of considering |
how the trade relations between Los
Angeles and Honolulu might be i'm
proved iTSaI
H. Z. Wood. secretary of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee. viii be in this
city within a week, and his visit is
to open the way for something
definite to be done towards establishing
L line of steamers running directly from
Los Angeles to Honolulu.
d. j. Hs.t, of Santa Monica president