Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-07-19
SHIPMENT Of HAWAII
FRUIT 70 CHICAGO
Effort To Create Market
In East For Island
Products

fruits from Hawaii to Chicago as the
opening wedge in an emort to create
of this islands was a subject which
was discussed with much interest at
the meeting of the Promotion Com
mittee yesterday afternoon. Jared
G. Smith, director of the U. S. EXper-
iment Station, who is in charge of
the enterprise, had been asked by
Secretary Wood to be present and ex-
plain the plans in regard to the ship
ment.
Mr.. Smith stated that J. F. Hig-
gins, the horticulturist, is going in
charge of the shipment. He leaves
by the Alameda next Wednesday,
taking with him 1 3 tons of island
fruits, consisting Of pineapples, alli-
gator pears, papayas, etc. He will
stop in San Francisco about three
weeks and will there unpack the
fruit and find out what kinds have
stood the journey best.
On August / a second shipment,
consisting of "a tons of fruit, will
go forward the selection and pack
ing being done in accordance with
suggestions to be made by Mr.. Hig-
gins to Jared Smith by cable after he
has examined the first shipment and
found out what fruits and what meth
DDS of packing are best.
On the arrival of the second ship
ment at San Francisco, Mr. Higgins
will make up full carload of fruit
for shipment east as far as Chicago.
1t was Mr.. Smiths idea to have the
car dropped off at various points
along the line, such as Salt Lake
City, Omaha, etc.
What we are after is not to sell
the fruit SO much as to extend the
market" said Mr.. Smith. 1.-The mar
ket end of it is really not our affair,
and yet there is a possibility of do
ing more or less promotion work 1t
is our intention to take a refrigerator
car straight through"
Mr. McCandless suggested that let
ters be written to the various promo
ton committees of the cities through
which Mr.. Higgins will pass, asking
them to extend what courtesies they
could to Mr. Higgins. On motion of
Mr.. Waldron the secretary was in
structed to write letters of introduce
ton for Mr.. Higgins.
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Waldron
thought it would be better to have
the car pushed straight through to
Chicago without stopping. This idea
met with general favor. Mr.. Smith
suggested that if this course were
followed it would be a good idea to
have a second shipment follow which
could stop at other places en- route.
Volcano Road
An idea suggested by Acting Gov
ernor Atkinson was treated to a cold
shower bath. Mr. Atkinson, in a
communication, suggested the build
ing of carriage road from the Vol
Cano House around the edge of and
down into the crater of the volcano.
! This would prove great convenience
to tourists and Atkinson thinks it
would be of considerable advantage
to the whole of Hawaii. His idea is
to take 80 or 40 of the long-term
prisoners confined in Oahu Jail and
send them to Hawaii to build the
road. The County of Hawaii would
he expected to house and feed the
prisoners and to supply lunas, tools,
etc.
The idea of using the prisoners as
road-makers caused the members of
the Promotion Committee to sit up
and take notice. They all thought
the suggestion was a good one. but
there was a noticeable lack Of en-
thusiasm as to the building of a car
rage road to the Volcano.
Mr.. McCandless thought that if
Eny bodybuilding were to be done
by the prisoners the round-the-island
road of Oahu should have their first
attention. He called attention to the
horrible condition of the Pail road
and the road around Diamond Head
and thought the prisoners should be
set to work repairing them. He
couldn't see that there is any great
necessity for a carriage road to the
Volcano, anyway. The other MEM
him and the matter was left at that,
Atkinson's plan going without any
endorsement.
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