The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-04
HIGGINS TALK
FOR HAWAII
Chicago Association of Com
merce Eats Hawaiian
Fruit.

The Bulletin, the official publication
of the Chicago Association of Com
meree, in its issue of September g.
refers to a meeting of the Ways and
Means committee of the organization
as follows:
The committee had been summon
ed to discuss association policy and
Hawaiian fruits, and hear from J. E.
Higgins, horticuIturist in charge of the
governments experiment station, at
Honolulu, what had been his success
with a special shipment to Chicago.
and what were the commercial pros
poets of fruit culture in the islands to-
day. As courses of the luncheon were
served from this same shipment, some
delicious pineapples, and that fruit
rather though not quite unfamiliar
here, the avocado or alligator pear.
The eolloquial name for the latter is
an inelegant missioner, coming into
vogue because the .f.s@sr, like a small
egg plant in form and color, often has
a rind checked like the hide of an
alligator. The avocados offered at this
luncheon were served with maraschino,
but other ways are with salt, pepper
and vinegar, or lemon juice, or sugar.
COMMISSIONER FROM HAWAII.
"Mr. Higgins said of the important
though incipient interests which he
represented: This shipmnt of Ha-
waiian fruits to Chicago may be called
a promising experiment. We have
placed them down in your market with
in sixteen days from the time when
they stood unpicked in the field. In
ten days any one of you can cover
the distance between the Great Central
Market and our island territory of
great promise. We ask for Americans
in the islands to develop. cur crop re-
sources, for agriculture is our main in
dustry, and of Americans we have in
our population of 100000 to 100000
only about 5000.
80 The Hawaiian Islands are the
key to the military control of the west
ern Pacific. In all that region we hold
the only frst-class coaling station. We
have q loyal citizenship of high ideals,
good business men following after great
We are an agricultural
country. We have no mines, and lit
tie prospects of manufacture. The
Washington government started an
agricultural experiment station in the
islands in 1901 to develop Industries
other than our main industry, sugar.
Our strong and rank tobacco has been
brought to marketable standards, and
is coming industry. Our cultivation
of sisal, for rope, grows of consequence.
culture has grown to great
one island already having
1000 to 5000 acres in cultivation, with
prospects of twofold increase. Many
other fruits, too, have their possIbili
ties. The islands want mainland mar
kets, and we are beginning to prove
that even distant Chicago is within
our commercial radius. We ask your
constant interest and cooperation.
Mr.. WILDER IS CONFIRMATION.
Confrmatory of the trade message
of Mr.. Higgins were the remarks of
Mr.. Wilder, who has visited the is
lands, and perhaps done more than any
Chicagoan to aequaint the Hawaiian
promotion committee with the true sig
nificanee of the Chicago Association of
Commerce. Mr.. Wilder declared chat
Mr.. Higgins report was true indeed,
with much yet to tell, and on the form
er's motion the committee cordially
the government experiment
station and the Hawaiian promotion
committee for the dispatch of Mr.. Hig-
gins to the Great Central Market, and