The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-22
|H|LO PROSPECT
IS FRIGHTENING
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trade and more people and create new
business.
RAILROAD EXTENSION.

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involve the expenditure Of not less tnan
/ s., G00, 900, and more than double the
present trade Of the town.
/ No one yet realizes to the full what
/ this breakwater and railroad extern /
sion mean, rot only TO Hilo, but the
Island of Hawaii and the Territory as
+ a whole II means the unlocking OF
+ large territory that Is now commercial
" inaccessible. or accessible at prohib-
i tive or bur6ensome transportation
rates. It viii open to market products
which now can not reach market. and
which, owing to transportation condl-
tions, no one ever attempts TO now
produce 1t will create new business
between Honolulu and Hilo to a greater
extent tLan Honolulu viii lose by d.
rect shipments from Hilo 10 the Coast
BETTER STEAM COMMUNICATIONS.
The doubling Of the Matson Naviga-
ton Company's steam service 10 the
Coast, has also opened up new vista
of possibilities in the way of direct
export Of minor products, and again
extends hope to the fresh banana and
pineapple industries.
The new Inter-Island steamer Mauna
Kea, with its greater speed and superior
accommodations, and probable two trips
a week between Honolulu and Hilo is
also going to stimulate trade and travel
between the two ports, and greatly
increase the tourist travel to HiIo and
its vicinity I believe that the com
bined interests in and around Hilo will
soon rescue the town from its present
hotelless condition and establish a hotel
that will be a credit to the place.
RUBBER.
Rubber as an item Of local prodne-
ton is already attracting the attention
of those who know the possibilities of
the Puma district. One company has
| already established itself without any
noise, is erecting buildings, clearing
: lands and establishing a nursery, near
the Puma plantation holdings. A num-
Der of rubber trees seven Or eight
years old are scattered through Puma
and Olaa and give every evidence Of
being good commercial rubber pro
dueers. Mr. Haughs, Of the government
forest service, has recently examined
the lands of the Puma plantation and
vicinity. not available for cane eul-
tlyation, and reports it TO be among
the best rubber lands Of the Territory
This land viii not long be left idle.
CANE IN OLAA AND PUMA
; The cane outlook at Olaa and Puma
IS the brightest that it has been for
several years.
The Ieaf-hopper has practically dis
I appeared on both plantations. | look
:. ed for it IN several places but could
not even find a sample The parasites
introduced by the entomologists OF the
Planters Experiment Station have done
their work thoroughly, and there does
not seem TO be any cause 10 fear tie
hopper in the future
The root fungus which attacked the
Lahaina cane throughout the windward
district of Hawaii, undoubtedly did as
rnueh actual money damage to the
plantations az did the leaf-hopper-
Thanks again to the intelligent study
of the Planters Experiment Station,
the cause Of this trouble is now known
and harder cane, the yellow Gale
crop now in the ground. for 1908, pre-
: SCENTS as fine an appearance as any
thing on the Island Of Hawaii
4 THE LABOR CONDITION.
presents a favorable outlook, although
. | there is still a shortage Of laborers-
The Olaa plantations offer Of an acre
2 Of good land with house IN fee, and
2 other perQuisites, TO Portuguese labor
ers who work for three years at regular
: wages has met with q favorable re-
/ Spouse and forty-two Portuguese fami-
lies are now living in their own houses
4 under these conditions. They appear
satisfied; are planting trees, flowers and
;! vegetables and many of them have
bought a Cow or horse and are raising
pigs and chickens. We look for al
increase Of Iabcrers who VIII take al
vantage of this offer.
!. OUTSIDE LAND OWNERS
One If the most encourag cling features