The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-30
AMERICAN HAWAII
BEING REALIZED
Former Secretary Atkinson's
Impressions of His Visit
to Maui.

What pleased me more than any
thing else on this trip to Maui with
the Longworths," A. L. c. Atkinson
said yesterday, was the industrial de-
Nelopment along the lines we have
been talking about.
I'm the first place, through all the
Baldwin plantations may be seen the
building of cottages on acre lots for
the laborers. Again, on Wailuku PLAN
tation I noticed in lao Valley that c.
B. Wells, the manager there, has had
several new cottages for his laborers
erected on very fertile plots of land.
where not only flowers and vegetables
but fruit trees are already planted out.
THAT shows the permanency of set
tlement, the domiciled labor. When
the laborer, comes to such conditions
Of living, he comes to stay. This is
real development in Hawaii and the
development upon which this country
will get on.
"A new industry which I saw for
the first time was that of grape-grow-
ing for the making of wine. It is sit
uated in Makawao district and this
year the crop or grapes will yield 49,
900 gallons of wine. And in four years,
from the vines planted and grated, a
yield of $4,000 gallons year is ex-
pected.
"I was told on reliable authority
that every one of the vines was plant
ed on land owned in fee simple by
the Portuguese growers. These men
deliver their grapes at the winery and
are paid at the rate of forty-five cents
a gallon on the yield of wine. They
are paid in cash and I understand
that, not only are they satisfied, but
the growers are doing well at that
rate
'sThe Federal authorities have lately
sent, an expert out here and he has
brought 148 varieties of grapevine to
be experimental with, to see which of
them are best suited to the country. I
am told that 500 CRAFTS have been
made of the new stocks upon the old
roots This is another of the beneficial
results from union with the United
States and Federal interest in Ha-
wallis development
"By trimming back the grapevines
at the proper time it is hoped that
these grapes can be marketed in San
Francisco and California in December,
January and February when they have
no fresh, homegrown grapes, and it
not be surprising to see a prof
itable industry spring up from that
source.
Along through Hama and Nahiku
districts the rubber growing is simply
wonderful. 1t is hard to believe that,
since I was through there three years
ago, the trees could have attained their
present height. While as yet no tap
pings have been made, from the mag
appearance of tthe trees it
needs hardly a gift of prophecy to de-
clare that the industry is bound to be
a success.
Pineapple patches are springing up
al over the country and there is a
great demand for plants. OF course
this industry is already an assured
success, which is shown by the large
number of small landowners going in
to it.
with all the visible evidences of
progress in new industries, what |
pleased me most of all on Maui was
to see plantation labor domiciled and |
happy Tt was so different from the |
DID days when contract laborers were |
lerded in barracks by these same su-
gar planters.
american Hawaii is becoming a |
'eality.''