The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-23

The following indicates the 1ntereS
which the Experiment Stations recen
shipment of island fruits aroused il
Chicago. 1t is from The Bulletin, tn
weekly publication of the Chicago AS
ISOLATION of Commerce. 1t is publish
ed under a good display head and will
: When T. Edward Wilder, chairman
/ of the Publicity committee, was in the
/. Hawaiian Islands, he brought away
an enthusiasm for this new American
territory and impaired something very
like it for the work and ideals of the
Chicago Association of Commerce. Out
of his visit has grown an enterprise
about TO come to its climax in Chicago.
This enterprise is the laying down in
this city of a cargo of Hawaiian fruits
in two or three instances unfamiliar,
interesting, and worthy careful ex-
ploitation for their trade possibilities.
This shipment originates with the
| governments agricultural experiment
station in the islands, and with the
Hawaiian Promotion Committee
| Greater care could not be taken than
| has marked the preliminaries of ship
ment, for Hawaii's appeal for recog-
milton is to be nothing less than the
Great Central Market. First, Jared
g. Smith. director of the United States
agricultural experiment station in the
Islands, dispatched to San Francisco
an experimental shipment of fifteen
tons of island fruit, chiefly alligator
pears, bananas and papayas.
SEEKING A TRUSTWORTHY Ex-
PERTINENT.
This consignment was dispatched
under care of j. E. Higgins. hortieul-
turist of the experiment station, who,
upon reaching San Francisco, cabled
the condition of the fruit to Homo
lulu. Thereupon with increased knowl-
edge about matters of packing, ham
ding, temperature, ETC., there were
dispatched a second mixed fruit ship
ment of twenty-four tons. which, be-
ing transferred at San Francisco to
a refrigerator car, started eastward
with stops for inspection at Ogden,
Salt Lake and Denver. Mr.. Higgins,
in charge of the shipment, arrives
Friday, Aug. 80, and the fruit is ex-
pected Aug. 81 or Sept. L. 1t is planned
that the car will be sidetracked at the
State street freight terminal of the
Northwestern railway.
With this important shipment of |
miscellaneous Hawaiian fruits seeking |
friendship and business is a ton of |
pineapples, wonders all, presented by I
the Hawaiian Promotion Committee to |
the Chicago Association of Commerce.
The committee named by Mr.. Wilder |
to receive this fruit are r. G. Muir |
doch, fruit merchant, 40 Dearborn /
street; George w. Sheldon, chairman
of the Foreign Trade committee of the /
association; Richard c. Hall, chair
man of the Executive committee; /
Homer A Stillwe1l, chairman of the
Ways and Means committee; L. G.
Kunze, fruit merchant, so state street,
and the Publicity committee.
OUR HAWAIIAN TRADE.
The import trade of the United
States with its territory Hawaii, is as
yet largely sugar. Hawaii is increas-
ing her articles of export to this coun-
try, and these have grown from $13,-
6S7, 709 in 1897 to s29, on, 1913 in 1907. We
have partly paid for these imports in
1907 with exports worth $14, 435, 725. AL
though our purchases from Hawaii in
1907 were represented by nearly %
millions worth of sugar of the more
than 90 millions of imports, there is
a growing trade in Hawaiian fruits,
and it is these which the distributors
of the Great Central Market need to
know about if they would bring Amer
lean products into competition with
similar fruits raised by our sub-trop-
ical and tropical English and Latin
American neighbors.
Twenty years ago Americans knew
little of the banana. Now it's consump-
ton increases at about a million dol
lars worth a year 4 little while ago
the grape fruit was a queer, extrava-
CANT looking creature to northern
eyes. Today the producer hardly
keeps pace with the demand. While
the pineapple is pretty well estab :
ished, the avocado and mango are
rarities. All these fruits are native to L;
that land of possibilities. Hawaii, six
lays distant from our own racine
coast, and as much nearer, compare |
lively speaking, as by fast express s
steamers our future trade with the {
Stands shall ordain. (
Hawaii is now studying. scientiflcal-
Y, the culture and transportation Of
ruits. this being under the supervi- {
ion of the office Of experiment sta t
ions of the United States department q
# agriculture. The horticulturist Of I
he Hawaiian station is J. E. Higgins,
Who, as above said, is in charge OF
he experimental consignment of mix s
d Hawaiian fruits to Chicago. The
'enture takes impetus in the Hawai- a
an Promotion Committee, II. P. Wood.
ecretary. I
1t would appear that the problem of
he Hawaiian shippers is to put rare l
nd palatable fruits into the Chicago /
market in marketable and tempting
ondition. Chicago of course gathers I
n every fruit of the world for which $
here is profitable sale, but it is likely
hat certain OF Hawaii's product are n
o far novelties as to need systematic 2
fort at introduction. The Hawaiian 4s