The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-10

mage of sugar of the past year amounts
to 521,123, while heretofore the yearly
output has never reached 100000 tons.
The weather has been rather favorable
to the growing cane, although several
districts of these Islands have suffered
severely by prolonged droughts, par
ticularly Kau and Kona, on the Island
of Hawaii, and Makawao and the Kula
district on Maui, and to some extent the
Island of Kauai as well.
This extensive crop, next to weather
conditions, is largely owing to careful
and judicious field work and treatment
of the soil with lime and artificial fer
tilizer based on scientific analysis and
ultimately to the perfection arrived at
in the advanced equipment of mill and
boiling works to obtain the best posi-
bic results from The cane juice.
Too much praise can not be given to
the continued good work accomplished
by the Experiment Station and the re-
suits obtained in its different divisions.
Special annual reports of each division
of the station will be submitted to you
for your information and discussion, but
on my part I desire to commend each
individual member of the staff for his
share in the successful working of the
Experiment Station, without mention
ing these cooperative workers by name,
considering that they are long and
favorable known to you. But / would
be amiss in my duty if / refrained
from making particular mention and
speaking in the highest praise of the
efforts made by Mr.. Muir in the Mo-
luccas and other islands in the Southern
Pacific to obtain specimens of parasites,
enemy to the cane-borer, in which eff
fort he has already partially succeeded.
AS you all are aware, to our sorrow, of
the destruction caused by the cane
borer, you will fully realize the great
boon to the sugar industry here if the
cane-borer should be fought after this
as successfully as has the leaf-hopper
in recent years. The Experiment Sta
tion, under the directorate of Mr. C. F.
Eckart, and his able staff, has been do
ing most excellent, useful, and practical
work, by raising large variety of cane
seedlings and distributing them among
all the plantations of this group. These
seedlings are now carefully watched in
their growth, and developments will
show what species give most promise of
large results. The cooperation of the
managers of the various plantations in
prOpagating new species of cane is
greatly to be commended and fully re-
eOgnized
The labor situation, although not &C /
tually of serious aspect at the present
time, is justly cause of constant ap- /
prehension, requiring intelligent study !
and .watchfulness Fortunately for the
agricultural pursuits of these Islands
there is good supply of labor avail
able to prevent any shortage to the de-
mand, still it is very desirable that such
labor should not be too largely of one
nationality, but should be made ND of
various nationalities so far as this can
reasonably be carried out. The benefit of
such diversity in the labor element is
too apparent to require any argument.
This fact the trustees have fully recog-
nized and steps are being taken having
this end in view, which will be further
to in this report.
Most important to the agricultural
and industrial pursuits of this Terri
tory have been the visits of Mr.. Jas.
r. Garfield, Secretary of the Interior,
and of Mr.. F. H. Newell, Director of
the United States Reclamation Service,
who by personal observation have made
themselves acquainted with the actual
in this Territory as regards its
agricultural and industrial progress
made, its present needs, and who have
gauged its future possibilities. It will
be the privilege of the association to
have Mr.. Newell present at one of its
daily sessions, when he will kindly de-
liver an address on the wonderful re- I
suits obtained on the mainland bv the
Reclamation Service under his direc-
-orate, and perhaps on the possible ap-
1lication of this national scheme on the
resources of these Islands. Il
Mr.. John D. Trenor, at the sugges- !
ion of the late Mr. Sargent, Com !
missioner of immigration, was invited .
o visit the different islands of this ,
roup, to inform himself on the existing
abor conditions here, which resulted =
n his engagement as agent of the Ter :
itorial Board of immigration at New +
7Ork. 1t is expected that he will re- :
ruit among the newly arrived Southern :
europeans in New York, field laborers, !
rst on a limited scale as an experiment, f
nth the possibility of larger numbers
D follow. This movement is in line +
nth the policy of the Administration j
q Washington and may prove to be a a
lccess in its way. I
The fortunate result of the presi- I
ential election gives assurance of a G
Dnservative administration of public =
fairs on the lines of the policy of the Y
resent administration, and no fear h
aed reasonably be entertained that o
ongress will sanction any legislation n
-hich would affect the sugar industry a
the mainland and that of these D
lands disastrously.
Thus the outlook for the near future f.
hopeful and there seems to be little o
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