The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-06

Ell into all known fields, and 10 have
thoroughly raked and scraped them IN
/ search of ingredients with which Il
coneoct new beverages-iu some instan.
ces most fearfulv wonderful mixtures
1t IS matter Of surprise that they
have not discovered that the keeping
ION tap Of fresh. ripe and undiluted
| pineapple juice will add greatly to their
| store. The pineapple juice is not costly,
| IN the season. and the juice Is not diff
| ficult TO express; and once a customer
| always a customer will be the rule as
regards the happy possessor of a healthy
! and opportune thirst who tries this
nectar
/ And the season is here now; in fact.
| it began early in May. and will last
well into the summer. Auction sales
| take place usually twice a week. and
Immediately following the arrival of
| the boats Of the Southern steamship
lines, which are now coming laden with
this princely gift of tropic and semi
tropic lands-that is, Immediately fol-
lowing the discharge Of their odorous
cargoes, the aggregate sales value of
which before the season ends win have
reached something over two million
dollars This, of course, does not in
clude the Florida crop. most of whica
comes north by rail. and very little of
which is sold at auction.
1t is said, in the trade. that sales
costs-after the fruit has left the plan
tation-amount to about IS cents per
crate, and as the latter contains thirty
pineapples, generally, and through the
season fetches an average of S225, the
grower will net a fair return for his
labor and investment, if the fruit ar
rives here in good condition. and is
taken readily by the retailers-in other
words, if the latter do not give check
to its prompt distribution by asking
unreasonable prices. which is about the
only thing that congests the market.
1t may be remarked. incidentally,
that there's some disposition on the
part of receivers to criticize the freight
lines. They complain of the arrange
ment which brings steamers here at
the end of the week. They say these
ships are to be in port with their
cargoes until the following Monday.
and that that does not, to put il mild
ly. improve perishable stuff And, too.
these compliments think more care
could be exercised in the loading and
the discharging of eargoes; that cool
ing apparatus should be installed on
steamers carrying the fruit. and for
this reason: commencing with sum-
mer the prevailing winds are from
the southwark and these follow the
vessel, with the result that the tenn
perature in its holds ranges from so
to 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and-cooks |
the pine.
The banana carriers. they say, are |
more particular; they use ventilators; |
they take temperatures at frequent in |
tervals, and should they meet with no |
headwinds. in hot weather, they will |
turn and run for hours against the |
breeze, to cool off holds and their con-
tents. This last. however. would seem |
to be a remedy difficult of application |
in case of passenger vessels
The charge is also made by receivers |
that the freight tariff on Florida pine |
apples is much too high. And that, Of |
course, is no encouragement to the |
domestic industry.