The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-10-16
Shin8Ie ArOuSeS
Portland Discussion
OF Hawaii Trade

PORTLAND, September 2oThe Telegram has the following
AS competitors selling buying goods quoting
prices low and lower paying as high or
higher for that bought yet gets practically none of Hw
business Wy Honolulu business question this
week He has interest Portland His trip incidental
to visit to the Seattle fair He this city priced its export
nodies looked habor fact that Port
land does the Hawaiian drew line
showing that feet of steamships port
regular stopping San Francisco Seattle touching
Portland by oneboa connection and he asked why hap
pened He wanted to know if Portland south
if local business tried get regular steamship
recon why the Columbian metropolis represented in field
he believes will develop much heavier trade the coming years
He answered No any legitimate
isfng prevent Portland from getting share Hawaii
trade No cared explain why the fleet of the
waian steamships sailed past this port without making regular calls
because the business not offering proved subject which Port
anders seemed anxious to forget Why cared to explain and
Robert W. Single president Company
Of the very largest operating Hawaii passed marveng
that city of Porand strength and promise should heed
Of the brightest little fields Pacific commerce
Further inquiry along the lines of interrogation started by Mr. Shin
gle revealed the welnown fact that the triangular made by
steamships complete of
business Hawaii the Panama Tehuantepec
sugar general Hawaiian products At the s they get
heavy consgments of Atlantic seaboard freight for San Francisco
and Seattle San Fancsco delivered at that passing
continue ncst Portland gets freight the 18th
but the small cargo transpped at San FRANCISCO Tor TINS
port Puget smus freight delivered At both
Francisco the steamships pick up hay grain butter
eggs fruit lumber and other Pacific Coast products for the Hawaiian
market
Portland takes as much Atlantic freight Port
land much hay grain fruit butter and other produce
either Seattle Francisco Portland of entry
Why didn't the steamship company when arranging its
service offered induce stop here? Why
hasn't something have do SOP Why has this va
factor Pacific traffic been overlooked? There no Alaska
handicap in distance special relationships ongestabshed chan
Noting all these things that the Hawaiian
business men utterly fail grasp the Portland for not being
n the field
Mr. Shnge very interesting comments Hawaiian al
fairs while at the Hotel Portland
The islands have prosperous consider
ABLY over having sted and good prices on the
The bulk of shipped TO ne"
York via the Tehuanepec railroad and the steam
slip York it is sold to the American Sugar REFINING Co
pany oned of the entire output goes to San
the bulk of by the California Hawaiian kehney
owned by the Sugar Factors Company OF a
Some the California goes the Western Refinery Sa
Francisco which controlled by John D. Spreckels m
pineapple pack this year double that OF last year Inc
experienced difficulty marketing the 1000
crop udcous advertising newspapers magazines ana prou
a the entire pack off this satisfactory manner
We glory the quality Of our pneaPPes down there the same as you
60 in the Hood River apple only wish that our pineapple
selling organization complete and solid as that OF the ou
River district of Oregon" =, 60.
Constant Improvement is noted Hawaiian affairs says Mr. Shin
ole The administration Republican. For time appeared
that Prince Kaannao delegate for the islands to Congress- wou
rot RIM for another term but recently indicated his
which Mr. Single the people are very grae
as he is an representative Large being spent
nv Pearl Harbo improvements consisting OF new
Grydoc general station installing big building repair
plants building cavalry brigade post charging the infantry garrison
forts dredging Honolulu and building bakwater at %
Japanese have given the sugar plantation strike and returned
to work at the old scale.
Ar th last session of the legislature law enacted
permitting collection of cent income tax on all incomes
over $1,000 year. which fund to be used by the immigration officials
IN getting Spnards Portuguese Fpnos and Porto Rans to settle
in the islands Private the immigration OF
these people, of the contract labor law but the nuar govern
ent can up work and doing that resident population
prosperous people be secured Tor all work IN con-
ncction with growing and harvesting