The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-07

cotton again. The market side of the
cotton industry may therefore be said
to be most satisfactory from the stand
point of the producer. While on the
mainland during the past cotton sea
son, / frequently heard it stated, as I
mature opinion of cotton experts, that
this crop should be considered as one
of the most important possible crops to
grow in any country where good quail
ity and yield could be produced.
As already indicated, there is an
abundant demand for Egyptian cotton
on the mainland without looking
farther for a market. The technical
industries which have use for cottons
like the Sea Island and Caravonica will
use more and more in the future and
the centers of trade for these eottons
are found in Liverpool, Bremen, Paris,
New York and Charleston. The demand
for cheaper Upland cottons is very ac-
tive in Japan and China, and as re-
ported by Mr.. KrausS on his return
from those countries, they are DESTROYS
of buying large quantities of Upland
cotton from us. The possibility Of their
using high grade cottons is still some
what doubtful.
So much for the outlook for markets
and the demand for cotton after it has
once been produced. Turning now to
the actual possibilities of cotton grow
ing in the Islands, I may say that it
has already been demonstrated that we
can grow cotton of the higher grades,
of excellent quality and with satisfac
tory yields. While on James Island, to
which the world has hitherto looked
for its finest Sea Island cotton, I Sc
cured a sample Of lint which was sold
for the Paris market at seventy cents
a pound. This sample was submitted,
together with sample grown on the
windward side of Oahu, for comparison
to Il prominent cotton grower at the
cotton exchange in New York city.
He stated. after an examination, that
the sample from this island was GER
tainly equal to that from James Island,
and on the whole, rather superior. The
fact that growers of Sea Island
throughout the district where this cot
ton is raised wanted to get seed from
us, after making an examination Of
samples of our lint, shows conclusively
that the best quality of long-staple cot
ton can be grown in Hawaii. The SAM
pies of Caravonica cotton, produced by
the Australian originator of this vari--
ETY., compared rather unfavorably with
samples of the same cotton grown in
Hawaii. 1t is therefore a plainly es-
tablished fact that we can produce the
top grade of this cotton in the Terri
tory. The Egyptian cotton which we
have grown here in the Islands is equal
to any samples which I was able to OBJ
tain on the mainland, and it is unlikely
that this cotton can be grown on the
mainland, outside of a few localities
like Yuma, Arizona.
Last season about $50 acres of cot
ton We're grown experimentally in the
Territory. Small areas were planted on
all of the four principal islands and
encouraging results have been obtained
in all eases. Those who planted last
year will increase their plantations
during the coming season and numerous
others will plant on much larger
scale. So far as may be Judged from
the amount of seed which has been
| bought from present growers of cotton
in the Islands, it is likely that 1000
or 5000 acres of cotton Will be grown
during the present season.
We are attempting to gain evidence
as rapidly as possible on the climatic
and soil conditions which are most