The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-07
EUROPE OPEN
TO OUR PINES
Merchants of Hamburg, Ger
many Turn Toward Hawaii Q
for Preserved Product.

All Europe has suddenly opened up
before the pineapple growers of Hawaii
as prospective market place for their
product. As a foothold, the German
free port of Hamburg is seeking the
fruit, and after the failure of the prod
ucts of other pineapple. coun-
tries to satisfy the demand there.
either in quality or quantity, Hamburg
merchants have turned their eyes to-
ward Hawaii.
This information reached here yester-
day in letter from the state depart
ment to Acting Governor Mott Smith.
forwarding to him a report of the
American consul-seneral at Hamburg,
Robert p Skinner. Skinner gives in
| detail the requirements of the manu-
facturers and merchants of Hamburg,
some of which the local shippers might
not be able to comply with, but which
will probably be waived.
At present, says Skinner, Germany
receives the bulk of her pineapples
from Singapore, and some from the
| islands of the Antilles, West Indies
Minute directions as to where, how and
when to ship them are contained in
the report, which is given below. 1t
but remains to the pineapple growers
of Hawaii to take what is offered to
| them and extend their trade over an
other continent.
The report, in full, is as follows:
Responsible importers in Hamburg
have applied at this Office for the adj
dresses of first-class exporters of Ha-
waiian pineapples preserved in their
own juice, without syrup, for which, it
is asserted, considerable market al
ready exists, and one which can be
greatly expanded whenever the Ha-
waiian fruit packers make the direct
connections necessary to place their
product on sale at favorable terms.
1T is known in this market that an
entirely satisfactory quality of pine
apple preserves is prepared in the Ha-
waiian Islands. Some shipments have
reached the Hamburg market, via San
| Francisco, through numerous middle
men, whereby the price has elevated
the product to such level as to re-
| strict the demand. If responsible pro-
ducers can be found, prepared to ship
| to German importers direct, it is be-
lieved that the cost price, delivered,
could be reduced from 90 to 80 per
| cent.
"The fruit must be packed in cases
of twentyfour cans, of gross weight
of two and half or three pounds each,
the contents being canned in their own
juice, and without syrup. Only entire
fruit with the core should be shipped.
| The duty on the canned fruit is
75 marks per 100 kilos ($17.s5 per 900
pounds) when imported rom the United
States, and to avoid the payment of
this high duty the goods are received
in the Hamburg free port and there
stored until purchasers are found,
whereupon the contents of the cans
are emptied into barrels and, in bar
rels, enter the custom zone upon the
payment of only four marks ($0.952)
per 100 kilos 1t appears to be i'm
possible to ship preserved pineapples
in barrels over long distances.
eff large quantities of Hawaiian
pineapples are to be sold in Hamburg.
| the price, delivered elf. should not
exceed thirteen marks ($9.09D per 100
kilos.
German manufacturers of preserves
in sugar have expressed a demand for
fruits in its own juice of really good
quality, demand which is covered by
the product now imported from Singa-
pore. A better grade of fruit arrives
from Guadeloupe and Martinique, but
the production of these islands is small
and is absorbed chiefly in France. The
price, moreover, of preserved pineapples
from the Antilles is so high that Ger
man manufacturers prefer to use fresh
fruit.
1.-The following houses should be con-
suited in this connection, having al
ready applied to me for information
which would enable them to get into
correspondence with the actual packers
of Hawaiian pineapples:
"Verlag des Gordian, Gustav Frey
! tagstr, 10, Hamburg
Richard Tadesco, Luisenhof, Ham
burg.
Wischern s. Ludolphi, bel den
Muhren 7475, Hamburg"
(Sgd.) ROBERT p. SKINNER,
Consul-General-
The letter is dated November 3.
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