Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-14
EXPORTER SAYS HAWAII
SUGAR MAY Be CHEAPER
Islanders Pleased with Election
of Famous Yachtsman
as Representative

e. e. Paxton, secretary of the Alex
ander & Baldwin company, the larg-
est sugar exporting concern on the
Hawaiian islands, is in Los Angeles for
a few days on his way to his home in
Honolulu after having been in New
York city for month on business. Mr..
Paxton is accompanied by his wife.
Mr. Paxton is. just now, to use his
own statement, feeling extremely joy
full over the fact that Hawaii went Re-
publican at the last election, returning
J. Kalani Aloe to Washington as rep
resentative of the islands in congress.
Mr.. Paxton states that Mr.. Aloe, who
is known to the yacht lovers of South
ern California as the man who COM
manded the yacht Hawaii In the re-
cent transpacific yacht races from Los
Angeles to Honolulu. is one of the
greatest statesmen the islands has pro-
duced, ever on the lookout to further
the interests of his country and his
people. He is, according to Mr.. Pax
ton, well liked in Washington and had
very little opposition for reelection.
Mr.. Paxton. contrary to the opinion
expressed by several other Hawaiians
who have recently been in Los Angeles,
does not believe that the sugar indus
try will ever be replaced or even
hampered by any other agricultural
pursuits which are being introduced
in the islands.
Sugar" said Mr.. Paxton last even
ing at the Alexandria. "is, and always
will be, the chief agricultural pursuit
of the Hawaiian islands. Other indus
tries along agricultural lines may be
introduced, in fact a number are be-
ing experimental with at present and
we all hope the cultivation of the
things Experimental with will be sue
cessful, but sugar will maintain its
supremacy"
PINEAPPLEs AND RUBBER
"Take, for instance, the pineapple" !"
continued Mr.. Paxton. THE cultiva-
tion of that fruit has passed the ex-
perimental stage-it is, in other words,
an established industry. Yet the su-
gar industry has not suffered. 1t has,
in fact, grown.
"At the present time there are ex-
periments being carried on in the is
lands with cotton and rubber. The re-
suits of these experiments are encour-
aging and the time is looked forward
to when Hawaii will come to the front
as a producer of rubber and cotton as
well as pineapples and sugar.
'The cotton being experimental with
is of the finest kind, the well known
Sea Island variety, and will If success
full prove of value to the is
lands. The industry is, however, as
yet in the experimental stage and no
one can predict the outcome.
"The same is true OF the rubber in
dustry. OF course experiments with
rubber, owing to the nature of the in
dustry, have been in progress for some
time. A great many trees have been
planted and some of these will be
ready for tapping within a year or
two. 1t depends on the quality and
quantity of the sap obtained when this
tapping is done whether the rubber in
dustry will flourish on the islands.
"The sugar industry is in a very
fourishing condition. We have been
receiving good prices for our product,
but expect these prices to be lower
during the coming year. That does
not" continued Mr.. Paxton in answer
to the query as to whether low prices
would affect the high cost of living,
"mean that the retail price of sugar
will come down. 1t is the result of an
overproduction in Europe and a fall
ing off of consumption of cane sugar.
The retail prices will remain practi-
cally the same"