Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-06-24

This notice, appearing IN Tne roy
nesian of June s, 1850, was the only
newspaper notoriety that was given the
marriage OF two people whose names
are now revered throughout Hawaii.
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Small Farming in 1850.
AS one reads The Polyncsian OF 1850
he Is impressed that the discovery of
gold In California created condition
of mind among the people OF Honolulu
In that day closely akin to the situa-
ton today growing out of the pros
poets of changes brought about by the
Panama Canal.
The Polynesian of June I, 1850, con-
tains a circular ITO Friends of Agri-
cultural Operations at the Hawaiian
Islands," signed by stephen Reynolds.
w. Newcomb. ]. +. u. Marshall. n. w.
Wood and w. l.. Lee. This circular is
Il call growing out OF public meeting
held In Honolulu April 20.
Read this:
For years past the agricultural in
tercsts OF these Islands have been in
significant. and their pursuit unprofit-
able. with an uncertain and distant
market. with little or no encourage
ment. or facilities given to foreign till
ers of the soil. without proper knowl-
edge of that soil or sufficient capital
to experiment upon Its capabilities,
most of the agricultural enterprises
here have languishcd or utterly failed.
And with the exception of n few sug-
ar and coffee plantations. the proprie-
tors of which have invested too much
capital to be able to abandon them
without heavy loss. and which were
still struggling on with doubtful pros
poets. the whole amount OF agricul-
tural operations at these Islands con-
sisted in the raising OF fruit and vegc-
tables for the fleet Of whaleships that
mi-annually touched here for sup
plies.
within the last two years. however,
a great and sudden change has taken
place in the prospects Of this group. The
extension OF the territory and govern
ment of the United States to the bor-
ders of the Pacific. the wonderful dis
coveries in California, and the con-
sequent almost instantaneous creation
of a mighty state on the western front
of the American Unioni has. as II were.
with the wand of a magician, drawn
this little group into the very focus OF
civilization and prosperity. We ind
ourselves suddenly surrounded by in
telligent entcrprising neighbors. who
call loudly to ny to furnish OF our
abundance and receive In exchange OF
theirs our coffee and sugar no longer
remain piled in our warehouses. our
fruits and vegetables no longer decay
on the spot where they were grown
We are not even compelled to seek for
them market, but ciamorous purchas-
ers come to our cry doors ana carry
OFF our supplies with an eagerness tha'
has caused us to feel scarcity our
Selves ana we are hssureu tha' MOI
only Tor all these, nut Tor any otner
products oil the son that we WIN ra'se'
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