The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-03-12
BOOST PINES IN
KAPPA DISTRICT
Market S""r,,"-i::::tendent closes
Agreement: With Homestead
erS Of Garden Island.
tFrom Monday Adyertiser.l

ANAOh NAohN1l huNtINlStTsl
Market Superintendent Starrett and
j, o. Lutted returned yesterday from
Kauai, after having closed number of
agreements with homesteaders under
which they are hopeful that the Kapaa
district will become a very big pine.
apple region = also Starrett looked
further into the onion proposition and
is greatly encouraged with the outlook.
Lutted said last night that there were
lands in sight which would probably
support cannery of FIVE or six hun.
dred thousand cases of pineapples.
Lutted proposes to form company
that will provide the cannery and carry
the homesteaders, advancing them
money to start their farms. "The Gov
ernor has shown great interest in the
matter, and has gene carefully into the
proposed agreements, he said. eve
believe that we can advance the home
steaders 800 an acre on their crop
prospects, taking an agreement which
the Governor approves. On this basis
there are three or four hundred acres
now ready. There are three or four
thousand acres that may soon be availa.
BILE. Governor Frear has shown much
anxiety to aid the homesteaders, and
asked Mr.. Starrett to accompany me
on my visit among them, to speak for
the government and advise the home,
steaders.
GA corporation will probably be
formed, with 100000 capital, to take
the matter up, and we shall spend $685.
coo on cannery at the start. look
to see this Kappa region become the
banner pineapple district of the Terri
tory. In the matter of soil it is much
superior to Wahiawa."
Good Prospect, Says Starrett.
S. t. Starrett, after visit among the
onion growers and the homesteaders
who are prospective pineapple growers,
expressed himself very hopeful of much
success in both lines.
''I went overland as far as Kappa, -
said Starrett, ''and visited some of the
onion planters, who have plants ready
to pull, with view to showing them
how to pack and ship the product. The
onions look fine, and the experiment
may certainly be called a success,
though of course this first year there
is no large area to be harvested.
"About dozen people have made
the experiments, but they only have
four or five acres planted. Next year
there will be two hundred acres or
more. Several of the planters have al
ready ordered seed through me for
their next years planting. h
'"The onions are fine-better than the
Coast product and with the exception
of region along the Mexican border,
Hawaii is the only place that can
produce them at this time of the year.
They mature here two months ahead of
the California crop, and there is clear
market for them. Five, six, or seven
hundred carloads could find a ready
market now.
"I think the crop should bring in two
or three hundred dollars an acre, on the
present showing, and that is pretty
good for a four months crop. -p4i'
The Kauai Pineapple Homesteaders.
"The Kappa homesteaders who plan
to put in pineapples are awaiting the
final news that they are to have a
cannery. Out of about forty home
steaders, understand that thirty have
signed up with Mr.. J. o. Lutted, who
is handling the proposition. +
"There are thousand more acres Of
land ready for opening, and already I
have the names of about fifteen people
who would like to homestead the lands,
if the cannery is established and a
market assured