Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-31

Divers flied industries may be said
| to have arrived in Hawaii While the
cultivation of rice-long the only
thing below sugar worth talking about
would appear to have declined in
amount, and its export becomes COM
paratiyely neglible as compared with
quarter of century ago, the agri-
cultural scientists of this Territory are
giving greater attention than ever to
this industry. some OF their recent
theses on the subject having been
copied far and wide by tropical agri.
cultural periodicals. Fruit culture 1or
which once great possibilities were
continuaily open il; for the present a
dead interest, with respect to fruits
| for marketing raw, owing to the quar-
antine upon most Hawaiian fruits
which it has been found necessary TO
establish on the mainland against tie
Mediterranean fruit fly that has un.
fortunately gained foothold here.
| this condition applies. however. MAIN
ly to green fruits for export and local
consumption. There Is no handicap
barring that of pests upon production
--on the raising OF various luscious
fruits for preserving.
Chief of the latter clR OF fruits
Is the pineapple. which up TO the
pret ent seems to be ip 6evions TO
the fly. Within the few years since
annexation the pineapple industry
mainly in the canned product. has
e1own to be the second In the island.
Exports OF preserved pines have rapid.
IN grown from being measured b.
thousands of dollars to being meas
rsed by the million. For the clos ing
year the pack has amounted to l,l2O-
600 cases, greatly exceeding the est
mates at the first of the season. As
further Indicating the solid fpoting OF
the pineapple canning industry, il vii.
q seen elsewhere in this paper that
the Hawaiian Pineapple COMPANY, the
leading packer among several large
concerns, is having new buildings
erected in Honolulu at a cost OF $lOo,-
000. Libby, McNeill & Libby, the
local branch of the large Chicago COM
pany of that name, is adding two
warehouses to its finely equipped plan:
&c Kahaluu on the otner side oil this
island, at a cost of $1,000.
AS part of the pineapple induEtry
must be mentioned the manufacture OF
Juice of the pine for a beverage. In
this branch the Pinectar Sales Com
pany is working up large trade not
ONLY in the American but IN the Eu-
rcpean markets. Its factory lis situat-
eG in Honolulu. and the company does
considerable business in the shipping
of fresh pine as well as the nectarl-
GUS essence = which it is named.
A new inU is:ry, or ratne? the eX-
pafision of one for some years in en-
istence on a small scale, has gained
an incorporated footing in Honolulu
within the passing year. The Hawai-
ian Jam and [ 4.Itney Co, Ltd, mas
erected factory here for the making
of various preserves and condiments
from various delicious fruits raised
here and in some cases growing Wild.
T., Coffee. with limited area available
for its cultivation, IS doing well. This
years croL is record one, in fact the
berry yield has been SO prolific that
some of the crop, at late accounts, was
liable to go to waste for lack OF hands
I(E L.
fec is consumed at none. yet 1t Is
probable that the exports OF 1917 to
the mainland ana Europe will show
considerable increase over last years.
Unfortunately to coHee bean is not i'm
n.ene to the attack or the fruit fly, but
ii has yet to be demons trated that the
insect will materially inju@e the berry.
This year has witnessed the launch
ing of an entirely new industry, one
which gives promise of enormous de-
velopment, in the utilization of the
Lean of the algaroba tree in ground
form as feed for beast ana, fowl. For
this purpose factory has been start
ed, using grinding machine invent
cd by Mr.. Renear of this city, to turn
out the product. As, fran a solitary