The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-09-13

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4omcaieads ttr homelcaders would ua
naFe been bankrupt
" Ih1 quesi.ou has often been ASH
~, continued Mr. Passion "ns ia
aheihcr iht white man can grow tane
Ny reply b. ihft he cam. bui De- Be- NOT
Inclined % Do it 2 speak of tho white
nan from fho mainland The ROBSON To-
obvious The maiuiaud farmer raises
nearly el his crops hv machinery,
plants, culiiyates aud harNesis b..
The speaker went on 90 teil the dit
Realities of cane growing. which nearly
an had 20 be done by hand. Flowing
was difficult aud each individual stalk.
when cut, was formerly stripped Of iis
leaves, one Of the heaviest parts of the
process Of sugar extraction.
Pineapple Ventures
lie went into pineapple cultivation,
and gave figures 60 show how IL had
developed year by year The panic Of
1907 found the market swamped by
canned pneapples and the Hawaiian
growers suffered, Pineapples almost had
TO be given away then. The sugar com
par IS made advances 60 the pineapple
growers. His firm alone had advanced
100000 to small cannery on Maui,
otherwise Il would have failed. Ee did
not include James ID. Dole's operations
as the latter had mainland capital 10
carry his pineapple protests along. All
the other cannery propositions, how
ever, had been supported at the start
by the sugar companies.
A million cases would be canned this
year and due to the advertising cam
paign il might be all dist ibuteS, he
said, speaking of the industry US it now
stood
81 very much fear, however, the
market will again be over supplied, -
added Mr.. Paxton, who referred to ad
ditional Averages being developed on
Maui and Kauai. More advertising wil
have TO be done TO stimulate a market.
Helped the Industry.
The sugar companies made advances
at six per cent to help the industry at
the start The sugar companies also
furnished transportation facilities. Had
II not been fol the transportation 80
furnished the companies would have
had to pay from twenty five TO forty
per cent more for freight car ying. The
rate from here 20 San Francisco Is
$500 per ton as against 1878 on sugas
rs pineapples were more diilieult 10 han.
die, compared with sugar bags.
% cite these facts, said Mr.. Pax
ton, ITO meet statements that the sug.
nr industry has not fostered the pine
apple industry, We have been glad 10
do H. Then there Is another thing.
The American Ilawailnn Steamship
Company which carries our sugar 10
eastern ports, ore supposed % 20 out
run laden with sugar The pineapple
season is on two months before the
hngar season closes aud IN order 10 help
the pineapple growers got their product
to the market, the sugar companies
have held back some Of their sugar ~
let the pineapple eases 70 into the ships
They are doing that to-day, Yet, there
nre few Of the sugar companies or peo-
pie who have stock in the pineapple
companies, ] believe we have only
$4,000 In one company that is all, y
MI Paxton told Of another di1ienlty
facing the homesteader,- 1.-THE pests, like
the Hessan and Mediterranean frlit.
NY, md others which work overtime.
The board Of agriculture sent 10 AfJica
and Europe for parasites TO kin on
the pests, The United States expert
ment station has done good work aud
the planters experiment station has
rendered valuable assistance 10 The fed
oral station, Tho planters station had
taken mp the question of pineapple
diseases, outside It's own field Of labor,
and made a thorough study of IT,
1.-THE desire and intention of the
planters from start 10 fniah,U addad
Mr., Paxton, sis 20 do everything they
can 10 help every Industry
The Haiku IIomsstsads,
Mr., Paxton illustrated his remarks
| by giving detailed statements ~ 10 tho
DEMONSTRATING plans which originated
with the late II. y, Baldwin, while be
was general manager Of the laTQe Ma,
vi sugar plantations There WIS u tongue
Of land reacbiDg down into one Of The
plantations containing about 300 aGTGs,
Mr., Baldwin said 10 tho government
That " II would give his plantation the
BOO ncTes be would give 1900 acres in
exchange well suited ~ bOmesfaadinR.
lie went further and said III this land
was successfully bOmesieaded he would
give another traet " equal sizo FOR fur,
ther bOmesteadinR, n WIS further pro,
yided that the railroad should BIO ~,
tended there, The exchange was mDde,
and the lands hOmeeteaded md tbe rail,
road N being extended.
4" 4 short time ago. continued Mr.,
l'hNto1, the corporations included IN
MI BnldwlDb sugar estates, ad0pt6d
resolutions trapsfeTipg additional land,
aee0rding 10 agTeemeDt,U 10 read q
copy 0f tho resolution, dated August
"a, 1919,
'Ibe same Interest controls tho cOT,
p0raii0n that passed tbat resolution ~
controls tho Maui Agricultural Com,
phnyt' inquired tho BeeTetary,
" Yes. Now then, these land arc aet
apart have already been subdlyIded
into lots, and aa ! understand II, tbero
are some Gfty or sixty applicants for
them,N
',lIow many lots are tberefu
About thirty
HWbat IL tho alzeIp
"Well, ! should say ranging from
thirty 10 forty acres, ~
"fop regard that land M adapted
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