Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-11
COAST SALESMAN
ISHANNED FOR
HAWAII FARMERS
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I'm keeping US posted on what and
when to ship, the right kind OF a
man will be invaluable to a number
of interests which at present can only
deal with the mainland markets in an
uncertain and haphazard manner. For
instance the marketing division few
weeks ago made a shipment Of onions
to the coast, which hit the market just
right and sold for cents per pound.
Another shipment was made and but
cents realized With the proper in
formation at the proper time all OF
these onions could have been placed
when the market was at Its best. The
regular commission houses are not
in position, or will not take the trou-
Ele Of attending to this work as it
should be cared for. They tell US to
send the stuff along and they will sell
IL, And they do, but 1t isn't always
sold to our best interest. 1t is
game of chance at present, and we
want to eliminate chance as far, as
possible"
TO Push Fresh Pines.
DR.. Wilcox believes that,it will be
possible to greatly relieve the pine
apple congestion of the islands through
the shipment of a very much larger
quantity of the fruit In a fresh state.
AT the present time there is too much
uncertainty in this branch of the In
.dustry ALI the growers who have
tried this business, have had the same
kind Of experience to report. Some
times their shipments get through in
splendid condition, and again their
loss is so heavy that profits are wiped
out The causes of this difficulty are
not very clear, and even when It Is
known, it is difficult to fix the blame.
The matter will be greatly simplifed
by having an experienced man to re-
ceiye the shipments and to check up
any dereliction that may be against
the transportation company. If the
steamship companies are to blame, DR..
Wilcox believes that this absolute
check will in itself largely tend to
correct the difficulty, and with the
growth of the business, the compa.
MES will have an added incentive for
handling, the shipments.
Refrigeration Experiments.
The experiment station has begun a
series of experiments in cold storage
of fruits, which promises TO yield very
valuable results. Through the active
cooperation of the Hawaiian Electric
Company, the station has been ac-
corded facilities for carrying out these
experiments ina most systematic
IN me
ers have learned that it is science
to properly refrigeTate fruit. A TEN.
peratuTe that is right for one fruit
may be all wrong for another, and so
it has been necessary to work out a
careful system for each class of fruit.
Il is believed that it may be found
possible to refrigerate pineapples, sc
that the crop could be held here for
several weeks, if necessary, before
shipping. This would make it pos.
sible to export much larger quantity
during the season Of heavy production
than is now possible. .s@
At the present time pineappfes are
not shipped in refrigeration, and I'M
der proper conditions of ventilation
bAOLC SGCho " DC lO uI1I1SullS dDOut
this system.
Miscellaneous Products.
1t is believed that a good market
could be built up on the Coast for pa
Iaias and possibly for other fruits
which it might be possible to have re-
moved from the present quarantine
Papaias have been shipped most sue.
cessfully in experimental quantities,
but until representative of the
growers is on the ground to push thu
sale, 1t will be almost hopeless to get
this delicious fruit introduced. The
ordinary commission houses are not
in position to handle such shipments
at all.
During about two months in the
year, the San Francisco market can
absorb very large quantity of sweet
potatoes. This is at the season when
the markets are bare of the mainland
crop. But the Coast market wants q
special kind and size of potato; and.
strange to say its ideas OF a sweet po-
tato are not the same as obtains here.
Various growers last year lost heav-
lily through not understanding this
fact, though shipments have beer
made which realized as high as eight
cents per pound. Egg plant is another
thing which grows to perfection here
at any season. Yet every year the
Southern California growers race be-
tween themselves, and gamble with
the weather. at long odds, in their eff
forts to get this luxury on The San
Francisco market when prices range
from 25 to 30 cents each. And they
pay several times the freight rate that
the Hawaiian grower would have to
Fay.
But until the Island grover can be
advised intelligently and be assured
that his shipment will receive proper
attention. such as can only be had
through personal representative. the
risks of reaching the attractive main
land markers will be too great to war.
rant much effort in that direction.
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