Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-11

manly Tor Inc convenience OF pine
apple growers.
With the opening of the Panama ca
nal lower freight rates to the Atlantic.
are expected. The direct shipping will
save a great deal Of time as we'll as
money Manager A. NJ. NOVEL; of the
Sugar Factors Company has stated
that at least three days will be saved
by the canal over the present tran
shipping method. $500,
The plant of the defunct Breakwa-
ter Company of Philadelphia, located
at Hilo,s has been sold to the Coast &
Lakes Contracting Corporation. Julian
Wells of Philadelphia arrived in Hilo
recently to make the sale.
While the stock and bond market
has been quiet this week, the numer-
Gus real estate deals show the grow
ing confidence of Honolulans in the
city. The deals have been small, and
NEST of the property sold is for resi-
dence purposes.
A Chico (Cal) paper devotes some
space to comment On the discovery
that Honolulu woman purchases her
bonnets there. The conclusion is
drawn by the paper that Chico is lin
| ing up to be second Paris.
| Steamers leaving here continue to
carry very heavy shipments of sugar.
The Matson vessels and the American
| Hawaiian ships are receiving heavy
shipments The market for raws is
lower at this time than it has been
| for 20 years, but an improvement is
expected soon.
pineapple Day" promises to rank
here with "Raisin Day" in California.
The Promotion Committee is getting
to work to make the day a success. Il
is mailing several thousand circular
letters to steamship companies, rail-
roads, hotels, etc, asking them to co.
operate and make the day a splendid
success.
Retail meat prices have been re-
duced. One large firm has announced
before the first of the month that the
prices would be reduced. and others
have followed. The importation OF
large shipments of Australian land
+ New Zealand beef and mutton is &C
counted as the reason for the cut.
The report this week that bananas
and pineapples will be kept from the
mainland was exploded by DR.. E. A
Back, entomologist in charge Of the
fruit fly Investigations here for the
federal government. He explained
that both Of these fruits NAV be ship
ped after inspection.
According to the department Of
commerce. imports into the United
ates were greater last year thar
for any similar period in its history
The imports were S1,S13 600. 00C
against $1,64O. 100000 last year. The
exports were S2,466, 100000 against
$2,2O4 900. 900 in 1912
1t is now estimated that the incom'
tax receipts for this year will be two
or three hundred thousand dollars less
than last year Treasurer COnkline
has figured out that 80 corporations
firms and individuals engaged in the
production of sugar showed an aggrc
gate profit, net, last year Of S5.O37.
695, as against an average of $11,
707,536 in the preceding four years.
The imports of butter and eggs from
the mainland last year amounted tC
1850. 900. The importation CT rice
amounted to a quarter of million
and the importation of refined sugar
sos 900.
ChaS. G. Heiser, Jr., representative
Of the local stockholders in the Hidal
so Plantation & Rubber Company re
turned by the liner Korea this week
after making a thorough inspection OF
the plantations. He will make a Re
port en- the financial and physical
condition of the corporation 10 tn"
I local Stockholders soon.
If Oklahoma has bumper crops this
year it will be due in considerable
measure to the direct aid rendered
te farmers by the schools. Through
out the state the teachers and pupils
have been Systematically testing seeds
for the plautrrS III their respective
communities, according TO informal