Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

of It's kind under the American flag.
as | understand that with the ships
now IT, course of building they will
! have 26 vessels of from 5000 to IL ,00e
! tons capacity each, and total carry.
ing capacity of 247,000 short tons
| Beginning in 1901 with the Magellan
service. this company at the present
! day is doing a big traffic with the Pa
Cific coast. 1t is fact, nevertheless,
! that the underlying and principal fac
| tor in deciding the owners to launch
this venture was that Hawaii had a
| Quartcrmillion tons of produce to
move yearly to the Atlantic seaboard,
so that il can be said, with truth, that
the largest shipping concern under
the American flag today in the
| freighting class was built upon the
structure Of the commerce of Hawaii
IN the year 1912, the domestic
produce exports of this territory OF
Hawaii reached a maximum record
valuation of $55,000,00 Of which
$50,0OO,000 was, sugar; fruits, largely
pineaprles, 100000. and the remain
der made up of coffee, rice and sun
dries, Perhaps I have made my re-
hS VII SApOEl 10 LOO SCllCI sugar
owing to its preponderance Of 90 per
cent of the whole, but the pineapple
industry should not be overlooked as
the second of our industries and a
most important one. 1t is the one
agricultural pursuit, other than sugar,
that has steadily advanced since its
inception. Beginning in 1895, in
which year the statistics show an ex-
portation of 468 cases, the pineapple
industry has steadily pressed forward,
and latterly by leaps and bounds the
output for 1915 being unofficiaily re-
ported as upwards of 1.500,0 900 cases
Of an estimated value of approximate
ly $5,000,000 Further substantial
growth is evident, as it is said that
the pack of 1914 will reach possibly
100000 cases. This product reach
ing the consumer as Hawaiian pine
apple has probably advertised Ha-
waits commerce in a greater degree
than any other island production, as
the consumer never, or at least rare
ly, knows from what country the
sugar which he eats originates.
Remembers Island Friends 49,.
I'm the year 1913 the total valtle
of Cur domestic exports receded, both
in volume and yalue-the value fig
ures having been cut down about &c.,
000,0 900 by the low prevailing worlds
price OF sugar.
The position CT our guest of honor,
Captain Matson, in relation to Hawai-
ian Commerce and it's development
has been one of mutual advantage, as
lie has always stood by to provide
what the islands have needed on the
transportation end or tlteias sesel5r
ment; moreover, we include Captain
Matson in that class which we desig-
nate as 'kamaaina, for the reason
that his aloha for the islands has been
and is still of the sort that entities
him to the distinction-if such it be
and | think it is"
Whatever Captain Matson has VEN
tured into, and there has been a lot
of it, he has invariably remembered
his island friends. Hence, we regard
him here in Hawaii as one of US, a
valuable ally in the struggle for Ha-
waits continued prosperity, which he
always regards with a @watchful eye
and is ready to fight for if there be
need. The browning achievement of
his shipping career, the magnificent
Matsonia, that lies in our harbor to-
day, is in itself splendid marine
beacon, rejecting his enterprise and
fearless confidence in the future of
Hawaii's commerce"