Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-07
SAYS HAWAII IS
ideal SUMMER OR
WINTER RESORT
Mariner Declares PineappIes
to Be 'Chief Industry" of
Island Possessions"

| Each year the island possessions
of the United States are contribute
| ing more and more to the welfare Of
| the nation, both from productive
standpoint and as health and scenic
resorts for the people. They are fast
repaying the country for the vast
amount Of money and energy spent in
| their development, and while this may
be said of the island possessions Is
a whole, the place of the greatest pro-
gress and the place from which the
United States is reaping more benefit,
perhaps, than from all the others
combined, is Hawaii, says the Seattle
Times
This little mid-Pacific community
is already the source of practically
the entire pineapple supply of the
country at present, besides providing
a large part of the sugar and hemp
consumed in the United States each
year. Almost annually the number of
tourists who visit the island is doubl.
ed, for as a health resort the place
is without superior on the globe,
and more patriotic people could not
be wished for by any country"
Such is the opinion of Capt. VIII
liam Burmeister, we'll known Paci
fic Coast master mariner, regarding
Hawaii. Captain Burmeister is in Sc
attic from Aberdeen, visiting friends,
and is a guest at the Arlington Hotel
Having been sailing between the Unit
ed States and Hawaii for many years.
he is in a position to appreciate the
growing value of the island to the
country and is an enthusiastic boost
er for Hawaii.
Probably the great majority OF
people that enter the Hawaiian group
each year have pleasure as their CHIEF
motive. Always sunny and warm and
yet sufficiently affected by its ocean |
to keep the temperature
from either extreme at all times OF
the year, it is ideal as resort for
those who would escape the winters /
cold or the summers heat.
Hawaiian pineapples are the stand. i
ard tropical fruit throughout the
country and in many parts of Europe
of acres of land on the Ha'
yaiian group are devoted exclusively
o the cultivation of this fruit, which
the chief industry of the
stands. The gathering Of the fruit Is
always bound to attract large mum
,ers of visitors during the harvesting
eason, because of the primitive and
picturesque methods used. Canning
nd packing pineapples give oppor-
unities for manufacturing plants TO
hriye throughout the country ana
eturns both the island and the Unit
d States much money each year.
"The cultivation of sugar cane IS
mother great industry in the Hawaii
n group which is closely contestlnS
nth the pineapple industry the non
r of being the leading occupation OF
he inhabitants Sugar cane fields 9I
normous proportions dot the ISLANDS
nd also prove of interest to tourists
s well as of great benefit TO the
rosperity of the country. OF course
ther tropical products are raised
nere. but not on such large scales as
ineapples and sugar cane, which are
ne industrial mainstays of the coun-
~.
Like all southern peoples, the Ha-
-aiians love holidays. Every recog
lied holiday, no matter how insight
cant. is celebrated with elaborate
The Fourth of July, WASH
lgton's birthday and other American
oIidays are celebrated even more
Iaborately in Hawaii than in this
ountry. For the most part, tne nd I
aiians love and respect the Amerf
an flag and are rapidly beginning 10
.alize the great benefits brough.
bout on the island by the American
eople."