The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-28
BIG OPPORTUNITY
FORSMALIFARMER
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Rapid Increase N City Population
Creates Demand For Farm
Produce

Every facility has been provided to
receive, store and sell farm produce un,
der Territorial auspiees. The market
ing division has well equipped mod,
ern warehouse, The government has
done it's share. II 10 now up 10 the
small farmer himself to produce the
quality and volume of food supplies
that this market demands. The selling
and distribution end Of the business has
been systematized and is being handled
in the most satisfactory manner. +ffy
II Hawaii's small farmers do their
part and take full aavantgae of their
opportunities they must systematize
production, grow better. vegetables,
pack, grade and staBdardize, and sup.
ply their wares in steady volume. Ho.
nolulu has gone beyond the Island
village" stage. 1t is a modern, up-to-
date and growing city.
Government Assistance -. ". g..
The trade is here The government
offers advice and assistance and is do.
ing everything possible to foster the
business of the small producer. The
small merchant, manufacturer, artiznn
and laborer has 70 fight his own battles
but when the farmer has pilikias the
best talent, and trained governmental
aid is at his beck and call, free Of
charge. &C.,.
The board Of agriculture and fores,
try, the federal experiment station and
the College of Hawaii are all working
in harmony in the interest Of the small
farmer, the expense sof their services
borne by the taxpayers and property
owners Of Hawaii and the United
States. Surely with two hundred thou.
sand dollars spent ench year through
these three governmental agencies nc
sane man can say that this community
is against the small farmer idea. '<r
Furthermore the maRnificently equip
ped Hawaiian Sugar Planters Expert
ment station has never yet refused aid
advice or assistance to small farmers
who had agricultural problems to be
solved, although II Is strictly a private
institution, as much 20 Hs the ribbon
counter in. a dry goods store.
Every Advantages supplied
With all these departments Of tht
public and private service trying e
help build up q small farm population
in Hawaii, with the best land laws il
existence, safeguarding the interests Of
the homesteader tosa degree far beyolt
that adopted in any State in tn'
Union, and now with. a governmental
selling agency to dispose, of his pro
duce,--if those now in the business o
growing the food supply do not awal,
to their opportunity others win com
and take it from them.
The opportunity is getting bigge
every day, It is big now. What vii
lit be when Oahu has a permanent ga.
fison of725Ooo troopsy when hUndfe
Q thousand tourists come every winter b
: this most wonderful fairy land of tn
tropics, when thousand merehan
. ships touch at Honolulu to be fed an
fueled3
: Up To The Farmer 49," ...
The opportunity is here and the mel
n chants and commission men here, O
the Coast and in Australia can see i
Y because they are feeding us and on
visitors with produce grown two to iv
thousand miles away. A greater an
r more immediate trade opportunit
I never existed than, is at this momeu
: within the grasp of 'tsmall farmers
in Hawaii. ) H>'8
4 1t needs brains, and know how, an
: gumption just as much as land, waite
' capital and government assistance
make this dream come true. The la
four are ready and now it Is up to tn
small farmer to come along armed wit
the other three attributes. II ia
mer cannot succeed in Hawaii it is h
own fault. ~. ~ 3d.