Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-17
NO CHANCE FOR
Pine MARKET IN
EAST JUST NOV
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news that the Pacific Mail would 60
out Of business. however. put an end
TO any plans In that direction.
The Oceanic people offered the di
vision space, for 100 ton5 of pines a
steamer. meaning the Sierra, but that
il could not promise anything On the
vessels stopping at Honolulu on their
way to the mainland from Australia.
Mr.. Longley learned in San Francisco
that the Sierra probably will be taken
off the Honolulu-San Francisco run
and placed In service between San
Francisco and Australia.
The katson line promised the divis-
ion more space for pineapple ship
ments. but declined to give aid to the
extent of Installing additional venti-
.lators. The company offered to give
space for 300 tons, or 5000 cases, Of
fresh pineapples each month.
Summing the whole thing up" Mr..
Longley said, today, we win have to
rely on the Matson line for our pine
shipments, and at that we are limited
to 300 tons a month. That is but a
mere drop in the bucket. Next year,
if the pineapple crop shows an in,
crease, we will have to have more
space for shipments
After spending several days in San
Francisco, Mr.. Longley proceeded to
Chicago, where he expected to open a
market for the fresh pineapples grown
by the small farmers on Oahu which
are not contracted for at the can
neries.
> While in the eastern city he con-
TERED with several commission men.
He found that 1t Is impossible to open
a market at this time of the year, but
believes, as he said today, that from
the first of February until the middle
Of April there win be demand for
choice fruits, and that Honolulu will
be able to ship pineapples there in
carload lots and sell them at a paying
price. Large shipments of Florida
pines are being made to Chicago. and
the fruit is very popular, he said.
Mr.. Longley explained that on the
Pacific coast about four times as many
pines are being used as before the first
Of July. They are meeting with a
good demand in spite of the fact that
California fruits are plentiful and
cheap.
'sThe present plan of the division
is to ship every pine where we can
find a market which win bring the
producer a pfofit, no matter how
small Mr.. Bongley continued. .0f
course, we cannot expect to market
all the fruit available this year and
while we are making every effort to
ma a ahafket f6F AN the pines for
which We can gdtj araffspor tation, no
doubt great many win have to be
lost. ] didn't look into the demand for
canned pineapple, but every restalir-
ant to which / went had Hawaiian
canned, on the menu.
During the pineapple season in Chi
cago that city receives several car
loads each day from Florida. Very few
are received from Porto Rico. The
season starts about the first of April
and continues until the end of the
year. AS 10 the Cuban pines, one ship
per told me that; he had hundreds of
TONS of the fruit in Cuba which were
rOtting for the want OF q market.
Z $50. for The time being. the tlipi-
sien viii not be able to do anything
IN aGhiee@O siss
on .iis way back to the coast, Mr..
LoEgley stopped ct Salt Lake CITY.
where, he says, there are prospects
,f q good market He saw some Ha-
Taiian pineapDies there which were
selling for 1912 cents pound Mr..
Jongfey saws he thinks the local di-
iision could ship them there at prices
which would make them sell at about |
Tx cents D pound.
Speaking Of the Hawaiian exhibit |
It the exposition in San Franciseo. Nr
-ohgiey ssid that 1t chad the crowd .
out that there should be something
more for the people to see" He saws
hat the aquarium without doubt is
ne biggest and most popular attrac-
ion and that when he was there Wis.
tors lined the tanks three and four
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