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JTf -' OIULD-N nAiL"1 i ' Evening Bulletin Industrial Edition. HONOLULU, T. II., NOVKMHKR, 1901 - ,-y f?mmmKi?&'7r mwa?rivw- I V ' J THE SUGAR INDUSTRY OF THE .. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Exports and Imports for the Year 190 J TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR THE ISLANDS OF OAHU. HAWAII, MAUI AND KAUAI OVER TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS ENORMOUS INCREASE IN" PRODUCTION FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS j j PEARL HARBOR AS A NAVAL STATION EARLY COMPLETION OF THE PACIFIC CABLE TO HONOLULU DESCRIPTION OF SUGAR ESTATES IN WHICH MIL LIONS OF AMERICAN MONEY IS INVESTED j j j Compiled by T. C. HOWELL. favorable character for yield, and a set entitle and Intelligent direction 01 tbo labor ana appliances nccesrary to Its production liavo resulted In pbonomenal yields por ncrc, more particularly at tho Ewa, Wala lua, Oahu and Honolulu plantations, on tno Island of Oahu. Mills or tho highest typo of Irncntlon and sugar machinery of equal merit contribute to an output unequalled by a llko area anywhero else on the globo. Tho output for the searon of 1901 was 360,000 tons of raw sugar, which will bo largely Increased for tbo mill season of 1902. Hawaii has often been styled the cross roads of tho Pacific. 'Tho completion of the Nicaragua canal, tho laying of a cable and tho construction of United States Naval headquarters at Pearl Harbor will Justify and confirm this appellation beyond a doubt, and Its ports will receive additional rank and Importance. Even now theso Isl ands furnish a trade and commerce with the United States of greater tonnage and valuo than any country exctipt J rest Britain, and this with the one staplo Industry of sugar. Coffee Is an Industry fairly through the experimental stage, but tho, low price for that article of commorco prevailing at the present time, coupled with tho high rate of wages demanded by the laborer, has a tendency to prevent a very great expansion of the Industry. Tho ports of entry are Ho nolulu, Hllo, Kahulul, Mahukona and Koloa. Honolulu possesses a fine though small har bor. Hllo lias a largo open narbor, and when proper breakwaters aro complotcd for Its protection and wharves lino Its shores a steady stream of trado will ensue. Ka hulul, on the Island of Maul, possesses a lino harbor and the amount of tonnage In and out for the past year was 125,000 tons. Tly the time tho narbor of Honolulu becomes Inadequato for tho domands of commerce. Pearl Haruor, a few miles distant, will be opened and tho vessels of tho world may rlao In safety upon Its broad uosom. As Hawaii Is almost entirely given over to sugar cane, rice and coffeo, nearly all our bicadstuffs, hay, grain and manufactured ar ticles nro Imported from tno United States. That the Islands will never produco Its own food an other necessaries Is patent to tne most superllclal observer. Cano and rlco aro of such a profitable naturo as to ren der the purchase of other artl.'ics moro ad vantageous than tnelr production. The bal ance of trado bolng so largo In favor of the Islands divests their commcrco of all risk and uncertainty. Honolulu Is peculiarly fav ored as a seaport. Thf distances aro. to San Francisco, 2100 miles; to Yokohama, 3400 miles; to Sydney, 4184 miles; to Ma nila, 4961 miles. It Is a geographical center between Occidental and Oriental coasts. The commercial magnltudo of the Hawaiian Islands and tho Important po sition they occupy In the United States pos sessions will be thoroughly appreciated on glancing over the appended tabulation taken from tho report of tho Collector General of Customs for tho year ending June 30th, which has been marked by several Impor tant and notable cnaracterlstlcs; first, continuation of tho phenomenal Imports of last'ycar with a remarkable increase; sec ond, an enormous Increase In exports; and, third, the combined Imports and export form tho largest total ever shown by a single year In tho history of the country In Conner Hon with the wonderful devel opment of tho Industries of tno Islands, and more particularly the Increased yield of sugar, tho following Is noted: Total val uo of exports of tho Hawaiian Islands to alt countries for tho fiscal year ending June 30th, 1901, was IW.936,472, whtlo tho earn ing of tho Customs Department for tho same period, from all sources, was $1,219,338.79. ysBajByHB annexation of tho Hawaiian Isl-''ill- ands by tho United States Gov-(Ipr- ernment on August 12, 1898, marked a more rapid develop ment In tho entire group of Islands, which princely possessions are today sending forth to the most remote parts of tno world tho products of tho soil. Sugar is the domi nant product of all tho lsiands, and It Is to that commodity principally that Honolulu, the capital city of the Hawaiian Islands, can trace Its era of prosperity and rapid development. The Hawaiian Islands aro sttuateu in the Torrid Zone Just south of the Tropic of Can cer. They extend from northwest to south east between parallels of latitude 22 degrees 16 minutes and 18 degrees 55 minutes and are embraced between meridians 154 degrees 40 minutes and 160 degrees 30 minutes west from Greenwich. The Important lsiands are eight In number, Nllhau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokal, Maul, Lanai, Kahoolawo and Ha waii. Of these iilinau and Kahoolawo are principally devoted to grazing. This group is also known as the Sandwich lslandsi a title given by Captain Cook, but now In dlB use except abroad. Area In Squaro Miles. Acres. Hawaii 4210 2,600,000 Maul 760 400,000 Oahl 600 360,000 Kauai 590 350,000 Molokal 270 200,000 Ianal 160 100,000 Nllhau 97 70,000 Kahoolawo 63 30,000 The soil of the Islands Is of decomposed lava enriched by vegetable mould. In tho rainy sections such as Hllo and Hanalel It Is exceedingly fertile. In dry sections it becomes equally productive by means of Ir rigation. A degree of acidity in some of the dry sections Is corrected by proper fer tilizers. Thero are many sections like Ewa, on the Island of Oahu, where the soli Is an accumulation of washes from tho moun tains, which leave alluvial deposits of ex ceeding richness. Irrigation was formerly urcompllshed by ditches connecting with mountain streams and sources. Recently, more especially on the Islands o" Oahu, Maul and Kauai, tho supply of wt'or in great abundanco has come from artesian wells, both flowing and pumping. The staple product of the Island! Is sugir cane. Soil and conditions are of tho most EXPORTS OF SUGAR TO THE UNITED 8TATE8 FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1901. QUANTITY. I UNITED STATES POUNDS. VALUE. MONTH 1900 JULY 49,772,323 $ 2,028253 AUGUST 41,675,555 1,684,205 SEPTEMBER 53,936,747 2,184,014 OCTOBER 34,228,202 1,922,115 NOVEMBER 12,437,951 547,731 DECEMBER 26,626,671 1,096,068 MONTH 1901 JANUARY J 28,038,101 1,142,461 FEBRUARY ' 54,435,034 2,233,981 MARCH 55,689346 2,198,376 APRIL 68,269,149 2,997,376 MAY ' 110,119,742 4,106,367 JUNE , 199,1,96,617 5,852,916 TOTAL 690,877,934 $27,093,863 AU8TRALIA i MONTH 1901 i JUNE 1,300 60 GRAND TOTAL 690,879,234 $27,093,923 I yJTntfMilSri' LATEST CKNSUS "W&KK I llllo...m......iQ.?8, Hon'rfulu .....30 try, s77s "j &' T . 7J I V-XS f n Fro.v.D.Aiiinaor, ,Ca ::::::: SI" !' --it. iJv i&iLfflni I 0 sririi Kau ... 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