TRADE WITH HAWAII
A Source of Steady Income to Cali
fornia Merchants.
Annexation of (lie Inlands Han Proved
Profitable to tl*e United States
“Commerce with Samoa
la Small.
[Special San Francisco Letter.]
£4/~V'Ull export trade to the Ha
waiian islands during the
past 12 months has increased
about 20 per cent.,” said Mr. E. Scott,
secretary of the San Francisco cham
ber of commerce. liSince June, 1000,
when those islands became American
territory, no records were kept,, be
cause it is no longer foreign trade, but
_ ifroiH-ftip private reports of the mem
bers of the chamber, the number of
steamers engaged in the trade, and
their storage capacity, we are enabled
to form a fair estimate of the volume
of business, and can safely estimate
this increase. The business has been
the largest since our trade with the
islands began, and the indications are
more promising. The exports include
mainly agricultural implements, live
stock, railroad supplies, iron and steel
manufactures, cutlery, building ma
terial and cotton goods, as the natives
are beginning to wear more clothes
since they became annexed. We also
ship to the islands all the kinds of
fruits which they do not grow; also
tobacco, candies, tinware, borax,
hnn]fs nntsitnps nnrl nflipr vpfrptnlilps
bituminous rock, candles, brooms, ce
ment, carriages, chemicals, drugs,
watches, clocks, coffee, cotton, silks,
woolen goods, earthenware, eggs,
cheese, butter, dried fish, dried and
canned fruits, firearms, oysters, cut
lery, pumps, boots and shoes, lumber,
shingles, sewing machines, pianos,
wines and other luxuries of civiliza
tion. Our export Trade is about $1,
000,000 a month. The trade from
other parts of the United States to the
islands is only about $150,000 a month.
Ban Francisco gets nearly all of the
trade. This is a natural law, for the
islands are our nearest neighbors, and
have for many years been our best
commercial customers. Perhaps not
over on*- per cent, of the business of
the islands has gone to other coun
tries during the past few years.
“We receive from the islands,” con
tinued the secretary, “sugar, rfce and
HAWAIIAN BOYS AFTER COCOANUTS.
a little coffee. The main product is
sugar. The rice crop paj-tly failed last
year, and the coffee crop is not so large
as it was a few years ago. In 1899 we
received 750,000 pounds of- coffee, of
the Liberia a ’ Mocha brand; but last
year we got on' 120,000 pounds. The
decrease is owing to the ravages of
insects, ana the revolutionists, who
destroyed the fruit-bearing trees. We
received during the last fiscal year
300,000,000 pounds of sugar and 1,200,
000 pounds of rice. In 1897 we received
5,500,000 pounds of rice. Capitalists
are turning their attention more to
sugar and less to the growing of rice.
The natives do not seem to understand
the system of flooding rice fields, and
even those who have capital are invest
ing in sugar lands, which are plentiful
and comparatively cheap. We also get
molasses and indiarubber from the is
lands. as well as bananas, pineapples,
limes, mangoes and eocoanuts, fruits
that we do not grow in this state. We
are gradually increasing our trade,
and send cargoes of stuffs with agents,
hoping to stimulate a want for other
products. We take from the islands
anything that we have not got, with a
view of encouraging and building up
all kinds of industrials, for that coun
try is now our exclusive field, almost.
Of all the islands in the Pacific the
Hawaiian group are the best traders
with San Francisco, and their being lo
cated in the mid-Pacific makes San
Francisco their nearest port from
which supplies are obtainable. For
nearly half a century we have been
trading with the islands, and made a
steady gain from the start. Put it did
not reach large proportions until
about 20 years ago, since which time
it has rapidly increased in volume, and
especially so within Jthe past four or
five years. We had such a firm bold
upon the commerce of that country
that annexation naturally followed.
The American capital invested in the
islands is about $50,000,000; the British
have about $3,000,000 invested, and the
Germans about half that amount. The
value of the sugar product is about
$11,000,000 a year—that is, estimating
this year, for a number of new planta
tions will be producers.”
TJie production of sugar began on
the islands about 60 years ago. and for
many years the output was small, and
not until American capital was largely
invested did the industry become pr*4
itable. Twenty year's ago the output
was about orie-tenth of what it is now.
The bulk of the passenger and freight
traffic of the islands is by steamer,
though the sailing vessels get a good
slfare of the carrying. Freight charges
by steamer are ti «t? dollars per ton,
and by sailing vessel, three dollars per
ton, tive per cent, primage being
charged in either ease. The islands are
situated 2,080 miles from San Fran
cisco, southwest, and on a direct line
between this city and Australia, with
which we also have a large and in
creasing trade. These islands are the
only group of any importance in the
north Pacific, from this continent to
China and Japan. They are 3,470 miles
from Yokohama, and 4,800 from Hong
Kong, and are on a direct line from
the isthmus to those ports. Their po
sition is both central and commanding
TAKING COFFEE TO MARKET.
—both commercially and strategically.
They are the “keys of the Pacific,” and
in a few years, with American capital
and enterprise, will attain much great
er prominencein the commercial world.
Of the ten islands, eight are inhabited.
These comprise an area of 6,800 square
miles. The larger island, Hawaii, is
4,210 square miles, and has a popu
lation of 47,000. Oahu, of which Hono
lulu is the capital, comprises 600 square
miles, and has a population of 58,000.
The total population of the group is
about 150,000, of which 25,000 are Chi
nese, about the same number of Jap
anese, 15,000 Portuguese, and about 10,
000 of other nationalities.
Our exports to the Samoan islands
last year were only $46,150, a de
crease of $;;,200 of the trade of 1900.
The cause of this is that our demand
for “copra” is falling off. This crop
last year was valued at $250,000,
about half of which comes to the
United States, and the greater part
of this half is utilized in California.
“Copra” is the meat of the eocoanut,
which is cut into strips, dried and
pressed into oil. It is also made into
soap and'candles. The other part of
the crop goes to Europe. Cotton
seed oil of the southern states is pre
ferred in the eastern states to the
“Copra,” hence the decrease of our
importation from Samoa. The cocoa
nut crop last year was shorter than
formerly, because of drought and the
cutting of trees by bushwhacking
factions—pursuing the same de
structive warfare as the Hawaiians.
The coffee crop wa* not so large. Re
ports from our chamber of com
merce show that we exported to Sa
moa last year $5,000 worth of ma
chinery, $5,000 worth of hardware
$7,000 worth of cotton goods, 200 gal
lons of wine and 1,000 gallons of
whisky. There is a gradual decline
of English and German trade to the
islands, and the indications are
brighter for an increased American
trade, both in imports and exports.
The Samoan islands are 2,000 miles
south of the Hawaiian group, on a
direct line between San Francisco and
Australia. The population is about
40,000, of which about 600 are for
eigners, including 100 Americans.
Two of the eight islands are unin
habited. The three larger and most
HAWAIIAN GRASS HUT.
thickly settled are Tutuila, 35,000
acres; Savail, 210,000 acres, and Up
olu, 220,000 acres. The island of Tu
tuila, owned by the United States,
has a population of 4,000.
J. M. SCANLAND.
Cent olnt ion.
Edith—Yale is my favorite. They
turn out the best men at New Haven.
Jack—That’s what 1 said when they
fired me at the end of the junior year.
—N. Y. Times.
A Dressy Girl.
“Maude never goes anywhere with
out dressing for it.”
“Oh, no; she’d hurry up and get a
new dress ready if she knew she waa
going crazy.”—Philadelphia Bulletin.
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A LESSON IN POLITENESS.
One of Those Smart Fellows, Get* *
Good Hard Jolt from a Plain
Colored Woman.
He was a traveling man—the cut of
his clothes* their loudness and his silk
hat told the story—and he was in a
crowded elevator in the Park build
ing, He had probably heard in his
travels of Pittsburg being noted for
her beautiful womer, but it remained
for a colored woman to enlighten him
as to some of Pittsburg’s men—as she
aaw them, relates the Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Ttie elevator was descending, and
»."hen it reached the fourth floor two
>r"lored women boarded it. One of
tetna was anything but beautiful, and
past the age when goo-goo eyes
have much effect. Her mouth was her
largest feature, and what emanated
fiom it made one man feel very small.
“Charley,” said the tiled drummer
t' a friend who was with him. “I have
only been in Pittsburg five days, but
ii that time I have seen some extreme
ly ''jeatitiful women.”
I* laughed at his own joke, and
looked at the colored woman insinuat
ingly.
She gave him a withering glance.
Her big mouth puckered disdainfully.
Then, turning to her companion, she
said in a voice that everybody in the
elevator could plainly hear:
“Lize, I’se only been in Pittsburg
owe day, but in that time I has seen
any numbah o’ impudent men what
-rants to flirt with pretty girls.”
Everybody but the traveling man
laughed. The joke was on him. He
knew it. and his face was soon a
match for his red tie.
Wien the ear reached the ground
floor its occupants piled out, all gig
gling—except the drummer. The col
ored woman stepped out of the ele
vator ahead of him, and just as lie
emerged she said to him, as a parting
*liot:
* “Now, you cheap white trash, come
at me again!”
But he didn’t. He had had enough.
THE PRESIDENT’S BARBER.
Yonns Yejtro Serves in That Capacity
and Also as Messenger at the
White House.
“President Roosevelt shaves every
day, or rather is shaved,” said an at
tache of the white house. “A young
colored man named Delaney, who is a
messenger at the white house, is the
president’s barber. He is from Alex
andria, Va , and was in the govern
ment service for some time before he
was assigned to the white house to
attend to the president’s head and
face and to nerform the duties of
messenger. Delaney usually shaves
the president between 2:30 and three
o'clock each afternoon, after lunch
is served and the president's guests
at lunch go away. Sometimes the
shaving is done earlier in the day. I
have seen Delaney making his ar
rangements for shaving before 1:30
o’clock, at an hour when the pres
ident was opposed to be receiving
visitors, but this was nearly always
on days when there were no visitors
or callers waiting to see the pres
ident, says a Washington Star writi
er. In the cabinet room is a bar
ber’s folding chair which, when not
in use, is placed against the wall and
remains unobserved. The president
sits in this and is shaved in the cab
inet room. Delaney folds the chair
and puts it away when he gets
through. The work is quickly done,
as the president apparently be
grudges the time taken and wants to
be up and doing something. Pres
ident McKinley always shaved him
self, using either a safety or regular
razor. He could handle a razor with
great ease, as he had been accus
tomed to shaving himself for years.
When he went away he shaved him
self as usual. He could do the job
on a flying train as easily as when
in his room. President Roosevelt
does not know how to shave himself
comfortably and takes Delaney with
him when he goes away anywhere.”
An Irish Hull.
Bridget and Pat were sitting in an
armchair reading an article on “The
Law of Compensation.”
“Just fancy,” exclaimed Bridget;
accordin’ to this, whin a mon loses
wan av ’is sinses'another gits more de
veloped. For instance, a bloind mon
gits more sinse of bearin’ an’ touch,
an--”
“Shure, an’ it’s quite thrue,” ans
wered Pat. “Oi’ve noticed it meself.
Whin a mon has wan leg shorter than
the other, begorra the other’s longer.”
—Philadelphia Times.
Jnpanene Arrows.
In Japan archers test their arrows
by balancing them on the nails of the
second and third Ungers of the left
hand and rapidly twirling them b^tlie
feathered end with the fingers of the
right hand. If the arrow makes a
whirring sound it is crooked and must
be straightened.—Albany Argus.
Hard to Tell.
The Husband—Why is it that wom
en always say: “I'll be ready in two
seconds?”
The Wife—Humph! and why is it
that men always say: “Oh, I’m ready
now?”—Brooklyn Life.
Henry Owen
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