Show HAWAII r OlD j v No JA EMPL IN INq q r THOSE mOSE I ISLANDS e. e i t tf f r tf i its I T c g. g it J JAMES J w I wI 1 I y r 1 L III x l 0 t tP P d 5 r rJ y J i ven n mothers work in it the thet t 4 a i busy season wren but their children W 3 rP t are eared cared for in the caan cannery r y i r l v I 4 Y Girls w wearing white caps and rubber gloves trim ci i i 2 L r c. c ii comes from the machine r r ray nw Is no unemployment In tho thoI thor t Hawaiian Islands Instead their citizens a of or all aces aro arc busy sending a Q flood oDd o or of r I 1 gold In tho the form ot or Hawaiian pineapple lo all nil over Iho tho United States Stales and al also o to many far distant lands There is romance ro roo mance manco In the story of or how these semi semi- tropical islands l happen appen to 10 bo be one of or orthe the busiest parts parIs of our country at this time when hen unemployment H Is BO so widespread It is the tha romance of how haw the tho thought of one ono roan man greatly enlarged the whole economic aspect of or these islands blands which wa wo w wore ro onto sa s reluctant to annex For our government was far from front cordial to the 1 Idea 11 of or Ing Hawaii under Its flag lIag back luIck In la 1895 when an all annexation treaty was first negotiated with President Harrison This was withdrawn by lIy President Cleveland in April ot or that year but brought up Ut again after aller President cl election and Hawaii was not finally a admitted Into tho Union until Jill July 7 1898 1598 Thero was good goad reason f for r this reluctance Just for tho Iho sake cake ot or a n Pacific naval this country did not want to assume tho Iho permanent financial liability which these Islands seemed likely to prove Iro As late as u its 1907 1008 edition the tho l Encyclopedia Americana ann stated that the tho danger of depending upon a n single crop sugar bas baa long been recognized and persistent efforts have be n be-n s to develop minor Industries Indus talus tries la in Hwai lInval One Man Ial Did Dill It To understand how Hawaii developed a n second important crop which goes out as t a flood ot of golden pineapple aril ami forms ono one of or the Iho two great industries of ot the Hawaiian Islands it is necessary to go 0 back thirty years ears to the beginning bl ot or the tho career ot or one James 1 U. Dole nolI It was wu In 1899 that this man just graduated from Harvard set out ont for tor the Hawaiian II lands Islands from a a. suburb ot of lion Dos ton known as Jamaica Plain He lie went there to grow coffee He lie knew nothing noth ing lag about pineapple culture Neither did he know Anything about canning But Dut after aCter various experiments experiments ex he went back to Boston Doston to get an expert canner and raise some same capital and he be succeeded in both attempts After Arter that the pineapple business began to prosper The company which he formed packed 1893 cases rues of ot pineapple In lu 1903 cases In 1904 1901 in 1905 1903 and more moro than in 1907 Its pack grew to cases rases In 1912 in la 1918 la In 1923 In Ia 1926 and from cases cules In a 1929 It grew crew to more than last year ear Once Onro this man luan had demonstrated that pineapples pine apples could be profitably grown in III Hawaii he naturally had competitors Thero There are now 1101 nine chief growers rowers who ho packed a total of ot about cases last year nearly all nil ot of which were Ere shipped to the United States and had a 1 avalue avalue value of M t f n No Nn there Is no Jn Par fir fr r More lore MoreIn In spite of this tills vastly increased production the tha n of ot pineapples In the United 1 States Staten amounts to only oaly a trifle more than two pineapples per capita carlta a year So there is room roon for tor or even evE greater production if it can ran be brou brought ht about but all 1111 of or the tte good pineapple lo land in Hawaii is now taken and when tho the island of or Lanai recently bought taught and developed Into a huge pineapple plantation by 1 Doles Dole's company la Is brought to full production that will be ba about all the tho pineapple that Hawaii can supply The story ot of the acquisition ot of this island oft ot or t Lanai Is a whole romance in itself Rack nark in 1922 Dole was facing the problem of or the tho need I 1 ct of lC more moro land for tor the tle growing of ot pineapples It was estimated at that time that there were only about acres in the Islands adapted to pine pine- apple culture Ot Of these hit his company then eon COD t Field d P Of a ready 4 io to b z p for canning trolled about acres but lie he rightly believed believed be be- the demand for canned would in a few years ears cara exceed tho the capacity of the tho Industry's Indus try's entire acreage So he sent men into Inta the Philippines and down into Meco le I and investigated Fiji San Domingo Malaya find bud even Queensland Australia before coming back bark to the tho Hawaiian Islands and bu buyIng buy buy- In Ing for Lanai considered up to that time a n hopelessly barren Island beaten tell Celt months In the tho year by northeast wIn winds beneath tho blasts of ot which the scattering trees on It were permanently bowed There Thero was w w s no harbor then t no roads no towns town no labor and much of ot tho the good soil soli was covered with enormous cactus lint Jut ut the soil Boll tested well and the climate was propitious The altitude average rainfall and natural drainage were about right Dole Dolo solved the tho problem of ot fighting the tho obstinate cactus by hitching a Q cable chain to heavy tractors and literally dragging the denio dene growth down He Bet Dole was willing to bet that his judgment lu in buying Lanai was right TIght and that he e was right is pro proved cd b by the fact fart that the tho yield ot of Lanai pineapples is le today tollay nearl nearly equal to tho the combined yield of ot all the rest of ot his plantations But Dut all 1111 this was not accomplished without a struggle Uy Dy cutting away the tho cliffs on one side running a heavy breakwater out into the ocean on the Iho other and then dredging he created the harbor of ot I Kaumalapau at a cost of ot He lIe built a road for heavy trucking seven senn miles back bark barkand and 1600 feet up into the Island along which ton five-ton White trucks hauling ten ten ton tox trailers now travel each carrying in all a net load of ot tw twenty three and a half halt tons tone of or fruit At the harbor these thee are hoisted in eleven enen and a halt half halfton ton lots onto barges which are aro towed to Honolulu Hono Iona lulu some fifty miles mites away ay And this was not all alt He Jle brought water across acron the mountain range on the windward side of ot the Island to the reservoir near the town City which stands today a model community ot of its kind Its population now consists ot or orientals and two thirty whites whiles and it boasts Its Itson own o bank stores stor's schools a n hospital a Buddhist temple and even enn movies and ord a 0 Mayor There is no unemployment on the Islands ot of Lanai and neither is there any contract labor The pineapple picker who ho wants to quit his Job can ran draw hI his weeks week's Naze wa a cs from Ill 11 up to aa lid much as 2 28 and Lis transportation back bart to whence he came Iame The labor Is III a polyglot lot Chinese Filipinos and Hawaiians Hawaiian even e some Russians and Portuguese e e live tranquilly In a community which is free frIo from race rare p problems largely because behe of thorough intermarriage A battery of ot shelling machines known as removes the pineapples pineapple's skin an and punches out its core in ina a 0 single eingle swift operation a Ii set ot of knives cuts the skinned and cor corgi J d dl rs into uniform slices and in a a. few seconds from the time the lire pineapple enters the machine It Is skinned cored sliced and ready for grading and canning Speed Is the essence of or proper pineapple can ran rung fling The quicker you jou OU can ran get this luscious fruit cut of or Us lis jacket and Into the can the better Something more than food is h preserved by this celerity It is the only way to preserve the tho elusive flavor of the fUlI ripened fruit Still Stilt a Pioneer This matter ot of grading Is III Important Dele Dle wants the tha housewife to know exactly what vh she sho is bJ buyIng buy buy- tag Ing la in h his cans Ians So he ha devised a system ot of stamp stamp- ing log tho the numbers one or two or three together with wills his hits name In the tops of tho cans cane I This Is 13 a pioneer which will undoubtedly edly odly extend to ether cannel canned products in the course courso of ot time When the housewife uses fresh fruit she sha can cnn look at it nn and s ran its condition When she uses canned fruit she has to depend depond on an the tho labels to tell teIl truthfully what quality of fruit la b inside The Tho cans ot pineapple with one ono stamped in their tops contain the tha best fruit In appearance texture syrup nn and color those stamped two contain fruit just as fine but not quite s 83 so shapely and ond packed in syrup slightly less sweet and those stamped three contain good wholesome fruit packed in the same syrup as os two but hurts lIres that have been broken so that they cannot be Included in too tho first two grades Those These first two grades are lire beth bath pitched in sliced crushed 11 and tidbit forms but the third is packed only in broken slices Real Food Fod Value Vague Is this large production ot or pineapple a real contribution to our diet det in food M IWi well vell 33 na nain In III taste According to scientists it is is There are better sources of ot a single singe vitamin says sas a bulletin of ot the University of or Hawaii but butas as an nil ell around source ot or vitamins the tha canned pineapple takes an Jn unusually sua ly hl high h place No other canned product except tomatoes In 11 ca no carich norich rich in vitamins Put But the fruit has to toG to G handled right There Is Isa Isa Isa a marked difference ce in t tIts Its Us sugar content t. t de depending depend ing upon whether r it ft has been allowed to ripen on the tho plants or is picked for shipment after it has reached its full size sIte but has not hot yet ripened Analysis shows sho accor according to this same authority author It ity an average of or 1200 1206 cf of d sugar In the naturally natural Iy ly ripened fruit against 36 In tn that picked green and allowed to rl ripen pen off oC the plant As Aa Asa Aaa a matter of or universal practice among Hawaiian packers the fruit Is allowed to ripen In the field The sugar auger content ot or pineapple is of ot a type which is ready for tor human assimilation accordIng accord accord- Ing log to Dr A A A. L. L Dean Director ot the Experiment Station ot of the tho University of or Hawaii and pIneapple pineapple pine pIne- apple has a Q higher food value than most mot fruits largely because of or Its Us hl high h sager eager content and its vitamins Ri Rich Ric 3 in b Calories The Tha analysis 0 of pineapple contained 1 In the following fol fol- lowing table was v.-as made matle on a composite sample of both fruit ax and f syrup TUp male maie ly Vy co and mixing the contends of cl sl sis sin cans Ians of oC Pane Tancy sliced pineapple taken t at Dt random om from the pack of six different canneries Moisture I Total Sugars 2230 2200 O Sucrose 99 Reducing Sugars 1231 1231 t Protein rot ln Cr Crude de Tiber 00 Mineral I Matter er Ash Fruit Acids Calculated as Citric Acid It will be seen from the above the bulletin states that the food tood value 0 of canned pineapple as measured b by calories 3 contained in It Is by byDO byno byno no DO means ne negligible So Sh James 1 D. D Dole Dale whose name is IndIssolubly connected with tho the pineapple industry in Hawaii both as pioneer and developer not only turned a 1 possible liability Into a proved asset but this industry is making a distinct contribution to our natIonal diet In a form farm that is both nutritious and popular And that is why there is no dent at present in those far tar flung Pacific C C Ulan landa da |