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Show HAWAII WANTS AMERICAN FARMERS. Federal Government Helping Territory to Smooth the Way for Development Develop-ment of Rich Resources. Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 24. Hawaii has a place for many American farmers farm-ers There are also openings for various va-rious lines of manufactures; but at present tradesmen and artisans are not In demand, these fields being well coered by merchants already established, estab-lished, and by Chinese and Japanese population. These latter races together to-gether with the native population and a good percentage of Portuguese and Spanish settlers, also furnishing the manual labor supply of the territory. The farmers are needed for developing devel-oping a widely diversified list of agricultural agri-cultural and horticultural products for which the Islands are eminently adapted. adapt-ed. The reason that tills development has not taken place long ago, Is that almost all of the comparatively small white population capable of doing it, has for half a century or more been interested either directly or Indirectly to the exclusion of everything else, In the sugar industry. The mercantile bu3lneKg existing, was largely dependent depen-dent on King Sugar. It Is true that there are a number of large cattle ranches, and for upward of twenty years coffee has been successfully produced pro-duced under not altogether favorable conditions, but it is within the time since annexation that a small colony of California settlers demonstrated in the face of general skepticism, the wonderful wonder-ful adaptability of Hawaiian soil for growing pineapples, and in six or seven years have built up a business that Is a healthy second to the great i sugar business Itself. Secretary of the Interior Garfield. F. H. Newell, director of the United Statos reclamation service, and other federal officials who have made careful care-ful personal Investigation of the resources re-sources of the territory during the year just past, have unqualifiedly endorsed en-dorsed the opinion that Hawaii offers great opportunities for American agriculturists. agri-culturists. During the "nine years since establishment of the United States agricultural experiment station In Honolulu, has doue great work In demonstrating the practicability of many lines of agricultural endeavor; and the Hawaii college of agriculture and mechanic arts (a government endowed en-dowed Institution) now In the first year of Its working existence, promises much along the same line. Although widely differing elevations and great variance of rainfall give the Islands a wide diversity of climate, the territory not only does not furnish the mainland with anything to speak of aside from sugar, pineapples, and a few bananas, but falls for the greater great-er part In supplying Us own markets with a great variety of products which can be readily grown here. Over $3,-000,000 $3,-000,000 worth of food products were Imported last year, the greater part of which might have been locally supplied, sup-plied, as well as a surplus for export For example, vegetables, potatoes, onions, beans, cabbage, etc., were shipped ship-ped In to the value of over $200,000; poultry and eggs, to the amount of I over $45,000; ham and bacon, $70,000; dairy products, $300,000; oranges. $46,-000. $46,-000. Hay to the amount of over $188,-000 $188,-000 worth was Imported, as well as a great deal of other forage, which probably prob-ably could not be produced here readily. read-ily. The experiment station has been urging the growing of all of the above products, and proving by actual experiment ex-periment under normal conditions that tbey can be made successes, but as yet there are few people In a position to undertake the work. Besides the many delicious fruits of the Islands which grow practically without attention atten-tion at the present time, grapes, sweet potatoes, green corn, and other vegetables veget-ables can bo produced practically any months In the yenr, and should find ready and profitable market on the mainland during the season when such crops aro not available there except through hot houses. Stops are now being taken to secure for the territory a business agent a practical agriculturist and business man to encourage local farraerB, aid them In selecting crops and In solving the problems of transportation and marketing. Tho outlook Is coualdered very bright WILL J. COOPER, |