Nuhou, Volume I, Number 21, 6 Mei 1873 — THE FUTURE. [ARTICLE]

THE FUTURE.

Tlu»t is ihe nmv future is encoii.ragiiig;.oven i f we do iiot get KcH-ij>roeU,y ? or any other ou{side lielp. Boif t say that we are ruined, going to tlie <lqgs, beeauße America will nol aceommodate her tariu regulations to ;>nit our eoiwenienee. Tt would suit us all very well if she wōuld; but her doing so is uot our only hppe of "salvation, n as the AUa seems to think;—at least our planters don ? t think so. They trust in,thev* own right hands, in reneWed eiiergy, and in increased and more eeonomie production, If Ameriea's heāvy duties leave but a small margin per acre, then they have resolved to increase their acres of cultivation, so as to hicrease tlieir margin. They do not stand ,s(ill and cry out for help; but push on the labor of the plantation, whieh is' the chief basis of whatever of independence or emolument we now enjoy. The loi'l and responsibilitv of theplanters nf (hese islands are very heavy iudeed. The manageiiient of our Jabor requires a constaiit aml vigilant attention; the diffi#>Uities of situation in respeet to eultivation and transportation require nlueh skill and energy, and a eostly experimental experienee, to overcoiiie; and {,be cqst s and charges )ncident l o Hni' coirdiTi v OTi consume a large poi*tion of the fruits of labor; so fhat the l »lanters have always an arduous battle to wage and a heavy load to cany. And yet iiiey are not slacking. their liands nor turnmg*bāck 011 their work, but are winning the real salvation of the country, beyond all uthers; that is, they arc employing labor in fhe mosti profitable manner; they are furnishing freight for the ships thtit eome to our port; tliey are filling the stores and the poekets of the they are furnishing the government their salaries, and the most of the money that we have to spend; <md if they receive ā million, they spend a niillion, and perhaps more too, and so they are the saviors of husiness. And this next vear tbey nre going to do still more, and to j).roduce sugar worth one million and a half doDars. We have already given some figures in reJation to the product o.f our next sugar erop, saying that we estimate it at thirty of pounds; but we will give this <»stimate more in detail, and our planting friends will he pleased to correet us if our tigures are material)y out of tlie way. KAI AI rLANTATIONS, . l'rincevSlle 700 ton.s. 1, 700 Koioa *.... »500 » Maipa 100 u OAHU PLAKTA 1*10»NS lvimīaea 500 a Hala\va 2ŪO I.a>! ..., ............. * \iMorH *s 200 M McKcngue , s 1.. 5300 M Waiahia .. 150 Kiuieolie 200 " M.VI l PLANTATIONJ s . ' I,TOO Pioneor 1.000 W. M. %\!?socia(ion ~ 700 Wuihee.-'. ... 1.000 " l lupalakua 1,000 \\';uhapu ................................ 760 14 Waihiku ....... SOO llailey % s :>OO " llobron , !s 400 " Uaiku. $00 M r.!isi Maui SOO " Hnua . ;»00 UāUlwiu it AievīUulov , s. 400 ! IA \VA 11 V £(A N T X TIONs. 7,000 K knea .... 000 " '< *ii> i uuM; 700 K" ; i . <MK> ♦\tuk;u - - ;.et r u«0 1 K -\rx\j N*o - ihMluw' ......... 1"'» U:-.;. - ~M>-0

| T.he.se| fjgurcs are rat her niside than over| the maik. and are t\venty"llve pereenf l>e~j low the estiniateH of of the j.)lanter> # J Thus \ve may hope to have ibr ournext ej'op ! at least thirtv million pouiids of sugar. and! • wit-h an ■ increase of. wool, say 400,000 'K>s; | and other grazing produets jh proportion,! we ought to liave nrt export in 1874 worthj very n<iarly two millions of dollar«» 'p—«aoiiiii iMi