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favorable marketing facilities. The condition of afifairs is deemed 

 urgent and unless steps are taken to ameliorate the situation it 

 will become crucial upon the maturity of the present season's crop. 



The quantity of Hawaiian pineapples disposed of in Mainland 

 markets till now has been small compared with that received 

 from Singapore, the West Indies, Florida and other countries. 



Island pineapples have, as a rule, only been sold in certain of 

 the most accessible Western cities, but as soon as their merits 

 are popularly known, and when a proper distributing system is 

 in operation they should easily displace all competition, for in 

 flavor, uniformity; color and general appearance they are superior 

 to all others. With these preponderating qualities it is believed 

 that a ready market v/ill be found tor the entire output of our 

 Hawaiian fruit as soon as the markets can be properly reached, 

 for indications show that as yet the general American markets 

 are untouched by our produce. 



Hitherto the island growers have been unable to effect an 

 organization to safeguard their interests, although in past years 

 attempts have been made to unite them. However, the time is 

 now opportune and circumstances demand that if the industry is 

 to be established upon a profitable basis, a cooperation must 

 be formed upon lines similar to those under which the fruit grow- 

 ers of California are so successfully organized. While the sys- 

 tem in beneficial operation in California has become in the course 

 of a few years very far-reaching and to some extent complex, it 

 IS uncertain that such an elaborately conducted plan could at first 

 be adopted b}- the Hawaiian growers. A\'ith as many interests 

 involved as growers represented, it would probably be some time 

 before that mutual confidence, which is the keynote of success in 

 such an undertaking, could be developed. The merging of all 

 spirit of rivalry and jealousy into one uniform and equitable 

 policy embracing the good of the whole must be appreciated and 

 fostered before the full utility of the cooperation could be de- 

 veloped. 



It tlierefore would seem expedient to endeavor to ascertain a 

 common ground upon which all our Hawaiian pineapple growers 

 would unite for the common good. With an agreement in opera- 

 tion between them, formulated upon even one point of interest, 

 it would not be long before the accruing benefits were such that 

 the agreement would be widened until it embraced as successful 

 a field of enterprise as that covered by the well known Calif ornian 



