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acres of land in the Hawaiian Islands available for the produc- 

 tion of this crop ; with a duty of 2 cents per pound, or with a 

 direct bounty of $30 per ton, Hawaii could produce 30 per 

 cent, of the whole quantity now consumed within the United 

 States, and this maximum could be attained within ten years. 



"There is no other industry comparable with the coffee in- 

 dustry for the support and maintenance of a European citizen 

 population. The coffee belt is the most salubrious in the is- 

 land, and the whole industry is one to which white men would 

 readily turn their attention, provided the National Government 

 would give to this industry the same protection that is af- 

 forded to sugar and other crops. Assuming that the average 

 yield of sugar per acre is 4 tons, and that every acre of cane 

 requires two years for its growth, it will be seen that there is 

 a protective tarifit of $68 on every acre of cane grown in Ha- 

 w^aii. The American sugar tariff of $34 per ton is not entirely 

 prohibitive as regards the importation of sugar from foreign 

 coimtries. Coffee is a white man's industry, and as such it 

 should receive protection equal to that given to sugar cane. A 

 duty of 2 cents per pound would yield about $20 per acre pro- 

 tection. A duty of 5 cents would undoubtedly prove prohib- 

 itive to foreign competition, and would lead to the investment 

 of $100,000,000 of outside capital in Hawaii during the next 

 five years." — Tared Smith, in his article ''Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Work," in Governor Carter's annual report. 



ISLAND POULTRY YARDS. 



Mr. F. H. Krauss has recently established a Poultry Farm 

 at Kalihi, under the above designation. He will import and 

 breed mainly S. C. White Leghorns and Barred Plv-nouth 

 Rocks, and is read}- to furnish eggs for hatcning or ihe table, 

 and breeding stock. 



A NEW COMMISSIONER. 



As this number of the Forester goes to press, the news has 

 been received of the appointment by Governor Carter of the 

 Hon. Paul R. Isenberg as a member of the Board of Commis- 

 sioners of Agriculture and Forestry, to fill out the unexpired 

 term left vacant by the resignation of Mr. L. A. Thurston. Fur- 

 ther notice of this change in the personnel of the Board will ap- 

 pear in a later issue. 



TITLE PAGE AND INDEX. 



The Title page, Index, and Table of Contents of \^olume III 

 accompanies this number. 



