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RUBBER CULTURE IN HAWAII 



of ours, and not only is the scenery marvelous and the arable land rich 

 and productive, but the climate is uniformly the finest on earth. The 

 very hottest day that the islands can furnish will not show a temperature of 

 over 90 F. and it never gets colder than 55. On the mountain tops 

 they have cool nights, occasional frosts, and sometimes a little snow, 



SEVEN YEAR MANIHOT NEAR NAHIKU LANDING. 



but anywhere near the sea level there is beautiful May weather the year 

 round. It is certainly a fisherman's, huntsman's, bicyclist's, automo- 

 bilist's, or general tourist's paradise, and the American people are 

 rapidly waking up to the fact. 



Sugar cane, of course, is the main crop in the Hawaiian islands. I 

 have forgotten exactly the number of acres but think it is about 200,000, 



