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ling and distributing these products locally, so that reasonable 
profits are obtained by the producer and increased production is 
encouraged, the producer will naturally not wish to be limited 
entirely to the local market, but will seek encouragement for 
greater production in the broader outlook which will be furnished 
by mainland markets. There are many of our fruits and vege- 
tables which could be marketed with satisfactory profits on the 
mainland if the difficulties attending the transportation of these 
products could be overcome. There is no fundamental reason, 
for example, why Hawaii should not occupy the banana market 
of the western coast of the United States. We are most favor- 
ably located for supplying this market, and there is an abundance 
of land on which the soil and climatic conditions are favorable for 
the growth of bananas. Nevertheless, difficulties have been ex- 
perienced in marketing this fruit at a profit in San Francisco and 
other western cities of the United States. Actual losses have 
been experienced in numerous instances in attempting to ship this 
fruit, these losses being due, in most cases, to the antagonism of 
other fruit interests and a lack of intelligent effort in pushing the 
claims of Hawaiian fruit. With pineapples there is another cause 
of failure which at present is too serious to allow any recommen- 
dation for shipping this fruit to the mainland. It is hoped, how- 
ever, that the difficulty may be overcome. The one serious trou- 
ble in shipping pineapples to the Coast is the prevalence of pine- 
apple rot. The losses from this disease were so extensive during 
the past year that all who engaged in the shipment of fresh fruit 
have been discouraged from continuing that part of the pineapple 
industry. It is admitted on all hands, however, that if a really 
practical method of controlling the disease can be devised the ship- 
ment of fresh pineapples will be resumed with reasonable assur- 
ance of good profits. It has already been mentioned that a large 
demand for beans exists in various western cities, and could be 
profitably supplied from Hawaii. Moreover, as soon as large 
quantities of uniformly good mangoes and avocados are produced, 
they can be marketed with profit on the mainland. At present 
the supply of the best fruits of these kinds is taken up by local 
demand. With the establishment of suitable cold-storage facil- 
ities in the boats plying between Honolulu and San Francisco, pa- 
paias could be sucessfully marketed in the latter city, and the de- 
mand for this fruit would grow rapidly as people became ac- 
quainted with its good qualities. | Moreover, onions and sweet 
potatoes can be produced here during the off season on the main- 
land and marketed so as to supply the demand for these vegetables 
. during the vacant interval in the mainland supply. 
