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RUBBER CULTURE IN HAW All 
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, 
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 0 F. and it never gets colder than 55 °. On the mountain tops 
they have cool nights, occasional frosts, and sometimes a little snow, 
