Our Country and Its Resources; What We Ought to Know about Agriculture--Fisheries--Forests--Panama Canal--Railroads--Manufactures--Automobiles--Industrial Preparedness--The New Navy--The Army--Our Money--Aeronautics--Motion Pictures--The Weather--Astronom
Our Country and Its Resources; What We Ought to Know about Agriculture--Fisheries--Forests--Panama Canal--Railroads--Manufactures--Automobiles--Industrial Preparedness--The New Navy--The Army--Our Money--Aeronautics--Motion Pictures--The Weather--Astronom
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ... slopes and valleys, while the cocoanut palm grows freely on the coast. The soil is generally very productive, and in 1910 there were 4,350 farms, covering 2,590,600 acres, the land being valued at $78,000,000; the live stock upon them was worth $4,300,000. The commercial products include coffee, rice, arrowroot, honey ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ... slopes and valleys, while the cocoanut palm grows freely on the coast. The soil is generally very productive, and in 1910 there were 4,350 farms, covering 2,590,600 acres, the land being valued at $78,000,000; the live stock upon them was worth $4,300,000. The commercial products include coffee, rice, arrowroot, honey, bananas, sisal, wool, hides, skins and tallow, rubber, cotton, and tobacco, but sugar and tropical fruits are the chief exports. On the sugar plantations the growing use of irrigation canals is resulting in increased crops; that of 1914 was 618,000 tons, and the yield is from two to seven tons to the acre, depending upon location. The industrial establishments of the islands numbered, in 1910, 500. with 7,572 employees, and a combined capital of $2: l,875,000; the material used was valued at $25,629,000, the output at $47,404,000. Communication facilities are constantly being improved. There is a large and increasing mileage of good roads, and more than 300 miles of railway, 240 miles of it being on the islands of Hawaii and Oahu. In Honolulu almost every house has its telephone; there are 6,000 miles of wire on the five main islands. The best harbors, after that of Honolulu, are Pearl, on Oahu; Hilo, on Hawaii; and Kalnilui. on Maui. From those and the lesser ports of the group, 436 vessels of a total tonnage of 1,574,845 cleared in 1915, and in the same year 456 vessels, of 1,605.925 tons, entered. Inter-island transportation is provided for by a fleet of sixteen small steamers. At Honolulu new wharves have been constructed, and the largest steamers can now be accommo dated. At Hilo and at Kahului breakwaters have been built, and the harbor of Kahului has been deepened. The erection of lighthouses has progressed steadily. Ten steamship line..
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