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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1931)
(GOLD . HEALTHY he KITCHEN COMPLEXIONS CABINET .; Unemployment bn (lO, 1111 WtaoiR NowmiPr llulun.l Thnnk Uod fur rout, wher nuu molt, And noii fit 11 nk frtl rur l'ec lml lit 1'lnnty'i lUtll, Heiienth th homritond hmlol J. U. Wlitltlnr. sla NDS 71 Ho Lj Eose Happy i i , , : n r . V 4f james : , FT A3 1 . ?iT-.. r Ji. .. J- , ' ' -V K" - '-V AVl fl fifli Enrr.oihers uork. in the ' jJv'l v"-4V 7i ' Si busy season, but tfieirchilantn. Y'Sk'--- YS4- r,,d ancarc For in tn cannery V ' rrC-',,v. 'Ll, H?!S wi'jr."rncTii"i"J. : y . v Girls tvearincj white caps and rubber gloues trim thz pineapple, as it comzs from. thzGJnaca madvnz. fft 1 HERE is no unemployment In the Hawaiian Islands. Instead their citizens of all ages are busy sending a fiood of gold In the form of Hawaiian pineapple all orer the United States and also to many far distant lands. There is ro mance in the story of how these semi tropical islands happen to be one of the busiest parts of our country at this time when unemployment is so widespread. It Is the romance of how the thought of one man greatly enlarged the whole economic aspect of these Islands which we were once so reluctant to annex. Tor our goTernment was far from cordial to the Wea of receiring Hawaii under its flag back In 1395 when an annexation treaty was first negotiated with President Harrison. This was withdrawn by President Cleveland in April of that year, but brought up again after President McKinley'i election, and Hawaii was not finally admitted into the Union until July 7, 1SDS. There was good reason for this reluctance. Just for the sake of acquiring a Pacific naval station this country did not want to assume the permanent financial liability which these islands seemed likely to prove. As late as its 1907-1308 edition the Encyclopedia Americana stated that "the danger of depending upon a single crop (sugar) has long been recognized, and persistent efforts have been made to develop minor indus tries" in Hawaii. One Man Did It To understand bow Hawaii developed a second , Important crop which goes out as a flood of golden pineapple and forms one of the two great Industries of the Hawaiian Islands, it is necessary to go back thirty years to the beginning of the career of one James D. Dole. It was In 1899 that this man. Just graduated from Harvard, set out for the Hawaiian Islands from a suburb of Bos ton known as Jamaica Plain. He went there to grow coffee. He knew noth ing about pineapple culture. Neither did be know anything about canning. But, after various ex periments, he went back to Boston to get an expert canner and raise some capital, and be succeeded in both attempts. After that the pineapple business began to prosper. The company which he formed packed 1,893 cases of pineapple in 1903, 8,810 cases in 1904, 25,000 in 1905 and more than 100,000 in 1907. Its pack grew to C00.O00 cases in 1912, I, 000,000 in 1918; 2,000,000 in 1923; 3,000,000 in 1926; and from 3,247,204 cases in 1929 it grew to more than 4,000,000 last year. Once this man had demonstrated that pine apples could be profitably grown In Hawaii, he naturally bad competitors. There are now nine chief growers who packed a total of about II, 300,000 cases laut year, nearly all of which were shipped to the United States and had a value of $15,000,000. No, there Is no unemploy ment at present In Hawaii. . Room for More In spite of this vastly increased production, the consumption of pineapplr-s in the United States amounts to only a trifle more than two pineapples per capita a year. So there is room for even greater production if it can be brought about, but all of the good pineapple land In Hawaii is now taken, and when the island of Lanal, recently bought'and developed into a huge pineapple plantation by Dole's company, Is br6ugbt to full production, that will be about all the pineapple that Hawaii can supply. The story of the acquisition of this inland of Lanal is a whole romance in Itself. Back in 1922 Dole was facing the problem of the need of more land for the growing of pineapples. It was estimated at that time that there were only about 89,000 acres in tie lslanda adapted to pine apple culture. Of these bis company then coo- Field, of matured pin- apples ready to be pckzd, for canning. trolled about 25,000 acres, but he rightly be lieved the demand for canned pineapple would In a few years exceed the capacity of the Indus try's entire acreage. So he sent men into the Philippines and down into Mexico, and investigated Fiji, San Domingo, Malaya and even Queensland, Australia, before coming back to the Hawaiian Islands and buy ing for $1,100,000 Lanal, considered up to that time a hopelessly barren Island beaten ten months in the year by northeast winds beneath the blasts of which the scattering trees on It were permanently bowed. There was no harbor then, no roads, no townu, no labor, and much cf the good soil was covered with enormous cactus. But the soil tested well, and the climate was propitious. The altitude, average rainfall and natural drainage were about right. Dole solved the problem of fighting the obstinate cactus by hitching a cable chain to heavy tractors and literally dragging the dene growth down. He Bet 5,000,000 Dole was willing to bet $5,000,000 that bis judgment in buying Lanal was right, and that be was right is proved by the fact that the yield of Lanai pineapples is today nearly equal to the combined yield of all the rest of bis plantations. But all this was not accomplished without a struggle. By cutting away the cliffs on one side, running a heavy breakwater out Into the ocean on the other, and then dredging, be created the harbor of Kaumalapau, at a cost of $750,000. He built a road for heavy trucking, seven miles back , and 1,600 feet up into the Island, along which five-ton White trucks hauling ten-ton trailer! now travel, each carrying in all a not load of twenty-three and a half tons of fruit. At the harbor these are hoisted In eleven and a half ton lots onto barges which are towed to Hono lulu some fifty miles away. And this was not all. He brought water acrosi the mountain range on the windward side of the , island to the reservoir near the town of Lanal City which stands today a model community o! its kind. Its population now consists of 3,000 orientals and thirty-two whites, and It boasts Ha own bank, stores, school, a hospital, a Buddhist temple, and even "movies' and a "Mayor." There Is no unemployment on the Islands o4 . Lanal, and neither is there any contract labor. Tho pineapple picker who wants to quit his Joh can draw his week's wages (from $14 up to aft much as $28) and his transportation back it whence be came. The labor la a polyglot lot Chinese, Filipinos and Hawailans, even somft Russians and Portuguese, live tranquilly In t, , community which la free from race problem! largely because of thorough Intermarriage. A battery of shelling machines, known a "glnacas," removes the pineapple's skin and punches out its core in a single swift operation; a set of knives cuts the skinned and cored cylin ders into uniform slices, and in a few seconds from the time the pineapple enters the Clnaca machine, it Is skinned, cored, sliced and ready for grading and canning. Speed is the essence of proper pineapple can ning. The quicker you can get this luscious fruit out of its jacket and into the can, the better. Something more than food is preserved by this celerity. It Is the only way to preserve the elusive flavor of the fully ripened fruit. Still a Pioneer This matter of grading Is Important. Dole wants tho housewife to know exactly what, she Is buy Uig In his cans. So be devised a system of stamp,, Ing the numbers "one" or "two" or "three" together with his name In the tops of the cans. This Is a pioneer procedure which will undoubt edly extend to other canned products in the course of time. When the housewife uses fresh fruit she tan look at It and see its condition. When she uses canned fruit she has to depend on the labels to tell truthfully what quality of fruit Is Inside. The cans of pineapple with "one" stampod In their tops contain the best fruit in appearance, texture, syrup and color; those stamped "two" contain fruit Just as fine but not quite so shapely and parked In syrup slightly loss sweot; and those stampod "three" contain good, wholrsnme fruit, packed In tho same syrup as "two," but slices that have been brokf-n so that they cannot be included In tho firnt two grades. These first two erades are both Backed In sllned. crushed and tidbit forms, but the third is packed only In I The odds w.-re against a lm:r span SATISFYING DISHES For dolwtnble desm-rt that Is not only bmuittful to the yo. but satis fying to the put- P ale, try : M Orange Crm RpiHinfula of K'- f I' Villa ...U.fHl .if ,..,1,1 Utt. . tor ami illssnlvn In sWi i urns! ouiliulf cupful of hot orunge Juice, adding one Imlf cup ful of augnr. Fold In n ami out half cupful of whipped cri'iim uml onehulf cupful cf oritn pulp cut fine. Servi with a fruit sirup. Tapioca Cream. Tuko oiut-tlilrd of a cupful of quick cooking tlocn, add one-linlf cupful of sugnr, one-fourth ti'iispoonful of suit and on quiirt of milk. Cmik in a doubln holler (stir ring often) for 15 minutes. Add one eitg yolk slightly beaten, one teaspoon, ful of flavoring and cook for a minute or two, stlrrlnj vigorously. Ilemove from the fire and add the stiffly beaten white of the egg. Chill niul serve In glasses with crushed fruit. Chocolate or caramel sauce or nniple sirup with a few chopped nuts nmy serve for variety In sauce. Fold whipped cream Into the pud ding anil sone with orange section or bits of pineapple. Fold in chocolate sauce mixed with whipped cream. Canned fruit sauce, coconut, timrslimullow anuee t,r mimed fruit all make delectable sutn e for the pudding. Club CookUs. Take im cupful of nhorteiiliiK, one cupful of sugar, one egg. one half cupful of noiir cream, one Imlf teaxponiifiil each of nuda and cream of tartar ud three cupfuls of pastry flour. MU usual and pnl the dough out to two Inches thick and chill overnight. Hull and cut Into any ilexlred shape. I'.uke In a moderate oven ten minute. Filling. Take one cupful of slewed stoned prunes, one half cupful ol Slewed npricotn, three t.itlepooifil of lemon Juice, one fourth cupful of sugar and one half cupful of prune or apricot Juli e. Cook together, add ing one talilesiMionful each of butter. Cool before using. Deserved Tribute Paid Man'a Faithful Friends The patient, lolling pack animals that lost their live In the great Klon dike gold rush have been honored by I memorial. Overlooking tho grimly named fcl cad-horse tlulth." nt In spiration point on the White Pus rail road, Alaska, there I a broti.e tablet honoring the 3,i anlmu! that figured In the Klondike stampede. Paid for by old "sourdoughs," the tablet por trays a piiekhorse and mule on the trull. It has been ctttlmuteo thai me sverage life of a horse or mule used In gold rush packing wa flvo week. Healthy complexions come from healthy systems. Free the body of poisons with Fcen-a-mlnt. F.ffoctlve la smaller doses. All druggists si ll thla safe, srlenllfle laiallve. FOR CONSTIPATION Washington CeUbratio The bicentennial celebration of the birth of tieorge Washington Is under the direction of a commliwion created by net f congress it ml appointed by the President, Keprenelilitilve Hoi litiiom of New York I nt present act ing cliuli iuitn of the commission, U. 8. tirnnt Ui having tendered his resig nation. STOMACH AND LIVER TROUBLE broken slices. Real Food Value Is this large production of pineapple a real contribution to our diet in food value as well as in taste? According to scientists, it Is. "There are better sources of a singlo vitamin," eays a bulletin of the University of Hawaii, "but as an all around source of vitamins the canned pineapple takes an unusually high place. No other cannod product, except tomatoes, la as rich In vitamins." But the fruit has to be handled right. There is a marked difference in its sugar content, depend ing upon whether It has been allowed to ripen on the plants or is picked tor shipment after It has reached Its full size but has not yet ripened. Analysis shows, according to this same author ity, an average of 12.06 of sugar in the natural ly ripened fruit, against 3.66 In that picked green and allowed to "ripen" off the plant As a matter of universal practice among Hawaiian packers the fruit Is allowed to ripen In the field. Tbe sugar content of pineapple Is of a type which Is ready for human assimilation, accord ing to Dr. A. L. Dean, Director of the Experiment 8tatlon of the University of Hawaii, and pine apple has a higher food value than most fruits, largely because of its high sugar content and Its Vitamins. Rich in Calories Tbe analysis of pineapple contained In the fol towing table was made on a composite sample of both fruit and syrup made by commuting and mixing the contents of six cans of "Fancy" sliced pineapple taken at random from the pack of six ' different cannorles: Moisture 76.01 Total Sugars 22.30 Sucrose 9.997k Reducing Sugars 12.31 Protein 0.44 Crude Fiber 0.30 Mineral Matter (Ash) 0.33 Fruit Acids (Calculated as Citric Acid)., 0.59 "It will bo soon from tbe above," the bulletin states, "that the food value of canned pineapple, as measured by calories contained in it, is by no means negligible." So James D. Dole, whose name is lndlssolubly connected with the pineapple Industry In Hawaii, both as pioneer and dovelopw, not only turned a possible liability Into a provod asset, but thin industry is making a distinct contribution to out national diet In a form that Is both nutritious and popular. And that is why there Is no unomploy; rnent at present in those far flung Pacific islands The odd weather, one of the greatest hazard to all concerned, was probably a new experience for the animals. Just ss It wa for the majority of miners, Crest demands were made upon tht animal and little can and food could be given In return. Often, Just as In the Kldorado rush, trails were marked by skeletons of the unfortunate ani mals. No war has been complete with out horse and mule. 'Uiie cavalry alone accounts for tbe horses, while hauling cannon, food and the Indis pensable water were part of the mule's Job. In the War and Navy building ui Washington Is another bronze tab let, dedicated this time to the mules and hones numbering nearly 2.10,000 which served with the A. E. F. In the World wnr. Spokane, WaiIl "1 wai sutler. ing from stomach and liver trouble. My stomach wai tipM-t, my food would not digMt would lour and come up and cue me litm. Hut two bottlrt of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery entirely relieved me of thi trouble. There i nothing better (or liver and tumucli trouble than the Hiolden Medical lfl rovery.' 1 advice others to try it." Mr. John I. I-Vuvrc, 4()J S. Chandler St. Fluid or tjblet. All drmigisn. Ytm umllml ailtir t of Dr. rirrra'i HHllinr. H rllo lr. rirr' lilnl. IttilTalo, J. V, wuJodng awtlk rlaa wrapper. New Champion Coming Ttu-re will be noiV i lialnplon In at trust ft per cent of ui! the lmirtnnt porta this jear. Crown will be rrsslilng nil over the Imidscai be fore i:t:it dip Into oblivion. Col. iler' Weekly. Eotlith Treasure Trove About a year ago a Jar of rose nobles was unearthed at Ilroadhurst manor, Ilorsted Keynes, Kngland. These are gold coin of the Fifteenth century and of great value from an antiquarian point of view. Even In London ancient hoard are found. A man digging a trench for a water main at Croydon found two earthen ware pots, stuffed with coins, which proved to have been minted between A. I). !W7 and A. D. 3.10. Though green with uge, they were In excellent preservation. Her Reward When children are weak and run down, they are easy prey to cold or children' disease. So It la never w ise to neglect those weaken ing and depressing symptom of bad breath coated tongue, fretful lies, feverlshnes, biliousness, lack of energy and appetite, etc. Nine times out of ten these things point to one trouble constipation and mother by thounud know this I easily, safely relieved by California Fig Syrup. Mr. Chss. J. Connell, 1131 Clear Ave., St. Louis, Mo, Bay: "I gave Virginia California Fig Syrup for constlpntlon and she wa more than rewarded for taking It. It regulated her bowels, helped her digestion, Increased her appetite, mndo her Strong and energetic." Tbe genuine, endorsed by doctors for CO years, always bear the word California. AU drugstore have It tAK ATI VE-TOWIC or CHILDREN Harmless Two housemaids were overheard chatting boastlngly on the street car of the merits of their respective es tiibllHhmeiils. Kald one, "Why, at our place we even use that new kind of coffee with tho nicotine removed 1" Unreliable Jud Tunklns sayi the first ipeech a man make after he ha been elected to high office ( about n reliable an Index of hi future stHte of mind ns a commencement essny. Washington Star. They Are Endurable A scientist Is reported to huve found a substance like rubber, but more dur able. He was probably eutlng a welsh rabbit. Rochester Democrut and Chronicle. Safety Firt Insurance Agent What I You're going to drop your Insurance? Jones Yes, I'vo quit wulklng and bought a car. No sensible person wants love that I In (lunger of being swept away by loino trifle Garfield Tea Was Your Grandmother's Remedy For every stom ach nnd Intestinal 111. This good old fashioned herb home remedy for c onstlpatlon, iHlomacu ill nnd other dernngiy merits of tho sys tem so prevalent these dny I In 0ven greater favor ns a family med icine than la yoar grandmother's day.