The Planter’s Monthly, Published for the Planters’ Labor and Supply Company of the Hawaiian Islands, No. 8, Vol. 5

The Planter’s Monthly, Published for the Planters’ Labor and Supply Company of the Hawaiian Islands, No. 8, Vol. 5

19th Century
Hawaii
planting
agriculture
trade
industry

Hawaii was seen as ideal land for agriculture during both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; Hawaiians had already been farming there throughout their history to great success. The establishment of agricultural businesses by Europeans and Americans signaled a change in the kind of farming which was conducted there. Rather than being for personal use, or the use of the people, it was turned to moneymaking. Land was purchased by the businesses, who then imported cheap labour to grow a variety of crops, including sugarcane. The source is a periodical which describes meetings from the Planters’ and Labor Supply company, addressing a variety of issues, such as sugar manufacture and the growing of fruit. Again, this connects it to the agricultural boom that occurred during the period in question, whilst also bringing light to the kinds of discussions plantation owners may have had.

Honolulu, Planters' Labor and Supply Co.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10524/1743

29 July 1930

Hannah Oliver

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English

Textual - printed periodical

19th century Hawai'i