The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-08-10

froU the anil a. eousestel into a soII substance A.
harl ~ lump sugar, aEl leaving no mnrr s-ickIus--
tn th- hand than il,i sag.r when handled.
-li. That this substance l. Mt iyli4ue~eeut, and
a small prece KEEP; m the pocket y a friend Of mine
tr ~~k, L tie sane How A. On the day II VS.
male.
@rl. That the color i q -rayish arn color, and
tie elacre'e, wh=n d-ssolvei with water 10 the sane
gravity - cane JUICE, J. scarcely % - recognized
from cane Juice tell II j dissolved with much
df5eulry-thai =. With more difficulty than a Piee
iiL. That tie machinery ! most simple. and re-
quir- us skilled labor, fewer hands than are nov
employed. aud le~ expensive arrangements than We
uus u~e. for no ciaUier~ ara u--i. and Mr.. Fryer
a-~rrt- that what he made direct from the .uil Was
quite a. sO-i ~ what DE- made from the juice after Il
had hsea clarified. lie estimates a plant lmachinel
q make I'VE tons a day viii cot about El,sp-
9TH, That the coLcrete sugar can L put INTO h1-s
the moment il ! made, AMI shipped Immediately
after.
9Th. That there i no Sum or molasses. ani conse-
queut!y no necessity for stills - utilise these OtalS
\ istillery ; no longer a necessity 10 an estate.
eth, That he has found in the cane from l.! Per
cent O. Lee Der cent II pure clue sugar, and that he
hls converted al there was ia the lextractei1 juice
into concrete; aud that while by cur rude prCces- we
have slcceelei in destroying all but : per cent,
which ! inferior after we have got It. 10 his concrete,
a. an article 10 he dealt with by the rehner.
With a portion Of this process our planters are
familiar. /. c.. the Use Of the =. sorghum pan, "
and probably all have become convinced of its
great simplicity and effectiveness. But there al
WAYS APPEARED u be something lacking III Its oper-
alton 10 make il serviceable on a large scale. The
discovery of Mr.. Fryer provides what was want
Ing. and. 10y completing the APPARATUS, finishes
the boiling process, 80 that on leaving the con-
eretor the sugar Is ready for shipment. True,
the article i not the same that our mills turn
out-sugar and molasses separated from each
other-but il i the entire cane juice solidifel by
n new process. and in just the state that the re-
fnery wants it. 1t would certainly appear from
this account To he q complete success, and a.
practicable here a. in Antigua. If 10. the first
question Is. ought it not To lie introduced here at
once? Let u examine the the reputed adyan-
tases of the concrete process
lst-Economy in the cost of machinery. The
whole apparatus complete, capable of making
LOCO pounds Ter hour, costs less than FIVE thou
sand dpllars. This. it will be borne in mind. is
the apparatus to accompany a first class mill, OF
the capacity Of l 900 pounds an hour.
2l-Ecunomy in the boiling house. The num-
her Of hands required in a first class boiling
house. like that of the Prinoeville Plantation, is
at least thirty. 81 far a. we can judge from this
pamphlet. only from three To five common labor
ers Will hc required 10 do the same service with
the Concrc,or. The field, mill and outdoor
operations will, of course, require the same NUN
Der of hands ~ in the old system.
3d-Incrclse in the amount Of sugar produced.
Tie average amount Of sugar obtained ON our
plantations j. one pound per gallon, with the
juice averaging s. Baumc. In Antigua the
juice il richer and produces nearly two pounds
Of concrete per gallon, ut lO1 Baume. 1t is
probable our juice, which varies from g. to Q :,
would not yield - much, cay One-and-a-hal
pounds. IL l. fair then 10 estimate an increase of
fifty Ter cent. in the weight produced. Some
plantations, noted for the high standard of their
juice. such a. Makec's or the Pioneer at Iahaina,
might average more.
4th-Rclatiyc value Of sugar and concrete.
Regarding this, we have only u rely ON the state
ments made in Mr.. Fryer's pamphlet, where we
learn that the market value in London oc the
Antigua concrete was l. ~sbinings per cwt., while
mclado sugar was is. both in bond. Taking
into consideration the difference in the amount of
concrete and sugar manufactured from the same
juice. the result i, largely IN favor of the former.
jth-COst Of containers. \ statement pub
li,hed i'll the June number of Morgan's Trade
Journal, page Is, viii give reliable information
ON this point. and shows a saving of over one
third in favor of concrete
c,,ssa,gf.,, cost Of Paekage. required for Sugar, and
Moiassss, and Concrete.
55tons mascoyaio sugar land-d in England, are packed
% ,i n %,aia.-. Iaaisi "a England, are packed in 50
runchv'a> at % %
Cos, Of pkg. per 100 tors sugar and molasses....... $50 90
100 tons q concrete landed in England, are packed in
81 Aids- 1t 81 Il
Gth-LOss in shipments. Here, again, tine re-
suit Is largely in favor of the concrete. From
the same periodical. we learn that on a shipment
from Antigua To London, while the concrete lost
in weight during the voyage only II per cent,
the sugar and molasses lost over III per cent
or more than one-sixth of the weight! Here are
the figures
C~t.. qrs. lbs. Cwt-. qrs- lbs. { $. d.
! / Is Sugar lot l7.6 per
ant Is. g s.l in bonn. . . y 10 5
atlO,. I'd 4, cwt. III bond. .......-..1 S Q
60 10 2
10 o IL Concrete Iost Il v Ct net 9 =.
atl7s. Per cwt. IN bond. ..--.-.-.--s 9 i
These advantages are most certainly largely in
favor of the manufacture of concrete. We find
the gain in weight III the manufacture is from 30
To 100 Der cent, while the saving IN loss III ship
Inents is equal to the entire profit now realized
bv our planters ON their sugar, Under this new
system shipments might be made to New York or
London, with les than one quarter the loss now
ubmitted to in shipping sugar and molasses TO
San Francisco. Well may those interested in the
,oncretor claim that the net gain in the amount
If sugar produced is fully 40 per cent, while the
profits of the plantation may be set down as 100
per cent. over the old system! Taking all things
nto accountable reduced capital, the fewer
aborers required, and the gain in the product
here can be no doubt ON this point.
1t i some two years since this discovery was
made and began to attract public notice, and so