The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-01-31

Customary al over tEo fSAhOs toF D4ndtactatcfS,
or the bankers or agents OF manufacturers, 70
make advances 20 growers vas someWhal
enrioas 70 know upon what principle this latter
feature Of the Esioe system Is worked, and the
ft'sOd who - Patiea,ly cleared up my oesaseness
10 getting a. the details. satisfactorily woand ap
I the whole. Wke1-ulth q Succession Of the in
/ iUltahle shrugs and smiles q erenehmAa trying
10 explain matters to zoe who Is but very in.
differently aeQaAinied with the poliiesl language
on earth with 4 smile that said much Monsieur
Z added, Zs advance 10 loan % crop dePeOd a
great deal upoa ~ iadustree aud capable sense
! Of re nsn who wants TO borroSC He told the
I whole story, l sincerely believe,
\ The kgst factories were established by lndlvidH-
/ ais, OF by private 6rms, AT Que time, while the
! scSsr Business vas very depressed. some fttesu
I years siuee, the house Of Gail and Co, appear to
have held nearly the whole producing trade Of
I the islands As business revived. they sold 10
I several cases TO the men who had been their
managers, At the present time II does not ap-
Z pear that Cali and CO. have single factory ia
I The Preach Islands bot indirectly. By holding
( shares &c. the 6rm have large Interests there
/ Several Of their former managers have become
wealthy. and have interests second only to the
/ great house itself
= Bat The company system, pare and staple, Is
considered the bss, for all eoueerned in the husi
I ness, IL would seen that (althO1gh want Of
confidence is By no means eoMmOnl the growers
I are best satisfied who dispose Of their cane to
and work with manufacturing companies, The
capital Of these eonpapies varies in British
uoosy, frOua s20O0O 10 sl5O,0O0, aud the guam
tity q sugar made varies from ave TO twenty-five
toes each day, heard Of Instances Of 40 t0as
z each day and night being turned out for
weeks 10 the largest factories, and do not doubt
The statement after seeing the machinery aud the
nea who eoaIrol ii. This heavy work is not
shirked, it was evident, whe0 il became necessary
to push 10 order to get Of The crop. At such
times the factories are worked DAY aud night ;
bat. as rule. day work oulY from daylight to
dark appears TO De the system most in favor.
The workmen. it wo1td appear, 90 not like night
work. and the employers 6ni IL to their interest
10 adopt this course Of working, except in cases
Of emergency.
As might be expected. heavy expenses were
Incurred 10 the earlier factories for appliances
and machinery that are now proved to De unne-
cessary. This is particularly noticeable 10 the
many eontrivanceS obtained at one time aud
another for 6ltering liquor aud syraps. and now
abandoned. lndeei the whole OF the Offering
processes for this purpose hare lost favor; the
presses Of various kinds. bags, &c. aud animal
charcoal Itself has lost favor Even in these
high-elass factories With every facility for wash.
log and rebGrniug animal charcoal. ons cannot
boz see that the use Of this material on the plan
ts,ious does not give the 6hs. perfectly pure
white sugar which re6ners turn out, have be-
fore me at thus moment sugar from BALI dozen
6rst-clasS West Indian factories the syrup Of
this sugar has bsso through animal charcoal (the
process adding at least Is. per ewt. to the cost.
and yet it does uOt look any better, nor would it
sell for sny more per eSt. than the sugar exhi-
bited in the Queensland Court, Philadelphia.
from the plantations Of Mr.. Brown Mary River !;
Messrs. Fryar aud Straehan. Logan Mr.. David
sou. Port Mackay; Mr. COuldery, Logan or
Mr.. Muir NerAns, noue Of whom, as believe.
use animal charcoal (Mr. EPpeen. planting
friend tom GuaielOupe, oImpared with me the
West Indian With the Australian sugars named,
aud Is quite agreed that the latter are especially
good with the West Indiaii)
Draining IS still common ~ the West Indies,
and also in Louisiana, perforated hOgsheSds being
used tor the p1rpose and very excellent sugar
is made BY this process but it is not likely to
succeed with rs Where draining succeeds. the
atmosphere is moist aud still and unless that
state can be mlintsinei by artificial means, the
iry air Of Australia makes draining a much more
uncertain operation.
am in possession Of agreements drawn up
between growers and manufacturers in Martini
que. They aye stringent, bat in practice the
whole process Is very simple. Usually Gun all
cases, believe where the factory agrees before
hand to take the crop) the cane is delivered at
liked points into punts, boats, or tram cars that
belong TO the factory. The usual arrangement
il such cases is to pay the current market value
Of IRON to lbs. Of sugar (,he character OF the
grower and the usual quality OF his cane all
counting in the arrsugemenD for each 100 los.
Of cane delivered to the mill Should oppor-
tunity offer, | shall send along to the COLONY
sample glasses OF the standard sugars Of the cen
trail factories, and also sample glasses Of the
usual grades Of sugar made in the West Indies
and Louisiana.
In the usioe system, where traInTays are laid
down, the factory Is at the cost Of them, but
they pass through the lands Of adjoining pro-
prietors Generally indeed in nearly all cases,
contributors to the faeiory). The manager Of
the asine decides as to whose cane shall be cut,
and who shall load certain trucks each day.
There is it would seem. great deal of working
into each others hands at this stage. The
grower does the cutting and delivering ;-he
makes bis own arrangements about how the cut
ting is done, and neighbours evidently help each |
other good deal. Bot hope TO get up the |
marrow Of the whole when visiting the islands !
during the approaching crushing season. Where |
cane growers are deficient 10 mules or other |
draft animals. the factory manager supply them
70. Consideration
The cultivation or farming of cane is decidedly |
we'll DONE although BY slower process than We |
hare been used TO. Heavy wooden ploughs Of
the French or Spanish pattern are used for |
nearly ali the labor Of cultivation saw bat |
few horse-hoes or seari6ers, and the people do |
not 90 in much for hard labor. for which |
do not blame them. The less OF that sort of 4
thing in q warm climate the better bat think /
they could do great deal more with the scarf
fer However. that il their affair.
Sugar icing the produes Of the French islands /
every facility exists for selling and buying The /
article The process Of selling is much the same !
as that followed 10 NeE Orleans. The sugar
barrels are exposed on the leTee or market plac > |
in any number the seller has to disposs OF. 1
Holes are bored at each end Of the cask (in New I
Orleans they bore in the ceutre). so as to get at
an average OF the quality Of each. Sales are /
thea effected BY accepting the highest ofer. It /
is not az a1ciiou although something like it. |
The seller names bis price. s1d il be does not get
il the hogshead may remain over tor another day. |
We COW come 10 the main point Of the whole |
question-Hou does il payl Wherever / have /
been there is desire to approach the factory /
system, and from every direction We heanof CON-
missions SIT to Investigate VIA, Is being done
IL the French Islands. and 10 report upon the 1
applicability Of the system to other cane-produc-
- ill nra4a- a~ar-zhora I