Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-11-19

smallest amount possible OF molosscs said
Impurities must bc removed, either by
proper lining and skimmng or hy bag
hltcrs md bone black, theoretically, the
,riplc.cileot is the most perfect machinery
known for the concentration of sgccharlnc
solutions but when one considers the
original cost of the plant, the quality OF
sugar to- bc obtained. and tho shortucsa Of
our crop season, It il questionable Il II will
pay our planters, unless they desire to make
centrifugal sugar for refining purposes.
Centrifugal factories arc growing " favor
in Cnha, and if our people desire to keep
pace with tho egc they must adopt them.
In union thoro is strength divided, we will
get poor extraction and no money.
Unlo,e some very serious notifications
are made in the tariff ON sugnr, cannot
hut think that sugar plantations that are
susceptible of good drainage emu he mndo
tn pay Il intclligcntly cultivated and fcrtil-
lied, ny that | mean ouc.third ~ peas,
orc.thrd plant cane aud balance first year
ratnons, with mn adequate force to do JUS.
| tIce 10 tho crop and ditch. The above
/ opinion has bcon formed after viewing tho
| field ur operation of our great competitor,
/ ms fcvcu.eghths of the sugars consumed in
our country comes from Cuba.
Tho pHtagonisms Mt present existing in
Cuba between the Spaniards, tho native
born Cubnns aud the blacks must uocos.
sor'v rctard the progress of Cubas gront
/ indHs.v, sugar. IL must not be imagined
, Or moment that Cuba will become n
second Jamaica. Such will not he the
cnse. should tue production of sugar
materially decrease the price will he aug
meulcd which will enable those having ndc.
quatc means to produce large crops. Some
of the finest sugar estates Mt one time were
used as stock farms, aud can bc again.
At present the labor system is in tram
sition state, and slavery will ccnfc to exist
in six years Cinnamon are paid $50 gold
per month, ms are tho free blacks. Slaves
men and women, earn 81 gold aud the
children aud irRrm receive food and
rnimcnt. Some contend that immediate
emancipation would prove moro profitable
MS tho old and young have to be fed
clothed aud doctored for tho labor of the
able. bodied few. Tho inevitable seems tc
be that the amount of available labor will
be much reduced when emancipation take.
place, ms the females will become consumer.
and non producers.
Owing To the increased Amount of work
done with the hoe, they cultivate fewe,
acres to the hand than in Iougiana-o,
some places not over six. A good pillow
man and mule can do the work of fou
: men aud four oxen. Lnborers with the no,
get over about the same number of Inca
yards per day ms with us. The field labo
|, of the Chinamnn is less in quantity, bu
, better in qunIiiy, than that done by thu
, blacks. Scarcity of labor, want of capita
and the condition OF tho finances of the is
land, must in the near future, ct least, re
tard the increased production of sugar t.
, great extent, assuming that there will b
no material change made in the extracto
of saccharne from the causes and mod
of culture. The intelligent Cubans mr.
fully alive to the necessity of taking ad
vantage of any means by which an in
creased production can be arrived at profit
ably. The present average yield of suga
y is about 1000 pounds per acre.
Cuba cannot produce sugar protitabl
, for less money than was realized last sef
4 son, and our people should not despont
although we have bad crop prospect tn
year. If the production of cane sugar
= to prove remunerative eisew here, we Shout
get our pro rata of the profit.
T. MANN CAGE.