Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-05-23

juice TO the clarihets, TO the cleaners, 10 &c
eeiveI, and thence, by suction, to the double
effects +; there being only one pumping neees
sary-irom molaSscs tanks to elbow up
In iiilea, | saw system OF planting cane in
holes, without breaking up the land except
by cultivation after the crop has begun to-
grow. This system obtains on much Of the
ililes land, especially the richer sort ; and is
said 10 give good tesul,s II Is praeiieed also
a, Naalehu but nowhere else tina, have
heard.
When I was in Honuapo, found some Of
its low.land cane apparently suffering from
water. At liilea, the cane was looking we'll !
and il the usual rains came. hne out put ior
next season was though, to be assured.
Hiles employs reS men, Of whom a are
natives. The latter are liked as workers and
like the plantation. The contract system does
no, generally obtain at either Hilea OF Naalehu.
MIR. Spencer firmly believes in the cooperative
system Of cane planting provided such appor.
! tioument Of the land can be made as will
admit OF harmonious work and provided an
intelligent understanding prevail between
planters and mill men.
At Naalehu two japanese cultivated seven
acres OF cane last yeTr and took off enough
cane to yield is2 CHARTERS in all. Their cane
was cultivated as II i, had been a rose garden
and responded to the care and hard work de
voted TO it with gratifying pecuniary gratitude
| Pahala Plantation and MILL which, with
Il. ii. 81 L..
waiian Agricultural Company, are managed by
! Mr.. Daniel Foster. Mr.. James McDade is
sugar boiler Nit Richard Zcigler, book
keeper Mr. +. NJ. Fuller, head luna !; MI
William Dunn, engineer
Pahala plants 2,ooo acres, including 400
acres successfully planted on shares by two
Chinese. From this, !, will crop something
more than half this year. No cane grows on
Pahala Plantation at lower level than 700
fee, and the highest cane fields are about
4, soofeet. In Kau Lahana cane grows best from
the lowest levels to about 1000 fee, altitude
above that red cane is generally planted. All
the land is plowed and cultivated. at least,
three times The cane is allowed to fattoon
only once at pahala-as a rule-al,hough, on
some warm, rich and sheltered soil, it rattoons
10 advantage twice. Fully z,6oo acres more
are available for cultivation on Pahala Plan.
,a,ion, the immense acreage being leading
factor in the success of the enterprise.
The plantation had recently on its pay roll
nearly 400 men, Of whom o. were employed
in running the mill The list Of nationali,ie.
includes Hawaiians, Portuguese, Chinese,
souih-Sea Islanders, Negroes, japanese,
Chileans and Europeans. All the lunas on
the plantation are whites. Nearly all the
laborers are under one-yeaI contracts In
case they prefer no, to re.contract their place;
are filled by others. They receive provisions
generally, though some who have families are
allowed to commute for money portion o.
their rations. The food provided for panta
tion use is admittedly excellent. From to Il
/ hullocks are slaughtered weekly for plantation
use-mut,on being occasionally substituted fo
beef. Only the best -four is used, and tn.
i same is true OF the beans, salmon. rice anc
potatoes furnished.
y, speak OF this item of plantation econom!
!. at Pahala for two reasons first, because tn
d plantation is the largest have yet visited, ant
S because the contract system prevails there
second, because the manager claimed no prais
for his catering on humanitarian grounds, bu
a declared that its meri, consisted in its ,ru
c economy it supplied, he said. muscle AM
/. con,en,ment and prevented waste the foo
j, furnished was eaten with relish and was no
o half eaten and spoiled, as would assuredly b
y done with poor food no man a, Pahala tire,
Il his bread GU, Of the window because it was S
IT dark looking ,ha, i, turned his stomach.
e The one.year con,rac, system is found t
n work better than longer term system. TIL
& manager says that the men are better conten,e
lie than when working under longer contract:
and that, consequently, runaways are less irs
|. ipcnt. Chinese runaway mos, frequently
}. -two cutting stick while was there, tn
ii; only "slopers" for nearly year; and the
n. were promptly captured.
is OF the na;ionalities employed the Poriugue.
lie are the mos, sober, though many Of them,
es common with nearly all the other laborer
70 gamble. The Chinese, as on all plantations
t. gamble. The Hawaiians, Chilleans an
s. Negroes drink.
q. Most OF the Pahala cane is flumed to II
sc mill what is not aumed-about u
ct cared to mill by oxen. The water supply
he Inadequate to the iuming needs OF the mil
is and has certainly not been improved by Il
&c flores, destruction that has been going on
I'D rapidly in Kau during the pas, few years.
$ is worth noting in this connection tina, Il
er titles to some Of the plantation lands in III
ne describe certain Of their boundaries as sd
to upper edge Of the forest" or words 10 tn
effect. have been assured by one manag
n, tina, the upper edge Of the forest"
in portions Of the plantation he manages,
Is, descended from enc 10 three miitj during Il
is, past few years
no Pahala mill has larger grinding rolls, al
- consequently grener grinding capacity tn
IN any other single mill on the islands. The 70
g. are ,8 inches in diameter aud ~ fee, Ion
ny The rolls are turned by powerful cngi
ell built by James Watt & CO., London.
Oh actual power is 400 horses. and xhen runni
&C. up to its capacity it carries So pounds Of steal
" In the language OF the manager; at U,
nd steam a. suit the feed. and is no, fed TO II
'ed the steam" The steam is furnished by
m boilers, fuel being supplied from three ira,
'n' houses. A double edee, is employed;
ga' some coal and occasionally wood is used
supplement, the trash, the manager holding I
nd even more wood and coal might sometimes
not used to increased advantage Increased pro-
u.s. by enabling the engine to carry higher ste,
ae and therefore dc more effective grinding. I
II mills capacity is abou, as tons per day.
ut average foI between 9 and 10 months Of |
c season vas 400 tons per month.
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