The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-09-04
OUR IRON KING ABROAD.
interesting Account Of Hon. AirX
Naung'a Visit to the states.

of the Honolulu Iron Works, having
just returned from an extensive trip
through the Eastern and Southern
States, q BULLETIN preventative
called on that gentleman this morn
ing fer the purpose of obtaining from
him some particulars of his trip.
The newspaper man was very
warmly received by Mr.. Young, who
said he had no objection whatever
to being interviewed. Mr., Young
is evidently very much pleased with
his trip from q business point of
view. While in New Orleans on
August Sth, he attended meeting
of the Sugar Planters Association,
at which the subject for discussion
was the setting of cane mill turn
plates. The discussion took wide
range, and as the New Orleans
Timss-Democrat says, "Many in
quiries were put to the distinguish
ed visitor from Honolulu" Much
interest was manifested by those at
the meeting in the lucid answers
given to queries by Mr.. Young. 1t
il possible that some Of those South
ern planters went away with the i'm
preston that we have an "Alexan-
der the Grcat" in Hawaii. The inter-
view with Mr.. Young is given be-
low
What was the motive of your trip
abroad, Mr.. Young?
My visit to the East and South
was, in view of the introduction of
my new method of automatic and
continuous diffusion of prepared
sugar cane or bagasse, to find out
from reliable sources what were the
advantages and disadvantages of
treating sugar cane by the cell bat
terry method of diffusion, and also
to gather any other information con-
nected with the sugar industry that
might be of interest to those en-
gagged in the production of sugar in
our own islands.
Was that all?
l also desired to put before the
planters of the sugar producing
States some of the improvements
introduced by me into the sugar
houses of many of the plantations
throughout this group.
What success did you meet with
in this respect?
Many of the Louisiana planters
were anxious TO adopt the whole of
the improvements this year, but the
season having advanced at the time
of my visit, the time before the
harvest came on was too short to adj
nit of extensive alterations to the
machinery. At the same time SEINE
of the planters have intimated their
intentions to put in the automatic
bagasse mill feeders and the super
heaters for the coming crop.
How does their machinery COM
pare with that used in Hawaii?
Their grinding machinery is far
behind that used with us here, hence
the necessity for all kinds of devices
adopted by them to break up the
cane before it is TO be ground in the
rollers; and the quantity Of moisture
left in their bagasse after double
crushing makes it impossible fol-
them to burn it without forced
blast-this moisture left IN the
bagassc in Hawaii in former days
was one of the leaks that kept oul
hard working planters poor. Had
the Louisiana planters been in pos
session of the excellent crushing APP
planes used by most Hawaiian
planters | doubt if diffusion would
have BIT EN- introduced at all for sugar
cane. The inversion in the cells seems
to be the great drawback to diffusion
of cane. The Louisiana planters
have market for their molasses
however, and that helps them out,
Do they use the diffusion process
down there?
There are those in Louisiana who
have been trying to get along with
unsuitable crushing machinery and
who in consequence of frequent
breakdowns in their mills have beer
driven to diffusion by no other
cause. Several diffusion plants arc
being put up this year. had oppor'
tunity of examining the crushing
machinery at some of those places
and can only say, no wonder they
went for diffusion by almost any
known method.
What did you learn about bee
sugar?
At present there is much talk o
introducing the sugar beet and il
several districts in Louisiana and
Texas trial lots have beeu planted
and excellent results obtained. L
is therefore possible that the bee
may take the place of the cane, or
at least part beet and part cane may
be the future crops of those States
The beets will certainty take the
place of sorghum in some districts
Then there is room for much i'm
provement in Louisiana?
The farming as well as the ma
chinery may be much improved il
Louisiana, and in fact at the presen
time planters are beginning to di
rect their attention to improved
methods of farming their lands.
think there is a great future for su