The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-11-26
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wear SHOWS tDaL tie LOtdl number OF
male labOrers now on sugar planta
tiOns is 129 above what il was in Oc-
tober, 1891; shat there are - more
contract labOrers and about % more
free labOrers. The figures also show
that of the three Municipalities upon
which the planters depend for field
labor there are in the country about
300 Portuguese, about 10000 Japan
ese, and about IL 800 Chinese engaged
in industries and occupations other
than sugar cultivation.
Particulars obtained from thirty
four coffee plantations show that this
industry emplOys 446 labOrers as fol
lows: Hawaiian- -, Japanese 399,
Chinese IL, Portuguese 7, others +. 1t
is not easy TO account foe the large
surplus Of apparently unemplOy ed
Japanese.
Answers to queries sent to each
plantation snow that there have been
no serious strikes. Reports from the
last lot Of Portuguese vary, but all
agree that il cost too much to bring
them here. One-haIf of the planters
are satisfied with these men aud one
half are not. The OpOrto men are
especially hard to get along with.
The assertions have been about $50,
80 per cent. of which were among the
Japanese. The paS-bOOk system has
proven a good move. Planters COM
plain of being short of labor for the
coming campaign About $500 men
will be required to deal with the next
crop. The coffee planters seem to be
well supplied with labOTers. Roughly
speaking, a coffee plantation Of from
200 to 80 acres requires from 70 to 100
labOrers, with perhaps 80 additional in
crop time.
This report was accepted and or
dered printed. The report on Guilt
walton was read by w. w. GOodale.
He remarked upon the varying cOndi
tiOns met with on different pIanta-
tions; considered the losses from not
stripping at all would as rule be less
than those that are caused 10y too fire.
quent or too high stripping; the re-
port favored irrigation.
Discussion of the effectiveness of |
stripping brought out varying opin !
ions Mr.. Morrison did not favor il. |
Mr.. Kennedy said that owing to the |
wet weather stripping is a necessity. !
Mr.. LOwrie thought there was not |
much necessity for stripping in a dry |
district.
]. a. Scott read the report on ma
-chinery, in which was noted many
important changes throughout the
country. The roller mills are giving
better results than the diffusion
iveness of twO-roIler and three roller
mills. The report of the Eva chemist
on superheated Qualification was read.
Mr.. Scott considered this system use
full in districts where the juice is the
same standard as at Eva, but with
juice of ordinary purity he could not
consider il necessary. The use of mo-
lasses in burning trash was touched
upon; also the patent wire chute
10 nd nlain ia U |
commented upon.
In the discussion of the report Mr.. ,
Young told Of his investigation of the
continuous discharge centrifugals
They are q success with high grades of {
sugar; it is a question whether they
will work with low grades. Mr. &.
Young was convinced that the two
roller mill vas superior to the three
roller. Mr.. Kennedy upheld the three
roller mill. Mr.. Morrison had not
found the use of mOlasses in burning I
trash a success. Mr.. SCOTS report a
was accepted and ordered printed.
II. NJ. Whitney said that owing to
the absence of w. r. Castle and w L
G.. Irwin he had not prepared report t
on reciprocity He gave few Ie- d
marks on the benefit derived there
from. In this connection President
Dole referred to the reported attitude {
of the California wine growers toward
the reciprocity treaty. Mr.. Miller,
who has travelled through California,
said he did not think the agitation
would amount to anything. MIR.
Shaefer was of the same opinion. 1
President Dole remarked upon fea- b
lures of the labor report. 1t showed y
there were many Japanese in the
country who were not employed on
the plantations. What are they doing?
What proportion leave the planta
tiOns and for what reason? He also
spoke of the sanitary conditions of 7
plantation quarters, and said, in con- I
sequence of the cholera epidemic, the h
intended to investigate a
the sanitary conditions on plantations.
He suggested that the plantations
make the surroundings so pleasant
that laboreTs would remain.
Mr. LOwrie of Eva thought the -
labOrers' quarters were in good con-
ditiOn. The Japanese We're rowing
people. They go away, but come
back after a while. He, as well as .,
others. remarked on the trouble of ;
making the Japanese keep their -
quarters clean. g
Mr. Scott said much of the floating ii
POI ulation became professional gam ;
blers and lived on the people at work
in the field. The only way to find out
what they were doing was for the
to take census. -
Mr.. SwanZy referred to the necessity
Of a registration law. Mr.. Dole said
this matter was in the hands of a COM
mission which would report at the L
next Legislature. l.
During the latter part of the meet o
ing. Mr.. LOwrie spoke of the profit
sharing system of Eva. Ii had been
except among the POrtu-
guese. They could not agree for more
than q month at most. Chinese and
Japanese were better. Mr.. Kennedy
reported the same results from his eX- u
perience. :
Shortly after o'clock the meeting 8
Adjourned to 10 o'clock Tuesday. ~
Contemplated improvements.