The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-11-17

lie, crickets, etc.
Mr. Fairehild, of Makee Sugar Co.,
stated in answer to the report that the
lady bird had not been success on
Kauai, in some instances the lady bird
disappearing and the blight going
ahead of it.
Mr.. Baldwin questioned Prof. Koe-
bele's statement that the borer thrived
in moist localities, and stated that he
remembered when Lahaina, which is
rather dry, was the home of the Dor
ers.
President Dole, who was present on
invitation, said he had written Mr..
Goodale and Mr.. Lowry for their ex-
perience in the profit-sharing business
on the plantations. He had Mr. Good
ale's, and Mr.. Lowry was present and
would read his
John A. Scott stated that he had
purchased nearly $4,000 worth of cane
from outsiders Most of the cane was
taken of early in the season when
sugar was high, and the plan was high
ly satisfactory. He did not consider
what was practicable in one section
would not answer in another.
President Dole said it was encour-
aging to him to hear the reports. He
felt that he men who were conducting
their plantations in this way were not
doing it for charity, but because it
paid them. He spoke of several man
ayers who had adopted the profit-shar-
ing plan, and believed 1t would be a
benefit to the society to learn the re-
suits from those men.
Mr. Fairchild said he had had expert
ence and had bought $4,000 worth of
cane. 1t had not been a success. pre-
sumably on account of the contracts.
The two men who had taken the con-
tract made two and three thousand, re-
spectively.
Mr.. Scott said he was disappointed
in the nationality Of the laborers. He
had 100 Portuguese families, but not
one took advantage of it; the system
was adopted by the Japanese and Chin
csc.
Mr.. Lowrey said his experience was
similar. He found the Chinese indiff-
erent, and the Portuguese inclined to
quarrel among themselves This year
his contracts are let to the new China
men, and he finds it working capitally.
He had paid out $32, 900 for cane. Re
ferring to Mr.. Scott paying So per ton
for cane, Mr.. Lowrey said the condi-
lions in Hilo were different; the cost
of producing sugar in Hilo was con-
sidlrably less than in Eva and he could
afford to pay more.
A general discussion followed, in
which Mr.. Lowrey, while admitting
that the conditions on the Islands diff
fered according to whether the land
must be irrigated or not, contended
that the labor in growing ton of cane
at Eva was quite as much as any
where else, and insisted that the con-
ditions everywhere was favorable for
cooperative labor.
The motion to print the contract used,
by the Eva Plantation Co. carried with
the amount paid per ton omitted.
Mr.. Scott suggested, inasmuch as
President Dole was present. that some
action be taken by the Government to
protect the forests In the Hilo Dis
triets from the ravages of the wild and
herd cattle there. He mentioned also
the danger from clearing land by coffee
planters.
President Dole responded by assur-
ing the Association that the Govern
ment was alive to this, and provisions
were made for 1t under the new land
law. He did not believe that the clear
ing Of land for coffee would affect the
rainfall
Mr.. Swanzy brought the subject of
how the analysis of soil and fertilizer
was to be paid. It was understood that
each plantation would pay a proper
ton, but this had not been carried out.
As it is, the expense of conducting the
labratory is borne by few of the plan
tiers, and others pay nothing. Shall
the Association pay for these analysis
or shall it be paid by the manufacture
ers at so much per ton. 1t was foolish
to think OF buying merchandise with
out knowing the quality, and the same
applies to fertilizer. 1t is not wise for
the planter to buy it as containing GER
tain percentages of nitrates, etc, with
out knowing that it is So 1t is a mat
ter of greater Importance than APP
peared.
Mr. Scott said he understood he
would have TO pay for 1t IL / wanted
more than guaranteed analysis. II
made no difference whether he paid the
p or 50 cents ton more to the station |
or-to the manufacturers. A good many |
plantations had their own chemists. |
who were competent, and it was fool
ish to pay both ways.
Mr. Baldwin said it might not be
possible to buy fertilizer from foreign |
manufacturers on an analysis of some |
one they did not know. He had bought !
fertilizer here at reasonable prices, and |
OF good quality, but he found it more |
advantageous to buy in the States and |
have IT shipped to KahuIui. The In |
ter-lsiand freights are SO high that he |
can buy cheaper in San Francisco and |
ship to his plantation than to buy from /
the home manufacturer.
Mr.. Lowrey said union was neeeg-
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