The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-08-28
THE CONSUL COMPLAINS ANNDUSIRIA SYMPHONY
HOW A BIG ENTERPRISE is
ORGANIZED.
McStocker's Administrative Ability, as
Shown at Olaa, Described by One
Who Has Seen 1t.

W. IL. Hoogs returned by the C,au-
dine yesterday from two weeks spen, ih
Hawaii While there he Joined the
American Settlers Association, squat
ted in three 80 acre lots in Olaa, built
a house with his own hands and rode
mule all over Olaa plantation.
There's no doubt about McStocker
being the right man in the right place,
he says of the manager of O.da plantd-
ton. why, even the people OF IL 10 VINO
were never unanimous on anything IN
their lives before, are unanimous on NC
StOcker. The way he has set the work
of development agoing is an object les
son in administration. The work of
clearing, plowing, planting, building
laborers quarters, quarters for the
army of horses and mules, prospecting
and developing water supply, organiz-
ing his forces, provid ng for the labor
ers, arranging for material and sup
| plies, hospital and sanitary service, is
! all going on at the same time. Every
| thing is ready as soon as it is needed.
He's got his pioneer corps, his engineer
! corps, his signal corps his qulrtermas-
| tef's department, his comm ssary AMI
| hospital departments all organized and
| effective, and cane growing while other
| things are in progress. He has compos-
| ed a regular industrial symphony, as
my friend Professor Berger would say.
"E. w. Fuller formerly of Pahala, is
| prospecting for water an has already
| developed a supply fully sufficient for
all mill purposes and It is believed a
sufficient supply can be developed to
flume every stalk of cane to the mill.
I'm the matter of clearing land he
has let contracts which already employ
500 Japanese and large number of
white men and Hawaiia0s. Thie rnro =
Der is employed by the contractors,
and not directly by the Plantation. And
it is the contractors who are paying la
borers $22 month.
"As fast as a field is cleared, it is
plowed, and as soon as it is plOwed. Vt
is planted. In plowing, IA inch break
ers, drawn by four mules, are used.
Seed cane is secured at Honomu and
% to 30 teams are constantly employed
hauling it. The teamsters are all eff
cient men who get good wages. The
acreage actually in cane is thus in
creasing daily and keeping right uI
J with the development of the plantation
> The earliest planted cane is now -four
J months old. Lahaina cane, and it stands
y six feet tall and over
THE land so far cleared has beer
mainly land covered with tree ferns anC
D low growing vegetation. This is all pileC
D up in convenient places and in three O
U four years will be worth money as fer
y tilizer. Clearing has now begun in the
y timber land ard so far from clearing
y this land being an expense, it will yielC
U a profit. 1t furnishes fence posts, rail
y road ties and firewoOd which Otherwis,
D would have to be bought, and an i'm
mense amount of merchantable timbe
Y for sale.
U "LabOrers' quarters are ready in ad
: vance of the labOrers. The Claujin,
u brought nearly 300 Japanese last week
= and quarters We're ready for them com
plete, on their arrival
. I'm prospecting for water, Fuller las