The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-11

lsni ! .mphaiicaIiy dispute the aEs.r-
tiun shat az the rnd - fge years thc
stsse.ulso required fur n mill ptii have
been expanded and ihr planfaslua Will
have nuihsnE o. FhoW for lis outlay
np~s tntereFs GA th- money invested
uuunt for nu;hinE- ssuppgee kfhei
puts Dp q seea pao mill. does not that
reEr~s~nt S3s.eeo = yoar or more Tor
interest alone Dednrs that from the
sl-r.,-s paid o. Spr.ckeisstiie. as well
as th- cns1 uf transportation uf cane
trutn ihr nsld 90 she mill. aud the out
iay for milling the cane Ntll be cut
duun tn about s. per ton of sugar. pro
duo.d. Did yon ever figure ON hos
much if uosis 60 mill = ton of SUGAR
iu the best msil tn these islands, No.
thought not Well. ! have 400 viii
md The VERY luHrsf estimate uf actual
milling -xTsrnscs to De- about 81 - psr
ton You utii saF. of course that that
aiipus the mill s. - per ton profit o.
may Etv. Spr-ckeisViilc that profit. fyut
Do wUuld ms; EiV- Kihci The same.
With the capacity of the kthei mill
compared uiih SprockcisViile. the ad-
vantage is al la favor nf shn bsgrer
mill Where the hiE mill ronid be run
as = profit the little one would be run
Bt saff. NoH that o. The exact qnes-
tson involved here. With the facilities
which SpreckelsVtiie now has and
which ID will have TO- further increase
uhcn this agreement ss fully entered
into they can mill kih.i sugar az a
profit ~; a figure which We kfhei p~o-
pie Houid lnsc money on. \ word &s
tn the price. I nave said "a IL ih. nosf
favorable ever obtained. and I repeat
u. Heretofore ih. best milling con-
tract tn the Islands is supposed 60 be-
that of George -. WILCOX with the IL
hue plantation. lf remember
Alright. b. gives them throe-ciEhihs of
the sugar produced. ~ present prScra
that makes somewhere about fgs per
ton. Ia that case th. mill rets the ad-
vantage of an. high price of sngarssln
the case of Kihri the plantation GETS
the ahvantsK. of high prices. Another
example kahnku mill bought the
Haisi-ad cane this year for G. pcr ton.
How doe that come outs The mill
sets - ton uf sugar for fsA. Add to
that thr price kfhei a. g. pay for
grinding and % makes Sec per ton. or
: cents a pound actual cost of sugar.
worth over ga in the open markci. No
plantation has ever made Flrh an ad-
vaniaEeons contract az ihe one now
proposed
Hos - sprorkcisvilse goinE so do
all this extra work. Was asked.
It's milling capacity Hiil De- In
creased "a once. d has Eoi 60 be- en-
/ iarEcd for their own crops la the near
future and while they are about ID they
uiii make thc mill larg. enough for
both plantations. . UnderEtand the
proposition uf the Hawaiian CONNER
cial people D. to.st once add ihrcc
s-ruil~r mills to their prcscnt one. This
| uill give th.las by long odds the larg-
cst mill in the world and thcF can pro-
ducr sugar 40 rates 80 loA tha; kthss
uith its little mill would simply not
b. In d. wish the projected improve
m~nts you will b. perfectly safe In
stating that the mills of the Hawaiian
Commercial Company wili easily turn
| out 5ig tons of sugar - dap and that
means grinding zleeo sons os cane dz3
~. Do you think Kfhei can compete
with that
But what about the ullll the kfbei
4 p.orl. have already contracted forr
We'll. nothing definite has been de-
cided. bus that Hfil not inferfcre with
the arrangements. ss SUGAR nills are
In demand. a. d. proposed 60 seil u Co
the Oizs plantation u o. not as large
. mill as sh-y Wsns. bui if you val re-
member shss uhen it Was contracted
for ID uas purposeig designed go that
iss capacity could d. easily doubled.
knowing shBs guu vii readily see thsf
the mill can be made Co. suit ihe Olza
people Vssv u~li. I Do not KNOW that
thry uiil Sske 40. mill. bat several
conferenres have b.sn had looking GO
that end.
Nos f.l1 ne ai,yu, an. nofsoiids-
Lon scheme. Eaid The rcportef.
Well. III tell you what KNOW
about g. The matter has bss~n dis-
cusssd - good deal by sbe biE fish. the
biE holders % she pa3d up and ASSESS
able stock. bat I knoW thai the project
has uu1 go got bsYond diacaas3on. ki-
hsi is - new plsntaison ard has cot 60
ar rut more on al equality wish The
Older nrtEhboT before consolidation
uifl take place Tbss the rnd and aim
of tbe prominent holders uf Hawaiian
Commercial and Kthsi if Consolidation
. knuw to b. srrs. bat The terms hsv.
ROT bnrn agreed un. nor has the sine
arrived f.F it. That Bs vii bo dope
.tsntual1y. however. th.re b. no doniy'
in my minfs All reports of any srtusi
consolidation ur sEreemertR to shat 81
'ert 30 this sime are unirBs