The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-15

METHODS OF MANUFACTURE
Manila Freedom

Sugar, one of the articles OF great
world, for it's real utility in the fabri-
cation of many other products of hu-
man industry, is and was always the
subject of many conversation and
in a few words.
In this article, however, our object
is to speak only of the sugar cultiva-
ted, fabricated and exported from the
Philippines, for | think that of other
countries is we'll known in it's nature
and mode of fabrication and also be-
cause our principal object is to make
known TO our friends in America the
Importance, the progress and novelty
and above all the profit that can be
obtained with this product in the Phi
lippines when it is cultivated with abil-
| ity.
All the provinces of the archipelago
| produce and fabric the sugar in more
or less quantity, but specially at Pam
panga on the island of Luzon, and on
the island of Negroes one of the islands
of the group of Visayas. On the other
provinces, though it is cultivated, is it
not made their principal agricultural
product.
In Batangan for example it is coffee,
and hemp on North and South CANA
rines as we'll as in Albany and SOrsO-
gon. The pith of the cOcOanuts is the
chief product of ROmblon, and each
island has it's own principal product.
The principal of these two sugar
producing centres is no doubt Negroes
not only because of the great quantity
it exports but because of the better
quality We will make a short nara
ton of the production of this article
in the province of Pampanga, that after
we may occupy ourselves better with
what concerns Negros.
In the said province of Pampanga
as the property is greatly distributed
among many owners and there are
many debts, there are scarcely three
or four owners whose produce is O
regular quantity. the majority produce:
no more than 100, $50, or 200 phones
a measure of Pampanga of cont
form and equivalent to about S712 u
100 lbs.
The price of the land in this pro
vince is generally (aD $50 the hectare
which is equal 10 about acres, thi
for first class ground, $50 to $40 a hec
tare the second class.
Each pilon is worth in Pampang;
So for the first class sugar, 1925 TO
second class and $50 for the third
In Manila they are worth $500, $50
and $3.50 respectively.
The majority of the machines are o
blood, so called because the mill i
generally worked by buffaloes, few be
ing worked by steam.
We will not detain ourselves in de
scribing the mode and process of fabri
cation for it is rather imperfect thougI
the sugar brought from this PROVING
is not altogether bad, this is becaus
the land being old in this cultivatio
has a good moisture, and because the
have it in distillation for long time
Let us occupy ourselves with the ST
gar in the Island of Negroes. Here tn
land is very fertile and in many place
the ground has never before been Gu
tivated. though the whole island
:, one big plantation of cane. The estate
are of great extent, the smallest bein
from 500 to 500 hectares, and Other
reaching the extension of from 1000 I
1000 hectares.
The amount of sugar gathered fro
fthese estates is generally in proportio
70 no nrnlnaaS II
least gives from 1900 to 1000 picul:
the majority produces 5000, 5000 ar
Sc 10, 900 and there are some that produ'
T from 10, 900 to $4,000 and even 400
n piculs.
Id This sugar is classified into fo'
c. classes: 1st class of dry and fine gra
I'd like sand having the color of very Gle:
D. amber; second class, good, fine graf
a and having the color like dark ambe
or third class, of thick grains and dark
is colors; and, lastly, the Femih ella
called corriente which is of chocola
color, this is simply employed for di
tillatiOn of wines and alcohol.
-, There is if it is wanted a fifth ella
% called by the natives "dulit" but I'll
is molasses rather than sugar. 1t
black and dirty but it does excellent
for alcohol and even rum, but viii
no farmer makes profit of eth
through ignorance or carelessness: b
they use it for the horses mixed wi
some water.
The price of sugar in the market
Manila and in IlOilO is as follow
First class from ST to s. per picul
normal times. having SOmetim
= reached to 50 and Sc. the second ella
- 81 or S425: third class at $50: a,
the "cOrriente" or fourth class 81:
The sdnlit,, is not rricnd in the ma