The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-10-13

ton involved here. With the facilities
which eprsckelsville now has and
which II will have to further increase
when this agreement is fully entered
into they can mill kihei sugar at a
pront at . ngure which we kihel pep
pie would lose money on. A word a.
to the price. nave said It il the most
favorable ever obtained. and I repeat
II. Heretofore the best milling con-
tract in the Islands Is supposed to be
that Of George N. Wilcox with the LII
hue plantation. II I remember
Alright. he gives them three-ei ghths of
the sugar produced. At present prices
that makes somewhere about e27 per
ton. In that case the mill gets the ad-
vantage Of the high price OF sugar: In
the case Of Kihei the plantation gets
the advantage Of high prices. Another
example: Kahuku mill bought the
Halstead cane this year for IS per ton.
How does that come out? The mill
gets ton Of sugar for as. Add to
that the price Kihei Is to pay for
grinding and II makes go per tom, or
cents pound actual cost of sugar,
worth over Az in the open market. No
plantation has ever made such an i'd
vantageous contract 40 the one now
proposed"
How Is Spreckelsville going TO do
all this extra work." was asked.
Its milling capacity will be in
larged for their own crops in the near
future and while they are about II they
will make the mill large enough for
both plantations. I understand the
proposition of the Hawaiian CONNER
cial people Is to at once add three
Stroller mills to their present one. This
will give them by long odds the larg-
est mill in the world and they can pro-
duce sugar at rates SO low that Kihei
with its little mill would simply not
be In 1t. With the projected improve
ments you will be perfectly safe in
stating that the mills of the Hawaiian
Commercial Company will easily turn
out $50 tons of sugar day and that
means grinding 5000 tons of cane dali
ly. Do you think Kihei can compete
with that?"
But what about the mill the Kihei
people have already contracted for?"
well. nothing definite has been de-
cided, but that will not interfere with
the arrangements, as sugar mills are
In demand. 1t Is proposed to sell It to
the Olaa plantation. 1t Is not as large
mill as they want, but II you will re-
member that when 1t was contracted
for 1t was purposely designed 80 that
Its capacity could be easily doubled.
Knowing this you will readily see that
the mill can be made to suit the Olaa
people very well. do not know that
they will take the mill. but several
conferences have been had looking to
that end"
Now tell me about the consolida-
ton scheme" said the reporter.
well. I'll tell you what know
about it. The matter has been dis
cussed good deal by the big fish. the
big holders Of the paid up and assess
able stock. but I know that the project
has not get got beyond discussion. XII
hei Is a new plantation and has got to
be put more on an equality with the
older neighbOr before consolidation
will take place. That the end and aim
Of the prominent holders Of Hawaiian
and Kihei Is consolidation
l know to be true. but the terms have
not been agreed on, nor has the time
arrived for 1t. That 1t will be done
however, there Is no doubt
In my mind. All reports Of any actual
or agreements to that eff
feet at this time are untrue"