The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-06
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Writes for Omaha Trade
Exhibit.
eSovv the Professional Promoters
Organixs Plantations-NaWal
Cane Crops and Shipping.

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In the later days plantations have
been organised By professional promo
ters. B. r. DILLINGHAM; and L. A.
Thurston have stood - sponsors for
several Of the largest new enterprises,
with behind their name and credit the
prestige Of some old agency uks Castle
& Cooke. Brewer . Co., Heckfeld 4
Co., Thee. n Davies Z Co. The usuai
course has been to securS-a large tract
Of land, nrst learning that the soii was
satisfactory and that there was cer-
tainty Of, supply Of water for irrigation.
Then prospectus 10 issued. This sets
forth in closest detail all the particu-
lars Of the new undertaking. Figures
are presented covering series Of
years and Q variety Of probable cir
cumstances or possible happenings. It
is announced that on q certain date
subscription books for the assessable
stock of the corporation will be opened.
The payments are per cent q month.
A portion OF the paid up stock goes to
the promoter as his fee and other frac-
lions Of the paid up. about half the
stock being assessable, are carried BY
leaders in the company. In most cases
land owners accept shares in lieu Of
cash. The builders Of the mills al
ways take considerable stock. The
agency IL . heavy holder. The artesian
well borers are pleased to b stock
holders. The principal employees put
all their ready money into shares.
Since the beginning Of this year more
than $4,000. 900 Of stock has been
placed ON the Honolulu market. It has
all been literally snapped up and in
every instance has gone to premium at
once. Lists have been over subscribed
from three to thirty times.
The only man who gets q salary as
a corporation ofiicer Is the auditor and
his allowance Is small. On the plan
tations managers receive from 5000
TO $4,000 a year, and men who know
sugar are always In demand. The
chemists. sugar boilers. engineers, irri-
CATION experts and q few others are
well paid. The coolies receive from
SIG to $26 q month gold and have free
fuel, water, houses and medical attend
ance. Half Of them are under con-
tract that has q penal clause. There
will be no trouble about having an
ample supply Of free labor, as the
sources are numerous, the channels
open and the immigration companies
eager to do business.
Hawaii leads all countries of the
earth in the production Of cane sugar
to the acre In cultivation. But 1t was
only in 1898 that some Of the Oriental
countries were passed. The planters
of the Islands are the worlds most no.
table scientific farmers. In charge of
their experiment station is DR.. Walter
Maxwell, an Englishman formerly con-
nected with the Department Of Agricul-
ture at Washington. With his corps
he analyses soils, cane, sugar, fertili-
zers, water. and at the station has In
conduct day In and day out hundreds
Of trials. His results are conveyed to
the planters In printed Bulletins. II
DIR. Maxwell Is the scholarly and gift
ed genius, Professor K0ebele is the
brilliant wizard. He Ia the entomolo.
gist for the planters. borrowed from
the California State Board Of Agricul.
ture. Professor Koebele. who did fol
the San Jose scale, wipes out any
scale, insect or blight that may threat
en- cane or any tree or plant of the ISL
ands. DR.. Maxwell and Professor Koe
belle are perhaps the best-paid men In
their respective callings.
A crop of cane In Hawaii natures ir
Is months. The area Of plantation
is from 5000 to $4,000 acres. As re
Gently as 1884 It was calculated tina
the Islands would never produce more
that 10000 tons of sugar In year
In the campaign of 1898-9-just clos
ing-there will be taken of not les
than 25O,OOO tons at $50 ton. Thu
consumption of sugar II increasing
The market and the conditions cal
now be estimated pretty clearly tel
years ahead and the prospects are mos
encouraging. At present the onl!
lands used are those abutting the coas
line. The vast plains and forests bacl
are still virgin. but are being ap
preached and reached after. The bes
way to acquire interest In this en0r
mously profitable business 10 to 80 OF
the Honolulu or San Francisco stool
exchanges and buy shares In corpora
tions that are paying dividends
from 25 to 80 per cent. All the ne,
plantations promise as we'll. Thes
great profits do not accrue by accident
are not gifts OF God to the good, o
anything of that sort. The manage
of the big plantation thinks nothing q
buying $4,000 worth OF fertilizer In
single order, and the fertilixer IL al
made In Honolulu by two companie
owned by plantation people. Some hav
bonemeai and phosphates brought froE
the States, but most OF the raw mate
rial comes from 4 gusno island ,of III
group and from German chemic'
houses.
shipping In and out Of the sever,
ports Of the Islands. chiefly Honolulu
Is OF course q huge item. In this bus