The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-22

account uf ssrh sKrrnFes az rnay De-
urrrssar1 tas rarryinE GA such work.
and deliver only after deanriinE such
amount 20 ~NFsensrs. tbe Surplus. az any.
tp the sasd parties us the aecond part.
and 90 ts further agreed ihas Azfd par
~ 90 the first part NBI EiVe free os
charge tp she said parties 90 she Sc
und part ten arFos ~ land az present.
and lt thelr request ten acres 80 mor-
iu succession fnr the neat suo years
for th" cultivation wf cane uniys and
the said party uf ihr nrFs rass util ad-
vance Co said parties uf the second part
such Goods aud uagek a. shsy may
rhnmse from ttn~ a. slime uusfl said
cane shall D. cus and manufactures
into sugar and the hasn parties uf The
s~cund part aFroe and bind themselves
To- pay either in sugar or mon~g for
such advances. with tni.rcss a. The rate
~ one pcT cent. pcr month
The said PARTY of the nrst part
agrees and binds himself shzs he viii
properly have aii such cane az may bc
delivered to him tn such rnmes manu-
taciur~d intn sugar. and Viii divide all
such prpc-cdE thrrcsrom ia tNo equal
parts. aud deliver up io said parties of
the second part. after dedpcslnE all
such advances and interest or other ex-
Pcnscs from their half. the surplus. IL
any. And ID is also agreed between
said parties that said parties Of the r-c-
ond part shall have NO right Co cell or
dispose of the whole or any part of this
agreement without The consent nf the
party of the first part. his assigns. rep
rcsrntativ~s. executors or adrninsNira-
tors.
This agreement shall continue In
force for y term of fisc years or Longer
u 80 agreed by both parties
Nos these contracts are. uf course.
for different sized patches of land ac-
IuurdluE to the number of men they are
made with They run FROM Eve TO ten
years You viii observe Wc secure the
planting uf the same quantity uf land
every year for three years and la some
eases I've. By that time Wc secure a
rotation of crops from rastoons and re-
planting. some of thAse contracts arc
over tao years old and ne have som.
grinding to do this season for the car
lt-st of them. Next season there will
b" the tirEi crop to take OF from zoo io
30 acres. We could grind much more
cane this year. but &c are reserNing all
tho cane Nc can obtain for Nced plant
ing and Nc are slHo purchasing more
on th" outside With what cane NC
have ON hand and have tarEzincd for
Ne shall have fully zoe acres under
cultivation ~ the firk, of the year
'IioW much and Nhat kind of labor
do your present agreements repre-
Sentg MAS next asked.
Last year about eighty men Uere az
work under agreements made with Us
7 hts year there must - al lezs, 10 at
work. ar the number may be- even
more. Our agreements are mostly with
Portuguese. japanese and Chinese. 0
could furnish you exact data ss so ma
tiUnality later on IL desired. Then
again. Nc have similar agreements
with white men living la the vicinity
who furnish their o.n land. receiving
hvc-cighths of the profits. while the
mill gets the other three-cighihR
Sometimes u is arranged 60 pay n
ground rent In these czSeS.~
How about natives. Mr.. McChes-
ncyg" Was the next question.
oh. wc have some natives working
on this plan. Here L. an agreement
with one native hui. which undertakes
To cultivate Eve acres = year for Eve
years. making twenty-five al the end of
the period. There are Others I might
pick out
Would IL bc asking too much II you
gave n general idea of the scope and
plans Df your uorporattony"
Certainly not There - nothing tn
conceal. We have been experimenting
with cane in Kona for the past Eve
years. until Ne becarnc satisfied that a.
could .. successfully cultivated 60 n
profit W. Incorporated last year with
a capital uf 500 COO. of which Sis0. 600
b. paid up and the balance sssesszbic
stock The company tsrn Owned about
g.fs0e acres of land some of it ia fee hut
most uf IL under long lease. since in
corporation we hage added to our hold
luEE about Ogo acres in fee Bt = cost of
from $40 90 81 per acre. and from zoo
fD 800 acres uu - 90 Jo-year leases.
iu addition there a. adjoining land
available for cane planting owned by
uriyaf. parti.s rp 60 Eve or slN thou
ssud acres. Our mill. of uouTs..' To- a
small one. SIS present capacity being
about twenty tons per day of ten hours.
our intention is 90 devote = consider
able portion of the money realized
from the last tao or three asses grnenis
to the purchase of q neE mill for the
$50. crop. After next years planting
we shall - tn definite shape 80 decide
on the size of the mill No shall need J..
At present Ne can get along very well
with what we have and Ne can grind
all the year round in kona"
To return 20 the labor question. Mr..
McChesney. How has it worked So
far"