The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-21
chance FOR INVENTORS
A CANE CUTTING MACHINE Is
WANTED.
Also Cane Transporter and Loader
Planters Association Offers Some
Liberal Awards for Practical Designs

Here is chane for inventors The
Planters Association has taken up the
subject of Offering awards to inventors
for useful inventions of labor saving
machinery What the committee thinks
is most needed at the present time is
machine for cutting cane, and ma
chine for cane transporter and loader
INTO cars. For the cane cutting ma
chine the Association has offered $4,000
to be used in awards, and $1,000 for
the best design for the transporter and
loader.
The committee having the matter in
charge have reported as follows:
We recommend that the proposed re-
ward be divided in three parts.
LIST. A reward of $4,000 for the best
practicable design of a machine for
cutting cane. The competitors would
be required to submit detail and as
Sembly drawings of the machine with
full description of its action. The
judges should have it in their discretion
to decide whether or not the designs
were sufficiently nearly practical to
warrant their paying the whole or any
part of the reward offered. They should
also be authorized to accept special
parts from various designs submitted
to be Incorporated by the Judges in one
final design; in which case the reward
should be divided amongst the differ
ent competitors, parts of whose inven-
tons are accepted.
End. A further reward of $4,000 for
the successful working of the machine
when built in accordance with the de-
sign accepted The judges havno Sc
lected the design, if a sufficiently sat
isfactory mechanism has been invented
in the opinion of the judges to make
it worth while to proceed, the associa-
ton should manufacture the machine
and test same, giving the inventor this
further reward if the machine works
sufficiently well to warrant a reward
1t should be the privilege of any in
ventor of a rejected design or other
wise to manufacture his machine (at
his own eXpense) and exhibit it's work
ing in the field by the side of the ma
chine constructed by the association in
competition with said machine.
If this machine obtains first place the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association
should pay such competitor, who had
not previously received a reward, the
sum of $4,000 In this case the ma
chine should be purchased by the Ha-
waiian Sugar Planters Association at
its actual cost landed in Honolulu.
If machine built by the association
from parts of several designs secure
first place, the reward of $4,000 addi-
tional should be divided at the discre
ton of the judges among the inventors
of said designs.
The judges should be authorized to
award a part of the prize for a ma
chine if it show a useful invention,
even though no really practical cane
cutter were produced.
3rd. A reward of $1,000 for the best
design of a cane transporter and load
er into cars. We believe that a good
deal of attention is now being given to
such machine, and think the reward
therefore sufficient.
Discretion should be given to the
judges to accept the whole or any part
of design, which should then become
the property of the Association.
Any design or machine accepted by
the Association by payment of a re-
ward and cost of machine should be-
come the property of the association
as far as concerns manufacture in the
Hawaiian Islands.
The trustees should endeavor to ar
range that foreign machines be allowed
landing to participate in the trials
without paying duty.
Designs for the cane cutting ma
chine must be submitted by June 30,
1901 and the field competition will close
December 81. 1900 Designs for the
cane loader must be submitted by June
80 1900