The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-05

PAPER MILL
FOR HAWAII.
TOUtiIize Cane Ref.
use Of Sugar
Mills.

almost every part of the world viii be
writing letters on paper made in this
territory from tine cane refuse OF the
sugar mills. At least this will be pos
sible II gentleman WHO'S now I'm Hoo
noluiu is successful I'm his efforts to es-
tsblish such n mill here.
5. N. Mayer of Seattle and st. Louis.
q well known traveller. who searches
out corners OF the globe where good
things are to be found, spent about
ten days in Honolulu while on his way
to the Orient about year ago and was
so impressed with the possibilities Of
making paper out of the cane refuse
of the sugar mills that he has again
returned--this time representing
powerful Seattle company and with
other backing sufficient to establish the
enterprise
When interviewed by an Advertiser
reporter yesterday afternoon Mr.. May
er stated that the possibilities of a pa
per mill here We're great Paper could
be made so much more cheaply out of
cane refuse here than II could out of
rags or other waste in the States that
he thinks Honolulu mill could import
tale and other things necessary to be
used with the cane refuse for the manu-
facture of paper and that 1t could ship
its finished product to the East and sue
cessfully compete with the paper trust.
He says that there Is but one paper
mill in China and only one in japan
and that there is a great market in
those countries for enameled and writ
ing papers. The number of vessels
calling at Honolulu would give the mill
an opportunity to ship paper to almost
Of nd tn n
at a price that would compare very
favorably with that of other paper
mills.
Mr.. Mayer Is a business man and not
an expert on mill construction and pa
per making but says that an expert
paper man representing the new COM
pany will arrive here from New York
within thirty days.
If the mill can be established on the
basis that Mr.. Mayer expects he says
that 1t will employ two hundred and
fifty men on the start and a thousand
when 1t gets going at full blast. He
says 1t will be necessary to bring
large number of paper makers here
from the mainland but that some local
labor would be used and in time as
local workers mastered the trade 1t
would be practically all done by local
people.
Mr.. Mayer represents The American
Tale and Asbestos Company, of Seat
tie. and for them has an option on a
very large quantity of tale, sometimes
called soapstone, sufficient to provide
ample quantities for use in the mill
here. In the manufacture of paper
about twenty-five per cent Of tale has
to be used. Tale is the softest known
metal. The company has an advantage
over Eastern mills as far as Hawaii
is concerned in that their tale mines
are on the Coast and they can ship
the metal to Hawaii cheaply. The
trust mills get nearly all of their sup
ply from Europe and pay heavy
freights on 1t.
1T is not our idea" said Mr.. Mayer"
ito get capital for this enterprise here.
We have the capital already. But If
Honolulu people care to subscribe to
the enterprise we would be pleased to
have them. We will proceed with the
work anyway whether Hawaiian people
consider the project a good one for in
vestment for them or not"
Mr.. Mayer is now engaged in secur-
ing land for mill. He could not state
yesterday where 1t would be located
but thought that it would be close to
Honolulu.
He has investigated the situation as
regards the cane refuse supply thor
oughly. The plantations are now using
1t as fuel but as it is very hard to
handle and as fuel oil is coming on the
market as an advantageous mill fuel
he thinks that they will be glad to sell
their cane refuse to the paper mill at
reasonable figure and Mr.. Mayer de-
clares that this will be much cheaper
than the same article could be pur-
chased in the States. Mr.. Mayer ex-
poets to open an Office here within a
few days.