The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-02-27
EWA annual MEETING 'EIHEI PLANTATION CO.


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Preparing aud planting $3.50. .Husat-
iuE. IHIa. delivery tu w.I n.l1. mill pee
pairs. mHuuiHUOur. aud containers ias.
medical hospital and sanitary expense
Us, rent l.a1. taxes. goa. Immigration
expense and % 81. D. a. dues. .D0i gcu-
pHI IUi. total saiHf, add depreciation
charge 6,. grand total f5bt-.
"lu connection with the above it
might be- interesting Go know that thD
cost of furnishing water or Irritating
the crop until tJssglllng was N3a.t2 per
acre or $3.50 per ton of sugar And
that $512 per acre. or l5 cents per ton
of sugar. was expended iu order tu pre-
/ vent the deterioration consequent upon
a. prolonged grinding season. The
writer expects that before another sea-
son. ON account of the enlarged capacity
of the new mill the larger portion OF
/ this latter expense viii be eliminated.
"The permanent improvements are
set forth i'm the report of your treasurer
/ They have aggregated more than was
/ originally estimated This however,
is the history Of an mills construction
and plantation enlargement I'm this Ter
! ritory during the past two years. The
mill also has taken longer to erect. But
/ this was owing To- stress of CirCum-
stances, The output for the past two
seasons largely ONerrau estimates, the
/ labor supply has been scant; these
] large crops had to be taken off, and the
/ new mill was of necessity delayed.
/ That is the entire proposition i'm a nut
/ shell We are now however, at the be-
| ginning of the end. 1t is an straight
/ ahead work and. If labor is then obtain
/ able the entire plant viii be running by
/ the middle of next April.
An entirely new village or camp ST
/ tuated a half mile East Of mill has been
/ completed during the year, and houses
/ have been added i'm other localities sur
! ftcuent to accommodate all laborers re-
! quired on the Plantation
For the benefit Of employees a con-
| densing apparatus has been installed
at mill Of sufficient capacity to supply
| the entire village at the factory with
! distilled water. This condenser is now
/ in operation.
I'm connection with this vital ques-
/ ton Of labor ! invite your attention to
! the following comparison of the cost of
/ sugar production between the years
1899 and 1901: Cost to produce ] ton
sugar and net proceeds at mill: 1899.
/ material and general expense, S'367.
| labor 1888; total cost 1926: net prO-
ceeds i2.OS. 1901 material and general
expense 1919; labor 1915; total cost "a. "a
net proceeds 81 So.
1T will be noticed that the avnerso
Tor labor has jumped so per cent: that
| material and general expenses have
advanced 20 per cent, and that the net
cent. mp per
49,, At present it is gratifying to note
| mat the labor situation is easier than
IL was during last year and that tba
, price Tor labor has dropped about IL
per cent. Sugar in it's turn is again
rising. "7"'''
Your company holds the right under
lGdse 10 take water from the easterly
slopes OF the Waianae mountains II
would be well, probably, some COVE
| nlenI date to have surveys made to de-
Iefmlne the practicability and economy
OF storing in reservoirs the storm va
ters from this water shed for the pur-
poses of irrigation
1t is regretable fact that a sic-
GessIul cane loading machine is not vet
in operation. Various devices have
Deen tried and abandoned and So far
the severe labor of loading is All done
by hand. Nevertheless, the time is
coming, must come, when manual
labor VIII be reduced i'm this denart-
ment. II may not be and probably win
not be i'm one Immediately successful
machine; but will rather lie in a series
OF successful ideas or advances culrpi-
tenn
In order to cheaper the cost of irri-
Eation the use Of fuel oil to replace
coal at the pumping stations viii. i'm
all likelihood, take place in the near
future. Approximately II, 900 tons of
coal We're used in 1901 at the pumps.
With the opening Of Pearl Harbor the
cost of transportation of material and
manufactured product must Of neces-
Slty be reduced.
'Of course the prime factors i'm the
success of the sugar business are cost
OF labor and price of sugar. a low labor
rate and high sugar rate may cover
multitude of errors But this COM
DinatiOn has gone, we are facing very
depressed conditions and the present
and probable future conditions of the
sugar market demand rigid economy
ana the best thought. In the interest
OF ecorDmy theanew mill will exercise
a most important influence
In the essentials, in the actual ma
chlnery necessary for the economical
production of a large quantity of SUI
gar, there is no mill in the Territory
which viii surpass the new Eva Mill:
and there is ample room i'm the struc-
ture for any possible additions or
changes which science may demand in
the future.
with these Improvements the plan
tauOn was never in a better condition
to face the present depression The
mill will be able to wiring out the best
possible extraction from the cane and
WoIh us juice INTO g product with the
least possible loss. And surely il is
high time, with the vast amount Of
material handled annually at this place
that We reach out both for these de-
finite sources Of waste, and these stray
percentages OF sugar which are classed
as undetermined losses for out Of
these losses In field and mill, through
insufficient machinery will come a sub
| stantial portion of future dividends"
Complete tables Of every department
Of prOdumtiOn are given. The crop of
the year was 80, $40 tons. The net price
realized on foreign sales was $63.57S
per ton. The total receipts for the
year were $2.344O28.54. The total dis
bursements including depreciation
written of, 100000 paid in dividends
cash in hand, etc, was Of course, the
same. The profit and loss account
shows credit balance to next year
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