Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-14
ditions the mill will be able

in y most conscientious and satisfac.
tory manner, and that your company
| possesses one of the most up.to-date,
economical and efficient sugar mills
in the world
/ Railroad-With the exception of the
/. car yard at the mill, and the connec.
| tons with the main tracks of the Hilo
/ Railroad Company, no plantation rail.
road has been installed during the
past year.
| The plantation has made arrange.
ments with the railroad company for
the transportation to the mill of all
cane lying above the plantation fumes.
at rate which makes It inexpedient
for the plantation to construct tracks
to such fields.
Labor-In common with the entire
planting interests of the country, Olaa
could have used to advantage a larger
number Of laborers during the past
year, but has suffered as little as al
most any plantation. But for the fact
that harvesting is now going on. we
would have about enough people, as ii
| is we could do better with several hun
dred more.
During the past year a number OF
Porto Ricans have been added to the
labor force.
We have on the plantation 237 Por
to Ricans, including women and chill
dren.
Although there is among them a
good deal of poor material. the major
! fty of them are fair workers and we
have had little trouble with them. I
think that one prime reason for this
is that we have continuously main,
tanned in our employ thoroughly
competent interpreter, so that there
has been no Misunderstanding between
laborers and manager as to what was
wanted on either side
The total number of employees on the
plantation is as follows:
Management and office, IA: lunas,
"a; mechanics, 40; Chinese cane con.
tractors, 21: japanese cane contract.
ors. 1893; Japanese laborers. sos: Jap
anese women. 3S; Chinese. 206: Por.
tuguese. 100; Hawaiians, 20; Porto
| Ricans. 220; Porto Ricans. women, II:
other nationalities, 10. Total, 1885.
In addition to these there are about
$50 persons engaged in sundry clear.
| ing contracts.
Share Planting-Three forms of
share.planting contracts are in use on
the plantation: First. where the plan.
ter owns his own land and the planta.
ton makes no advances to him. Sec.
ond, where the planter pows and
plants plantation land and furnishes
most Of his own capital. Third where
the plantation plows and plants the
land and then turns II over to the
planters to care for the cane until ma.
turity.
Under the first two forms the cane
is purchased by the plantation at so
much per ton, the price being on a
sliding scale based on the current
price of sugar.
Under the third form fiat rate OF
so much per ton of cane is paid to the
planter.
Under the first form fifty planters
are now cultivating under contract
with the plantation. Under the sec
ond form sixty planters are cultivating
about 600 acres under contract with
the plantation. Under the third form
APO contractors are cultivating 3l75
acres.
A much larger number of outside
landowners are anxious to plant cane
for sale to the plantation but are pre-.
vented from doing II by lack OF capital.
AS soon as the company is in q posi.
ton to do so | strongly advise that
reasonable advances be made to re.
liable planters. II outside capital can
be induced to make advances to plant.
ers, II would be sound proposition
for the plantation to guarantee the
account, taking security on the land
and crops for so doing, and further
protecting itself by having the ad.
Vances made guaranteed by this com.
pany In the way Of accepted orders. in.
spection being made from time to time
as TO the progress and value of the
work. ] earnestly recommend consid.
Grafton of this plan, believing that II
II is adopted several thousand acres
of additional land will be brought I'm.
der cultivation as soon as the neces.
sary capital is available.
Crop of 1901 and l962-It was eX.
pected that the mill would be ready 10
August or September last. Owing TO
the delay in completion II was thought
hest not to hold the 247 acres of cane
planted for seed cane which was not
needed and which had tasseled, and
the. same was sold to the Waiakea
Mill Company the proceeds of same
amounting to $46422.29 net.
Acres.
me crop amounting to $500
OF plantation cane; and planted
u! ou'Siuers '''.'.'....... 929
-
amoInting in all to .4.429
''ss 'he &DON' ............... 247
''Hh ''''''' '........... .i,1S2
Is now being ground.
It is too early in the season to make
definite estimate of what the total
yield will amount to, but i,feeI conf.
dent that the estimate of last year of
hVe tons TO the acre, will b, fully
borne out.
Crop Of 1902 and l9O3-Estima,ed
area OF second crop is as follows:
Acres.