The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-01-12

In the picture Mr.. al stands
the opposite end, or the .ht side of
of the picture is Mr.. Imishi, of tn
Agriculture Department the Japan
anese iron works and fodry, and I
looking toward Japanesenmigra
0o0o00to0S0000 cosSs&O9o0o.0
With the sailing of the AFRICA Maru
viii close a series of designations,
made by experts of the JAnese gov
eminent. which viii have their full
flment the increased prodtion OF ST.
gar in the island empire. is antici-
pated that from 10000 tons year pro-
duction in the island of a'mosa the
output viii be increased 100000 tons
while in southern Japan rom 10000
tons the output may be ireased in
definitely.
In the passenger lists Of I America
Maru win appear the gameaf K. Imai
and ". Tkeda whose missionary from
their native land has been ttclose and
careful investigation Of th=onditions
of sugar cane and sugar BIT culture
and they go back, the first aer a year
spent here. the second afterxo years
in Germany. Austria and Frase, where
beets engrossed his attention. They. go
with carefully assembled inr,nation
touching every feature of thsagricul-
tural and mechanical featufs of the
making of sugar.
Mr.. Imai arrived in Honolu about
one year ago and at once deoted him
self to the careful study of.he grow
ing and milling of cane. Heame with
many good letters of intro6ction but
as well he was certain Of aOrdial re-
ception as the relative OF MrImanishf.
manager of the Yokohama Slcie Bank,
whose guest he has been. IInediately
4
pursued his studies of melods. He
came as the agricultural exrt Of the
government of Formosa an was not
with Hawaii nc with the
varieties of cane which ha7 been so !
successful here. for several ihipments
have been made in the past tFormosa,
though in none of these di the per-
centage of living cane excee fifteen.
As soon as Mr.. Imai had oked into |
the subject of canes he seclRd seven- |
ty-five tons of the best locs varieties
and shipped to Formosa forthe max |
ing of new experiments Hiselections !
were carefully made and he results
have justified the EXPERIENCES for out /
IF that shipment eighty per ent of the
cane grew and the reports az that the
product Will be cut for see, and in a i
short time Hawaiian sugarcanes win I
be the leading varieties il the For
nosan plantations
Mr.. Imai made his INQUIRE thorough
y. For the purpose Of seeig just how
he planting, hoeing. irrigsing, strip 4
ping and cutting is done h went into
he fields With the laborer: sometimes (
actually engaging in theirlabor that !.
lie might be able to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
y the workmen in the fiels when he
eturns to his station in FTmosa. In
he same way in the mill h worked al
very portion of the abo' connected
With the making of sugar nd being
Of a scientific as NIl as agri-
ultural school soon becam acquaint-
d with all the methods ad familiar
With all the machines so tht when he
oncluded the actual operative portion
I his inquest he was anable work
nan at any of the many firms OF su-
ar estate labor from planning 10 mill
york. OF the time spent mere three
lonths were passed on Hawaii, the rest
ere. With this equipment. and in
orms and methods OF cultivation Ha-
-aii leads the world, Mr. mai returns
, his post He win at ono determine
be extension Of the sugar estates of
ormosa and said that he hoped in a
=w years TO multiply the output by
N.
Mr.. W Ikeda has beez in Hawaii
My few weeks, having stopped here
n his way home from Eirope, where
g has been studying suar beet cul-
walton. Mr.. Ikeda has Zen for sew
raj years engaged in thepromotion of