The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-23


Fully explanatory of the above cable
is the following from The star of Octo-
Der Z, this year which was the first
announcement of the intention of the
Honolulu Plantation Company to mar
ket it's own product in the refined sugar
market.
| The Honolulu Plantation Company
| has cut loose from the Sugar trust
! is installing the machinery of a refinery
and will refine and market its own crop
| during the coming season, Independent
of all other Hawaiian plantations, as
well as of the American Sugar Refining
! Company. This is the brief statement
of one of the most important steps ever
taken in the sugar business here. With
i'm a few months it will result i'm the
first shipments of refined sugar from
laval, the first sales by a plantation
direct to consumers, since the sugar
trust secured control of the markets
of America, and in the end, it is be-
lieved the new plan will result in in
creased profits to the producers here.
The machinery for the refinery of
| Honolulu plantation is already on the
ground and the refinery is beng put up.
1t will be ready in time for this years
crop. which will be about 1850 tons,
according to the estimates of Manager
Low in his last report. The refined
product will be shipped direct to San
Francisco where arrangements for
marketing it have already been made,
with firms which are also operating
independent of the trust" Four large
San Francisco firms have contracted to
take the Honolulu Company's sugar
and thus the refined. graduated sugar
from Hawaii will go straight to the re-
tail markets of California for the first
time i'm the history of the sugar bust
ness.
Honolulu Plantation is located al
Aea and has about 1920 acres of LAND
in sugar. 1t is incorporated for $5,-
000,000 and is one of the successful plan.
tations of the islands. Much of the
stock is held in California, the company
being a California corporation. James
A. Low is manager and the directors
are John A. Buck, n. Ohlandt, William
G. Irwin, John l.. Roster, M. Ehrman
Samuel Sussman and William Matson
; John A. Buck is president, N. Ohland
= vice-president, Samuel Sussman treas
: urer and II. w. Thomas is secretary
The Honolulu agents are William G
| Irwin and Company.
, In installing a refinery the Honolulu
} plantation takes a step which has beef
discussed more or less for many year
| among the various plantations. Tn
present method of marketing Hawaii
[ sugar. to be continued by all the plan
{ tations with the exception of the Homo
lulu Plantation Company. is to sell t
the American Sugar Refining Company
popularity known as the Sugar Trust.
? The Honolulu Plantation Compan
> cuts loose from all these proposition
! and enters the California market a
r least, as the rival of the sugar trust
! With it's own arrangements made 70
5 handling the product after it is refined
it is believed that the company wi
operate independently with better pre-
E fits than it has been able to realize un
der trust control. It's action will b
S regarded by many as providing an en-
S tering wedge.
e One local result of the establishment
a of the refinery will be the sale of Ha
j waiian refined sugar in the Honolulu
d market At present, though Hawa
= produces thousands of tons of suga
every year. all the table sugar used
= the islands is imported from elsewher
. The refined product of the Honolul
. Plantation will probably quickly gal
h control of the local market.