The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-11-21


My reappontmen the Committee Labor Saving Devices sol
late in the finds with little data the correspondence
being carried at the close last period with the atenees and per-
sons Interested IN cane harvesting machinery and manufacturing con
OF similar machinery discontinued and such data which
The all important subject for this Committees consideration
that OF harvesting machinery which, the present time
OF field labor for such work
am therefore, emitting labor saving devices
question before u"The Labor Situation In connection with this
say scarcity class WILL during the
coming directly and indirectly many the plantations of
these islands several thousands of dollars.
this agree appropriate al
operation machine for the loading of of design for the picking
and continuously eevang the device that would do away
ground and elevate into the similar the old style header
and from there taking it to the main lines of railroad or main lines
where large portable steam HOSTS might
placed the purpose transferring the loads the
ume Platforms first device Of this had minor
defects such failure to do perfectly clean work leaving scat
tered and the picking trash then something would
be accomplished BY this do take up every patentees
Devices but would like responsible manufacturing firms
encouraged to make experiments whereby their apparatus might be
adapted to needs machine OF this nature would dspace hun
dred Of hand uned labor on each plantation thereby repensg
the supply Tor other work. 1t would increase the esed labor
and number OF mules service without increasing the Machines
Of small benefit to the labor problem for the fact remains
that hand labor is necessary with the device.
and enormously csed as cane leaders, when in point of fact they
only mechanical devices for transferring the which, in all
to vehicles of kind only perform onehal OF the work
The grabs extensively Louisiana the graphing of
by the odond horsepower stationary derrick and the modern
figure derrick because of the massive of both derrick
economical Along
these lines OF the planters of Louisiana have devised boom der
cks rugged light and portable with the same rape gear
smaller scale for graphing the bundled gathered the
speed type Louisiana
showed that the Goez Cane Loader lighter and portable
and had some advantages.
planters are however awake necessity
labor necessary gather bundle and pick up the they
figuring combined device for both cutting and loading of
One OF their writing the OF October 9TH the Lou
Planter and Sugar Manufacturer calling attention their
city OF labor for the harvesting OF the coming crop estimates e
pendiure will be $4,000 recruiting labor then
the labor demand will not be satisfied and losses will be made by plant
ers in not getting in their crops in time
He strongly their association that at least one-af OF
such be used in dev harvesting machine that will be such
labor saving device S will do away with hand labor
The Martinez Cane Loader which picks its up from where
had been laid right angles the by the eevates
it to table from where it swept by revolving and slid into
cane cart driving alongside daily gaining favor the
only practical loading machine the field Mr. d. Martinez
is the manager OF the Aamb Plantation and has lately made some
Improvements his device by operating OF the mechanism with
gasoline engine permitting lighter running and doing away
with some OF the animal power lie advertses as follows:
"One operates it. -Four mules pull it. Capacity limited only
durable ereguatng No wires break and tangled
Weighs than loaded wagon Operates any kind
The National Drill Manufacturing Company Of the
era concerns in the who manufacturing successfully
INTO their Doomopeng dump wagons known the National Dump
with my opening remarks feel that if the Executive OF the
Planters Association would lend proper encouragement induce
men by offering to pay part all of the incurred in
modelling machine of the above type that valuable results would be
obtained quickly the builders machinery already so
ed and perfectly nearly all OF the problems that will be with
work They specify that the advantages and essential features
the construction OF their elevator grader the provision which is
made for the tightening OF the elevator belt particularly in Of
working in wet, slippery soil when loading wagons.
The Honolulu Plantation Company ordered of the Ma
uona Drill Manufacturing Co.'S boomopenng goose-neck wag
ons having total height OF 81 inches ALL which will be tried in
the carng OF to its transferring gooneck instead of ed
used experience having taught that arrangement for
o sled to dump its load Immediately arriving transfer station
that a saving of time could be affected
We believe will be possible
in