The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-27

| cation with Honolulu and a general
cargo movement from these and ada
cent ports of about 5000 tons per month.
As to a general description of the
| lands while there are no ravines or
| gulches, the formation is broken and
| to a large extent rocky, the Kapukoa
+! or arabic lands, being divided by an
, cient flows of IA and pahoehoe, so
that while there are considerable areas
suitable for cultivation by animal and
plow. as for instance, Kainaliu, where
there are approximately 2500 acres of
this description and throughout the
districts several other of greater or
lesser extent, in general hand cultiva
tion must generally be expected.
In fact, these districts are ideal for
homes for small producers and are
not as well adapted for large planta-
tion schemes; as matter of fact, these
I districts now maintain the largest COM
munities of small planters Of any in
these islands.
This company is endeavoring to en-
courage the development of these here
tofore practically unexploited districts
by providing market for the producer,
a means of transportation to that mar
ket, and if necessary, assistance in
producing and harvesting the crops
produced practically the Central Mill
System), for this reason it is proposed
either that the company, as may be
desirable, acts as an agent for the pro-
dueer on a commission basis, or acts
as purchaser of the product delivered
at any point designated along the rail
road, or at one of the factories in
case proximity justifies such delivery,
paying the producer in cash for his
product, upon production at the main
office of the company, of his receipt
from any agent of the company author-
lied to furnish the same, for his pro-
duce so delivered inspected and ac-
cepted.
In answering your questions, | have
tried to furnish estimates which might
be safely relied upon as an average,
the wage rate of 81 per day being
taken as a basis. In individual cases,
better results can undoubtedly be OBJ
tanned and in some cases poorer re-
suits will obtain, dependent entirely
upon the personality of the former.
Question /. What area will you give
each family under right of purchase?
Answer. From 10 to 25 acres to each
family.
Ques 3 What will have to be paid |
per acre?
Ans. According to quality and loca-
ton from s25 to $75 per acre.
Ques. 8. Will you assist members of
families to secure work in the vicinity |
of their homesteads?
Ans. Will guarantee work at ruling |
rates in district where located, worker
~ OH 1ah o.
the same rate. The ruling wage rate |
at present is from SIS to $40 per month. |
Ques 4. Will you receive the fam
lilies in Honolulu and attend to the ex-
pense of transshipping them to Kona?
Ans. Will do so.
Ques 5. Will you assist them in Sc
curing material for building sufficient
room to house them-a building of two
or three rooms?
Ans Will do so.
Ques g. VIII you require that they
sell their products to you, sisal, pine
apples coffee, sugar cane, ETC., and If
so, what will you pay per ton, deliv-
cred by them on your railroad2
Ans If the farmer is indebted for
advances, yes. If he is not indebted
for advances we expect a first option
,n his product; the price in each case
being equivalent to such price as he
IAN obtain for his product from other
sources of a bona fide nature.
The price that could be paid for
MS product would be governed by the
market prices, but he could expect
under average conditions a result
about as follows, the product always
being subject to acceptance as to
;oundness, etc, etc.
Sugar: Based on Sucrose content,
delivered at the mill, when the market
price is SC. say l 1-2c. per pound
or each pound of sugar obtained from
he cane so delivered or practically
80 per each ton of sugar obtained
rom his cane.
Coffee: Per ton. in the cherry, $50;
n parchment $50; and for cleaned
,offee 5000. The pulping might be done
,y the individual farmer on his place,
,ut a mill would be necessary to out
1ut a cleansed product.
Pineapples: Delivered at the can
,erv would be from $50 to $50 per ton.
Sisal: Per ton at the mill, will have
n be determined later, as we have no
present data on which TO base price,
;isal raising and milling being a new
Industry in this district. In fact, the
irst sisal mill in this district is now
n the course of construction.
The price of railroad transportation
# any product Of the farmer to any Of
he mills would be under the schedule
,f rates obtaining for other shippers
n the sphere of our development as
II present constituted, taking for IN
tance coffee, a rate of about s2-0o per
on would obtain, with about I.59 per !
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