Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-21
IS HERE STUDYING
SUGAR INDUSTRY
Peruvian Student Sent
By Government To
See Work

Alfred Ferreyros, graduate Of thn .
Agricultural School of Lima, who has
been sent out by the Peruvian GOV
eminent to study the various phase
of the sugar industry in the pru.ip 90 .
sugar producing regions Of the w..... .
arrived here yesterday on the @1 D..
golia. with the purpose OF remo.nH2
here for some length of time, dul
pursuing his studies and inyggtiga.
lions In these Islands. lie has d.'a. .
cd the past eight months to this N0,a 4
in Europe anC the United State as.
pcCially in Louisiana. The result u
his tour, IL satisfactory and available
will be used for the lettering of al"
sugar industry in hts own country.
Mr. FCrryrUs spent n couple o..
months in Louisiana last fall, spnu (.
ing his time on the large pl1n'luua.
and in the suglr,houscs. lie ..-l.
gathered Information At the goy.aa.I
mcnt experimental stations, and Jar
visited Cornell and other uniycrstGi"s
in the United States, and, n Al.a
ington he spent some time with OH.
cials Of the Department of Agn.u.-
| turc, where he was FURNISHED with all
| the statistics ana information 0,@u.
able.
He stated last evening that J." ..
poets to visit the larger plant uiuus
while here, and the suglrhUu@"s, Oh
serving personally the whole Of Oh"
methods used In the industry. TIE
| length Of his stay will be regulate
| by the results Of his studies, to Q llr-'
| extent, and Is therefore indgGulrn.
/ However, the time which he will dc.
vote to his studies IN general, both
here aud. in other parts, IS about a
year and Il half.
| II Is the p0llcy-Of the Peruvian GD1-
| crnment to send abroad at It's uNu
| expense certain number Of grGu.
ates who have taken highest homo
in educational institutions, in or1"
that they may nave the benrGl off
postgraduate courses in foreign ua..
| versitlcs. or that they may pursU. Be-
tain special lines of study in la..'
places where knowledge of tho sub
jects chosen is most available. GrIl
yates in medicine, art, AMI niue glo
sent TO Europe. Graduates from The
agricultural school are sent ID tho
countries which are the priUCipa. pro-.
duccrs Of the product in which uhry
intend TO specialize. It was On rur
suanCC with this policy that Mr. lnr-
ryros was sent out, and is now In The
Hawaiian Islands to study III" usaI
industry.
He says that Peru prudu-Cs 4nIu.
ally about 100 600 tons OF FU"a", and
that is the principal inlustry Of the
country. This sugar is shipped for
the most part to Great BHniu. but
Chill consumes cons cradle
amount and Of late years japan has
been getting some. Not great
amount of refining is done on PurIy.
ian soil. The quantity reGnul Is Just
sufficient for home consumption. e1ys
Mr.. Ferryros, leaving most Of the
sugar to be exported raws.
Mr.. Ferryros Is the sou Of Carlos
FcrryrOs, a retired commodore Of the
Peruvian Navy, and himsn'. connect
ed with the sugar industry. He Is
travelling and studying to some extent
also in the interests Of his own pTi
vate business.
Mr.. Fcrryros says that Peru has
been much retarded In its develop
mcnt by revolutions, but that there
has been no such disturbance since
1895, and he doesn't expect that Their,
will ever be any more The people are
peacefully engaged In mercantile anC
agricultural pursuits, and the Gov Crn
ment fosters the industriea in every
possible way.
While here, MIR FcfroyrJs Is tn,
guest of the Peruvian Consul, Nh
, Cartwright, and has apartments a
the Alexander Young Hotel.
At the completion Of Ms studies
here and abroad, he Will enter thI
Agricultural Department Of the Poru
yiais Government as an expert in his
own line.