Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-16

Mr.. Smith: | have not. but If de-
sired, will do that.
The Chairman: Yes, would like
to see that.
Mr.. Smith: That is. dividing the
original cost of bects and the cost
of operation, everything?
The Chairman: Yes.
Mr.. Smith: | will file such a state
ment.
The Chairman: Showing wages
and SO on.
Mr.. Smith: Yes.
Cost of Labor
Mr. Fordney: How much of the to-
tai cost of production of beet sugar
does labor get In this country? For
instance. III II costs 4 cents a pound
to make sugar from beets, how much
does labor get out Of that?
Mr.. Smith: could not answer that
offhand. ] will say that for the cost
of the beet Itself
Mr.. Fordney: That is, labor,
mean labor alone; what is paid the
farmer?
Mr.. Fordney: will give you that.
The farmer will get, say, an average
Of $50 an acre out of his beets. All
of the cost of the production. practi-
cally. Is labor, and mat is estimated,
and think II is moderately estimat-
ed. by Mr.. Hathaway, at 1913 an
acre.
Mr.. Fordney: In the 4 cents cost
IL figured what goes to the farmer
and the laborer: everything that
goes into converting the beets into
sugar Is labor except what raw ma
terial there Is In the way of coal and
cotton bags, and barrels, and such
like?
Mr.. Smith: Yes. ] have a state
ment here by one of the factories
which on the cost of sI.1S hun
dred gives the cost Ct beets at s3.41
hundred, of which ut least three
quarters would be labor, and the cost
of labor In the factlry Is AZ cents "a
hundred; supplies Go cents a hun
dred. which would give about three
quarters of the cost IN labor. ] sup
pose that has been estimated more
accurately .....
Mr. Fordney: Then, If that is true.
Mr.. Smith, on the LOO, OOO tons of
sugar imported last year, or about
that, labor only gets Ton the imported
sugar. about one-half cent Il pound,
does IL not? ! meat one-half "A cent
pound for refining the difference
between the amount that American
labor gets from imported raw sugar
and sugar produced IN this country IA
one-half cent per pound, compared
with about 4 or "a cents?
Mr.. Smith: I should say SO.
Mr.. Fordney: Then. on the 1,36O,-
600 last year imported. labor receiv-
ed about $17,00O,0Oo whereas, If 1t
had been produced in this country
1t would have received $4,000, 900,
or In that neighborhood?
| Mr.. Smith: The principle Is right:
| have not the time to verify your
figures
Mr.. Fordney: That is the differ
ence between 4 cents and .one-haIf
cent that would go to American la
Dor?
Mr.. Smith: Yes.
Mr.. Fordney: Then, American Ia
Dor would be very much Interested
In producing all the sugar at home
that we consume. If those figures are
right, would 1t not?
| Mr.. Smith: | should think so.
Mr.. Underwood: The sugar labor
might be very much Interested, but
che labor that eats the sugar might
be Interested the otaer way.
Mr.. Fordney: We'd, the labor that
eats the sugar would not be hurt by
the labor that produces the sugar
getting that benefit.
The Chairman: Let us not have a
discussion of this Kind: let us get
through with the witness Is there
anything further with this witness?
That seems to be alls Mr.. Smith.
The Secretary OF War, General
Wright, would like to be heard for