Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-10

this last winters pack, will be about
! lac, 900 cases. We have taken off so
!, far about 10000 cases.
mo; we are not putting up any
juice. We tried the juice last year,
but, although we bought a lot. of
juice machinery, we decided to pass
it this year.
! I'VE expect to increase the output
! Is to so per cent next year. Yes;
the demand is growing, more particu-
larly in Europe. The prices also are
[ better this year.
"Our pines are principally from the
Kahaluu Pineapple Ranch, the Ahul-
! manu- Pineapple Ranch. and the Wala-
hole and Waikane plantation, besides
some fruit under our control in the
!, Eahiawa district We also have the
pines from the Koolau Fruit Co., the
/ product from a thousand acres.
so far the conditions are favorable
ito the cannery's remaining at Ka-
| haluu.
Girls Home Feature.
"A feature of the establishment is
| the girls home, which accommodates
! fifty girls and has a white matron
1
ises. There are two girls In every
! room. They have hot and cold water
| baths and all the necessary toilet
! arrangements for fifty persons The
culinary department is right in the
| building and there is large dining
/ room that, in addition to its main
purpose, is used for them to dance
in or for any other amusements that
they may wish to hold. This home
is for the Hawaiian girls. The Jap
anese are mostly married women and
/ live in family houses.
,, "In the fields and the cannery there
are probably between three and four
/, hundred persons employed"
William p Thomas, manager of the
Thomas Pineapple Co., Ltd, said the
output of the present canning season
for that company would be about 65,-
900 cases, which, with 10000 in jan
uary and February, would make the
years quota $4,000 cases. This IS
against $4,000 last year.
! I'VE expect some increase again
next year." said Mr.. Thomas. 1--WE
1 have been increasing our output from
| 20 to % per cent every year. Our
/ main supply of pines comes from Wa
i fliawa, and we receive some from the
| Pupukea homesteads.
1 81 don't know hut what we are in
creasing too fast all round. The pres
Il ent seasons planting will mature in
| 1914. When the pack has doubled
before it was only a small matter, but
| it is a question how long the ratio
| of increase in demand will continue.
! While the demand is increasing, 1t is
| pretty hard to gain much Roadway in
the face of the high foreign tariffs.
] There is a high duty on pines in Ger
many, where they take only fresh
| fruit without sugar, throwing away
the containers and manufacturing the
! preserved article for themselves.
France also has a high duty on fruit,
! as likewise has Japan, and even free
trade Britain imposes duty on the
| preserved article. There is differ
/ entail duty on preserved pineapples in
Canada, as we'll as in other British
| dominions."
| Demand for Juice.
| An important branch of the pineap-
| pie industry is that of the production
! of fluid commodities Both the Ha-
/ waiian and the Thomas companies put
! UP the juice of the pine for market.
| The Pinectar Sales Company manu-
] features a syrNp after which the COM
pany is named, and there is a con-
stantly growing demand for this de-
| licious article, used both as distinct
! beverage and as a flavoring ingredient
fof soda water. ice cream and sherbet.
The George H. Eberhardt Company
of San Francisco take all the pinectar
we manufacture said Z. A. Berndt,
the companys treasurer. they having
the agency for the entire Pacific West.
| We have a contract with them besides
to supply them with not less than So
! 600 pounds Of fresh fruit every week.
/ The rest of the fruit we manufacture
/ into syrup. The demand from the:
! Eberhardt company will be sufficient
| for the next three years to take all