The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-09-13

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Mr itefi stated aito iiat there uas
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Eva plantation nates from twelve 10
fourteen PCT rruf Mr. ifafs said ah
unirfigated plantation which made BiD
per acre was making a good profit. ~
they made ESQ " would BE- bas,d on
higher selling rate based on New York
quOtations- probably ~. An irfigat.
ed plantation ought 10 make twice as
much. Last year was q good sugar
year, lie imagined 800 per ace was
good net profit for the best paying plan.
tations.
Glasses Of Labor.
As 70 the classes OF labor employed
on plantations, Mr.. Ivers suggested
that different races were found to be
bost fitted for certain tasks The Por-
tuguese for heavy work in bitches aud
with pick and shovel were best adapted.
For teaming, working at the railroad
stations and acting as cowboys, the Ha-
waiians were excellent. The Japanese
by their stature and heavy bnild were
best adapted for planting cane and talk
, ing care of IL, whereas the Chinese
seemed adapted for cutting
As to labor on homesteads, the Jap
anese working for himself. would work
early and late and get the most out of
a day. The Hawaiian would not work
S so continuously, possibly, but would
} want rest now aud then. The Portu
guese were always good workers, al
: though he could-not be taught to fer
tilize his lands so highly as the Jap.
r anese. Mr. Ivers believed the whito
G man could work If he would work, al
though there might not be enough in
i il TO attract him. 1t depended largely
G upon the scale of living he is used to
s and expects. There is no work in the
Islands the white man cannot do, but
Ii there is sentiment in the IsanIs
z. against white men working in tho
fields lie encounters prejudice and
leaves such employment.
y As to homesteading where selections
e of land had been left to lot honiesteads
were sometimes four to Eve miles tom
e government road. The white man q
II nearest neighbor ON one side might bN
" n Portuguese and on the other Jap
d. anese or n Hawaiian. I don u think
you could expect him to stay therC,''
said Mr., Ivers. ''I would not. If you
picked out particularly desirable
" piece Of land and put twenty white
IN men on it, ii might be an inducement
lie for him to remain. He would have a
of community interest and some social
yy life."
n The Secretary inquired if the system
ne Of homesteading by whites would not
he lead eventually to Japanese tenancy.
he Mr.. Ivers was afraid il might ia the
nd end unless the homesteads were made
large enough for him to 90 in on largo
ms scale for cane cultivation. He thought
'al it would be difficult to get n white pop
I'M ulation in this manner. He believed
m the plantation owners would be willing
mt to cooperate to bring such population
wn to the Islands. The plantations had sub
DIS scribed very large sums of money to
US, bring white men here as potential hon'e.
all makers. He did not believe they want
as ed to have the lands taken up as u
OF whole.
tn He said Mr.. Ashford had said ull
ne, the Waiakea lands should revert TO tho
are government to be divided up as homo.
he steads. He did not agree. There should
tu- be enough left as n nucleus for th /.
ev' plantation and for the mill, and for a
me company to make advances to the homa.
me steaders to enable them to cultivate
icy their cane lands.
tie "If the lands had all been divided up
'ed along the plan suggested fifteen years
Tx ago, the conditions today would be just
ing as they are, or we would have no sugar
ans industry in Hawaii,' said Mr.. Ivers
ap' Explaining he said that cooperation
1ds was absolutely necessary to meet the
zen conditions that had had to be overcome
ION conditions that a large number Of in
the dependent cane growers could not have
nd survived. He spoke of the pests that
axe had appeared, the necessity for the es
ier' tablishment and the upkeep of an ex
pensive experiment station, the neces
'eo- sity for changing the seed as the var
nee ious kinds of cane used died out.
nee "Could the government not have es
de- tablished the experimental station ant
was handled these various questions for thi
'ale independent plantersP' asked the Sec
was retary.
and This Mr.. Iyers denied. The sugar IN
was dustry had to be prepared to meet th'
crises as they came, without being helt
up by governmental red tape. He spok
the in the tone Of one who looked to th
Mr.. legislature for little, but he did nc
less elaborate along these lines.
re- Little watered Stock.
on One of the most important state
and ments made by Mr.. Ivers had to do wit
Ibor the capitalizations of the Hawaiian
,ere plantations. "I do not believe tha
,een there is water in any of the stock o
nose the Hawaiian plantations with but tw
q or three exceptions. Eighty per cont
and of this capital stock of all the fIantt
tions is bona fde capital" he said.
To Mr.. Ivers was speaking in refelcnc
nent TO suggestion OF the secretary lh'
tations had little relation to tine ORIG
are inal Investment. He explained tina
con. while the original investment in man
cases was much less than the presea
,lan. capitalization, yet there was dolldl
into assets for every dollar Of capitalization
and the difference being made mp of profit
hila. reinvested and paid out only in stoc
chat dividends. He secuted the talk Of owe
ould capitalization and excess Of water
How lin some plantations, where d
earning power has proved to be muc