The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-09-13

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ii'atla0 TOE FnlrtnHui Doe ffr0nih
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ifHei nhout irn acres Boz arfa. anf at.
aff ROE rficHdinr f'lfnpl FROM tla
nniina ai lnii Ailrn ur rff rtieninf
ilr tracks i0 point nhoni on, mIit
ifnm ihcee humesirads u eidig o. rrn
vide railroad transportation Wc art
! Whhtug agreements Niih tlcsp home
/ tcadcu to buy their caue io advance
ihe money % build houscs with. riow
iho lund Tor them Nr viii mrou the
land and furnish che sced cane and
fertilizer VIZ viii plant Tor them. f
they 20 desire. charging ouly the actual
eosi thereof They cultivate che cane
and bring u 90 maturity Ne nav them
four dollars per ton, u sugar i four
cents and $50 if sugar b less than
four cents. We are experimenting with
certain varieties 81 cane adapted 20
high land cultivation That b. another
experiment which has 20 be worked out
to get the cane that will be- best adapt
ed TO these locations
What quantity OF cane do you think
those homesteaders are capable Of pro
ducing per aeref' asked Mr. Fisher.
- Well, Il Is little dificult 10 say.
II depends upon the rainfall aud there
could be az much as four tons Of cane
to the acre
canei"
- mean four tons of sugar. ~
And that would meanRp
That would mean about thirty or
thlrty-hye tons Of cane y
Profits Of HomeataadorE.
- Aud what price would you propose
TO pay, say the higher price Is four
dollars per ton-What profit would that
give tile homesteaderW
- Well, that Is very difficult TO say"
- Approximately
- That is the thing you want 10 find
out assume that NE total receipts
ought 70 be IN the peighborh0Od Of
300 Of Sl6O per acre"
" ls that total receipts Or net pro
ftsin
- 1hht rs total receipts
There would be certain erpendi.
tures-'lbout what would such egpendi.
lures amount tof'
- could not answer that on hand.
some figures might be prepared u
would be very diiiieult 20 answer that
on hand -
/" What impressed me Is the question
whether the homesteadeT Of any nation.
hllty could be expected 10 mako d liy.
ing on Of siN or seven acres OF land -
~ think II depends a great deal on
the price " sugar
What would you say bow many
hundred dollars yenT would that befiJ
- know Of instances where there are
two or three small hOmesteads, OF home.
steaders mixing some -four or Ave bun.
dred dollars from an average " eight
or ten acres"
lover and above bis living en-
pensesin
THAT II what be gets over and
above the cost Of producing
Long Term Contracts,
- Well would ~ be possible 10 dTafi
contract which VIA based on the pTie.
0f sugar that would afford you pTOlee
ton and by which you esB name .
longer cOnLfhctt''
HRueh contracts aTe IN existence
DO you see any objection 10 suci
. cOntrRetfD
~ see no particular objection, ~
fept that ~ Tenders the production 0l
cane risky Ia Wow Ut fluctuations III
the price Of sugar.
Yes, J can see that the SUGAR nae
tors would take some risk, but on tlls
Other hand enD you expect n farmer
10 stick bis Investment ~ homestead
o. this Kind and be ~ the mercy NJ tbG
planting interest AZ The end " fODi
yaaTsfD
~ depends on who tho planting IN.
forests Gro, u seams 10 me that whore
efforts have been BiR1s 10 bring about
b9meste1diDg such ns ! AM telling sou
OF, il1t b0mesteDdeTs ought " baYa
enough confidence IN this plBDtefs,O
- homogeneous elDnge, OWgefs dc
conditions change md yet the home
si"adGrj " be once has put bio Ullle
capital IN there, no cannot change, -
Mr. Fisher reminded him,
~ have no doubt that longer con,
tfhcts would be available n VIZ g0t
st1ried,' s1id Mr. laEt9D,
| wouldn't you think, % ! under
stand y0n, Mr. Paxton, your people arc
rather IN favor Of b0Westen1iDgtV
| 'We certainly GTo,U
because y0n think II ~ good bust
DessW
| ~ Yes,U
"E0wJ that being 10, II This prae,
pee VIZ hre c0geideriDg bio question ~
w bow W. can GDGOuTngg ", wguidDE
y0n mink " would be good fbiDg IN
w0rl out some plan by which Tho home.
sieader could bG given little DiOfe
permanent assurance and protection
tGhD That which IN brought 0il by Ibis
plhD which y0D have drsefIbedp
Well, ! think, ~ said before, I
tblnl " VIII be-, THIS cane planting
f0ntfael lh1t ! 0m spending NJ N mora
~ We order ~ 40 experiment,
- The failure " lGmGsiGadiGg IN 9th,
~ places hiss boon credited ~ Tho fact
mat Tho afea WIS too small aud ~
the fact that Tbs re6nefigs ana fac
tories had taken advantage NJ tho home,
aieadfTs 10 mako low prieGs, A. 0TAi
tbey gave g0Od prizes and when lhey
ggt Tho homeaieader on tbG ground
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