Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-12


ducing the largest amount.
Mr.. Carter. The Hawaiian Com
mercial & Sugar Co. is the largest.
ayers and directors of that company?
Mr.. Carter. Local people who live
on the island o. Maui.
Senator Walsh What is its capt.
tai? -..-.
Mr. Carter. It's total capital is
S10.000.00a. This was the corporation
that was organized by Mr.. Spreckels
and that was bought out some time
since by local capitalists. The total
capital is 100000 IL / recollect
correctly, but il has not all been
assessed and called in, and just the
exact amount that was put into the
company / cannot say. / think II Is
about 40 per cent, if may judge cor
rectly.
Senator Walsh. Give us now the
names of some other leading corpor-
atoms
t Mr.. Carter. Eva plantation. sittiat-
ed near Honolulu. and controlled
largely by residents of Honolulu.
Senator Walsh. About what Is its
capital?
Mr.. Carter It's capital is $4,000. 900.
That has been aIi FULLY paid in. There
is the Wailuku Sugar Co. on Maui
island; there Is the Hawaiian Sugar
! Co. on the island of Kauai, which, l
think. is the largest there. Possibly
Lihue may be larger.
| These corporations are, with the
exception of one or two, all controlled
in the islands.
For many years we have out there
encouraged the holding of the stock
among the employees and other people,
and a great many savings have thus
/, been invested. There are 5000 indi-
vidual stockholders in these 81 cor
porations with their $4,000 600 capi-.
tai.
Senator walsh. Have you any idea
about the number of acres cultivated
by these leading corporations?
Mr.. Carter. No; / could not give
you the acreage. / can give you the
total acreage In cane.
Senator Walsh. was DESTROYS Of
getting the total.
Mr.. Carter. can give you perhaps
some idea. The Hawaiian CONNER
! cial & Sugar Co. has a plain of land
between two mountains that Is 10
miles long, and, should say, from 8
to 5 miles wide, and 1t is all in cul-
tivation of cane The Waikiki plan
! tation on the island of Maui is Is
miles in extent. The day for small
places has gone by, because there Is
keen competition in the cost Of pro-
duction.
Senator Walsh. Ordinarily how
. many acres do the producing COM
panies operate and control?
Mr. Carter. From 5000 to 10000
acres are required to operate effec-
lively.
Senator Walsh. About what is the
value of production per acre?
Mr. Carter. The value Of produc-
ton per acre in single year?
Senator Walsh. Yes.
Mr.. Carter. You see, 1t takes two
years usually to get off crop from
Ia single field.
Senator Nelson. You say it takes
two years to get crop?
Mr.. Carter. Yes; with US.
Senator Nelson. That Is, you do
not get 1t the same year that you
plant it?
Mr.. Carter. No; not all. We are
buying material now from which we
will not get returns until two years
and half from now
Senator Walsh. Do you not get any
returns the first year?
Mr. Carter. A part of the ratoon
growth is taken of in one year and
plant in two years, SO that we aver
age about year and a half.
Senator Nelson. Do you plant the
cane by putting it down in rows and
having it sprout up?
Mr.. Carter. Certainly.
Senator Nelson. The same as they
do in Louisiana and Cuba?
Mr. Carter. / have not seen 1t in
Louisiana | have been in Cuba. We
cut 1t back in order to get an even
growth
Senator Nelson. You cannot get
anything the first year, then?
Mr.. Carter. No.
Senator Cummins. Part of the
fields are cut one year and part the
next year?
Mr.. Carter. We get two ratoons
i Tic plohIB d1lu IhCh PiON ~
up and plant again. One field, we will
say, is planted this year for two years
hence. '"2 ~
Senator Nelson. What do you mean
by ratoon? ..-.....
Mr.. Carter A ration is the yolun-
tary growth from the same root or
stubble. .-....>s -
Senator Walsh Can you give us
now about what is the average yield? ?
Mr. Carter. can give you the av-
erage yield of sugar. It is between 2
and short tons to the acre. \
Senator Walsh. That is. tons of su
gar? -
Mr. Carter. Tons of sugar.
Senator Walsh. And what Is the
general market value of that per
ton? :-~=-. 49,. i: @...: r.: ....<.
Mr.. Carter Today it is selling
around $65 per ton.
Senator Walsh. So that would be
about $3.50 per acre, with 2 tons to the
acre. H. ~. =: r.. -. IT,. H..
Mr. Carter. said between 2 and 8
tons H. ".. ~ ~.
Senator Walsh. Between 2 and 3