The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-12-05
SUGAR PLANTERS IN ANNUAL SESSION LOOK
TO FUTURE, HOPEFUL FIGHT WILL Be WON


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houses. To largo extent the barrack
system has been abandoned aud homes
provided for each family. In most of
the plantation camps concrete drains
have been lai1 aud concrete floors pro.
vided for the wash and cook houses.
During this period liberal expenditures
have been made for hospitals, and sew.
eral of the more recent compare favor.
ably with the best hospitals in the city.
The water systems of the camps have
been improved at large cost Much
thought has been given to perfecting
| ways for getting the laborers to and
from their work. On one plantation,
where railroading is difficult, automo.
bile trucks are used to transport the
linen to and from the more distant fields
during the harvesting season Churches.
schools and kindergartens have received
substantial aid. Fairgrounds have been
established wherever possible, and other
welfare work started.
Now that free sugar is certain, these
heavy expenditures, intended to pro.
mote the comfort and we'll being of the
men, viii of necessity be largely cur.
tailed
One of the best investments made by
your association during the past year
was in a concrete immigration building
for newly-arriving Filipinos. This
building, located just makai of Akin
son park, is model, both in design
and equipment. This new building
should be visited and carefully inspect.
ed by every member of the association.
The total cost, including furniture, was
$35, 900.
This bureau continues TO be ably
conducted by Messrs. Mead and Bah.
bit. During the year much valuable
statistical data has been prepared in.
connection with the tariff legislation
Price of Sugar Low.
The returns are not all in. but the
indications are that the price re.
ceived for 1913 crop will average near.
ly $l4 per ton less than the average
received for the years 1905 to 1912 in.
elusive. The low price was due part
ly to tariff agitation, but mainly to the
tremendous beet crop of Europe and
the banner crop of Cuba. The Europ.
can crop for the year ending October
l, 1878, was S,305,000 tons, or ZOO.
| 600 tons more than the crop immediate.
~ preceding The European crop for
the campaign just begun is es\mated
Mt s,455,OOO or 100000 tons more than
Tor the crop just completed. Further
more, CUBA Is expected to again turn
OUT 2,4O0,OO0 tons, another banner
crop. The Cuban crop is the one we
lear, as it directly affects the New
YORK market. The situation, however.
is not nearly as bad as might be ex.
pected from such heavy increase of
production. The world s consumption
under the stimulus of low prices, has
been very great during the past year.
According to Willett & GRAY, the in.
crease Of the worlds visible supplies
from last year on October - was only
1883 tons.
! What aggravates the situation for
us Is the fact that while Europe and
CUBA have been getting banner crops,
we have been suffering from drought.
The prolonged drought of 1912 had
disastrous effect on the crop Just har.
vested, as is shown by the shrinkage
OF tons. The most noticeable feature
was that hardly plantation escaped.
so general was it. Maui suffered
more severely than any of the other
islands, as their crop dropped from
l4S,s5s tons in 1912 to l24,Sl9 tons
in 1913, decline of 24O39 tons or
over l6 per cent. On that island IL
was considered the worst drought
since 1901. Unfortunately another
serious drought was experienced in
the summer of 1913 and was felt all
over the islands In some localities,
TINS drought was even more severe
Ihah tine one of the previous wear.
10 what extent the 1914 crop has been
affected by these two droughts. il is
impossible yet to say. Preliminary
estimates tend to show that it will be
little larger than 1913, but much
smaller than the crop of 1912.
rms has been a year of great I'M.
certainty and anxiety for our planta.
ton managers Upon them win fail
the prunt of the work in the struyple
for existence that lies before us In.
the past, by their energy. perseverance,
good Judgment, and fair play in dealing
with their men, they have won the re,
spect of the community Their br;I.
liant record justiies us in having ev.
cry confidence that they will "make
eood under the new conditions, as far
" 'NS "i'hih ihtlr power TO do.
Praise for Governor Frear
Governor Frear has completed six
years OF most efficient service in the
governor S char. In the beginning
OF his administration he gave evi.
uence of unusual ability, in anaIyzing
the economic problems existing in the
territory and in constructive suggest.
ions and policies designed TO solve
them. Each succeeding year has
shown increased breadth of Judgment
IN the handling of public affairs. This
territory would have been most for.
tunate If it could have had another
term under him and thus have had the
opportunity of profiting by his ripened
experience and of receiving the full
benefit of his partly matured policies.
Governor Frear has been peculiarly for.
tunate in having had associated with
him, since his anpointment. a man o z
such marked ability and sterling LOYAL.
~ rs Secretary Mott, Smith, upon whom
has fallen much OF the burden OF pub
he service, and TO whom, equally with
the governor, credit is due for the sue.