Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-23

This II the seventh lnstaIlment OF
the report Of the Investigation con-
Quoted BY speciaI senate committee
into the campaign against free sugar.
Former Governor Carter's testimony
has been printed. Attorney 5. M. Bal.
lou's now begins and win be published
from time TO time.
CThe witness was sworn by the
chairman)
The Chairman. Senator Walsh, will
you kindly proceed with the examine
ton?
Senator Walsh. Mr.. Ballou, where
is your home?
Mr.. Ballou. Honolulu, Hawaii, is
my permanent home. Il am residing
now in the city OF Washington.
Senator Walsh. Are you native
OF the islands?
Mr.. Ballou. No; am not went
out there Immediately upon my grad
uation from college and the law
school, and / have been there eighteen
Z years. I went out there in 1895.
Senator Walsh. From where?
! Mr. Ballou. | was born in Proyi-
/ dence, r. l., and / lived in Boston
| most OF my life up to my going to Ho-
+ nolulu.
Senator Walsh. What business did
you prosecute in the islands?
Mr.. Ballou. Attorney at law, except
the time that was upon the supreme
Senator Walsh When was that?
Mr.. BaiIou. From 1907 to 1911.
Senator Walsh. Did you then re-
sumo the practice Of law?
Mr.. Ballou. Yes; and l. continued
the practice of law until was retained
BY the Hawaiian Sugar Planters AS
ISOLATION to come here to Washington
as their representative here.
Senator Walsh. When was that?
Mr.. Ballou. That was just two years
ago in May. That was in May, 1911.
Senator Walsh. Are your duties UNI
der the employment which you now
have In writing?
Mr.. BaIlou. I have an impression
that have letter, but i am not sure.
I think have a letter Of instructions.
Senator Walsh. What is the assoc
citation you speak Of?
Mr. Ballou. The Hawaiian Sugar
Planters Association.
Senator Walsh. OF what is 1t COM
posed;
Mr.. Ballou. 1t is voluntary assoc
citation composed of practically all of
the corporations raising sugar in Ha-
wall. It acts through a board Of trus-
tees, so called. Its general purpose Is
to advance the welfare and develop
ment Of the sugar business in Hawaii.
Senator Walsh. How long has that
association been in existence?
Mr.. Bailou. Oh. great many years.
! think since before 4 went to Hawaii,
!, over fWentH years. I am quite sure.
|. Senator Walsh. Apparently the SUI
Gar business is carried on there very
] largely BY corporations?
Mr.. Ballou. Yes; exclusively, l
think One or two of the corporations
are practically owned by one man
'by several different men, but substan-
TALLY all by corporations.
Senator walsh. About how many OF
those corporations are there
Mr.. Ballou. Fifty-four. There are
fifty-four sugar mills that produce
sugar. There are one or two Of those
sugar mills that grind for two or three
corporations, some smaller corpora
lions. 50 that there are. between fifty
and sixty corporations engaged IN
planting, but We usually figure it at
senator walsh. Do they generally |
own the land that. they work. or 90
they rent the land Il
mr.. Ballou. Both Considerable OF |
the land they own in fee simple, and |
the rest OF Il they rent from tina gov
ernment and from private owners
], Senator Walsh. The sugar mills
there are just merely the mills that
produce the raw sugar?
Mr.. Ballou. With one exception
Y ibf the Honolulu Plantation Co.. which
now refines its own product
Senator Walsh. And what it Is an
nual output?
( Mr. BaIlou. Less than 10000 tons.
III you. will allow me to refer TO the
manual Of the Hawaiian securities.
published by the Honolulu Stock ana
Bond Exchange, ! think can give
YOU the information. l think ! can
y Lanswer more definitely on that sub
.eect.
Mr.. BalIou. l thought at first that
tese were arranged alphabetically In
lis manual. / can not turn to 1t i'm
HdiateIy, but my impression is that
lbs about 10000. tons that are refin-
on the islands. It must be that 7
ir stock is not listed on the Homo
d Stock and Bond Exchange. When
licked up this book / thought every
.rporation in the islands was.
Senator Walsh. Where doee your
sugar go for refiningg .
Mr.. Ballou. What is not refined In
his one plantation. which is, OF
course. an insignificant proportion.
goes to a refinery at Crockett which
lis near San Francisco practically
San Francisco-called the California
q Hawaiian Sugar Refining Co. Some
of it goes to the Western Sugar Re
fiiing Co, in California, and the bal
ance of 1t is shipped to the east, and
sold to the American Sugar Refining
Co.
Senator Walsh. How does it get to
the eastern seaboard?
Mr.. Ballou. 1t is shipped across