The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-19


"Do I think there should be more
publicity given to plantation affairsfv
said J. p. Cooke yesterday, in reply to
n question TO that elect. ''Well that de-
ponds upon what you mean by publicity,
and how IL is made publie.''
McBride's Cost Figures.
GAS to publishing cost Of production
and detail OF what is actually taking
place on the plantation, in the last an
nual report Of the MeBryde Sugar Com
pany, we gave fhll data as to cost per
acre and pen ton for each operation on
the plantation, covering everything
from clearing and blowing, planting,
water supply, cultivation, fertilizing
harvesting and smannfacnring clear
down 70 marketing, showing that the
total cost per ton Of sugar Mt the mill
door including interest, taxes, and de-
probation, was $500. II cost $9.h a
ton TO market the sugar, SO that the to-
tai cost was $6S.37 per ton. The gross
receipts were s67.s5 per ton Of sugar,
so that there was a loss of ninety-nine
cents per ton on the crop. The planta-
tion win do better on the 1914 crop,
There were special reasons why VIZ
published the Meiryde Sugar Company
sfgures; but ! am willing TO continue to
do so, and send out the report twb
weeks before the meeting Of stoekhold.
refs. as we did this year.
As TO whether all the plantations
should do this or not, would rather
not express an opinion. 1t is for the
directors Of the individual plantations
to say whether they want II done or
not.
Pianters' Association Must Decide.
As TO whether statistics Of the plan
tations as a whole should be given out
or not, thiit Is question to Be tdeeitled
by the trustees Of tho Sugar Planters
Association, and as / am one Of the
trustees, | would rather not commit my.
self beforehand, hut II seems to me that
i is proper subject for the associa-
tien 10 consider.
The question has been argued here
to pro and con, and although strong
reasons have been given In favor Of
moro Publicity, the contrary course has,
in general, continued to be observed.
II may be that the time has arrived to
change this policy, however.
Heavy Yields This Year. X
9 As TO the present state Of the sugar
business in Hawaii, would say that II
is. as a whole, a remarkably favorable
year insofar as yield Of sugar Is con
rerncd; although prices are abnormally
low.
of our plantations, the Hawaiian
Commercial finished grinding on the
18th of this month with total Of So
500 tons, the estimate at the beginning
of the year being $4,000 tons. The
present outlook for the tonnage of next
crop is good one
Maui Agricultural Company.
.'Thc Maui Agricultural Company
began the season with an estimated
crop of 81, 900 tons, We expect to coR-
pfete harvesting on the eth Of this
month with an approximate yield Of
S3,500 tons
McBrydc's showing.
t'The MeBryde Plantation win finish
harvesting about the end OF July. The
estimate at the beginning OF The season
was for crop o. l5, f2O tons. The
present indientions arc that the crop
will amount to approximately 10000
tons. Fortunately for the plantation
only 40 per cent of the crop has left
the market, so that IL will get the bene.
fit of the rise in price.
Makaweli's Big Crop.
! "The Makaweli Plantation will com
!. plete harvesting about Augustg3l. The
estimate at the beginning of the sea-
son was for crop Of 23,50O tons The
present estimate Is that the crop will
reach 81, 900 tons, Possibly it will 20
better than that, but from now on the
cane deteriorates, and do not think,
therefore, that we are safe in estimat-
ing more than $1,000 tons.
Kahuku Makes Fair Increase.
{" Kahuku Plantation will finish the
season about the end of July, with a
present estimated yield OF about 5000
tons as against an estimate at the be-.
ginning Of the season of 7400 tons.
u think The Advertisers plan TO
devote moro attention 10 tho sugar bust
ness and to concentrate II upon GER
tain day In the week is a good ono,
and will be glad to do what can to
help il along. ("