Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-26

ton as any stakeholder. The result
is that they are working better than
they probably ever did before, and
that the labor forces are exceptionally
efficient at the present time.
New Agency Contract
The shareholders voted to enter into
a new contract with the agency Castle
& Cooke in place of the old contract
which expired last October. The
terms of the new contract are the
same except that the contract is for
single year instead of for a term OF
years as heretofore. and may be ter
minated on a years notice by either
party "
Reducing Cost.
The problems OF making a sugar
plantation pay under conditions OF the
low sugar prices which are expected
to obtain with the elimination OF the
tariff duty during the next two years,
were discussed at some length by
George f. Renton, manager OF
the Eva Plantation Company,
in his annual report. Accord
ing to Mr.. Renton, it is to be ques-
ton of cutting out fields that even
under high sugar prices show COMPARE
lively small profit, and OF reducing OPP
Grating expenses at every point where
a saving may be effected in the per-
ton-cost of sugar, even though the
yield is cut down through this policy.
Eva plantation made net profit OF
1925, 1856, and paid dividends amount
ing to per cent, or 100000. The sur
plus brought down amounts to $1t475,-
0S9.39. The assets of the company
are shown in the balance sheet to be
S6,694, 235.06.
Manager Renton's report is in part
as follows:
Crop 1913-The yield from 3936.Sl
acres, of which 1079.94 acres were plant
can, was 29,43S.S71 tons of commercial
sugar, polarizing an average of 97.3f
per cent sucrose. In addition to this.
there were manufactured for the Apo
kaa Sugar Company, Ltd. 3S1.04 tons
of sugar, making total OF 29,S19.911
tons made at the Eva mill
THE estimate made last year for
crop 1913 of the EVA plantation was
10000 tons, and the actual yield ia
per cent, OF 46f tons below expecta-
ticn. Taking into consideration the
drought of 1912. this reduction is tri-
fling.
Crop 1914-T This consists of 1868
acres plant cane and 2813.97 acres Of
ratoons.
There viii also be ground in 1914
at this company's mill an additional
1900 acres cane for the Apokaa Su.
gar Company.
Grinding of this crop was begun on
December 10 last, and has been car
ried on with little interruption. Here
with. i give brief comparison OF mill.
ing work at time of writing between
crops of 1913 and 1914 on even dates,
viz: February 3:
"1913-Average sucrose In cane,
400; mill extraction per 100 sucrose
in cane, 1922: density syrup. 1922;
tons sugar manufactured, 71811SS5;
barrels fuel oil used at mill, 1888.
.1914-Average sucrose in cane
1896; mill extraction per 100 sucrose
in cane, 97.03; density syrup. $3.50;
tons sugar manufactured, S300.7495;
barrels fuel oil used at mill, 1885.
1t will be noticed that In 1914 the
sucrose content of canes is slightly
lower; that the extraction is higher;
and that 1119 tons more Of sugar have
been made.
1T is gratifying to note the diff
ference between the two years in the
quantity Of extra fuel used for mil
and irrigation as shown above. The
only fuel oil used at the factory wa.
in the early weeks Of grinding The
1914 crop when adjustments and ex
periments were being made, and 4
gives me pleasure to say that burn
ing oil in the mill is now PRACTICAL.
a thing of the past.
AT present the sucrose extraction
lis running over 97.5 per cent with
low fibre content Of 10.5 per cent ii
the cane and there IS ample bagass,
| for all mill requirements and the irri
cation pumps at the min.
The estimate that has been pIacet
on this crop Is 81, 900 tons. It consists
of the following varieties:
L 9coI.DH ACRES 11dndl1d cane, IL ~.
acres Yellow Caledonia cane, 1892
acres D-1135 cane, 26s.31 acres Ha
waiian Seeding canes, $50 acres va
lrieties Of Hawaiian seedlings in small
areas. 4060.2S acres, total
To date of writing very little cal
definitely be said of the yield of evel
the better appearing seedlings for tn,
year. Their harvesting later will I'm
doubtedly give us valuable fnforma
ton. In the necessary change from
Lahaina, the canes that so far nav
definitely proved of value are yellow
Caledonia and Demerara 1885. Blu
even these are not as good as Lahaini
cane when at its best It is for thes
reasons and because Of the large duau
tity of canes other than I.ahaina tina
do not feel altogether certain of rur
ming up to estimate From the genera
appearance Of the fields the GRO
should over-run. So much, however
depends upon the sucrose content O
the canes that / confess to some dc
gree OF uncertainty At the same time
If the realization is less than the e1