The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-08-28

pendent on -eircumst ances, for when the
manufacturers are asked for this in.
formation when the assessor is around
the declaration is so high that the rent
of the land drops to zero. II, however,
q factory is being built, the tables arc
turned and tho land in question al
ways produces an excellent return in
view Of the powers that are looking on.
IL Is we'll known that beets bring 80
pfennigs per huudredweight in some
sections ofGermnny while some Of
them arc Fought for % pfennigs. Hero,
also, when the trial balance is struck,
the occasion or circumstance determines
the prices Of beets so that il Is hard
to get an average price for the raw
material. The veracity Of the writer Is
Statements and viewpoint are eotrobor-
ated by the experience through which
the industry in the United States ass.
cd last year at the time of the tariff
revision IL ntophesies came true there
would not be sugar factory in the
| United States in three years. Others
bet 100 to ! that the next years would
find an average production Just the
4 same, yea il was even ayerred that
| the whole situation would increase the
ontirc production, for as in many other
l cases so in the case Of the sugar in
1 dustry, the lpeople are more often infiu-
I, eneed BY circumstances, than circpm-
4 stances are Influenced by the people.
| Now the writer's experience lies in the
past years, Is thing Of the past, yet
he believes that the dire condition Of
things teaches men to pray amid all
ltheir mprmpring and that for better
| conditions. r. 3"
\ Results SHOW Marked Contrasts.
The conditions alluded to pertain moi
only TO the cane industry, bnt the beeI
! industry not only TO the manufacturers
but the planters and the results have
shown marked contrasts. For example
one Louisiana plantation harvested 81
tons per acre extracting l5.2 per cent
j sugar, or 50.l6 double hundredweight OF
4 sugar ,per acre. ANOTHER plantation
\ Yielded 2i.l tons with only 10 per cen
sugar, or 27.4B double hundredweights
Similar differences are found in the
beot industry. The writer has .addueed
rather in full, these facts because o.
the wide divergence that is found il
America even in matters Of wages
Thus one will find that in the bee
;ifields of the northern regions higl
J wages have to be paid for labor
, which reduces the profit Of the manu-
Z facturer, in the cane region the manu-
! faeturers have to battle with pprip
cane and occasional frosts This mean
that the average extraction Is only s..
per cent. For this reason the Europeai
countries show q marked advance in tn
beet industry, Matters, however, ar
different in Java. India, Formosa, Mex
!, leo, Brazil and Chile, Argentine, Port
Rico, Cuba, Mexico and especially i
the Hawaiian Islands. The force
prosperity of Louisiana-zfor in tho us
of artificial fertilizer the State il stil
: behind-is doubled and tripled in thes
: fortunate islands through the help o
!. artificial means, II Is not general
known that on these islands the tor
! mage of sugar taken from a given are
is equal to the tonnage of beots hal
! vested on T'russian soil This is not tn
! average, but is often reached in Hf
! lwaii. Al report sent to the writer sui
stimulates this statement where circun
: stances have even Improved in recen
! years. In these islands they have il
! tensive agriculture and harvest can
for four years after planting. One acr
|, Is reported as having yielded 9S.7
tons. One analysis reported was tina
tho content of sugar was 1872 per cen
/, Rrix 20.8 per cent, purity 1915 per con
: glucose 600 per cent This IL excel
! tional and outdistances anything GeI
! many can do. a. -e'M
Interesting Averages.
r But the averages from some of thes
/ plantations are also Interesting, Her
Z is one with an area Of 3,52S,27 acre
r that produced 24s,25S tons, with yiel
Q of 1884 tons of sugar, averaging 1910
I per cent, tonnage per acre 1897 an
I, sugar from one aero, 3 90 tons. IL til
i selling price of sugar is three ccnts
!. pound of sugar testing 97,7 then the n
/ turns from one acre viii amount
4 $576. OF course not all the extractio
!. takes place; in fact, there is loss {
3 1.s0 per cent, the bagasse alone shOp
4 ing loss Of 0.06 per cent l.. 49,.
|. According to the writer Is iudgmer
the production Of cane sugar will e,
o coed the production Of beet sugar bl
h will not Influence the market veT
/. much. A conservative advance is g
b ing TO be made In the sugar industr
. with no startling competitive surprist
4 for the English The French aud h
Il Americans will not put money into Q
r enterprise that has no future. Their
J, fore, this advance ought not to caul
X fears but increase hope. The matt,
\ that concerns the German industry
. not in the increase Of production, bl
0 in the matter Of consumption. And "
y too, shall not reach the dead center {
}. things; but in field and factory our e
forts shall abound toward trump
). which Is bound TO accompany our Q
forts not only in raising the peTcentaG
8. | 80 lint An, an