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


that the labor forces are exceptionally
efficient at the present time.
New Agency Contract
The shareholders voted to enter into
new contract with the agency Castle
e 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 term of
years as heretofore, and may be ter
minated on years notice by either
party.
Reducing Cost.
The problems of making 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
ling to Mr.. Renton, It is to be a 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
saving may be effected in the per-
| ton-cost of sugar, even though the
yield is cut down through this policy.
Eva plantation made a net profit OF
1926 .464.65, and paid dividends amount
ing TO 8 per cent, or 100000. The sur
lplus brought down amounts to $1,47o,-
OS9.39. The assets of the company
| are shown in the balance sheet to be
ST, 694, 235s06.
Manager Renton's report is in part
| as follows:
Crop 1913-The yield from 3936.S1
acres, of which 1079.94 acres were plant
can, was 29.43S.S71 tons of commercial
sugar, polarizing an average Of 97.3i
per cent sucrose. In addition to this.
there we're manufactured for the Apo
kaa Sugar Company, Ltd, 3S1.04 tons
of sugar, making a 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 11k
per cent, or 461 tons below expecta-
ttiorl. Taking into consideration the
drought of 1912. this reduction is tri-
fling.
Crop 1914-This consists of 1246.31
acres plant cane and 2S13.97 acres OF
ratoons.
There will 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
lried 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 8, 81
| '1913-Ayerage sucrose IN cane.
14.04; mill extraction per 100 sucrOse
in cane, 1922; density syrup, 5S.22;
lions sugar manufactured, 71s118S5;
barrels fuel oil used at mill, 1888.
914-Average sucrose in cane.
1895; mill extraction per 100 sucrose
IN cane, 81 03; density syrup, $3.50;
tons sugar manufactured. S300.7495;
barrels fuel oil used at mill. 1895.
1T will be noticed that in 1914 the
lsucrose content of canes is slightly
Hover: that the extraction is higher;
and that 111s tons more Of sugar have
been made
1T is gratifying to note the DIFF
i ference between the two years in the
Iquantfty of. extra fuel used for mill
and irrigation as shown above. The
only fuel oil used at the factory was
in the early weeks Of grinding the
1914 crop when adjustments and ex
periments were being made, and II
Igives me pleasure to say that burn
ling oil in the mill is now practically
| a thing Of the past.
At present the sucrose extraction
is running over 81 DER cent with !
low fibre contgnt OF los per cent II
| the cane and there IS ample bagasse
for all mill requirements and the irri
lgation pumps at the mill.
The estimate that has been place.
on this crop is $1,000 tons. It consist.
Of the following varieties:
Il "1S59.62 acres Lahaina cane. 1922. 9.
tacres Yellow Caledonia cane, 749.2t
acres D-1135 cane, 1881 acres Ha
| waiian seeding canes, 65.10 acres va
rieties Of Hawaiian seedlings in small
areas. 4060.2S acres, total.
TO date Of writing very little car
definitely be said Of the yield of ever
the better appearing seedlings for tn,
year. Their harvesting later will un
doubtedly give us valuable informa
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 Lahain,
cane when at its best. It is for thes,
reasons and because of the large ouan
tity of canes other than Lahaina tina
:. / do not feel altogether certain of run
lining up to estimate From the genera
appearance Of the fields the crol
should orer-run. So much. however
depends upon the sucrose content o
the canes that confess to some de
gree Of uncertainty At the same time
IL the realization is less than the eS
pectation, it will not be much.
Crop 1915-This will be from
143o.14 acres plant cane and 1852 q
acres of ratoons.
Il ~