The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-27
PORTO R|CAN CROP
LARGEST HARVESTED
Their Banner Plantation Grihds
More Cane Than Any
Mll Here
Phenomenal Yields Bring Great
Wealth To Our West Indian
Possession

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The Porto Riean correspondent Of
the Louisiana Planter, writing under
date Of September 20, states that
during the grinding season recently
closed Porto Rico produced 4S3,5sp.Bs
short tons Of sugar Of 1000 pounda TO
the ton, according 70 the statistical re-
port Of the bureau. of property taxes
! OF the treasury department. This
amount was an increase Of 137, 00p.25
tons over 1915, when 348,490.43 tons
were produced, and besides being a
phenomenal increase as compared with
, any previous year, sugar men say that
the whole Of this season 3 crop brought
prices Of Ave, and q half cents per
pound or better. or the entire sea
sons production but few seaftered
lots remain on the island.
Biggest Crop Yet ~
This Il the largest sugar output IN
any single year in the history Of the
island, while the prices were also
higher than have ever before been OBJ
tanned. II is expected that there win
be much larger acreage Of cane avail
able for the 1917 crop than there was
this year, ,t- = 5Sffs
The government figures Of sugar pro.
duction during the eight years com,
mencing with 1909 show that there was
a gradual increase each srason M TO
'al4; when the output decreased some
~ 600 tons, while last year also
showed q decrease. over 1914. The last
eight years productions were as fol.
lows: e hPk4,G4 XII y gsss ~ - ~.
In 1909 the production was af7,.
n92.S7 tons; the produetion In 1910 was
,S48. Ts5 .sona; 349, $40. 1855 tons IN 1919
g17,Of5.o8 tons in 1919; ses,O0s tons In
1878; s5l,665.79 tons N i9i4s 346,.
400 ~ tons in 1915, and 4ss, $3.50 tons
In 1916. %,et- .R 'FtNttFc
Highest Increase n, a.
This year = ,produstion came from
sixtyshve eentfals, but twenty Ave or
these produced less than 1000 tons OF
sugar each. The other eentfals ali
! showed an increase over last yean ex.
.cept twoe vhils Ia many cases the IN
i rsrse was large. hst
The two mills showing decreases
were centFal Corthda, bf the Santa ia.
2, Rngar Company, which produced
300 tons this year ns eomuaTed With
1861 last year. and Central Coastapeia,
al Ponce, owned by suafi and Sabira,
made 1875 tons a. compared with 9lOl
in 1915. VI VI So s7s !. X ~
Central Fajardo, Of the Rajafdo So.
gar Company. showed the largest Vi.
crease. in production for this wear over
LIST rising from 2lslS tons In 1913 TO
S6s33S tons for 1915. ~
Bigger rhan Our Lars,st
The guaniea Central, at Ensenada,
owned by the 0nanica Central Com.
pany, the property OF The South Porto
Rico Sugar Company again led. ali
ether mills IN the amount OF saearapro
dueed, With an output Of 1887 tons ss,
against 90 1855 In 1915. The second
largest output was from thel csHtrais
'Aguirre companyy the productions Tor,
1910 being $3.50 tons as compared
with 3l.eSl tons in 1915. The Faiardo
sugar Company's mill produced the
third largest output for the year.
The output Of the other centrals. In
the order Of production showed the
Following figures al compared with the
previous years:
Crop BY Piantationss !. ~
:, canibalaehe, Afeeibo, owned, by Cen.
-tral Gambalanche Company, 2s.Ais tons
e against 1854 ton ii 1915; PlazneIa,
rceloheta, owned BY The PIazuela
sugar Company, 1912 tous az
against ll,490 tons In 1915; Centrsis
canovanass at LoikAg owned by the
Lola Sugar Company, 1888 tons a.
against, f1,O07 tons In 1915; Centfail
Mercedita, at Yabucoa, owned BY the,
Yabueod Sugar COMPANY. 1881 IONS
az against 97l1 tons last year; Central
,Jnncos,. NJ Juneos, owned by the Inn.
i,os Central Company. 1884 tons
lssinst 1864 tons. In 1913: Central
santa ,Juana, at Cagnas, owned by the
Ste. AnoDime SneFerie de st. Juan
ls,92s tons against 6l28 tons in 1915,
Central San Vincent, at Vega Baie
owned by Rubert.. HeFmanos Coioso. kt
Aguadas owned BY snerIsrie Central
Voiosa u ,pOs tons az against 1914 tons
tn 1915 Central Maehete at 0uavama
owned ky compania AKucarera Central,
'Naerete, IL $50 tons az against $500
IONS in 1918; Central Constancia ~
ifoa Baia, owned by Gompania All.
earera del ToA, lO,0S7. tons a. aeainAf,
1907 tons in 1915; Central Va1nina,
at Rio Piedfss. owned Nv VhnIipS
Central Co., t0y646 fohs against slse
In 1915; and Central Proereso az caro-,
in 1915. . IVY. 'V"'
AMONG the rsmsiiins min. there
were nineteen which had prod tionsr
"I over oVoo tons and less than 10000
IONS while six others produced more
than 1000 tons and less than 5000 tons,
q - ~ 49, - -. Il. # q Is
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