Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-07-03
SUGAR CROPSON
HAWAII To FALL
FARBELOW 1915
Revised Estimate of Big Island
Plantations Lowers Figures
on Expected Product
0LAA PLANTATION HAS
NEW ESTIMATE PREPARED
Other Companies Make Revis-
ions and Give New Figures;
Next Years Crop to Be. Big

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Reduction IN the estimated 1916
crops Of plantations on the Big Is
land promise to become the rule Late
Saturday afternoon the directors of
Olaa Sugar Company issued state
ment of reductions in estimates and
this is only one Of several Brewer &
Company as agents for several plan.
tations had also made revisions.
1t has become evident to plantation
companies on the island of Hawaii
that the 1916 crop viii be materially
smaller than the 1915. The reason
assigned for this Is that crop con-
ditions in 1913 and through the har'
yesting of the 1915 crop we're Of the
best while the contrary was the case
for the 1916 crop. Rains and floods
in 1914 materially damaged that crop
at the outset.
Brewer & Company estimate that
the 1916 crop at PepeekeD is 20 per
cent less than that of 1915, Hakalau
IA per cent, Hilo is per cent, Onomea
2e and Honomu "a per cent. This
does not mean that they have reduc.
ed the 1916 estimate by such per
centage, but that this years crop per
acre is that much smaller.
Manager C. f. Eckart has informed
the directors of Olaa Sugar Company
that it Is necessary 70 reduce the esti.
mate Of this years crop from 26,300
tons to not over $4,000 tons. This is
q reduction of about 10000 tons from
the bumper crop OF last year Upon
the return of Manager Eckart from a
six weeks, visit to the mainland he
was asked by the agents of the plan
tation to make an estimate Of the
crop of olaa for this year. Much Of
their cane comes from Individual
planters, in fact there are more than
q hundred such, and this necessarily
meant that time was required to re-
wise the estimate accurately. Manag.
er Eckart came over from Hawaii
with his report and a. meeting of the
directors was Immediately called. Lat.
er q statement was prepared and is
sued. 10
The report shows that the planta-
tipn fields of the company will yield
about % per cent less than in 1914,
and the outside planters fields viii
decrease about % per cent from the
crop Of two years ago,
In explanation Of the delay in ar.
irving at the new estimate the agents
Of the company give the reason that
Manager Eckart was absent and the
number Of outside planters whose
crops must be investigated took q
considerable time. The announcement
was made by the directors as soon
as they were themselves advised
Higher prices received and now Of |
fered for sugar tend to make up for
the smaller output, A. w T. Bottom
ley stated, and at 5z cent sugar the
company should have q balance De-
cember 81 of 100000 after paying all
necessary expenses, dividends alone |
excepted.
It lis noticed in regard to olaa that |
the outside planters are the ones who /
suffered mostly IN reduced product
and the plantation itself snf-
fered much less, The same is noted
by al the other plantations on Ha-
wall.
s While this years crop will be mate
rally less than last years for other
than olaa conditions dur
ng 1916 and up to the present time
this year have been and are such that 4
It is expected that the 1917 crop Will
be record maker in the sugar indus
try Of the islands