The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-27
SUGAR INDUSTRY ge
IS MAKING STEADY PROGRESS
Improved Methods Which Have Been Adopted Arc Resulting In
Production Of Better Grades and New Developments Give Prom
Use Of Growth and Prosperity For the Industry 14 NJ

and the planter usually believes these
insects are the cause OF the points dY'
ing, while as matter of fact their
presence is but result of the point
having died or at least partly dried up,
thus providing plant tissue in which
the pests may lodge.
Wages On Plantations
In Hawaii; Porto Rico, and various
other tropical sugar producing coun.
tries the wage of the common laborers
has constantly advanced until il has
now reached upward Of 81 per day.
THIS is quite q contrast 20 the wages
paid TO workmen here, which usually
rangc from 10 to 80 centayos, Phlip.
pine currency eco 70 40 cents. The
question is often asked how the plant,
ers in other countries can afford TO pay
such high wages in the production Of
an article which brings the same mar
ket price as that of the Philippines
when made into the same grade of IT.
ished product. ast.
The explanation is simply that in
those countries the industry is carried
on along modern lines; the land is
made to give maximum results at a
minimum expense through the medium
Of crop rotation, fertilization, and ir-
rigation.y Wastes in the process Of
manufacture are minipized by the aid
Of modern methods and by the employ
ment of skilled technical men, and the
grade of the direct output is such as to
command the highest market price.
According TO recent report from
Louisiana Furnished by the American
Cane Growers Association, the cost of
producing "ycllow clarified or "plau-
tation white sugar has increased one
quarter of one cent United States cur
rency per pound over the cost in nor.
NAL times. On account Of the rel9,
lively low sucrose content in the juice
from immature cane harvested in that
subtropicaI state, in addition to the
low fiber content of the cane, il is nee
essary to use great deal of extra fuel,
which is heavy expense during the
present high cost Of the various classes
of fuels. u, ~. i. .aa...... ~.
As a contrast with the above eondi-
ton, the sugar factories here which
employ modern crushing plants have
not only an abundance of bagasse for
heat and power, but usually have a
supply left over at the end Of the cam
paign in cases where the factory has
been running at full capacity.
high Freight Rates ..'.....
The abnormally high oversee freight
rates have caused very great differ.
ence between the market price of Phil.
| ippine sugar in the United States and
that paid to the planters here. In or.
der to combat this wide difference in
price and cause a greater profit to nc.
crue to the manufacturers, number
of the modern factories have been
equipped TO turn out plantation white
sugar in one continuous process. This
is readily sold in the local markets
The price obtained for this sugar
ranges from $50 TO $2 per 10C
pounds lower than that Of standard re
fined sugar and this sugar is preferred
by certain classes Of people, not al6n'
because of its lower price as compared
with the highly refined product, but
also because of the pleasant flavor
which is characteristic Of sugar-canC
products. ..E {. p