The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-20
HAWAII SUGAR IS
IN HIGH POSITION
Further Details Of Government
Report Shows Islands Far
n Lead


further details on the important ana
valuable ngures ana comparisons con,
tanned IN me department. o. eommeree
report on the cane sugar industry were
received an the .iast mai ana are ,ur-
thef eSidsnee o. me high position that
lawn nolus ~ tne eomprenenslve
computations on .'hgrienlturair manutae
turing and marketing costs IN Hawaii,
Porto hie9, Louisiana ana CnDa.
some OF tne summarized comparisons
81 yield and cost presented py me re-
PIT mnlcn s . q sPee'sl interest," are are
~ follows, the 4gures being for the
years lqls.l4.
Vnne fer Acre
IN hawnh me average cane Prodoc-
per Ton OF cane haIeested TOT mil was
as.yz TONS IN i'orto hieo, zO.4a tonsj
~ louisiana, ls.xv tons, and an Cuba,
zi.s1 IONS.
zane fef Ion sugar
AZ hawaii an average OF Si4 tons OF
c2pe were feqnueq 20 produce one ton
q sugar; N l.otto hlco, WI tons; IN
louisiana, APSo tons pnd IN Cuba,
eY4 Tons
ea|'t fsr ION cane
Al HeMtih me average yield OF sugar
Pr Ton of cane harvested Tor mil was
1.o.vs pounosi IN t'orto hleo' zxl.s5
pounds m louisiana, 1885 pounds,
and m Cuba u was 129-Ol pounds .
oost o. zane :. MI
an nawAh tne average cost OF cane
mil was $f.oo per toni IN Porto
nlso, sa.o-; Louinana' s4-ki, ana an
CUBA, so.
Price PAD Planters
tne ase'age price pla 70 outside
plansefs. or eolonos LOT purchased cane
namall was ys,o1 m Porto hico'
tSo1' IN Louisihna ~ ana IN CUBA,
800 s.
Jane gost re. ION sugar
naman we average cost OF the
zane used 70 MAKE ! ton q sugar was
4pt.S2i N, Porte hicos sei.os IN Louis.
.2I., teo-l ? ana IN Luna, SzV'Do.
e'. q, . Cost =, ~ 2. factory
ntMnii, 'ne average cost OF pro-
ruc''on 4. 2, p. factory per tpn Of
feb.. W.. ~. %tt,oss "iph minimum cost
y $500 anu maximum q $uo'zo
ytto hiee haa an average cost Of
>lr1.1', WIN = minimum 81 %44eyz ana
maximum YI y. ". LOUISIANA mad an
rsete w. sVsI q StS'oO win minimum
q tosso ana maximrm OF ~ e.
tupA mao an average cost o. fSo'9x
vain minimum Of $3.50 ana nfmaxi-
ml,n y s59.y.s
~. q .,,L .eting
tor hh"an me average marketing
sog' rom .ns factory 20 aenvefy an
.ne D1,'sg ststes was sv's4 TOT Forte
-''o, $50 anu for Onph $3.50 per TON
e y. 4
-oe-. oo-s ,olseleo
., ioanu ~ slsal Ven sereu IN dne
$500 s.e's1, sne 4 a ..oz Cos. 2, ~;
b.: sss-. W. Aogs sen.s, TOT iv ,,,o
t~ss. e,91p tos u,h -, z Lu as. s.y.o
tsnin, hna TOT ouDa i..ib cents, exciu-
s'fs o. 'anl{, Addnng the rate Of duty
fr.t ~ Al '' e... s.sat i.eVto seh's Pot
founu me cosy % vuDan sugar aeii n
.,. - ~ 49, : n',s ~, 9.asss was z. ~
~, Pp,'pe ~ tne year 2, these 's,.
1850 go, ti es $500 = wnoiesale sell
KS f'ss 7, y.ass "a law suglr WIS
p'ot eerts ~ renhen gfanniateu, f.fi
eenis whue tne average retail price
~ ~ Ten.s PEI pounn.
va M - q = sl,i W.
7. .' ',.,1ans Z. sane ~ nawaI on n .a
~" sa,,ons sVss an svcrage soI S4x-o1
t.,t -s.e anu ~ n n y'H ~. Genus per ton
u ea1s. IN rorto hlco ,he average
~. vas s9;-o per acre ana thlrtysnye
1919 800. ~ .ten o. cahe. IN OuDa, tne
1919 sVse Vas $50 per acre ana
t s,,~'' :, s -. W 'oh Oh cane
u SALON.
,...saslns sane N iiawali lot al the
~ .,9 iequiring y cost an average
=. t''' II Pr hsre ahu si;fz PET TON Of
ecpe. ~ roLto hico irrlgaNon cost
49,. ~ 1870 p sioao psl acre anu Sky
+t'oo 'sH'' Pvt ,vn .. cane ioL piahia-
lions using ". In Cuba irrigation upon
.ne s'nh ~ nnmDer OF plantations using
7 se.t vic pei acre aud eight cents
w ioe 81 zane.
ooss % rihnt'ng
'nht'ng cane ~ Hawaii cost an Az
efnBe OF SLID per acre and forty
cents per ton OF cane. In Porto Rico
was Sia.fO per acre and sixty-one
cents per ton Of cane, 10 Cuba II was
~ per acre and twenty cents per