Hawaiian Sugar Manual 1970
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SUGAR MANUAL CONTENTS HSPA Sugar Company Directory ................. .. .... 2 PART I - HAWAII'S SUGAR INDUSTRY SUGAR MANUAL Commerce & Ind ustry .. .. .................... .. 3 PUBLISHED BY Sugar Ind ustry .. .... ............................ ........... .. 3 Current Production .. .. .. .. .......................... 3 Hawaiian Sugar Planters' M ap -H awaii Sugar Ind ustry .. .......... .. 3 Growing Sugar In H awaii . 4 Association T able - 1969 Acreage, Production 5 Raw Sugar Price vs Employee Earnings ... 6 MILTON H. PICKUP, President W orki ng Cond itions . 6 P. 0 . Box 2450 D aily Earnings .... .. ................... ..... 6 Honolulu, Hawaii 96804 Employee Benefits . ........................... 6 United States of America 1969 Payroll ...... ............ .. .. .............. 6 Washington Office Employment by Job .. ..... .. .................... 6 T able - Employee Productivity . .. ............. .. 7 JOHN C. BAGWELL, Vice President T axation ................ .. 7 723 ' Investment Building ugar Lands .. 7 Washington, D.C. 20005 Land T enure .. .. ............ .. 7 Independent Growers .. 7 T able - Hawaii Production 1908-69 .. 8 Graph - Comparison : Acreage, Production, Employment, M an-D ays, etc. 10 OFFICERS/ 1970 Ind ustry Organiza ti on II MILTON H . PIC K U P .... .. President Refining Hawaii 's Raw Sugar . 11 Hawaii State Government 12 KARL H . BERG ........ 1st Vice President Im portant Histori ca l Dates .. .. ..... 13 E. B . H OL ROYDE ..... ..... 2nd Vice President PART II -U .S. SUGAR IN D USTRY ROBERT L. C u sH INC. Vice President & Secretary Other U.S. ugar Producers .... ........... 15 JOH N C. BAGWELL .... Vice President Beet Sugar Industry ............................... 15 Cane Sugar Refining Industry ........ 15 DANIEL J. D O UGH ERTY ....... .. ......... Treasurer Map - U.S. Sugar States ...... .... 15 FRED D . K ENNEDY .. ........... Assistant Treasurer T abl e - C.S. Sugar D eliveries .. .. 16 T abl e - Sugar D e li ve ri es by T ype Product/ Business .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. 17 Table - Sugarbeet Production 19 15-69 . 18 T able -Beet Sugar Producti on 1965-69 ... 19 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, HSPA T able - Lo uisiana Sugar Producti on 19 19·70 20 Table - Fl orida Sugar Production 19 28- 70 . 2 1 1970 T able - Philippine ugar Production 192 1-69 22 MILTON H. PICK U P Table - Cuban Sugar Production 1920-69 . 23 T able - U.S. Edible Sirups . 24 Pr esident PART III - U .S. SUGAR LAWS T. H . Davies & Co., Ltd. History ........ .. ........ .. .......................... 26 P. 0 . Box 3020 T able - Low Priced Food ...... .. ......... 26 Honolulu, Hawaii 96802 U.S. Sugar D uties .. .. .. .............. 26 Graph -U.S. Sugar Consumption .... ............. 27 KARL H . B ERG M odern U. Sugar Legislati on . 27 Senior Vice President U. S. Sugar Act 28 T able - Sugar vs Income Amfac, Inc. 28 H ow Act W o rks . ........................ 28 P. 0 . Box 3230 Fair Price Influ ence . 28 H o nolulu, H awaii 9680 1 Parity Index ...... 29 Self-Suppo rting Program ... 29 E. B. HOLROYDE Graph - Food Price/ food Index ... 29 V ice President Cond itional Payment Rates 30 Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Supporting T ax . 30 T ab le - U.S. Sugar Quota Charges . 30 P. 0 . Box 3440 T able - Direct Consumpti on Quota Cha rges .. 3 1 H o nolulu, Hawaii 96801 PART IV - WORLD SUG AR BoYD MACNAUG H TON Graph - W orl d Sugar Prices 193 1-69 . 32 President W orl d Production 33 W orld Sugar Prices . 33 C. Brewer & Co., Ltd. Internati onal Suga r Ag reement 33 P. 0. Box 3470 Table -Centrifugal Sugar Production ...... 34 H o nolulu, Hawaii 96801 Table - Suga r Supply/ Distribution 36 T able - oncentrifugal Sugar Production 39 H ENRY B . CLARK, JR. T able - Prices: White Refi ned Sugar 40 Exemtive Vice President New York Coff ee & Sugar Exchange 43 Graph -U .S. & W orl d Sugar Prices . 45 Castle & Cooke, Inc. PART V - MISCELLA 1EOUS P . 0 . Bo x 2990 Industry Research & Ed ucation . 46 Honolulu, Hawaii 96802 G lossary ... 47 9 70E E800 HAWAIIAN SUGAR COMPANIES ISLAND OF KAUAI PIONEER M11.L Co., LTD. J. W. Siemer, Mgr. GAY & ROBINSON Lahaina, Maui 96761 Makaweli, Kauai 96769 Phone : 661-0061 Phone: 338-8233 WAILUKU SUGAR COMPANY GRovE FARM Co., INc. C. G. Street, Jr., Mgr. L. M. Van Dreser, Mgr. \Vailuku, Maui 96793 Puhi, Kauai 96766 Phone: 244-3941 Phone: 245-2341; 245-2711 KEKAHA SUGAR Co., LTD. W. J. Baldwin, Mgr. Kekaha, Kauai 96752 ISLAND OF HAWAII Phone: 337-1472 KILAUEA SuGAR Co., LTD. HAMAKUA MILL COMPANY Dale Anderson, Acting Mgr. L. A. Thevenin, Mgr. Kilauea, Kauai 96754 Paauilo, Hawaii 96776 Phone: 828-1430; 828-1421 Phone : 776-1216 THE LIHUE PLANTATION COMPANY, Lm. HAWAIIAN AGRICU LTURAL COMPANY D. T. Silver, Mgr. E. A. Smith, Mgr. Lihue, Kauai 96766 Pahala, Hawaii 96777 Phone: 245-2112 Phone: 928-8311 McBRYDE SUGAR Co., LTD. HONOKAA SUGAR COMPANY P. F. Conrad, Mgr. R. M. Frazier, Mgr. Eleele, Kauai 96705 Haina, Hawaii 96709 Phone: 335-3121 Phone: 775-0640 OLOKELE SUGAR Co., LTD. HUTCHINSON SUGAR Co., LTD. D . J. Martin, Mgr. B. W. Baldwin, Mgr. Kaumakani, Kauai 96747 Naalehu, Hawaii 96772 Phone: 335-3145 Phone: 929-7 311 KOHALA SUGAR COMPANY A. C. Stearns, Mgr. ISLAND OF OAHU H awi, Hawaii 96719 Phone: 889-6322 KAH UKU PLANTATION Co. LAUPAHOEHOE SUGAR Co. C. D . Christophersen, Mgr. R. A. N. Bruce, Mgr. Kahuku, Oahu 96731 Papaaloa, Hawaii 96780 Phone: 293-5303 Phone: 962-6314; 962-6244 OAHU SUGAR Co., LTD. MAUNA KEA S UGAI! COMPANY, I NC. J. T. Humme, Mgr. W. B. Case, Mgr. Waipahu, Oahu 96797 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone : 677-3357 Phone: 935-0855 WAIALUA S UGAR Co., INC. PAAUHAU SUGAR Co., LTD. W. W. Paty, Jr., Mgr. F. C. Schattauer, Mgr. Waialua, Oahu 96791 Paauhau, Hawaii 96775 Phone: 637-4520 Phone: 775-7221 PEPEEKEO SUGAI! COMPANY H . M. Gomez, Mgr. ISLAND OF MAUI Pepeekeo, Hawaii 96783 Phone: 963-6211 HAWAIIAN COMMERCIAL & S U GAR COMPANY P UNA SUGAR Co., LTD. D. B. Thomson, Mgr. David P. Young, Mgr. Puunene, Maui 96784 Keaau, Hawaii 96749 Phone: 877-0081 Phone: 966-92 70 2 Part I SUGAR INDUSTRY Hawaii's sugar industry is recognized as the HAWAII'S SUGAR INDUSTRY world' s leader in sugar technology and production. & COMMERCE INDUSTRY The first attempt to make sugar in Hawaii was Historically, Hawaii is an agricultural econ in 1802. It was not until 1835, however, that omy. While tourism and military expenditures the first successful sugar company was estab in recent years have grown extensively, agri lished. Fields of that firm are still producing culture remains the state's most stable producer today, more than 135 years later. of income. After a slow start, production reached 100,000 Sugar is Hawaii's most important agricultural tons a year in 1886; 250,000 tons in 1897; and industry. It created nearly $190,000,000 in in 500,000 tons in 1908. But it was not until the come during 1969. Pineapple is second largest. 1930-31 season that production reached I mil Estimated value of canned pineapple products lion tons for the first time. Since then, l mil is about $127 million annually. lion tons annual production has been exceeded Diversified farming-all other Hawaiian agri 19 times, including the past nine consecutive cultural production-has a value of about $55 years. million ·annually. rJJecause Hawaii must import most of her food CURRENT PRODUCTION and other essentials from the U.S. Mainland, In 1969, 1,182,414 tons of raw sugar were the out-of-state sale of sugar and canned pine produced. apple products are important factors in the Value of 1969 production to the state economy state's balance of trade. from raw sugar and molasses production and SUGARCANE PRODUCING AREAS, SUGAR MILL LOCATIONS, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LEGEND - HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 3 from Sugar Act compliance payments is an esti machines which plant two or more rows, simul mated 189 million. taneously burying each seedpiece under one-to Sugar is produced on four of Hawa ii's eight three-inches of soil. major islands-Hawaii, Maui, Oahu and Kaua i About half of H awaii's sugar lands are har - by 23 sugar companies employing about vested each year. When sugarcane is harvested, 11,000 year-round employees. Annual payroll it grows again from the old root system is more than $70 million including the cost of (ratoon crops) without planting again after employee benefits. each harvest. From two to four ratoon crops are obtained from each original planting. GROWING SUGAR IN HAWAII Hawaii's sugar industry is unique in a number of ways. It produces more sugar per acre than any ocher area in the world. It is the only area where the average age of the cane is two years at time of harvest. Hawaii's sugar industry is the most highly mechanized in the world. H and labor has been virtually eliminated. It is the world's technological leader. The climate of H awaii varies considerably. Tropic rain forests can be found within a few miles of desert conditions. On some sugar company lands average rainfall is as little as 15 inches a year. On others as high as 212 inches a year. One sugar company's mountain fields receive an average of 133 H arvesting JUf!.arcane. Bulldozers equipped with push tines (instead of blades ) are most oft en used to harvest Ha waii's sugarcane. They push the cane into windrows. Grab-cranes load the cane into large M echanical planter at work. inches of rain a yea r. Its low-lying fields near the ocean shoreline receive only about 20 inches. Because of the lack of adequate rainfall in many areas, about half of Hawaii's 242,000 acres of sugar lands are irrigated. An estimated total of $50 million has been invested over the years by H awaii's sugar companies in the de velopment of irrigation systems.