Review of reviews and world's work . HAWAIIAN PROBLEMS OF TO-DAY. 309 pumpinp;. The averagecost of irrigation is $140per acre, as compared withabout $35 in our WesternStates. Another heavy ex-pense is incurred in fertiliz-ing, which averages $ ton of sugar producedor $ per acre undercultivation. The industry labors un-der the burden of heavytransportation United States laws re-quire that the output shallbe shipped solely in Ameri-can bottoms. The plantershave never been able to se-cure sufficient tonnage tocarry their entire exportround Cape Horn, and atleast one-fourth
Review of reviews and world's work . HAWAIIAN PROBLEMS OF TO-DAY. 309 pumpinp;. The averagecost of irrigation is $140per acre, as compared withabout $35 in our WesternStates. Another heavy ex-pense is incurred in fertiliz-ing, which averages $ ton of sugar producedor $ per acre undercultivation. The industry labors un-der the burden of heavytransportation United States laws re-quire that the output shallbe shipped solely in Ameri-can bottoms. The plantershave never been able to se-cure sufficient tonnage tocarry their entire exportround Cape Horn, and atleast one-fourth of the cropmust be sent to our Eastern markets byof San Francisco and a transcontinentalroad line. THE LABOR way rail- The proportion of labor in the total costof producing Hawaiian sugar is 60 per cent.,and any considerable increase in that direc-tion would destroy the profit in the wages are more than ever essential tothe preservation of the industry, and thecane fields must be worked by aliens if theyare to be kept in cultivation at all. The in-digenous population Is not equal to the de-mand and, as a matter of fact, does not meet
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