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_ _ 3 men, diffusion battery, 1 at car and 2 above, at 124 cents.............. ‘Ves $8.25 
~- 1 man, diffusion battery, director of battery, at 20 cents ...............0580. 4,40 
Po ee mmen, defecatine, abla Conte. 25 os 0its chad eb ate edavia deen. Ai ah od Sears 6.60 
2 men, double effects, at 15 cents .......... fin set haewea® LoS RR ee 6. 60 
SHAN) (SGC MMIC A OLAS THA ccs SOKO RSS islet debt as Seed oe ees es 5.00 
1 man, hot room, at 12} cents .. 22... dee tbe eee eee eens 2.75 
Hemvigi) RESCIeL au Pet Genta i OSE este ac SES LENE Se REL aOR 2.75 
Se mien, Geairinpiis..ab AGCenisn.ay soci Lats. tedieds ds. cu vueiiiasint ciel 6.60 
MER vi ae IMAC HINISG ALGO < 6.0 ase tae Seis Se DOs eed ae LO vRw eee Qed tak ae 3.00 
See CMIneCrs, Ab ZO CONESs 10) Sve els ork geet Salles e eee ee ees 4,40 
HaNpeadromien. 8. 1s) Celts a saci os Sev Gad iA Pee ee 8 da Ue et 16.50 
Birien. rousiabouts, at 124 cents. 6.06. 2c oie se Oke We eae Bad ct hanes 5.50 
MERRIE MU UCE “HOY -. 0 a.. VaNINe Sees saleeedes BSR as seed Ge wale aihlen Bale SIE Slt 2.00 
Peter eRVAET DG WV EUGELG yc cask) TR aide lsie Biz be ON EERE Cama dis oh Ve ieee bill ole Ginko whl 1.50 
Pere ROLE TICT, A Bes 00 Cis ve his-ailed GUT Sig Sk BiG be Slap cs Reba ald ra wees a's 5.00 
1 Mise COS Ole las a9 Os sah et aii eats Me Ine cc Comoe ag ites wnt. 111.75 
RPIIET ES y FSA Gees arattinie Liste ik! alst ithe, sto wie woe OS 2a aay CCE le a Sate ee MMe 2.50 
: Demee FONS GiaGk ab !O0 CONUS: Sis wan. ciate ces CRA paiN SHEER HORM Dhue kis use 20.70 
ToSTEEL EE eee VE Oe PER AE Sere en am cA A ce NCI nae A RAN Aare 184. 75 
* ' This makes the cost of working a ton of cleaned cane, with a factory of the 
Capacity of ours, about $1 per ton for labor and fuel, or 90 cents per ton of field 
a cane. The cost per ton for salaries, insurance, wear and tear, etc., must depend, 
of course, not only upon the size of the salaries and other general expenses, but the 
_- number of tons worked. This plant, rated as above, is capable, in seventy days, of 
~ working 9,450 tons of chips, or 11,900 tons of field cane. There is necessarily con- 
siderable expense in preparing for the season’s work, and again in closing up. 
‘Allowing liberally for this and for the proper management and control of the 
works, we may still bring our total expenses, outside the cost of labor and fuel, at 
$1 per ton upon the above basis. Add to this the cost of labor and fuel, and we 
have $2 per ton as the total cost per ton of working cleaned cane. These figures 
are fully verified by our pay-rolls, coal bills, and other expenses while working to 
our capacity during the season, separated from expenditures in the completion 
_ and changing of machinery directly connected with experiments made. And to 
work a factory with a capacity at least one-half greater than this one would re- 
quire very little additional expense except in the matter of fuel, and that would be 
mn relatively less. It seems to me a very conservative basis, with a factory of the 
capacity of ours, to place the actual cost of manufacture at $2 per ton of cane ; and 
with such a factory as I have indicated, and with a season of, say, seventy days, it 
is safe to place the cost of manufacture at considerably less than that sum. It re- 
quires but little figuring upon this basis, and with the cost of cane at $2 per ton, 
: and the yield of cane and product secured this year, to show that we have here 
developed a business of great interest and profit to our State and nation. 
To run a factory at the maximum profit it must be operated constantly during 
- the working season. The loss this season by reason of the irregular operation of - 
the factory for watit of sufficient cane was very considerable. During the whole 
season the factory was operated but three whole days of twenty-two hours each. 
Some idea of the loss from this source may be gathered from the fact that not less 
a than 2 tons of chips were lost at each break in the operation of the diffusion bat- 
tery. Sixty-five such breaks or stoppages were made while running for stigar. 
With a larger crop of cane and better arrangements for delivery upon the part of 
the larger contractors, but little or no difficulty from this source need be appre- 
hended in the future. 
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/ Tons, 
Wife te Gentle OES peers ener sehen eras Scie yee Be a6 dice sacle alse mayeie cele te OBE Rite, 3, 840 
IGA: BOO LOI WOMB GY Gosh ak yin nip waste ids cis da eRe de cas a siciew ee mene aise OM ee sf 
Sestedls HenACeaAe unctha tty Eck wc dee a coh d sla carers Geis TAR Poe eepadia Sloe aie Saale § 4,277 
This represents the crop, less about 30 tons of seed tops yet to come in, from 
about 450 acres of land. There were something over 500 acres planted. Some of 
it failed to come at all, some ‘‘fell.upon the rocky places, where they had not 
much earth, and when the sun was risen they were scorched;” so that, as nearly as 
we can estimate, about 450 acres of cane were actually harvested and delivered at 
the works. This would make the average yield of cane 94 tons per acre, or $19 per 
acre in dollars and cents. * * * 
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