The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-09-22
WAR Wakes SCARCE
SUGAR BEET SEED
Conflict IN Europe, Main Source
Of Supply, Reduces Impor-
tations To Minimum
BY ERNEST q. WALKER
Mail Special TO The Advertiser

WASHINGTON, September Z. ~
There has been quite TODD here Of
late over the scarcity of sugar beet
seed for next years crop, because Of
the big war in Europe, whence most
Of the beet sugar seed comes. The an,
nual inportations are about 10000.
900 pounds and il Is broognt ovor most
ly in 100 pound sacks. There is now
on hand about onc-ifth the seed neces-
sary for next years planting in the
Y nitcd States. This planting season
begins in California In January and OK.
tends over several monthstill late MAY.
which is the planting time IN Montana
and at more Eastern points.
The harvest of seed in Europe Is said
to have been interrupted by the war
and there is no Likelihood that the su.
gar beet crop, either for the bects or
for the seed, win amount to much for
the next year or two in Europe. All
this points to reduction OF the beet
sugar crop In the United States, be-,
cause of the scarcity Of seed ana prob.
ably will make the cane crop, all the
more valuable. Psi .1 .
: Wilson Tariff OF No Bcnert d
The following interview appeared in
recent issue Of n Washington paper:
with sugar on the free list, and
the price OF this necessary commodity
soaring almost every day, the Demoera.
tie tariff docs not appear to bo thing
of benefit to the people, - remark ed
Iohn ,. Howard, of Honolulu, ut the
Sterling. "Of course, / realize that
the WAL in Europe has ,lisarrangod ev.
erything, but before / left Hawaii VIC
had felt the effects Of the Democratic
tariff. 1t had caused decrease in the
income tax from $4,000 20 $I9s, 600.
or % per cent. s5sa ,..
f0f course that does not represent the
total revenue of the island, but il shows
how disastrous was the tariff legisla.
tion passed by the Democrats in its eff
feet ON a sugar producing country.
The assessed valuation of lands in la
waii has fallen of in all the islands of
Hawaii except Oahu. This is due to
the fact that in all the other islands
sugar plantations represent the largest
part of the taxable property.
Hawaii Feels Change Most
sOahu Is the most thiekly populated
Of the Hawaiian lslands, and while
there arc plantations there, the taxable
land Is largely in the city of Honolulu
The new sugar tariff is going 10 cause
a big reduction in the exports Of Ha
wall, for there will be hundreds of
small sugar planters who will be forced
out of business. The pineapple indus
try has doomed up big in the last few
years, and If we had the market Ha-
wall could produce all the pineapples
needed to supply the world, bu; with
competition from so many sources in
the tropics, the raising of plneapples
will not prove q profitable pursuit.
Altogether Hawaii has felt the effects
Of tho change of government more than
any of tho outlying possessions of the
United States. " ..
e ~ Judge Clemens Case
Judge G. Il. Clemens has been in
Washington comforting with officials at
the department of justice regarding his
tenure, 10 is understood his resigua.
tiOn has been demanded and that he is
loath to comply. Presumably the de.
partmcnt of Justice will have its way,
although it may be something in his
favor that there has been change ia
the office of attorney general aud T. W.
Gregory is now the man there who has
tho say about things. 1t is understood
that Harry Irwin was recommended by
Attorney General McReynolds for Judge
at Hilo and that the Recommendation
went to the White House. Re that rs
Il may the nomination Of Mr., trivia
has not been sent to the senate and
thO'c who know Of Mr. Irwin 5 actiy
tiles against abolishing the duties on