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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-19
Relative Costs of Sugar
Production ~. ......- \.

Dir III. c. Prinsen-Geeriigs, whose reputation
as ashgar expert is international, and who cannot
be accused Of holding brief for the Hawaiian
planters has made careful comparison Of cost
Of sugar production throughout the world.
In q series Of lectures given before the Braun
schweig- Verein, or beet sugar producers assoca-
lion Of Germany, Doctor Prinsen-G eerligs review
ed methods and costs of cane production in Java,
Hawaii Cuba, Mauritius, Louisiana and of beet
production in Germany, Austria and France.
OHitting comparative capitalization and inter-
est on capital investment as an unequal factor not
capable of fair judgment he places the average
cost of beet production in Germany at seven
marks per fifty kilos, or ITO pounds the Java cost
at 7.40 marks Cuba, $40, and Hawaii, 1850
tiTranslating this into dollars and cents for
American tons on an equal basis of 90 deg. raws
the comparison becomes 5000 for German beets;
$500 for Javan; 5000 for Cuban; and $54 per
ton for Hawaiian cane sugar raws. There is an
additional charge for transportation to near and
far markets to be paid by the consumer which is
omitted from this comparison
Here is absolutely parte and unbiased testi-
mony by the foremost sugar expert Of the world
to the logical effect that for the purpose OF sup
plying the American home market the American
producers cannot compete on an even basis with
European beet and Cuban, or Javan cane sugar
manufacturers. D..
Javan production is incapable Of indefinite eN
pansion because cane areas are limited by the
Dutch government to the necessities of food pro-
duction OF the native Javanese. In Java rice has
the right Of way over cane and always will, be-
cause the Dutch place the material welfare of the
native populations in their colonies above the
exigencies of commercial exploitation and the
production Of crops for export.
Direct American competition is therefore nor
mally with Cuba. where the amount OF cane plant
ed is limited only by the amount OF labor and
capital available for investment.
Doctor sen-GeerIgs stated his opinion
to be that cane sugar must always cost more to
produce than beet sugar unless an equally cheap
method Of producing white sugar on the planta
tions Is developed That is the tendency, he said.
ind is the direction in which the greatest advances
in the milling process must extend,
international free trade in food stuffs may have
been attractive as a theory prior to the European
war, but the cost Of that war must now be paid
by the whole world irrespective Of theories Of
political economy ~.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-19
LICENSE
REF0RMSPROPOSED.
representative silva Introduces
Measure Making Changes Ia
Present Lax System

Representative Silva introduced in
the house yesterday bill that is dc.
ignod TO make radical departure in
The method and manner Of issuing mar.
rage licenses. 1t provides that such
licenses shall be issued only by the
ireasurers, deputy sheriffs and deputy
tax assessors Of the several counties
and the City and County of Honolu.
The fee, now one dollar, is doubled and
he amounts collected shall be turned
INTO the treasures Of the counties
wherein the licenses arc issued, as
ounty realizaions. m I.@ f., ~
/. "Any person who shall charge more
han the fee herein mentioned, or who
hall receive a bride for the same, shall
DO liable to fine not exceeding fifty
dollars, upon conviction before any dis
Jonlkling Began Improvement %
Marriage licenses were issued promis.
;uously throughout the Territory until
November 4, 1918, by agents appointed
by the territorial treasurer, and, as
.hese agents were not paid any salary
or the work the fees collected by them,
! dollar per license, went to the agent
ssuing the permit. .a'
y Because of many complaints received
)y former Territorial Treasurer ID.
Ilyod Conkling, he called in the three
hundred or more commissions then
Existing and cancelled them all. In
,lace Of the agents thus removed from
otfiee Conkling appointed the deputy
Tax assessors throughout the Territory
Is marriage license agents, with one or
;wo exceptions where others than these
deputies were named @
bath May Be Required saI
A marked improvement in the issu-
lnee of the licenses is reported to exist
now, but it has been the feeling for
'cme time that the whole system
'hould be changed, which the present
Dill seeks TO do 1t was pointed out
after the introduction Of the measure
Yesterday that applicants for marriage
licenses should answer under oath to
he questions put to them by those issu.
ng permits. This, it is claimed, would
prevent deliberate Justification Of the
ages of the persons seeking TO be mar.
led and should any persist in such
Z Justification 1t would make them liable
o prosecution for perjury
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-19

the United States goes ahead with its Free
Sugar program the nations now at war, which
arc themselves sugar producers, will simply take
up in the form Of export duties and war taxes
what we relinquish as protection, SO that there
will be no gain whatever to the American con-
sumner added to d tremendous loss to American
producers q; ~ IstSEsEs e 1917 sfs.
There is much speculation among politicians as
to whether the Administration will recede from
its position as to fundamental methods Of taxation
and revenue production for the maintenance Of
the governmental view Of the absolute change Of
conditions precipitated by the war.
If the Democratic party does not so recede it
will 60 down to an Overwhelming defeat twenty
one months hence, defeat that will carry it to
the brink Of oblivion XXI
irrespective Of the loss Of revenue that will
result from free sugar after May L. 1916, there is
the economic principle Of protection OF home in
dustries that should be paramount If the Ad-
ministration is SO welded to theory that il
cannot see actual conditions as they exist the
party now in power deserves to do down to obli-
WON. If the Democratic party would prefer to
see the American people make direct contribu-
tons to the European war-chest in increased eX-
port duties on the more economically, or more
cheaply, produced, French, German Austrian
and Russian beet sugar, rather than maintain the
American sugar industry in prosperous condi-
ton, that proud privilege is theirs. ",
That would be the highest form of expression
of international charity but it would be neither
good business, good politics, nor plain American
common sense. r. ~ s.r
The European war has made the theory OF in
ternational free trade untenable. - r..
Cuba being the chief competitor of the Hawai-
ian planters there is "a diffetetal Of cost Of pro
duction amounting to $l460 per ton and fur
ther- dfferential OF more than the remaining $5.4e
in freight rates per ton to New York, favorable
toGuba Hence il is evident that free trade will
give the Cuban growers an advantage OF one
cent per pound or twenty dollars per ton, over
Hawaii, which is the amount now accorded the
domestic producers -. =. &'
The Hawaiian planters, Louisiana, Porto Rico
the Philippines and the domestic beet producers
need that twenty dollars per ton protection. Java
Mauritius and the European beet farmers can
produce sugar cheaper than we, but the probable
tiles are that they will not be allowed to do Sc
now that war taxes must be paid on all articles
and products manufactured for export,
The logic OF continued protection for Amer,
can sugar producers is so clear that one must
have curiously altruistic cast of mind not to
see the outcome clearly. r,. r. *
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-19
BEST MEpIoINE MADE.

A better medicine can not be made
than Chamberlain IS Cough Remedy. It
gelieves the lungs, opens the secretions,
aids expectoratiOns and assists nature
In restoring the system to healthy
ondition. Besides, II contains no OPT.
ties and Is perfectly safe TO take. For
vale by all Dealers, Benson, Smith &
To-, Ltd, agents for Hawaii. TT.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-19

was BY no means disinterested, for she promptly
set up an intrigue to secure II for herself and in
l177 the Porte ceded II to her Since thenit has
remained in Austrian hands
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-19

Marriage Agent Palmer P. Woods
Tanted q license yesterday for the wed.
ling Of Ernest. Aimee, twenty-five years
Did, and Miss NJ. +, n. Hekai, nineteen
years Of age, both part Hawaiian.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-19
rHE PASSING HOUR

Z J. ! 4 II 7 y
II ex-Presidents Taft and Roosevelt are to par
ticipate jointly In the opening of the Panama
Canal the Cdcaracha slide may slide uphill.
Chicago News.
Recent dispatches from Mexico City remind us
that Mexico has the largest per capita Of Provi-
sional Presidents Of any country, in the world
Chicago Herald. J'-.~T h
The social problem in. Mexico is being solved
Public unrest will surely end when every citizen
has served a term as Provisional President New
York Evening Post, M 8 ,t ~ = ..a, ".
"A new encyclopaedia, says a reviewer, contains
biographies Of multitude of respectable college
proiesscrs.p 1t must antedate the war.--Philadel
phia North American. Il
y The Mexicans seem to observe the Sabbath BY
abstaining from war long. ehodghto elect the Pro
yisional President for the ensuing week-Louis
willie Courier Journal '%A Et' - ~ s+".g.o (.
gg.@ !. $50 r. @
Ambassadors offoreign nations areihereby warn
ed that they must avoid noisy discussions in the
vicinity Of the White House They might wax.
the baby Chicago News. III .<ts ~
ssS X, ..s. r"
!. Perhaps II the Dacja's new American owner hac
been named "Cbolmondeley" instead of Breitung
Britain would not be SO dubious about the gen
uineness Of the sale Chicago News, =. ~. =
Henry Ford says he can take every convict Out
Of Sing Sing give him job, and make, man o.
him; but the trouble some of them don't want
to make automobiles hey want TO ride in them
--Boston Transcript. ,.l@ >t -~.}~+ -
Far be It from us to doubt the German Chan
cellor's statement that his people love the Bel
gians but we shudder to think OF their fate should
the Teutons ever get mad at etn.-Nashvillt
Southern Lumberman ~
~ 5ftstS - " slt4 B. W d. '+F,* p .a-'v
Further evidence Of the Increased cost of living
Is indicated BY the statement that those Terri,
Haute politicians paid as high as $50 for vote'
which formerly had a standard market value o.
81 EACH Nashville Sodthein Lumberman
The Ad Clubs campaign 70 teach the genera
public the proper method Of manifesting respect
for the, Flag should go iurther, Hawai- has nc
law 10 prevent the dissertation of the National
Emblem, and with the Legislature in session, now
is the time to correct this omission The Daughters
Of the Revolution are, we understand, about te
take up the matter with the cooperation Of the
Sons OF the Revelation and the very probable co,
operation OF the Ad Club. Il Is proper thing.
lc5.n m $50 .za. 49, "a.
M, r. Borges. who will spend eighteen months
in the penitentiay Is another example of the harm
done by the Gulick avenue gambling game, which
the police knew about but which they failed tc
interfere with until the scandal was forced into
public attention BY The Advertiser. The guilt fol
BorgeS embezzlemeht lies at the door Of those
who permitted this open gambling game to rur
for months. Honolulu has not heard the last o.
this game, either Reports are that number o!
young men are short in their accounts because
Of IL 4 5t& " 'f2Eik -s ,@yeI %llE7 Is.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-19

Further evidence Of the Increased cost of living
is Indicated BY the statement that those TER.
Haute politicians paid as high as $50 for vote:
which formerly had a standard market value o.
81 each--Nashyiile Southern Lumberman.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-02-19

Far belt from us to doubt the German Chan
cellor,s statement that his people love the Bel
cians. but we shdder 10 think Of their fate SHOULD
the Teutons ever get mad at them Nashville
Southern Lumberman: - c...e%
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-08
LIVERY HORSE WAS
DROWNED IN RIVER
Driven by Hinsdale Young Men and
Left Road when Frightened by
Automobile-Carriag Damaged.

A horse owned by Daniel p. Welch Of
Hinsdale. n. H., liveryman, was drowned
in the Connecticut river last night about
II o'clock when the animal got beyond
control of the young man who was
driving and ran into the river on the
Hnsdale road between the covered bridge
and the home of Richard Polica The
young man, named Perham, and his broth
er jumped in time to avoid being carried
into the water They claim the animal
was frightened by an automobile that
passed them going in the same direction
Mr. Welch recently refused an offer Of
$225 for the horse and carriage.
The young men ran to the home of Mr.
Poflica and he hurried out with them,
but it was impossible to save the horse
Mr. Pollica helped this morning to get the
horse out of the water The carriage
caught on a stump, and this Mr. Pollica
believes prevented the horse from making
his own way out Of the water. The car
riage and harness We're badly damaged
There was no fence along the highway
at the point of the accident and for this
reason it Is not unlikely that the town of
Hinsdale may have to pay the damage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-08
KITTREDGE HASKINS
BEGINS 18th YEAR
Former Congressman Starts Year by
Taking Rest, Having Transferred
Postoffice 70 Successor.

Former Congressman kittredge Haskins,
having completed the transfer of the post
mastership of Brattleboro to Michael j
Moran, began his 18th year today by tax
ing things easy. He says he has tied him
self down, pretty closely to work for four
years and proposes to take a well-earned
rest and considers his birthday anniver-
sary good time to start
The inventory of all the property owned
by the government and that leased by it
in Brattleboro and the branch office in
West Brattleboro was no small job and
required lot of time and clerical work.
Col Haskins took a receipt from Postmas-
ter Moran for S23, ,T5S. 80. the value OF
stamps, stamped envelopes, post cards and
stamped paper which was on hand at the
local postofiice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-08
NO OPPORTUNITY TO
ESCAPE FROM FALABA
Torpedo Fired at Close Range Only
Five Minutes After the Order to
Stop the Ship.

LONDON, April s, , p. m.-The official
bureau issued statement to-
day saying that the British steamer Falaba,
sunk at sea March 2S, by a German sub
marine with the loss Of over 100 lives,
was not armed. 1t is not true, the state
emnt goes on, that sufficient time was given
passengers and crew to escape.
The German submarine closed in on the
steamer, aseertained her name, signaled
her to stop and gave those on board FIVE
minutes to take to the boats. It would
have been nothing less than miracle if
all the passengers and crew of good-sized
liner had been able to take to the boats
within the time allowed,
While some of the boats were still in
their davits, the statement declares the
submarine fired torpedo at short range.
This action made it certain that there
must have been great loss of life. The
conduct of all on board the Falaba appears
to have been excellent. There was no
avoidable delay in getting on the boats.
1t is possibly true but quite irrelevant
that a trained man of wars crew of equal
numbers might have managed to escape in
similar circumstances with less loss Of life
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-08
Impression That Government
of Great Britain Will
Take Such a Step
OPPOSITION FROM
VESTED INTERESTS
Influence Favoring Voluntary Abstin-
ence Is Growing-Heads Of Churches
Sign Pledge to Abstain While War
Is in Progress.

LONDON, April 8, 1916 p. m.-The
cabinet having failed to come to a
decision on the drug question no set
settlement is expected until parliament
meets next week.
The impression is growing that the
government win content itself in
bringing in measure prohibiting the
sale of spirits.
In proposing the prohibition of the
sale of spirits and possibly wine and
lessening the strength of beer Great
Britain would be following the steps
of Russia, since, before adoption of
total prohibition, Russia had imposed
severe restrictions on the traffic
Even the prohibition Of traffic in
spirits is not likely to be adopted
without considerable opposition from
the vested interests. The influence of
the parties favoring voluntary abstin-
ence is growing 1t includes the
heads of churches, who have signed q
pledge to abstain during the war.
Opposition to the suppression of the
use of spirits is in some degree sec
tional, since Scotland consumes pen
capita three times as much spirits as
England, and half as much as Ireland
Scottish opposition if solid might
easily cause the defeat Of the measure
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-08
STREET CAR SERVICE
COMPLETELY TIED UP
No Cars Running in Auburn and Traf-
f1c Demoralized in the Suburbs
of Syracuse.

SYRACUSE, April s ~ The strike
ordered last night by the Amalgama-
tion Association of street and electric
railway employees because of the re-
fusal Of the Empire Railway line to
recognize the Amalgamated as a repre-
sentative union body of employees af-
fects virtually the entire interurban
system of central and western New
York.
Not a car is moving in Auburn city.
The Auburn and Syracuse electric line
is completely tied up. Cars are run
ming in Syracuse and Lake Shore, with
deputy sheriffs on each car and an au
tomobile with a police officer aboard
accompanies every ear on that line
from the terminal to the city line The
leaders declared today that they ha6
Empire lines ti6a up from Syracuse tx
Buffalo 81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-08
cLEARY's ACCOUNTS MIXED.
Former Town Clerk, Who Killed Son
in-Law Disappears.

NEW YORK, April 8.-Accounts of
the town of Haverstraw, \. Y, in re-
lation to funds handled by William v
Cleary, the former town clerk, who re-
Gently was acquitted of the charge of
numbering his son-in-law, Eugene NJ.
Newman, are badly tangled, according
to report made public at the state
controller 5 office in Albany, n. Y,
last night. Cleary is said to have dis
appeared.
Investigators working under Control
ler Travis told him yesterday that
much of the poor fund, which was dis
pensed partly by Cleary, could not be
accounted for. Many books, records
and check books which would aid il
Strengthening out the financial affairs
of the town have disappeared, it is
reported.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-08
FoUR-YEAR-oLD HERO.
Little Lad Saves Brother from Drown
ing in the White River.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, April
s. = Four -year-old James L. Packard,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Packard
proved himself hero Tuesday when
he rescued his six-year-old brother. Al
fred, from drowning in the White
river at a point where the water was
six feet deep.
The accident occurred 100 feet above
the new White river bridge The lit
tie brothers were playing on the right
bank, when. unseen by the younger
boy, the older one slid down the bank
into the river. The first the younger
boy knew of his brother s predicament
was when he saw hand raised out of
the water near the bank.
james, instead of running away for
help, rushed to the edge of the bank
and when Alfred rose again to the sur
face grasped one of his hands, digging
his feet into the ground to gain a firm
hold. Finally he managed to pull his
brother from the water
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-08
AUSTR|ANS ARE
SEEKING PEACE
They Hope in This Way to Deal Better with Italy S
Demands Latter Country Not Ready to Strike
Austrian Army Cut in Two and Eastern Wing
is in PreCariouS Condition

Although she has concentrated her army
along the Austrian border and her navy
within striking distance of the Adriatic,
italy is still employing every means avail
able which may lead to a peaceful settle
ment with Austria of the territorial ces-
sions
ACEyices from Rome indicate that even
should Italy become embroiled in the
war she will not strike for some time.
1t is believed in Rome that the decisive
struggle among the nations now at war
will not begin before the early summer.
The Austrian correspondent of a Turin
newspaper telegraphs that he has reliable
information that there is a basis for the
report that Austria is seeking peace with
the triple entente powers in order to deal
better with Italy.
Semi-official negotiations, he says, have
been begun.
The losses of men during the first six
months of the war are estimated by a
Rome newspaper at 5,95O000. The cost
of the war in that period is placed at
S.. .400, 100000.
Gen, Pau Of the French army, who has
reached Naples on his way from Petro
grad and the Balkan capitals, corroborat
ed the reports that the allies are preparing
for a combined land and sea attack on the
Dardanelles When this is made, the gen
eraI said, the Turkish Notifications must
fall
Russian troops are pushing forward rap
idly in the Carpathians and it is reported
from Petrograd that the road to the plains
Of Hungary now lie open.
According to this information the Rus
slams have captured Smalnik and have
driven wedge between the western anC
eastern wings Of the Austrian army, plac
ing the eastern wing in a precarious posi-
tion.
Both French and German official state
ments show that the battle in the regiol
between the Meuse and Moselle has deve
oEed into "A struggle.
The Paris announcement shows tn
gains made heretofore by the allies has bee
maintained by violent counter attacks j
which the Germans suffered enormou
LOSSES
Tho German account of this fghtin
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-08
ESTEY PRESIDENT,
DUNHAM VICE PRES.
Country Club Directors Organize and
Choose Committees Statement of
Finances to Be Issued.

The directors of the Brattleboro Coun-
try club met last evening and organized
by the election of J. c. Estey as
president and q. J. Dunham as vice
president The following committees also
were chosen Greens, J. G Estey, f. j.
Waterman, H. c. Rice; house, c. y Boy
den, DR.. c. r. Anderson, Mrs J. c. Estey
and Mr.. and Mrs F. A Thompson; ten
mis-, DR. II. p Greene, Jacob p Estey and
Roger Bracket. 1t was voted to have
the president appoint a special committee
on membership, and the treasurer was in
structed to prepare detailed financial
statement to be submitted to the directors
with view to having copies Of it distrib-
uted among the members