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The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
GOOD ADVICE AGAIN.

3 "The Advertiser is Absolutely ri"ht-
in advising theplanters to harvest their
irrops when the cane il ripe. and not
'just when it is convenient,'' F. Weinz
'heimer, manager of Pioneer, recently
stated. 'I' have long advocated a
change in practise along those lines.
Z, There is a stage in the life Of the
cane when juice, purity and sucrose
,eoutnnt are highest. q stsge that can
he determined readily by chcmical held
'control. We losn too much and gain
400 little by not being feady to handle
all the crop when il IS ripe, ~t.
"Build up the capacity of min and
boiling house." said Mr.. WeinZ
heimer,'' standaFdize both so that
every unit win have equal capacity
and then standardize the field transpor
'tation system to- make its capacity
equal to, the maximum capacity Of the
mill. When this has been ace omplished
the planters win get more sugar per
acre and per unit of cost becaus" they
lcan harvest all their cane when it is at
its best. - -.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
SAVING THE SUGARS =.
IN FACTORY WASTE

FRANKFORT, Germany, November
30.-In the search for food substitutes
scientists have discovered that the
wastage of eeluloid factories through.
out Germany contains some 100000
tons of organic substance with from
10 to ~ per cent of sugar.
The relatively high cost Of extract.
ing this sugary substance has hereto
fore stood in the way of making use
of the wastage. Now that prices have
scared upwards, however, a serious eff.
fort is being made to preserve It, even
at considerable expense, and use 1t in
feeding the civil population of the En-
pire.
The wastage also contains a high
percentage of lime, which however has
to he removed from the sugar at con.
'silerabIe cost. The proposal to make
use of the wastage has the additional
advantage that German rivers, into
which it mt present flows, will be the
cleaner for the purpose.
The sugar referred to In the above
Associated Press news letter is pre-
sumabiy glucose, or "cOrn syrup,
which is produced by the chemical
treatment of starch and celulose with
mineral acids. Glucose has n high food
value.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
HIBISCUS SUGAR BAGs.

Some Of the troricaL snecies Of hibis-
Gus produce hard, tough grained wood
closely resembling ash and cabable of
substitution for 1t in making tool han
dies The best Of these are elatus,
macroPhylhrs, mutabihs and vulpmrs.
Certain varieties Of the common Orna.
mental hitiscus of the gardens are ebl-
tivasrd in Irdia for fibre, producing
vie Us as hiFh az two and half tons
0er acre. Hibiscus bark contains three
TO three and six-tenths per cent fibre,
while jute bark contains only one per
cont. In 1913 ever 100000 acres of
hibiscus was GROWN in india. The fibre
is not distingnishable from iutc, and
IN fact is usually mixed With it in bur-
LAPS
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
n. Y.K. WILLG GIVE :.
EWYORkSERv|CE.
Monthly SaiIings From Far East
Expected To Send Ships Here
For BunkerS

When the Panama Canal opens for
traffic Honolulu will become a port Of
call for Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamer,
hound from the Orient to New York.
A report made by George w, Guthrie,
ambassador to Japan, said he had been
advised by an official Of the Nippon
Yusen Kaisha that a direct regular
service would he inaugurated as soon
AZ possible between the Far East and
New York via the Panama Canal to
meet increasing trade requirements.
Supplement- Its Service
This line is intended to supplement
the monthly service from New York to
the Far East, which is at present main
tanned by round-the world steamers
despatched from Japan to Europe via
the Suez Canal" Mr.. Guthrie wrote.
This was written before the canal
blockade became serious. /
He did not state that Honolulu would
be a port Of call, but the N. Y. X.
steamers from New York to Vladivo.
stok and Japan and China ports have
come here for bunkers, and there is
no doubt they will call eastbound, also.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha is one Of the
principal lines of the world. The
steamers II has had here have been
model freighters. It maintains linz
TO Seattle. Before the Panama Canal
was blocked by slides Honolulu had Ont
d month to the Orient. They reached
New York from the United Kingdom
in ballast, and had gone to the United
Kingdom from the Orient via the Suez
Canal.
Admitted 10 Conference ~
The ". Y. K. has been admitted u
the New York Shipping Conference. g
Brewer & Company are Honolulu
agents. 49,. ~.. s. e.. p.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
PROCESS
FOR CUBAN CENTRALS

Alonzo Gartley, consulting engineer
of G. Brewer & Company, returned
on the Matsonia from New York,
where he had represented his company
in the negotiations for the new sell
ing and shipping contracts. He said
that Noel DEER has been investigating
the Battelle process for n Cuban syn
dicate this autumn and has visited
practically every cane aud beet sugar
factory in the United States, making
an exhaustive survey Of white sugar
production. If Mr.. Deerr's report is
favorable a pending contract for the
installation Of the Battelle process in
some of the largest mills in Cuba win
undoubtedly be signed. y
THE Cuban planters are very deeply
Interested in white sugar manufacture, -
Mr.. Gartley said. 1.-THE first large
plantation that makes it will reap @
great harvest, as there Is growing
local demand for white sugar in Cuba
Then, the export market is also at
tractive.
met some prominent Cuban sugar
men in New York. They expect q
tremendous crop in 1915, not less than
three million and perhaps up to three
and third million long tons. One
Cuban planter said the limit Of the crot
would be what they can get labor q
harvest" Mr.. Gartley said ~ r.
81 have been rather interested tC
know whether the mutual agreement
entered into by the refncrs, forbid
ding Relating would last. In Chicago
the brokers predicted il would not b,
live up to two weeks. The real reason
why they were forced to come tc
mutual agreement was that buyers Of
sugar for export were taking advantag,
of the situation and the refiners coult
not stand the strain. Vest pocket
sales have been far too common
everyone agrees, but the question is car
the refners stay together long enough
to overthrow the practise"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
SHORT RATrooNs.

There is no doubt that growing short
rattOons and getting all but the plant
crop down TO one-ye basis is going
to be the rnlc on irrigated plantations
whore thiS rrnctise can be easily fol,
loved. DIR. II. p. Agee has been carry
ing on experiments with rapidly rat
to0ning varieties, and fertilizers to help
them grow faster, and will have some
eye-opening facts to present to the
p'ap tors very soon.
. 1T is not good business to grow a
crop Of cane through two winters il
almost ~ laTpe crop can he grown in
one sammcr and one winter. Some of
The ncw Hawaiian seedlings are banner
rattOoners. With their assistance the
plantations ought to get three rattooh
crops in three years instead of two, as
at present.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
SALT TO NEUTRALIE
BLACK A[kALI

VI has long been accepted as a fact
that mixtures Of fertilizer salts which
alone would depress growth neutraIze
one another and produce conditions
favorable to growth. Thus the antago
nism Of lime to magnesia has been re-.
peatedly proven. 1T IS '. ="
Prof O, b. Lipman as result OF
recent experiments goes farther and de.
clares2 that different salts of the same
base when in, mixed solution exhibit
like affect. Thus one.ffth per cent
solution of common salt depresscs
growth fully fifty per cent. A ono
twentieth per cent solution of carbon
ate of soda depresses growth seventy
five per ceut. Yet when the two ar"
added together the nitrifying power Of
soils is increased more than twenty five
per cent above the normal.
Lorsa Application OF Theory
Lipman found that a soil containing
20 much carbonate Of soda that crors
would barely grow and was completely
Heutralized by applying common salt in
proportion which would have been
deadly had there been no carbonate
present, 49,. e..
Except that the remedy might not be
permanent he suggests that this my
prove a practical weapon in treating
"lknI soil problems. Draining the
land, applying gypsum, and plowing
under manures, have been the rracti
cal remedies hitherto recommended fol
"curing alkali sick soils.
II, 'as DIR. Burgess has suggested.
carbonate of soda Is the cause of La
hama disease, ,sonsr such tclnpnrary
method as that suggested by ProfessOr
Lipman may be proved efrertivo al
though a permanent, cure would be far
better
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
.uE FIBER OBTAINED
FROMSEVERAL PLANTS

Jute fibre is obtained from two spe.
cies of cOrrhOTus, ; eapsularis and roli-
torius.i In India both are grown under
irrigation, or in regions of very high
rainfall, eOmrarabIe to the OlAa . nd
Nahikp districts, of Hawaii. The seeds
Of both species are 8sided. CapsulaIis
seed Is brown and twice as heavy as
the blue green or brown-green olitorius
seeds. .sst-..
olitOrius produces the best fibre. Its
stems. are less tapering and more uni
form than eapsularis. The Inter has a
tendency to branch, and its fibre is
therefore not Of uniform quality when
iretted. Capsularis grows seven to
twelve feet high and olitorius up to
'sist al or eighteen feet.
Fibre Is Retted Out . au1 ..
The harvest consists in cutting the
mature stalks, bundliRg them AMI sub
mcrping them in shallow tanks or pom Is
until the stems rot The fibre is then
wa. hcd dried and beaten to rid it Of
adhcring vegetable matter. The yields
range from 900 to 1900 pounds of jute
fibre per acre. ... p 49,
Corchorus capsuIaris has, sharp point
ed leaves which are bitter and medi!
ciRal. Olitorius leaves are blunt. The
young leaves are edible and are used "a
= vegetable. The .caPsularis. variety
takes more water than Olitorius and i
the one usually grown in, districts Of
high rainfall. Hibiscus eRnna5inus, an
| rhacious. animal which is jute-like in
habit of growth, is said to be renlacin"
jute in Indian agriculture, as its fibre
yields range up to three tons per acre.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
DUTY ON SUGAR !.
FOR REVENUE ONLY
Hawaii Gains Because Of Ma
tons Necessity-High Pro-
lection Not Desired u

ri think the present outlook for
Hawaii and the sugar industry has
never been brighter,' +. Faxon Bishop,
president of G. Brewer 4 Company said
yesterday on returning from San Fran.
cisco on the Matsonia. "However,
we must still maintain the highest eff
ficiencS In production. That is the
only absolutely certain road TO perma.
neht prosperity. ,,.',.-{.
"I hope sincerely that the cid tariff
on sugar win not be restored,'' he
said. % The present tariff Is sufficient.
I want TO see q moderate rate of pro-
lection maintained and hope congress
win adopt a happy medium between
high and low, That is what I told
Congress mnn Frank Woods of Iowa this
summon when he asked me what we
wanted. Tn my opinion il would be
fatal error for any political party
TO advocate a return 10 high protec-
tive tariffs. We do not want the pro.
tective wall built so high that It will
arouse the antagonism or the cupidity
Of any one.
Not An Plain Sailing "~
fThefe Is bound TO be some Kind Of
a scrap In Congress over the sugar
duties and SOME Of them will undouht
edly flibuster against it, but all admit
that there, isSno way open to raise
fifty million dollars Of revenue so easy
The Democrats are not giving any
consideration At an to the subject OF
protection Of the domestic producers
They want revenue and revenue only
I hope they win not return to thu
old rate Of duty on sugar for If thai
is reenaeted IL will NOT be permanent. ,
Mr.. Bishop said that because Of
family illness he took no active part
in the sugar contract negotiations re
Gently conducted. ~ am very glad Il
get back to Hohpluh and get warn
again" he added. Z" Hawaii is a pretty
good country to live in.''
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
CANAL BLOCKADE IS
GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT

what the real business outlook is in
the country as whole am unable 60
state, - said Francis NJ. Swanzy, yes.
terday, ''that is a question which L
myself asked many times. Some bust
ness men declare the United States ON
the threshold of an unprecedented
prosperity. Others, equally prominent
in affairs, are pessimistic to an ex-
treme and declare that were II not for
the enormous export business which
war has brought TO certain Industries
business would be in a desperate
way. - rs n
Mr.. swanzy returned yesterday from
q fourteen weeks, business and pleas.
ure trip which took him to New York,
New Orleans, Chicago and San Fran
cisco. He made considerable stay in
each of these cities. He said there Is
phenomenal activity in the metal
trades. Copper, iron and steel have
gone away up out Of sight, Many
manufacturers have simply quit taking
orders, there is so much more offered
them than they can do. Outside of the
metal trades il is difficult to get q
line On the present or the future.
The Panama Canal IL the saddest
disappointment of all, {" Mr. Swanzy
said. "No one knows when the work
win be finished and this gateway again
opened to commerce. In San Francis.
60 ! saw series of photos taken daily
for about ten days from November 2
and there was not enough water in the
Canal where the great slides are com.
ing down, to float a canoe through. No
one knows when the Canal win be
clear again. Some say April, Others
June, and others hazard the opinion
that il may be blocked much longer .
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
SUGAR IN BRAZIL.

. At the Pcrnambuco (BraziD mgar
experiment station the water require
ments of cane have recently been stu.
died. 1t was found that for 100 acres
of cane the daily evaporation Of wat"r
by the growing crop averaged SAB
cubic feet, equivalent to'0.24. inch rer
day, or re inches per month, to be
sunolied to the crop by rainfall or irri-
CATION. g.. -.
The director of the experiment sta
'tion states in his annual report that
the cost of sugar production in Per,
nambuco'is eight per cent higher tina n
lit is in Hawaii. The cane average
forty-eight tons per acre, hut the su-
crosse averages low, and the Weld OF
sugar is only three and half tons per
acre.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
THE POTASH SHORTAGE.

The potash shortage due to war may
In the end prove beneficial to Hawaii,
since II will tnrn the attention of the
planters more forcibly to other means
of enriching their fields than total de-
pendence on commercial fertilizers. The
potash that goes into the soil in the
form of legumes or. rotting cane trash
is there to stay. Liquid manure is rich
II. potash. and hence II the embargo on
Rfassfurt salts continues there Is ono
more excellent reason why every Tlan
tation should combine stock feeding
with sugar production.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
NEAR SIGHTED HORSES

Because Of mistakes made by horses
in Judging the jumps in racing contests
4 scientific investigation of the horse ,
vision was made by the German Brre l.
ing Records Association during 1914.
Three hundred and twenty-five horses,
ranging in ~" fr"m one to twenty
wears old, wrr' tested Six per cent Of
his number were found. to be far
sighted, Will" twenty eight per cent
we're near.sighted to a greater or less
degree. The age Of the animal appar-
emily had nothing to do with defective.
ness of vision In sixty-six per cent of
the horses tested the sight was ALSO
lutely normal .a go"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
CROPS USE ONLY
PART or FERTILIZER
And Plantation Practise Is In Ac-
cord With Recent Scientific
=. Discoveries =.

"A constant supply Of nitrogen in
available form is the chief requirement
to promote maximum growth in the
cane. Nitrogen in the form Of nitrate
soda has been proved to possess the
highest availability and IL is held by
most agricultural chemists that what
ever the form in which nitrogen is ap-
piled it must change to an ultimate nj.
/, trate before acquiring maximum fer
tilizing value. -t n.ru-.s ...., :,
There have been many comparative
availability tests in recent years for
the purpose or fimding ont exactly what
the different nitrogen carriers are worth
taking the value Of nitrate of soda at
100 per cent. As result Of seven par
allel experiments conducted in Ger
many, carried through series Of eight
years to the close Of 1914, il has been
demonstrated that the assimilation
capacity, of a variety crops for the
total nitrogen in nitrate of soda aver.
ages sixty-one per cent. Taking this
as 100, the nitrogen assimilated by
crops from the other heterogeneous fer
tilizers is, nitrate of lime Of; sulphate
of ammonia 49, eyanamide So; and,
liquid manure 81. -
Not All Is Used
The significance Of these figures Is
that on an average only about 81 per
cent of the total "available" nitrogen
in nitrate of soda is ever used by
plants. With sulphate of ammonia less
than half, or 47.6 per cent, is used;
with cyanamide 1915 per cent; and
only gas per cent of all the theoretic.
ally "available" nitrogen in liquid
manures is actually transformed into
growth by plants. '..
Sulphate of ammonia invariably gives
better results on light soils than on
heavy ones and its effect on crops
grown in soils rich in humus is often
phenomenal. The majority of Hawaii.
an soils may he classed as light rather
than heavy and so the recognized eff,
Gciency of this fertilizer here agrees
wcll with experience elsewhere.
Larger Amounts Needed
From the practical view point the
Importance Of these scientific findings
on the relative "caPacity for use" Of
the different types of heterogeneous
fertilizers is that larger amounts must
be used. eHere again the liawallan
cane planters have made this discovery
in their fields. IT is often the last 300
pounds that doubles the crop.
Farmers and planters have assumed
heretofore that all, or a larger share
of the nitrogen in nitrate of soda is
disable. Actually, plants only take NJ
three-ffths Of the chemically available
nitrate. These scientific discoveries
bolster up and justify excessive fertil
iZatiOn.
The modern theory of scientific aGri
culture Is to maintain in the soil a
constant supply of plant food aud thor
get an impetus, or added growth, by
applying a fertilizer surplus. Two
many powers and planters are satisfied
with just a good crop. Why not 20
farther and plan for bumper crops
every yearf
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10

~ashing thoroughly with the Cutic.Ha
Soap. My5faoe d in perfect health now
which owe TO the Cptic,lFa Rsmsdies::
! shall always stand by them q one o.
The greatest .blessingsI 70 tho suGerina
thousands. Arthur u. Oridley ,6s2 Dean
st., Brooklyn, n. X, Apr. Q, 1909.
2. I'm the middle o. the night Of March
SOth woke up with 4 burning itch In
my two hands and j felt a. II 1 could
pull them apart. In the morning the
that day IL spread al over my body. ]
was red and raw nom the top q my
head 10 the soins Of my feet and / was
In continual agony from the itching. ]
could neither lie down nor cit up.
happened 10 sec about Cuticlra Reme-
dies and I thought would Owe them Q
trial. / took . good bath with the quti-
cura Soap and used the, Cuticura 0int-
mont: Iput itson from my head down
TO my feet and then went TO bed. On
tho drst Of April felt liks b new man
Tho itching WAS almost gone i con
Anued With tho Cutio ura Soap and 0iht,
Inent and during that day the itching
completely left mo. Frank urid)ey, 325
y. 43rd ST., New York City. Apr, ~, co."
pomplsts External and In,sfusl 1fsatmrr, iOs
sss Ay9S. q lptss's 90 AeRI,s sGS
ciisSa olstissns {sCs q Hssl lSs ssip spd eTE
cure Etsnlyept tbocl Or n NE lgin ~ Chqcpsis
StS'd es A ass r. y ru z: RSS
Orr. sels RYIss las upp1L Nyi boston Ma
SSSssss.sS u 81, IA Sssis bSsSi@
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
SUGAR IN PERU.

There is about 100000 acres in sugar
cane in Peru. The production runs as
high as forty, tons of cane per acre,
while in Cuba the average is said to be
twenty-five tons. Sugar is produced at
a cost Of $24 .35 to 5000 per ton, &c.
cording to a fecent number of PeruTo'
day, as against $3.50 per ton in Louis,
lana, 500 in Hawaii, and $3.50 in
Cuba and the West Indies.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
HoNoLuLu,s NEIeHBoRs

The three nearby plantations are all
getting ready for the 1916 harvest.
Oahu Sugar Company may begin either
Saturday or Monday. Honolulu ought
to have been at work before this, but
has had to delay because Of the non
arrival of milI-castings, which were
caught g East of Panama. by the
slide. The first cane viii be ground
December l6, Eva will commence max
ing sugar December 20. .."
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
uN1oN MII.L coNF1NuEs.

Union Min Company officially quit
grinding 1915 cane the morning Of
November Is and commenced on the
1916 cane at noon. Practically the
mill has never stopped grinding but has
worked straight along and will con
thine harvesting until all its cane is
out OF the way,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
IAuPAHoEHoE GRINpINa,

Laupahoehoe Sugar Company com.
menced grinding its 1915 crop Deem,
her 2. No estimate has yet been made
but az both the 1914 ana 1918 crops
were slightly in excess Of eleven thou
sand tons the new crop may be assum-
oil to be about the same.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
E. %. rENNEY RETuRNs.

F.. D. Tenney who returned yester
day on the Matsonia said he had very
little to say about sugar or the sugar
situation. 81 went away for a rest
and have simply been loafng. - he said
"You in Honolulu know more about it
than do. l have not tried to keep IN
touch with anything, ] am very glad
to get back home again.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
AR1zoNAN Is COMING

The Arizonan, which will take l0,500
tons of sugar to New York. via
Magellan Straits, headed this way from
San Francisco yesterday morning. This
vessels cargo will be half-and-half old
and new crop sugars, She will arrive
the fifteenth and will leave for New
York either the day before or the day
after Christmas. V y .'.~. ~
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
pLANrER.s MERrINa

Next Tuesday morning the Hawaiian
Sugar Planters assoeiation's annual
meeting will convene at the chamber Of
commerce rooms The morning session
will be for business only, the election of
trustees aud new officers. The regular
program will commence ut two o Clock
There will he no banquet this year and
no entertainment or high jinks" have
been planned. Ha4
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
NEW ooNTRAcr PRICE

In the new selling contract for Ha,
waiian sugars to be delivered at At.
lantic ports the price is to be based on
the average of all sales for ten days
previous to arrival of cargo. at desti
nation. This new basis is considered
fairer to both seller and buyer than
that on which basis were fixed in
former contracts. - -.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
BEET SUGAR PER ACRE.

The ten year average production Of
beet sugar in European countries from
1909 to 1912 was as follows, in lonl
tons per acre: Belgium. 1.6l; Den
mark, l.53; Germany, 1.7S; Italy, l.s1
Spain, l.29; Sweden, 1872. France, ia
Netherlands. la; Austria Hungary
l.46; and, Russia, 900.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
KoLoA SUGAR COMPANY

Koloa Sugar Company commenced
grinding December |, hut no report a.
to the purity AMI sucrose is expected
by the agents for another week. The
1915 crop amounted to over $500 tons.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
aRINprNa oLp CANE

Three plantations are still at work
on 1915 cane, and all will pass on to
the 1916 crop fields as soon as the cane
ripens. These plantations are Hutch
inson and Hawaiian Agricultural in
Kan and Waimea on Kauai.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
PIONEER AND LIHuE

Pioneer NH Company will commence
its new crop on December
Is. lihuc Plantation Company is al
ready well along, it's first 1915 cane
having been ground December !.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
VERDICT IN BUCHANAN CASE

D A scaled verdict was handed In in
the second trial Of Corporal Eupur
Buchanan by the Jury at twelve thirty
o clock this morning.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10

my eyeelght. / tried
several highly recon-
mended salves that
cost one dollar an
ounce. but to no avail.
A friend of mine urged
me TO try Cuticnra
Soap and Cuticura
Ointment % he was
sure 81 good results
from his own experi-
ence. ~ used the
Cutlcura Ointment for
About Rix tRea|rR nfkaF