The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-07-25
Trouble lofsSugar Men Here Over
Bags Forerunner Of Present
British Blacklist -~
PLANTERS MUST ACCOUNT
STRICTLY FOR SHIPMENTS
Stringent Regulations Recently
Received Make Consul Gordon >
Arbiter Of Sugar Exports !

Because q great cutlery is coming
from the States now over the British
blackhsting of American firms, under
the trading with the enemy act, 1"
Honolulu should not be persuaded that
the pihkia exists only in the main.
land. II exists here as well.
There is that affair of the jute for
sugar bags. II is we'll known that Z.
l.. s. Gordon, British consul, forced
the resignation of GeOrg Rodiek, Ger.
man consul and Vice-president of II.
Hackfeld q Co., and of Wilhelm
Lana, vice-president of F. A. Schaefer
& Co. and consul for Mexico, from the
direetorates of Pacific Sugar Mill and
honokaa Sugar Company under threat
that these firms would not be permit.
ted to get jute from Calcutta unless
these men resigned. IL will be re.
called, also, that this action started
agitation here for the purchase of cot.
ten bags In the States.
Mr.. Gordon Has FSvored List
To be on Mr.. GOrdon's Favored
list" il was necessary until recently
for purchasers of Cal, utta bags and
burlap to give guarantees as to use
and resale. Failing in .sucn guaran-
tees, the firms could not get the bags.
Recently circulars were sent to
Honolulu firms advising them of more
stringent regulations. All shipments
win be consigned to the British consul
hereafter. -.
These importations of jute and jute
products from any point in the British
Empire, consigned to the consul, will
bc released on signing of a standard
form of guarantee. Shipments from
the United States, however, may be re-
ccived directly.
Restrictions Upon Plantations
. An unusual clause is this: Manag-
ers Of each plantation must furnish
the consul a statement of the arrival
of sugar bags and cloth and of the de.
parture of bags containing sugar, in
the latter cnse distinguishing cotton
bags from jute, and also a statemens,
OF the stock afs bags and material on
hand July 81, 1916, and at the end of
the grinding season. ~
To secure the goods from the consul,
Honolulu firms must make an agree
ment, in substance, as follows:
None Of. Glass A stun Ito be ex.
planned hereafter shall be sold with
out the written consent of the consul,
but the goods are to be used for the
purchaser own manufacturing pur-
poses. .-eas
Written Consent Is Required
If a sale is made, with the written
consent of the consul, the vendor first
Purehaser) will secure guarantee
from the second purchaser that the
goods will be used only for manufac-
turing purposes of the second pur-
chaser.
A guarantee identical with that
given by the first purchaser is to be
secured from the second.
If any of this merchandise or any.
thing manufactured from it is used for
packing, the purchaser obligates himr
self not to use it for packing for ex.
port trade, direct or indirectly, except
t. the British Empire, the United
States, and such other destinations as
nay be approved by the British gov
erDment.
Second Purchaser Must Comply
Before selling anything in Class B
Ito be explained hereafter), the ven
dor (Grst purehaser) will inform the
second purchaser Of the guarantee
that has been given the British con
sui, and must satisfy himself that the
second purchaser will comply with the
guarantee. The vendor must print on
his invoices and order blanks notice Of
the conditions under which Glass B
may be sold and, il required, will Sc.
cure written guarantee as to disposal,
AZ the British government may pre-
scribe.
No merchandise in Glasses A or b
shall be exported TO any destination
from the United States except as the
British government may authorize.
How Jute Is classified =
And now as to Glasses A and B.
Class A is jute or jute manufactured
goods in lots Of 5000 pounds. or more;
Glass B is the same in lots Of less than
$1,000 pounds, imported under license
of the British government or any de-
partment or any colony or dominion,
or produced from articles so imported.
The definition of jute is comprehen.
sive. 1t includes jute, jute yarns,
eordage, cloth or burlap, bagging,
sacking, bags, groupings or waste and
other forms of jute fiber, manufac
tured or manufactured. Isl. $50
These regulations were issued by
the British consul in Honolulu under
orders from the British ambassador in