The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-09
SUGAR men GAIN
many THOUSANDS
BY CARGO DELAY
Last Voyage Of Texan To Coast
With Hawaiian Raw Adds
$4,000 To Value
GREATER USE OF SUGAR
IN EUROPE EXPLAINED
Product Essential To Wartime
Living In Britain and Grows
Scarce In Germany

"When my ship comes in" again is
clothed in its golden habiliments as q
form of expression among men who
deal in cargoss of sugar.
With raw sugar in transit from the
Hawaiian Islands to the Coast gaining
in value by leaps and bounds, as II
has the last few months, reaching a
climax on April % Of six dollars and
thirty.nine cents a hundred, single
rise Of twenty-four cents q hundred
over the previous day, mainland own
ers of expectant cargoes have taken
TO estimating the daily increase Of
their wealth by the thousands Of dol.
lars for each day their ships are over.
due.
Seventy thousand dollars represented
the increase of day in the value Of
the l4,000-ton cargo which recently
arrived at San Francisco in the steam.
er Texan of the American Hawaiian
line, this increase being due TO ad-
vance of twentyfour cents a hundred
for raw sugar.
Late Delivery Saves Loss
Sugar men pointed out that If the
Texans cargo had been for delivery
in San Francisco instead of New York,
and had been sold at the previous day 3
quotation instead Of current, that fig
ure would have represented the loss
to the shippers as result Of reach
ing the market a day too early.
The increase in the consumption u
sugar in England since the war points
to an equivalent increase in the
"pace" at which the country is liv-
ing and working, says a medical ex
pert of London. He explains:
From the point of view of the
psychologists, one Of the most striking
reports issued recently was that deal
ing with, sugar consumption during the
first year of the war.
Persons who failed to grasp the
significance of the figures spoke in
panied way about lack Of nation.
al conscience and efforts were made
out that the high consumption of su
gar was due directly to the fact that
war had whipped up the activities of
every man, woman and child in thu
country so that even at much
higher price sugar was worth the
money.
Sugar Fuel Of Activity
The simple truth that one may in.
fer from the demand for sugar is that
the whole rate of life has been quick
ened in this country. Sugar is thu
fuel of activity and in activity mor'
and more sugar is burned. In Eng
land, and indeed all over Europe, mer
nre now living at greater rate thar
in times of peace. Civilization, if you
will, is going the pace, and for the
pace sugar is essential no matter what
the price may be.
From all parts of Germany are com.
ing reports of the scarcity of sugar
The war has shown how indispen sabls
a foOdstuff sugar Is; two grammes are
said by chemists to be equal in nour
ishment to one gramme of butter. And
since butter and margarine and lard
and all kinds of fats are now only
procurable in very small quantities at
very high prices, the importance of
sugar has become much greater than
ever before.
When the war broke out the Ger
man sugar interests feared they would
plored the government to permit them
to continue TO expOrtr.it as before, as.
sorting that the next harvest, added
to the stocks on hand, would suffice foI
all human needs for two years. The
government consented, and the cOnse-
quence was that immense quantities Of
sugar were sent through Holland and
reached the English market. This per,
mission TO export was soon Withdrawn
but it proved how the government had
underestimate the length of the war
Substitute For Butter and Fats
At first sugar prices rose scarcely
Mt all, it was only when butter and fats
began to grow scarce that German
housewives were urged TO substitute
sugar for them In the form of jams
Then came the idea to use sugar for
fodder purposes, and nearly a million
tons were consumed in this way last
year. Large quantities also were taken
for making a compressed yeast for the
bakeries and in the manufacture of
snirits instead of the usual grain and
potatoes.
The area of sugar beet cultivation
decreased also owing to- the higher
reuts demanded for land and the pro
duction has decreased because of the
scarcity of labor and Of artificial ma
nures. Paken at tho hast. the beet
crop of 1918 brought only some 5000.
500 tons, against 100000 tons in nor
nal times. The government has now
forbidden the use of sugar for cattle
feeding, and also in breweries, and
further cut down the supply for cho.
c"l"te and candy manufactures by one.
half, But still in March, before the
first half Of the sugar harvest year il
over, there is an alarming scarcity.
There IL little doubt that large guam,
titles are being deliberately held back
for higher prices. despite all the
threats of the authorities against per.
sons acting in this manner.