The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-01
european ADV|GES
FROM THE INSIDE
Prinsen-Gs erlius Gives Latest In
formation On Beet Crops
OF Continent

VI IUIltlIleIl
Writing from Amsterdam under date
Of October :. to the Louisiana Planter,
DR.. II. C. Frinsen .GeerIigs says:
1.-The beet crop has begun, the roots
are being pulled and carted 10 the fac,
tories, where they accumulate and will
be worked up to begin in this present
week. This Is somewhat later than in
other years, owing to the very unfavor-
able summer which retarded growth and
sugar storage in the root.
The publication of German Stats
les remains forbidden, while that Of
the other countries is being received
slowly but regularly. 1t is only over
s"a that our communications are retard-
ed, az just saw in a note in this paper
hat letter from Amsterdam took
ffty-twO days TO arrive in New Orleans.
The sugar production in Holland
during the campaign 1915 16 has
mounted to 242,753 TONS, calculated as
raw, or something below the estimates
yhich had expected 250,0 900 tons Dur
ing the two foregoing campaigns the
reduction has been 302, ass and 23l,.
ll3 tons respectively. The consumption
in 1886 was very high, being IA $3.50
ons Of raw and 1878 Of refined SUI
!ar. together, calculated on the raw su-
gar base, equivalent with 1917 tons
guinst 1889 tons in l9l4-l5, or in
reused by about ten per cent.
Jource Of Hollands Supply
Holland imported during that period
1872 tons Of raw sugar, and 4Sl0 tons
of refined, together, calculated as raw,
,quivaient with 92l3 tons against an
Importation during last campaign of
20,603 tons. The sugar came this year
from Germany (2700 tons, from the
United States and Cuba 5000 tons)
md small lots from Java, Surin1m and
Belgium. Holland exported 52,44O tons
Of raw sugar, and 35,46l tons of re-.
raw sugar, against an expectation of
1856, 1888 tons in the I914-15 campaign.
The expectation found its way to Great
Britain SOC tonsl, to Belgium u.s.
1861, to Germany (ll,537 tons), while
the balance Of about 10000 tons went
to countries not further specified in the
preliminary statistics.
1.-The uncemmonly high sugar con.
sumption of more than $4,000 tons
rver the already very elevated one of
i9l4 IS has totally upset calculations
md caused great scarcity, because gov
nrnment had allowed to export the est
mated surplus. As that surplus did not
'xist to the calculated amount, the home
supply suffered and that was why the
public could not buy sugar to its
heart = content, but was obliged to re.
luce its sugar consumption. Conse-
4uently the month of August shows n
consumption of only 10000 tons, while
that of the other months has always
been over 10000 tons, in the last times
Light Russian Stocks
Reports from Russia put down the
stocks Of sugar on August IA at 1874
1870 pools of sand sugar and 1856, ia
foods Of refined sugar, together eauiva-
lent 10 2l0,202 tons of raw sugar,
against a stock at the same date of
the year before of 4S0 ,443 tons. In
these figures the reserves, both the com
mon and the inviOlable one. are includ,
I'd, which shows how poorly Russia
90, is provided with the useful article
and how vain have been the hopes of
large Russian supplies in case that the
goods from that country could find a
way to get out
"The situation will be still worse in
next year. as no stocks will be there
for the beginning of the crop, while
the area planted with beets is consid
erably under last years and the pros
poets Of the output per acre are by no
means bright.
A.1afria DaIoao Dri,o,
80" The official sugar price in Austria
has been raised from $3.50 kronen per
LOO kilos to 100 for refined sugar, in
elusive of the duty of 3S kronen. That
of raw sugar, exclusive of the duty, il
fixed at 44.50 kronen, instead of SO, as
before.
"The new regulations of the sugar
production and distribution in Ger
many, which we shall discuss in on
next letter, proclaim price for the
refined sugar Of 26 marks per fifty
'Iilos, inclusive of duty of marks
This price is understood free Madge.
burg, bags in account, with a scale for
prices In other places according to dis
'anee and freight expenses.
"The Germ an sugar production OF
l9l6-l7 is roughly estimated at LOO,
900 tons, against l.5L2.O0O in 1915 lC
and 2,2S5 900 in l9l4l5. 1t was fer
vently hoped that the extension of SOW
| ings would have been n larger one, SC
that ut least a free use Of sugar in the
country could have been attained, but
as matters stand the distribution will
/ remain in the hands of the government
The after products will be worked VI
into white sugar, instead of using then
Is cattle food, Just as in the year be
fore, when the fodder was much scareel
than now.
alt has, however, not been possible
20 leave In" total pulp production at tn
disposal of the sugar factories or thei
members and beet supplies, since thi
line again, part Of the pulp will b
comma ndrpred in order to be distrib
utcd among such cattle owners, who d
rot "row bets themselves and could
therefore, not feed the cattle with thei
own produce.
"ThP exports from Demnrra in tn
wear 1915 have been 1852 tom
az" inst l02 773 toms in 1914 and 81 Is
in 1913 The largest consumer is Can
ada with 80 426 tons. Great Britain re
'"i""d 80. 700 and the United State
250G tons This same proportion ha
ruled already during long time an
has not been affected by the war.