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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-21
Sugar 5.33cts
Henry WaterhQuse Trust Co.
Ltd.
Members honolulu Stock and Bond
Exchange
Fort and Merchant Streets
Telephone 1908
ANNUAL MEETINGS
OF STOCKHOLDERS

Annual meeting Of stockholders and
dates have been announced by the fol
lowing Hawaiian corporations as fol
lows: p -..- -
WaIanae Co., Feb. %. ..
HiIo Sugar Co., Feb. %.
Honolulu r. T. Co., Feb. &c.
koioa Sugar Co, Feb. "a. .. -.
Paa Ayr. Co., Feb. q. .....
kahuku Plantation Co., Feb. 81.
East Maui Irrigation Co. Feb. q.
kahuIui Railroad Co, Feb. q.
kilauea Sugar Co, Feb. n.
Home Insurance Co, Feb. 27.
kipahuIu Sugar Co., Feb. %.
Lihue Plantation CO., Feb. 20.
Waiahi Electric Co., Feb. "a.
Makee Sugar CO., Feb. 20. .....
Kappa Land Co, Feb. %.
olohena Land Co, Feb. %.
Moloaa Land Co.. Feb. %.
Mutual Tel. Co., Feb. %.
Pacific Guano & Fert. Co. Feb. %,
Alexander & Baldwin, Feb. %.
Hawaiian Sugar Co., Feb. 20.
Hanalei Land Co., March T..
KaIihikai Land Co., March I.
Me6ryde Sugar Co., March 2.
Kauai Railway Co., March 2. -
Kauai Electric Co, March 2.
Kauai Fruit & Land CO., March 2.
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PASSENGERS DEPARTED

Per Matson steamer Wilhelmina to-
day for San Francisco: A. Andrews,
Mrs. A. Andrews and child, Mrs. l. b.
Armstrong, Mrs. r. Baldwin, S. H.
Bailey. Miss G. Brown, Master ID. w.
Brown, Admiral w. II. Bronson, Mrs.
w. H. Bronson, Donald Brown, Mrs.
Donald Brown. w. l. bly,. Mrs w. /.
BLY,, r. w. Butcher, Mrs. r. w. Butch.
er and infant, Mrs. j. Babler, Miss A.
M. BaDler, G. Nj. Church, r. A. Cooke,
Mrs. R. A. Cooke, s. M. Convey, w. H.
Campbell, Mrs. w. III. Campbell, DIR.
l.. drummer. j. L. Cochran, Miss p.
Cayla, Mrs. F. A. Carnochan, Miss r.
Currie, J. p. Downs, G. Dietz, Mrs.
G. Dietz, F. W. Dickson, C. M. OAR
nah. w. A. Freeman, Mrs. w. A. Free
man, Miss Ruth Fortna, W. o. Gil
bert, Mrs. w. o. Gilbert, G.. Gates,
Mrs. g. Gates, Mrs. A. j. St George,
w. C.. Hartray. Mrs. w. c. Hartray,
G, Hinkle, Miss NJ Holliedt, Miss D.
HoIliedt, Miss Kate Hill, Miss L. E.
Hoag. Miss X. Hall, NJ Johnston, G..
Jammenthal, Miss l. NJ Johnson, r.
ID. Kaufman, Mrs. r. ID. Kaufman, j.
Koenig, Miss f. Loscalfari, A. E.
Lloyd, L. w. Latterman, z. Lyman,
Mrs. E. Lyman, Harold Leyey, M.
LINDSEY, Jas. Mulryan, Mrs. Jas. Null
ryan. J. P. Morgan, c. L. Moody, Mrs.
C. T. Moody, Rev. C. l.. Meers, G.. ].
Mesereau, Mrs. G. j. Mesereau, Mrs.
G. L. McConahe, Mrs. Mcnamara, w.
T.. Newland, Mrs. ". F. Newland, Miss
G. w. Perkins, DR.. M. Pugsley, Mrs.
M. Pugsley and child, w. "A. Pardee,
Mrs. w. A. Pardee, L. S. Powell, Mrs.
L. s. Powell, j. Stratchan, M. Stark,
Mrs. NJ. Stark, T. w. Stilwell, Mrs.
T. w. Stilwell. E. P. Sammans, DR.. A..
B. Simonson, Mrs. A. B. Simonson, G..
Il. Sutton, A. z. Simonson, +. ,P.
Striker, c. r. Slough, Mrs. c. F.
Slough, II. Throckmorton, l.. Tigor, X.
Van Wrinkle, F. White, T. H. Wells.
Mrs. T. H. Wells, p. X. Wilmer, c. E.
Young, VIM. Zinsser, Mrs. VIM. Zins-
ser, Mrs. F. w. Dickson, Mrs. H.
Strakosch and HI. Proctor
Per CA. str. Niagara, left this af.
ternoon for Suya, Auckland and sgd
ney:
A. j. Abbott, Mrs. Abbott and maid,
Miss d. Brook, Mrs. d. A. Cameron,
c. Chenevert. M. Gibson, Mrs. M. M.
Gosh, Master j. L. Gosh, Master Ce-
dric Gosh, Miss Cocks, r. Crawford,
Mrs. Crawford, Miss Crawford. DR.. R.
L. Faithful, Mrs. Faithful, Miss g..
Faithful, Mrs. e. Fowler, Miss C..
Fowler, Miss M. Fowler, Mrs. Robt.
George, Mr.. Greville Granger, Mrs.
Greyille Granger, Mrs. d. Grant. Miss
Edith Greenough, Mrs. J. Gray, Mrs.
r.. Hastings, B. Ravens. F. A. Hew-
son, Mrs. Hewson, Miss r. ]. Hodg-
son, Miss Hogan, Mrs. Z. NJ. Horner,
Mrs. ]. H. Hill, c. "A. Haley, DR.. H.
jameson, r. H. Jones, Mrs. Jones,
Master Dick Jones and nurse, Mrs.
Keep, Miss Keep, Mrs. Annie M. Kerr,
F. Levic, Mrs. Levic, j. B. Lloyd. l.
c. Moore, Mrs. H. Maclurcan, Mrs.
Mcleod, Sir Samuel McCaughey, Miss
r. McCarty, NJ. ID. Richards, Mrs.
Richards, NJ. Robinson, Mrs. Robin
son, Miss Robinson, Miss Almah Rog-
erson, Mrs. Rymil and maid, A. r. Ry-
mill, r. ]. Rynlill. Miss Sellee, Miss
Sheridan, Mrs. e. C. Truson, Mrs.
Lucy Walters, ]. II. wilkins, Mrs. viii.
kins, Mrs. e. Yorke, Miss Peggy Cen.
ter and Mrs. j. C.. Danzig.
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BY AUTHORITY.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF
HEALTH, +. -.
Honolulu. Hawaii, Feb. 81, 1917.
TENDERS FOR PURCHASE OF
~ HIDES. 80. 49,.

Sealed tenders, Endorsed Tenders
for Purchase of Hides" for the pur
chase of hides belonging to the Board
OF Health. for the period OF six months
from January 1st, 1917, to June 30th
1917. win be received at the office oil
the Board Of Health until II O'Clock
noon, Tuesday, March 9th, 1917. (.
Tenders must be for the price pei
pound for hides delivered on the wharf
at Honolulu. on weights approved by
an agent OF the Board Of Health.
Payments required in U. s. Gold
Coin Immediately after delivery, ~.
The Board will not bind itself to &C
cept the highest or any bid -...
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
By its President. ~. ..
j. s. B. PRATT, NJ. d. +
6715-Feb. q. %, %, "a, 26, q, %,
Mar. l, 2, 8, 4.
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ELECTION or DIRECTORS AND
OFFICERS.
INTER.lSLAND STEAM NAviGA-
TON COMPANY, LTD.

At the Annual Meeting Of the Share.
holders of the Inter-Island Steam Nayi.
CATION Company, Ltd, held at the OF.
flee of the Company, Honolulu, T. H.,
this date, the following Directors and
Auditor were elected to serve for the
ensuing year:
George N. Wilcox, Albert s. Wilcox,
John NJ. Dowsett, William o. Smith,
Clarence H. Cooke, John w. Waldron,
James A. Kennedy. -. ...".ze.
The Audit Company Of Hawaii,
Auditors. III
At a subsequent meeting Of the Di.
rectors, the following Officers were
elected to serve for the ensuing year:
James A. Kennedy. President
John M. Dowsett. list Vice-Pres.
Norman E. Gedge. End Vice-Pres.
Oliver C. Scott. Treasurer
Matthew NJ. Graham. E.. Secretary
(Sgd.) MATTHEW NJ. GRAHAM,
...-... Secretary.
Honolulu. T. H., Feb. u, 1917.
6715-Feb. u, %, %.
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USE JERUSALEM ARTIcHokE

PARIS. F'rance.-French farmers
and truck gardeners are being urged
to cultivate the "topinambour" or
Jerusalem artichoke' on a larger
scale and thus help to combat the
rising cost Of living. The topinaI1-
bour is tuber that grows in the poor
est soil, requires little care. always
yields we'll and possesses excellent
and nutritive qualities. It was Guilt
waited in France in the beginning as a
fodder for etocE; IL is now much af,-
preciated as a table vegetable.
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NEW BUREAU FORMED
IRr Associatsd Prsssl

BUDAPEST.-The Emperor Charles
has decided to divide the ministry for
foreign affairs into two distinct parts,
says the Pesti Hirlap. One will be
conducted by Count Czernin and will
be called the ministry of the exterior;
the other, with Prince Hohenlohe at
its head, will be called the ministry
of the reisning houses. The exact
significance OF the change is not clear
but it is supposed that the emperor''s
idea is to have the administration OF
foreign affairs more el0selY under his
personal supervision.
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SIERRA HAS BIG MAIL
FROM SAN FRANCISCO

According TO a Federal wireless re-
port received this noon by the ship
ping department of C. Brewer G. Co.,
the Oceanic steamer Sierra, due here
from San Francisco next Monday. has
55S bags of mail, "a passengers, SOL
tons OF cargo and 2S packages of ex-
press matter for Honolulu.
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ANY0 MARU T0WED IN
TO YOKOHAMA SAFELY

TOXIC. Japan, Feb. 2f.-The Anyo
Maru Of the Togo Kisen's South Am.
erican line arrived at Yokohama yes.
terday in tow of a steamer which
went to her assistance. The crew and
passengers are all well. The Anyo
Marli, which left Honolulu January
80, was in desperate straits. her coal
supply having been exhausted. She
sent wireless messages to the T. X.
X. office here asking for aid.
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Between Boards: Sales: so Olaa
1880; 100 Pahang Rubber, 1880; 10
Oahu Sugar, 1926; 5, IL, Is, 20 Waia
lua, 30.75; $1,000 olaa IS, 100; $4,000
Haw. Cons, Ry. IS, 95.
Session Sales: Onomea, $3.50; 5,
SO, so. so, 40, 80, 20. 35 Waialua, BOTS;
20 Oahu Sugar, 1925; 5 San Carlos.
Is; 100 Haiku f. G P. Pfd., 10; Haw.
Pines, 41.25. -.
Notice: No session tomorrow, Wash.
ington's birthday, Feb. %. ...-.#
Latest sugar quotation: IS degrees
test, $50 cents, or $fo6.60 per ton.
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WHERE HAwAllAns ARE

A census of Hawaii discloses the
fact that there are more Japanese
than Hawaiians in Hawaii Certainly.
The most CT the Hawaiians are over
here with yellow strings around their
necks giving lessons on the ukulele.-
Los Angeles Times
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TEN HAWAIlANS ARE
IN CREW OF STEAMER

BALTIMORE, Nd Feb. 21.-The
steamer Rockingham. Captain Ed
wards, first American steamer to sail
from this port since the outbreak of
German ruthlessness at sea, wiz leave
here today bound for Liverpool, with
a general cargo, and A members in
her crew, all citizens of the United
States. Ten Of them are Hawaiians.
The Rockingham is $500 tons net bur.
den.
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ANNUAL MEETING.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PAPER CO.,
LIMITED.

The Annual Meeting of the Stock.
holders of American-Hawaiian Paper
Co., Ltd, win be held at IL o'clock
noon. on Tuesday, February "a, 1917,
at the office of the company, Fort and
Queen Streets, Honolulu, T. H.
]. ASHMAN BEAVEN,
Secretary.
Dated, Honolulu, T. H., February II,
1917.
6715-Feb. q, 90, 26.
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The Mayer-Marks Furniture Com.
pany building at Cleveland, o.. was
destroyed bs a lire al a lose CT ahout
Si50. O1f.
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Honolulu Stock Exchange
Wednesday, Feb. Il.


MERCANTILE Bid. Asked
Alexander & Baldwin. 49,. .....
G. Brewer e Co. ..... ..... .....
SUGAR
Eva Plantation Co. ... 81. 80 .
Haiku Sugar Co. ............. 225
Hawn. Ayr. Co. ..... $500. 49,.
Hawaiian Com. & Sug... IS 40
Hawn. Sugar Co. ....... .,.... 40
Honokaa Sugar Co. ..... ..:.. 49,.
Honomu Sugar Co. go. .... .....
Hutchinson Sugar Plant. ..... .....
kahuku Plant. Co. ...... ..... 20
Kekaba Sugar Co. ..... 20U 225
Koloa Sugar Co. ........ 200 220
McBryde Sugar Co., Ltd. 10A 10E
Oahu Sugar Co. ...... % 29A
0laa Sugar Co. Ltd. 49,. Is 15h
onomea Sugar Co. .... 55h So
Paauhau Sugar Plant Co. 800. .....
Pacific Sugar Mill 5000. ..... 20
Paia Plantation Co. ..... 215 .....
Pepeekeo Sugar Co. ..... .... -.
Pioneer Mill Go. ........ So 80
San Carlos Milling Co. .. las Is
Waialua Ayr. Co. ....... 80 30h
Wailuku Sugar Co. ...... so Ban
MISCELLANEOUS
Endau Development. Co.. ..... ...
1st Issue Asses so pc Pd ..... .....
End Issue Asses7 pc. Pd ...... .....
Haiku Fruit & Pack, Pfd. IS 20
Haiku Fruit & Pack, Com 10 $3.50.
Hawaii Con. Ry. pc. A.. $50. SA
Hawaii Con. Ry. s pc. B.. ..... 49,.
Hawaii Con. ny. Com. -. .... 2h
Hawaiian Elec. Co. 500. .... $50.
Hawn. Pineapple Co. ... Al 41A
Hon. Brew. & Malt. Co.. ..... .....
Honolulu Gas Co.. Ltd. ..... .....
Hon. R. T. & l.. Co. ..... ... .....
Inter-Lsland Steam Nav. 100 ....
Mutual Tel. Co. ....... 20 II
Oahu Railway & Land Co. 49,. 1924
Pahang Rubber Co. 49,. 20h 81 /
Selama- bindings Plan. Pd 80. 16
Seiama. bindings S3% Pd. -. .....
Tanjong Olak Rubber Co. 40 .....
BONDS ...1
Beach Walk Imp. Dist. -. ..... ....-
Hamakua Ditch Co. IS. -. 900. .....
Hawaii Con. Ry. S pc. 941s IS
Hawaiian .Irr. Co. 6s.... 49,. $50.
Haw. Ter pc Refund. 500. .....
Haw. Ter. 40 Pub. lmps. go. 49,.
Haw. Ter. Pub. Imp, -
series 1912-1913 49,. -. go.
Hawn. Terri 3a Pc. SEQ. .....
Honokaa Sug. Co., 6 PC. 80 IS
Honolulu Gas Co.. Ltd, SIS 104 So.
Hon. r. IT, L. Co., 6 pc. .-... ....-
Kauai Ry. co. IS ........ 1917 .....
Manoa Imp. Dist. 51s pc. 100 49,.
McBryde Sugar Co, IS ..........
Mutual Tel. IS .......... 106 .....
Oahu Ry. & L. Co.. 5 PC. LOG ......
Oahu Sug. Co. 6 Pc. ITO .....
Olaa Sugar Co. 6 PC: $50. 100
Pacific Guano e Fer. Co. 100
Pacific Sugar Mill Co. IS. 100 $3.50.
San Carlos Milling Co.. 80. 1855.
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All OF the above, with the exception
of the Auditor, constitute the Board OF
Directors.
e. A. r. ROSS,
Acting Secretary, Wailuku Sugar Co.
Honolulu, February 81, 1917.
6715-Feb. q, %, %.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
First Circuit, Territory of Hawaii
At Chamberlain Probate.
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ELECTION or OFFICERS.
WAILuku SUGAR COMPANY.

Notice Is hereby given that at the
annual meeting OF shareholders of the
Wailuku Sugar Company, held at the
office of its Agents, c. Brewer & Com
pany (Limited), in Honolulu, upon
February 21st, 1917, the following Off
GERS and Directors were elected to
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In the matter of the Estate Of Mary
Friedenberg Of Honolulu, OAHU De
ceased.
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The naval collier Proteus is expect.
cd to arrive Friday or Saturday from
Pearl Harbor for bunker coal before
going on to Cavite, p. /.
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Survivors of the wreck of the Hind
Rolph' schooner E. B. Jackson. wreck
ed at Apia this month, passed through
Honolulu Tuesday on the Oceanic
liner Ventura.
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The Matson steamer Manoa will
leave at 5 O'clock. tomorrow afternoon
for Kahului via Hilo. She will re-
turn to this port Monday afternoon, to
steam at noon Tuesday for San Fran.
cisco. Il. - ..- ~ r. .-..-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-18

pounds in 1914 ;sof cocanut Oh in 1915, |
3,519,000 pounds VI against 100000 |
pounds in 1915. and none sins1914; Of !
pepper. In 1s1s;&15, IT'S, 90 o. pounds and
in 1914 but 1926; 900 = OF kapoc, 1.-The
new vegetable ,fber,s about one nall
lion dollars worth in > 1916 4 against
about one-t third OF that sum In 1914. a
The largest item ins thes increase Of Inn
ports from thetFSslands was rubber.
Of which thes .valuesin 1917 was s27,-
100000 against $4,000 in 1914, or
practically ten times as much in both
quantity and value In 1917 as in 1914
In few articles, notably coffee and,
leaf tobacco, the quantity from the
islands in 1917 was slightly less than
in 1914. a
This increase in imports from the
islands was accomplished by a large
increase in our exports to them. The
value of merchandise exported to the
Dutch East Indies in 1917 was $21,-
1s1. eco against 81, 401. 900 in 1915 and
$2.772, 600 In 1915. This Increase in
exports to the islands occurred In a.
large number of articles; automobilese
of which the exports tosthe, islands in
1915, the latest year for which de-
tails are available, n1tn1bAred 1,e64b
against but los in 1915, ahd the value
in 1875, $8s0,000 against but $117,-i
600 in 1915 In very large number
of manufactures of iron and steel
there is a marked increase, the total
value in iron and steel manufactures
to the islands having been in, 1915,
| $2,281,0 600 against $85o,000 in 1914,
and a much larger total in 1917,
| though the details for that year are
| not yet available. Machinery, gall
vanized iron, nails wire land iron
pipes show marked increases in both
1915 and 1917. e
The Dutch East Indies produce
many articles which the United States
must have and the United States pro-
duce many articles which they must
have. The chief articles produced
in the islands for expectation are india
rubber, tin, sugar. coffees cacae, tea.
copra, cocoanut OH, hides and spices,
| and of all these the United States is a
large Importer The principal im-
1 ports are manufacturers, OF which the
limited States Is the worlds largest
| producer.
Java holds second rank among the
worlds producers of cane sugar, be-
| ing only exceeded by Cuba The
/ Java coffee holds the highest rank in
| all parts of the world; the wrapper
| tobacco Of Sumatra surpasses that Of
any other country the tin mines of
Bahca and Billion are Of extreme i'm
i portance, and the production Of rub-
Der, on the plantation Of Java and
Sumatra. are increasing rapidly, and
only exceeding output by that of the
Malayan Peninsula.
i The total imports Of the Dutch
East Indies range from $50, 900 900
to $2oo.ooo.o 900 per annum, and the
exports from s250,Q00,00o to $780,
100000 per annum. the largest part
of the trade being normally with the
mother country, Netherlands.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-18
BOYS SKULL is
l FRACTURED WHEN
AUTO HITS HIM

rs Arthur Donischetal of sos Fairfield
avenue. seven years old. is at st.
Vincent's hospital today with a frac-
tured skull as a result of being struck
last night in Fairfield avenue by an
automobile driven by William Haase
of Franklin avenue, Norwalk. Re-
ports from the hospital are that he is
resting comfortably and has a good
chance to recover. In the city court
.Haase was charged with reckless
driving, and the case continued until
October rs to await the outcome of
the boys injuries.
Haase was driving west in Fairfield
avenue near CORTLAND street, when
the boy stepped from the curb in front
of the machine. He was thrown to
the pavement with considerable force.
and besides a fractured skull was
bruised, and may be internally in
blurred. He was taken into the emer-
gency hospital, and then to St. Vim
cents. Haase was arrested by Traf-
|$fc Policeman f.. A. Salmons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-18

Tol<ioI Oct. 1S.-How to invest Jap
anese capital in the United States is
Believed to be one of the objects of
The Official Financial Commission
which will soon visit America The
business circles of the Empire attach
rreat importance to this mission be-
cause 1t represents an intention on
tho part of Japan to adapt herself
ina financial and economic way to
~ new conditions created by the war
- by the entrance of the United
States into the hostilities
Maroon Tanetaro Megata, one of
Mpan's leading fnanciers, who has
been designated by the 81 cabinet as
chief commissioner, will be accom-
ranied to America by a staff of ex-
pcrts from various ministries and by
four prominent men representing the
lending business interests. In gem
era1 way, he says he wishes to develop
practical working cooperation of
the business interests whether they
be- IN the United States, Japan or
Ch4na-4 G<1k& VI e-srs 60 = Is y
the commission viii visit all the
leading centers In the United States.
Including San Francisco, Chicago, New
York and Washington and viii con-
suit with representative Americans,
both private and official.
Baron Megata viii have with him
Barron Bunldchi Ito, the son Of the
late Prince Ito, who is attached to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-18

the, Ministry of Agriculture and COM
nerce; Osamu Matsumoto, the chief
of the financial section of the Treas
ury department.! Takenosuke Sakagu-
chi. expert of the Financial Depart
ment and DR.. Seiji Hishida, secretary
interpreter for the Korean Govern
ment General.
The four business men who rank
as commissioners include Umekichi
Yoneyama, a director Of the Mitsui
Bank who was educated in the Uni
ted States; Yoshitaro Yamashita of
the Sumitomo Bank, Osaka; KenJiro
Matsumoto, of the Yatsukawa Mining
Co, and Chozo Koike, of the Kuhara
Mining Co
Baron Megata is the man who built
up the financial and economic sys-
tenn of Korea prior to and during sthe
Japanese xresid ency general He was
financial. advisor 10 Korea from 1904
to 1907 and later was made a member
of the House OF Peers. He is one OF
the veteran financial administrators
OF the Empire a graduate of Harvard
University and speaks English read
| lily. B aroness Megata is the daughter
of the late Count Katsu, formerly q
leading 'fignres in the nation
DR.. Hishida is graduate of Column
bia University and is an author on In
ternatfona1 s topics Several other
members Of thee mission, have studied
in the, United< States. and are familiar
/ with conditions there. ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-18
Want NATION TO.
USE The SHIPS
NOW LYINc IDLE
Suggest to Government. That
They May Take
~ Boats.

The suggestion that number of
S1e Dutch ships now lying idle in the
hRrbor of New York may be assigned
70 the carrying of trade between the
Dutch East Indies and the United
States, Is Of special interest at this
time when the trade of this country
with those islands In by far the larg-
est In the history Of our commerce
a compilation by The National City
hank Of New York shows that the
trade OF the United States with the
Dutch East Indies in the, fiscal year
1917 was more than that of the five
years preceding the war Imports
from the islands In the fiscal year
1914 an OF which preceded the war,
were but s5,234,00o but jumped to
$s,246,000 In 1915; $27,717,O00 in
1876 and $e2, OIL 900 in 1917 Ex-
ports from the United States to the
Dutch East Indies which were In
1914, $3,7s7,oo0 advanced to $7.4o1,-
900 in 1916 and $21, $4,000 In 1917.
Thus our trade with the islands in
1917 was nine times as great as that
o. 1914, the fiscal year Immediately
preceding the war.
This large increase, while due In
some degree to the dfsarrangement
pA krA1lBpOrCaIdOn IAC11ILleB DeLW0eu
these islands and the mother country,
Netherlands. to which most of their
exports were usually sent for distri-
button to other parts of the world, and
from which their imports were chief
N fF drawn, is also due I'M part to in
3 creased demands by the United States
Tor their principal products
f>Qf e1ndins bberssof Wfichs our tota,
imports last year were nearly thres
times as great as In the year before
N 6IIe war. we took from the Dutch Eas1
indies in 1917, $4,000 600 pounds
against 10000 pounds in 1914, OF
nearly ten times as much in 1917 al
In 1914 OF hides and skins, fol
which we are ransacAing the world
the imports from the NetherlandE In.
dies were s.oe8.ooo pounds in 1871
asa3net lees than p q, 600 pounds IL
Ill or TIN. of winch our 1916 i'm
p<rts were the largest in the histor1
df the trade. the total coming direc
from the Dutch East Indies was IA.
000. 900 pounds against but 56.00t
pounds from those islands in 1914
and .S26 900 pounds from Netherlands
OF cacao. we took from the islands II
1915. sa1 900 pounds against I s4 .0ot
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-18
FOOD SCARCITY
HURTS GERMANY

I washington. Oct. 1s-Recently OBJ
tanned figures on the German weekly
food ration were made public by the
food administration today with the
observation that it is far below the
amount required to maintain bodily
health and vigor, and is likely to have
serious and permanent results.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-18
JAPANESE FINANCIAL EXPERTS
MEMBERS OF COMMISSION TO
STUDY METHODS IN AMERICA

Principle Object of Missions Isto Acquire acknowledge
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Country to Advantage Japs Attach Much mpor
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United States Will Be Visited Prominent Business
II men Interested