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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06

hands OF the sugar commission and the
sugar commission should be able to
make price to cover the whole of its
outlay. In this matter, like that of
wheat, we require a certain margin of
cash with which to provide for bank
credits. E..
$50 far as I can see now there are
only three or four commodities which
we are likely to enter actively into
the purchase and sale. In the case of
wheat and sugar we have taken the
opinion Of the producer, of the manu-
facturer, and Of the distributor as to
the effectiveness of such operation in
reducing prices 70 the consumer, and ]
feel confident that there is general
agreement and entire safety and useful
ness and necessity of this course. We
should take similar advice before en-
firing upon any other commodity
Export and Distribution
Questioned at length, Mr., Hoover out
lined the basic measures of control as
regulation of exports, which is already
secured under the embargo and hcens-
ing provisions Of the recently enacted
espionage bill; control of distribution,
including speculation, and organization
of the nations resources and people
in campaign for food conservation
and elimination of waste.
He pointed out that the Allies de-
pend upon North America for the nee
es5ary supplies of food without which
they cannot go on fighting, and said
that We should be able to supply sixty
per cent of their needs from our nor
NAL surplus.
Only Prime Necessities
The provisions for government buy
ing and selling. of foodstuffs would be
used only in the case of few prime
commodities, such as wheat, flour, and
sugar aud the power to commander
supplies would be utilized only to pre-
vent boarding and price fixing combin-
atoms. '...#.."
The greater part of the work he ex
poets. to accomplish by voluntary CO.
operation on the part of the consuming
public and the trades interested, rep.
resentatives of many of which are
coming forward with offer of assis-
lance. He disclaimed any purpose of
attempting to regulate the food allow
anee of the individual. 7,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
HOOVER GIVES PLAN FOR
SPONTANEOUSLY CONTROL

Particular stress was placed on
sugar and wheat by Herbert C, Hoover,
food administrator, in his statement to
the senate committee on agriculture
on June 10 in support of the admins
tration,s food control bill on which
the senate il expected to vote this week.
Mr.. Hoover in his statement, which
was a potent influence in dissipating
the opposition TO the bill, explained at
length his conception of the proper
objects to be sought by the food adj.
ministration and the methods by which
he proposed to attain them. He dis
cussed in detail the questions of sugar
and wheat, the two commodities over
which control of distribution is CON
sidered Of most immediate importance
Plan is Outlined
NTbe portion Of the statement, copies
Of which arrived in yesterdays mail,
for control of the sugar industry, fol.
lows:
There is no other commodity which
/ may refer to in this matter Of pur-
chase and sale, and that is sugar.
AT the present moment our sugar
refners are competing with the allied
sugar commission for the purchase of
Cuban sugar. .'.."
To Buy at Fixed Price
"It must be patent that If we create
a sugar commission and il that sugar
commission eooperates with the Allies
and the Cuban producers to take over
the Cuban crop at the fixed price, that
we can effect considerable saving on
the present inflated price of raw sugar,
and we can stabilize the price of sugar
throughout the whole of next year. be-
cause the sugar commission should be
able to impose upon the refners the
necessity TO pass the; savings made on
raw sugar through to the consumer.
Gas there would be dominating
amount of imported raw sugar 1t should
be possible to maintain stable price
throughout the next year; there would
thus be no incentive to speculation, and
the saving to the public on its sugar
should reasonably amount to 90 to 25
per cent.
Cash for Bank Credits
"There can be no loss in such an
operation, because one-half of the
American sugar supply would be in the
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
Fresh H Egg ! Famine =.
Hits Honolulu T..
and Will Be Worse d
Killing Of Fowls Because Of High
Feed Prices Reduces Supply
and Dollar a Dozen Is In Sight
With Few To Be Had +

Island eggs, now a luxury, bid faro
to soon be an extravaganza for their
scarcity now verges upon the famine,
The erstwhile matutinal dish of bacon
or ham and, unless the "and " be Of
the cold storage coast vintage, promises
~ be ga rare as the dodo and the tables
that have known them shall know them
no more. 1t is not that price is yet
80 high but they are not obtainable at
tho quotations that are given. -
Monday afternoon would be pur-
chaser of fresh island eggs went into
four of the largest down town shops and
at three was informed that they had no
inland eggs. At the fourth he negoti,
ated a purchase of four eggs, the whole
remaining stock Of that establishment
when he entered. Next day he visited
the same four stores and three small
Oriental stores that were near by and
at none Of the seven was an island egg
obtainable. Yesterday afternoon the
four larger stores had a very limited
supply, one of them had received ff-
teen dozen early in the afternoon and
others had received consignments of
about the same size but none was able
to meet all the orders coming in for
fresh eggs. The price was quoted at
sixtyfve cents dozen but no orders
could be filled at any price for the first
half Of the week. r.. ~
Eggs are always scarce AZ this time
OF the year but this season the scarcity
is more emphasized. II is freely fore
cast in the down town stores tnat soon
the price will be a dollar dozen and
very few obtainable at that figure for
they are not coming into the market as
formerly. Hens have been killed off
because II costs so much TO feed them
9th grains away up already and threat
ening 10 go even higher. When prices
aoar for feeds chickens cease to flutter
and cackle and to lay and they go to
the roasting pan or the stew pot.
At the Territorial Marketing Divi-
sion IL was said yesterday afternoon
that home laid eggs were scarce and
high and unless something were done
TO check the killing off of laying fowls.
would soon be higher and scarcer. At
Wholesale they were quoted at sixty
cen'a dozen but there were days at
q time when no cOnsignments were com
ing in. II was agreed there as well as
in number of stores that were visit
ed that a dollar dozen and perhaps
higher prices, was in sight.
Not only have those who formerly
kept ,chickrnS, to market the eggs rc-
duccd tbriT floc.ks, but many families
that have Kept a few fowls to supply
eggs for the home table have ceased
dong so and are now buying instead.
This Increases the demand while at the
same time the supply is diminished and
thereby scarcity Is brought TO famine
proportions
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
SUGAR SHORTAGE
IN RUSSIA ACUTE
Government Of New Republic
Plans State Monopoly To
Secure Relief

Petrograd dispatches of recent date
Indicate that the sugar situation In
Russia has become so serious MS 70 com
pei the provisional government, in the
midst of It's gigantic task OF irving TO
steer the country safely through the
perils of the political revolution, and
its attendant social and economic dis.
organization, to give special attention
to the policy to be adopted for insuring
an adequate sugar supply.
The provisional government has ap.
parently come to the conclusion that
only prompt and drastic action will
solve the problem raised by the failure
of last season 5 beet crop and the dis
sipation of the supposed Hinyiolate re.
serve for the new minister of
finance, A. I, Shingaroff, IA reported to
be preparing law creating state SUI.
gar monopoly, on the general lines Of
the old vodka monopoly,
Terms Of Proposed Law
By the terms Of the proposed law all
the sugar hereafter produced in Russia
will be purchased by the state at a
price based on the cost of production
and will be sold at prices fixed by the
ministers of supplies and finance,
Retail sales will be carried on by
state stores, by cooperative societies,
and by private dealers, who win be un.
der state supervision and who will be
paid liked commission. The price to
the purchaser under this law will be
the Wholesale price set by the govern
ment plus the dealers commission and
outlay. N .
No relief from the existing sugar
shortage which has been severely felt
during the, past year can be expected
from the beet crop planted this year
In fact, according to a summary Of con-
ditions published in the International
Sugar Journal, the sugar supply pros.
poets faced by Russia at present are
even more discouraging than was the
case year ago, due to the absorption
that has taken place of the nation s re-
serve supply. nr ....
ALI Reserves Absorbed "'..
According to the figures now at
hand, the total sugar production of the
1916 : II campaign did not exceed
/, 32l 900 tons, as compared with 1885
900 tons for the season preceding.
Meanwhile the country's historical in
violate reserve has apparently been
largely if not entirely absorbed to
meet the national requiremy nts in the
past twelve months. y, 1"EE+
The reserve at the beginning of the
1916 IL season amounted to no more
than 1872, 900 tons, and of this tonnage
practically nothing now remains. When
il is taken into consideration that Rus,
sia's normal sugar consumption amounts
to about 100000 tons annually, the
serious nature of the shortage faced
this year is readily apparent. ...z..'~
Estimates as to the size of the prob
able beet crop for 1917 IS are not yet
available, but a comparison of the acre.
age planted this year to beets with
sowings of previous years clearly indi
Gates that this seasons sugar produc.
tion, even under the most favorable
growing and harvesting conditions,
will fall far short of being adequate to
meet the national consumption require
meuts for l9l7.--Faets About Sugar.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
GRINDING SEASON
end APPROACHES
Island Mills Rapidly Nearing
Close Of Crop, Attaining
Early Estimates

With sixty.two per cent of the 1917
sugar crop shipped by June 30, Island
mills are rapidly drawing to the close
Of the grinding season and already de
finite estimates Of the final grinding
time and the production are being re.
ceived from the various plantations.
Optimism prevails as the close of the
season approaches for few of the mills
will produce less than the original es.
Inmates, most win reach the original
tonnage figures and many will exceed
the early estimates by substantial
amounts,
The probable production Of all plan.
tations still Is estimated at better than
$4,000 tons, the figure at which the
total outturn has stood throughout
the year.
Some sections of the Island Of Hawaii
still suffer from lack of rain--parti-
cularly the Hamalua coast plantations
---but on the whole the weather con.
ditions prevailing are favorable.
Better juices, heavy stands of cane
in the field and higher juice content
mark the grinding this year. A notable
AtAtulN Oi NHt NIOp 10 INC TtSullS OD-
tanned in striving for better grade
sugar to satisfy the demands for an
Improvement in the refining value of
Hawaiian raw sugars Mills through
out the Islands are reporting higher
polarization and larger grains than the
production of previous years.
Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar
Company at PuUnene, Maui, the largest
plantation in the Islands, was the first
to finish grinding this year and other
Alexander q Baldwin mills are rapidly
preparing to follow suit.
Maui Agricultural Company mill
viii finish grinding about the middle of
August and win undoubtedly close with
an outturn of 81 900 tons.
MeI3ryde still has 400 acres to har.
vest and is now sure of crop of at
least 1900 tons ~ ""'.
Makaweli win probably be the last
of the Alexander q Baldwin mills to
finish, the crop taking probably until
well into September to complete.
Brewer Il Company plantations are
also swinging into the home stretch of
the grinding and Waikiki mill will be
the first 10 send in its final production
figures The crop is expected to run
approximately $4,000 tons. it., &<.a..
Other Brewer plantations are rapid.
Iy approaching the end of the season, all
with the production running well, many
over the estimates, leaving the total es-
innate Of Brewer plantations safely at
the original figures. Pepeekeo may be
a little short, of expectation while
Honomu will run well over the esti,
mate and onomea will easily reach its
original estimate. .sp, q e. III
OF the Hackfeld plantations, Pioneer
plantation. is expected to finish grind.
ing this month with a production of
$4,000 tons, considerably better than
the estimates early in the season. Oahu
sugar Company is expected TO finish
late in September with production of
$4,000 tons while Kekaha viii exceed
its estimate by 1000 tons andsLihue is
expected to produce 500 tons better
than the estimate ... q,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
LOUISIANA CROP STILL Is
SUFFERING FROM DRY SPELL

Continued dry weather affliets the
Louisiana sugar district and in consid-
cradle sections, especially along the
river, the crop is irretrievably damaged
with the loss increasing every day. In
some sections where local rains have
occurred at intervals, the situation IL
not so bad, but we believe we are safe
in saying that any increase in the acre
age 70 cane in Louisiana this year as
compared with last year has been Off
set by the effects of the prevalent
drought. 49, .
Corn, a particularly valuable crop
this year, is still worse affected.
At the present writing the weather
is clear with northeast winds and no
sign of rain Perceptible to either -hu-
man sense or to the DEMONSTRATION
isiana Planter.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
IS FOR
PRICE F|RMNESS
New York Sugar Market Steady
And indications Point To =
Continuance

A steady market and increasing firm.
ness In prices is forecast by the New
York correspondent Of local sugar
house in a summary of sugar market
conditions for the week ending June
90. Stocks are decreasing and the de-
mand is increasing, says this writer,
who joins the general condemnation OF
the adjustment of the drawback by
congress on exported refined. The let
ter follows: }l
t'All Indications this week point to
a steady market for some time to come
and the probability of a gradual firm
ing up Of prices for raw sugar.
There has been quite considerable
business done in June-July shipment
Cubas-some say from 100000 TO 200.
900 bags-at 1915 cents c. 4 +. at
which price there are still buyers with
sellers asking cents. E.
stocks Are Reduced ia
"Stocks in the hands Of importers
have been very considerably reduced
during the week and, IL ia believed,
will be still more reduced early in July
when a very fair amount of store sugar
will be rendered to Exchange operators
anu, I'D, VuTn, sueHNefeu 10 TcnhtTs WIN
have been buying this option. In add.
tion quite respectable quantity of
store sugars have been delivered to re-
fners on toll basis for export. ..,
Porto Ricos are still more or less of
a drag on the market, but an operator
has taken lot of these sugars Mt
SIT cents and today the American pur-
chased 10000 bags prompt shipment
9. l. Il. Boston at $50 cents which is
better than ST. cents for New York
by about three cents per hundred
pounds as the difference in freight is
now eight cents against the before war
difference of one cent.
"Our weather is gradually becoming
more seasonable and plentiful supply
of fruit coming into market should re-
suit in a greater consumption Of sugar
from now on.
British Purchases
There is much talk Of purchases Of
Java sugar by the British Commission
but, in view of the scarcity of tonnage
and the length of the voyage, we are
sceptical on this subject because of the
much shorter distance and saving in
time from CrlbaA u -
Figures from Cuba for the week
enIinp Juna | follow " ~ ~
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
SUGAR ALLOWANCE CUT f..
TO MINIMUM IN AUSTRIA

Az Official Austrian proclamation
made effective in February allows each
person in cities two and one fifth
pounds OF sugar month and inhabi,
tants of rural communities one and. a
half pounds Of sugar a month. Al this
rate the per capita cou sumption per
annum is from eighteen to twenty six
pounds and compares with the ante!
bellum per capita consumption IN Aus
tria OF 29l7 pounds per annum and
1898 pounds In l9l4,l5 when sugar
was plentiful and was used to rcplace
other foods which were short IN supply,
The ''other foods" are still short aud
sugar has joined this category also.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
MANY SUGAR CARG0ES ARE
DESTROYED BY SUBMARINES

Forty thousand tons Of sugar, deR,
tined for the Allies, have been sent
10 the bottom of the sea within a ten
day period by German submarines, ae-
cording TO Captain Charles Bathurst,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Food
Control Department of the British Gov.
eminent. 49,. ..a
Captain Bathurst made the announce.
msht in the course of speech at Chel.
tenham on June 10. .. H.. ..'
He added that the Government was
now paying higher prices for wheat
and sugar than it was selling them for
and that only by pooling purchases
losses were avoided,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
SUGAR INDUSTRY Is BIG il,
Z BUYER OF LIBERTY BONDS

The sugar industry of the country,
responded freely to the government s
call for subscriptions to the Liberty
loan. The list of known subscriptions
which does not include employees, share
holders or most of the larger companies
Of Hawaii, Porto Rico and Louisiana
totala well over $l0,000,00O says Facts
About Sugar, Among the larger sub,
scriPtions are Alexander & Baldwin,
Ltd, 100000 and California Ha-
waiian Sugar Refining Company, $780,
600. -
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06

The weather is still favorable to
harvesting operations and the shortage
as compared with last year is being
gradually reduced.
Proposed Legislation Injurious ..u
"'Refned Sugar il still moving slow
~ though all refiners are now. quoting
IN cents basis and getting into posi-.
ton to make prompt deliveries.
Reorganization due to the fire last
week at the H.. 4 L. refinery has hin,
dered operations there, but all urgent
business has been taken care of at the
company other plants. na.
"The trade generally Is inclined to
go slow in view Of pending legislation
at Washington. The apparent deter
mipation Of Legislators to abolish the
drawback on exported refined will have
only one result and that il to put mill
ions of dollars into the hands of Cuban
manufacturers who may be in position
to make what VIC viii call near
white sugar for Europe and for this
market. without helping the domestic
industry one particle. " a. 90. -
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
LESS BEET AREA

Decreased beet sowings are reported
from Belgium, Austria and Germany
and III Holland factories cannot get
their quota as farmers refuse TO con
tract stating that even at the high
prices offered for beets they will not
be repaid by planting.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
FORMER ATTORNEY OF "
HONOLULU IS DEAD

Thomas Minor Harrison, an attor-
ncy formerly of Honolulu, died in Tor
onto, Canada, June ~, according to adj
vices which have been received here.
Mr.. Harrison left Honolulu several
years ago aud recently has been Tesid.
ing in Canada, where he was born. He
wns nifty three years old at the time
Of his death >s,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
MAURITIUS OUTLOOK GOOD

PROSPECTS for the coming sugar crop
OF Ma"rtlus ar" very bright says VIII
'lett Gray. \ production ot 300,O0
LONG tons is r.rcctol hauinq. damaqe
from HEAVY cyclones such as re,mcel
the probation last year to 20S 900 tons.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
BRITISH PRICE UP

The British Royal Commission has
increased the price of graduated 81.
gar and all dry white sugars FIVE shil-
1ings one and half pence per hundred
weight to forty-siK shillings nine pence
equal 20 9.9l cents per pound whole
sale at $l,76 exchange "
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06

Postal receipts for the final quarter
Of the fiscal year just closed showed
that the local Office took in more than
$32l7S7 over aud above the receipts
of the preceding quarters, They total
cd $iSs2a2.S4, 0s against $35,0l4.97 for
the final quarter of 1916.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
Sugar and Plantation News
SHIPMENT RECORD 1917
HA WAUAN SUGAR CROP
Tons


tot localco rtiOn
to
to
to Of
to Junc3
q to
Estimated balance
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
BONDS
Between Boards

t.. ~, Between Boards
olaa Sugar Co, 50. 20 10 100; Oahu
Sugar Co.. 20. 10. 80 30.SIh: Pioneer. IL.
u, $3.50; II. &. d 3. Co.., $50, 10, 10. 10. y;
McBryde sugar 90, ). 1925; Hawn. In.
Bonds, 5000, 5000, 5000, sos.
. a.# Board Sales
McBryde Sugar Co, 20, 1o.3I1t; OLA
Hawn. Pines. 100 Is, 400; Oahu Sugar
Co, 3, 30.SIh; ., 90 10, 10, 800; >. >.
McBryde Sugar Co., 20, %, ), 1O37h.
~ ."r@ Dividends
July 5, l01T--H. G. * S. Co, pc; Homo
mu extra Goo, Iso; Hutchinson 3Oc:
"'''' sugar Quotation,
p So analysis beets ono Sdviess,. ' ''l
I'BTtty-- ..NWa p. NV. BE-.
06o Cent Cfor Hawaiian sugars -. 052
l..,.f Rubber Quotations
=. b 'f.t. July ., 1917.
SlhsuUpre i.-s.r ".''...'--s.r .,..... DBL "
Nc" lolh 1....'.'. I'''*:h,''. .Oi'U
UNLISTED SECURITIES
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
new YORK STOCKS

ASSOCIATED Press BY q. 8, HaVI Commu-
- .,~,, nication service)
NEW YORK, July 6--Following are the
opening and closing quotations. OF stocks In
the New York market yesterday:
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
POSTAL RECEIPTS LARGE

.'Bld, TEX Dividend, tUnquotod.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-06
HoNolULU STOCK EXCHANGE
iIonolniu July ., fpi7,
SUGAR

Alexander a Baldwin .,l7s 2I5
e. Brewer a CO..,.......IIJO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-18
UNION FILES PROTEST.
Organized Federal Workers Object to
Women's Wage in Arsenals. !

Protest against the employment by
the government of women at low wages
in the Philadelphia and Picatinny ar
senals is registered In letters sent to
Secretary of War Baker and Secretary
of Labor Wilson last night by the
Federal Employees Union. The letters
are signed by President H. NJ. Nc
Larin, and take the position that the
women are Disseminated against.
According to the statement issued by
the Federal Employees Union, the women
are to receive a maximum wage equal
to the minimum to be paid men for the
same work This Is contrary to the prin-
cipal of the American Federation of Labor
of equal pay for equal work.
Other labor organizations throughout
the country, it was declared, will send
bimilar protests for the question is
not only one of justice for women but
of lowering the standard of wages for
the entire industry, the men workers
as well as women"
The letter to both the department
heads says that apparently women
are to be. excluded from all positions
except that of machine operator, for
which they are to receive a maximum
wage equal to the minimum wage which
men doing the same work are to re-
ceive, and the wage to be paid women
in this capacity is lower than that Of
fered to men in any capacity