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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
SCARCITY OF SULpHURGaia7
BRINGS NEW FERTILIZER

Because Of the high price Of sulphuric
acid, due to the war, the quantity Of
ammonium sulphate manufactured in
this country is inadequate TO supply
the demands Of agriculture. This nj
tTogenous salt is recovered commercial
ly as by'product of coke ovens and
gas works.
A certain amount of ammonia in vo.
LATHE form is liberated on the com
bustion of any fuel containing nitro
gen. In the ordinary course this gas
passes out into the air by way of the
mokestack and is lost.
In certain manufactures, however,
the ammonia is saved and converted in
to saleable product by passing the
chimney through q vat Of dilute sui
phuric acid, or through n chamber
wherein the hot gas is washed by means
of a fine spray Of dilute acid.
Sulphuric Acid Scarce
In either of these processes ammo
mum sulphate Is recovered as a crystal
line precipitate, rs a result of chemical
reactions which occur.
There is as much heterogeneous fuel
burned now as there ever was, but sui
"Nih btNOht u htdTCt anu
costly commodity, -.
The flowers of sulphur from which
commercial sulphuric acid is made has
become t'eontraband of war" and
hence m extremely risky class Of goods
to ship overseas, even though the pur-
pose for which the acid is to be used
is absolutely peaceful one.
Contrabfnd Of War ...E..-,
" Warning nations assume that any
thing potentially capable of being
transformed into munitions is going to
be used for that purpose Hence even
the captain Of eanal.boat would have
hard work convincing any naval officer
that his cargo was intended for fer
tilizer works, and not for munition
factory. s.:.. Il 49,. -. ......
Ammonium sulphate might be called
almost the standard tropical fertilizer.
Cane planters depend on this form of
nitrogen carrier more than any other
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
SHIP SHORTAGE HITS
PORTO RICO HARVEST

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, May 90
Sugar shipments from the island to the
States have continued to move slowly
during the first half Of the month and
show little Improvement over the ship
ping conditions existing in April.
The planters, however, have receiv-
ed assurances from the Insular Bureau
at Washington that relief is in sight,
in the shap Of considerable more tom
mage becoming available the latter half
of this month, and are now quite OPP
timistic as to the final outcome of this
disturbing influence on the sugar in.
dustry.
Up to this week some 100000 short
tons Of sugar had been shipped to the
United States during the present grind
ing season, and il is estimated that
there still remains in the island in stor-
age about 10000 tons awaiting ship
ment.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15

in Java, Mauritius, Brazil and Cuba,
and to very considerable degree this
is true on Hawaiian plantations also.
Ammonium Sulphate Needed '#
Hence, the circumstance that war has
put the price Of Sulphuric acid up where
fertilizer makers cannot reach il, has
reacted against all tropical agriculture.
Ammonium sulphate must be had, but
il can not be proftably compounded in
the customary way. Hence the indus.
trial chemists have set TO work 10 find
some other way of making il. '
One outcome of recent research In.
vestigations is the production of new
fertilizer, ammonium sulphate.
This double-salt can be manufactured
without using either contraband sui
phur, or the equally desirable, but con.
traband, sulphuric acid.
Double Salt Substitute
1t is made by passing hot flue-gasses
through solution Of sodium bi-sul.
phate, the latter comparatively mex
PensiVe chemical A chemical reaction
takes place, the sodium compound unit.
ing with the gaseous ammonia result.
ing from combustion, thus forming n
sodium plus ammonium compound with
sulphur. 3D..
While it is too soon to say that the
new fertilizer will permanently replace
ammonium sulphate, pot and plot ex.
periments with it Indicate that the
double salt is going TO be very useful
Those first tests have apparently proved
that the double salt is Just as effective
as the good old tropical standby, am,
monium sulphate, IL the comparative
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
FEW CHANGES MADE
-. IN CROP ESTIMATES

OF the fourteen plantations for which
revised estimates of the 1917 crop
were annunoeed yesterday Waianac re-
mains at 5000 tons, Laie at 1900 tons
and Knudsen Estate at 900 tons. Three
Davies & Co, plantations reduced their
estimates as follows: Multi, 5000 to
2600; Halawa, 1000 to 1850; Kaeleku,
$500 to 600.
OF the thirteen Brewer & Co. planta-
tiOns five estimates have been increas-
ed as follows: Hilo Sugar, $4,000 to
1880; Paauhau, 10000 to 10, 200; Olo.
walu, 1850 to 2000; Waimanalo, 1000
TO 400; Kilauca, $50 to 600O..
OnOmea' 3 early shipping estimate
of $1,000 has been reduced to 10000,
and Hutchinson 5 from 5000 to 1000.
The reduction in Pepeekeo's estimate
from 800 to 10000 stands and the
crop is expected to turn out at the lat
ter figure. Waluku's early shipping
estimate of $4,000 made in January
was reduced to 1880 tons last month
and the present estimate places the
Dl7 crop at 1900 tons
-Four remain changcd-HOnomu at
$500, Hakalau at $4,000, Hawaiian
Agricultural at 1900 and Honolulu
Plantation at $4,000 tons Of refined
sugar.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
OFFICIAL FIGURES ARE
GIVEN ON CUBAN CROP

NEW YORK, June 2-This year 8
Cuban sugar crop will be approximate.
" $500, 900 tons, according to an ofric-
ial and final statement issued by Senior
Eusebio >. Azpiazu, private secretary
to President Menoeul of Cuba, and just
made public by the Republic of Cuba
News Bureau. Compared with last
year s REGARD crop the tonnage this
year shows decrease of 5 per cent
only, Notwithstanding the late start
of the crop and the internal disturb
ances, the present crop will fall short
of the original estimates by less than
~ per cent, and stocks on, hand in
Cuba today are about 20 per cent less
than last year 5, according to this state
ment. ~
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
BUILDING
OPEN AIR SCHOOLS
Construction of Eighteen During
Summer Will Cost $4,000

More open air schools, which are com
ing into extensive use on the mainland
are to DO put into use in Honolulu ac-
cording to present plans. II is purposed
to have eighteen of the ready for use
when the next school year shall open.
Each will have an accommodation for
about fifty scholars.
In a recent conference Building In
spector Fretas and Superintendent of
Schools Kinney mapped out an extern
sive building campaign. Approval and
the necessary appropriation by the
board of supervisors will enable the
work to start. According to present
plans the open air schools will be in
the following districts:
HOnolulu--Waikiki, onej MOiHili,
one; PauOa, one; Pohukaina, one;
Kauluwela, two; Kaiulani, two; Kalihi-
kai, two.
Country--Aiea, one; Waipahu, one;
Wahiawa, one; Waialua, two Kaaa
wa, one; KaiahOle, one.
Even in cold sections of the United
States the open air school has been
tried with announced success. Original
" it was intended for tubercular chill
dren but the idea grew, II out door air
were good for the tubercular child why
not for the well child and as a proven
tive of contracting tuberculosisf In
this climate there appears to exist no
reason why snch schools should not be
the more satisfactory since there is no
season of the year when children would
have to be. bundled up because of the
cold. The matter of economy is also
urged in their favor for the eighteen
that are proposed are to cost only $l0,-
OuO
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15

continued into May, 1916. Both ratoons
and plant cane got an excellent start
and up to the time Of the floods in Nay
were growing excellently. The heavy
rains in May retarded the cane on the
lower lands, but has helped rather
than hurt upland cane.
"To date the new crop is much bet
ter than any i have seen here at even
date and bids fair to be the best crop
the Central" has harvested.
"Several swarms of locusts invaded
the district during the last half of
1915, but were not allowed to inger
long enough to damage the cane much.
The planters certainly understand the
locusts and quickly drive them out.
Typhoon Damage Escaped
"No typhoons passed directly over
San Carlos during the year, but we
had three strong winds that were tail
ends of typhOons that had passed north
of us. Quite lot of cane was blown
down, but was not damaged much.
''The milling was started on the
lol5-l6 crops on January 25, 1916, and
will probably end the last week in
July, 1916.
Rendiment Of Sugar Improves
"The new shaft is satisfactory and
since it was installed the mill has run
fairly well without any serious mis-
haps; also the recruitment of sugar has
been much better than it was the two
previous years.
" Below is the synopsis Of the milling
of the third year crop, from January
% TO August 26, actual crop:
Total days available for milling 1877.
Total days operating -. $50.
Total days mill stopped for 70
pairs ............ ..... $50 lO.32
Total days mill stopped for want
OF cane ......~........... 6.4S
Tons of cane ground per milling
day of "a hours ......... 098.5
Tons of cane ground per avail
able day Of "a hours S96.8
Tons sugar recovered l9l5.l6
crop Recommendations.
Average tons of sugar produced
per acre ................. 2.42
Tons of cane per ton of sugar q. S.94
"After completing the actual crop,
the tons of cane ground from Valleher-
moso from September l to September
30 amounted to 2,0S6.S from which ITO
IoiAa VI suBuI heFc pTOduceu. ri. "a So
Ship Shortage Problem XIII : ..
"Owing to the serious shortage of
ocean vessels during the first quarter
of 1916, IL seemed that we would be
unable to take advantage Of the good
prices for sugar in America, and about
1920 tons of our sugar were sold by
our agents to Japanese buyers.
'Later frcights TO America became
easier and there have already been
| shipped 3,443 tons to San Francisco and
! the prospects were that the balance of
our sugar, about 1925 tons, would be
sold in America.
"The physical condition of our
property in the Philippines is good.
The mill will require the usual over
hauling and the new railrOad will re-
quire some ballastiRg and little grad,
ing to put it in first class condition.
The wharf also will require some new
, timbers.
''The past year must be considered a
! prosperous one for your company and
the prospects now are that the next
year will be just AS good or better"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
SHIPMENT RECORD 1917
HAWAIIAN SUGAR CROP

Estimated Hawaiian 1917
Total shipments
Shipments
Shipments
Shipments
Shipments
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15

Forty.four per cent of the estimated
1917 Hawaiian sugar crop remains to be
shipped to market.
Figures complied yesterday by A. NJ
NOVEL;, manager for the Sugar Factors
Company, show that forty three per cent
of the Sugar Factors shipments are yet
to be made before the 1917 crop for
these thirty-fye plantations is pau.
OF the remaining seventeen planta.
tons, fortyYHve per cent of their est.
mated 1917 crop remains to be shipped.
Mr.. Nowell's estimate of the total
Hawaiian crop for 1917 is 643, 500 tons.
OF this amount 36O,934 tons had been
shipped to date. These figures include
the Texan, ready 10 sail from Hilo with
a cargo Of $4,000 tons. There remains
to be shipped from the entire crop of
the Islands 2S2,6S6 tons.
The estimated crop to be shipped by
the Sugar FACTORS, Company this year
is 52S, 800 tons. OF this dmount 291 ,S34
tons have been shipped to date, leaving
230, 4S6 tons, or forty three per cent of
the estimate to be shipped.
Shipments to San Francisco by the
Sugar Factors Company to date total
l52,0SS tons, leaving thirty nine per
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
HANsAKUA HEARING SET

Officers end members of the crew of
the burned lnter1sland Steamer Hama
kua will be witnesses before the utili
ties commission Tuesday at a hearing
Oh tho disaster that cost the vessel.
This will he the second hearing on
the Hamakua disaster, the first having
been held by the inspectors of hulls and
boilers.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
CUBAN CONDITIONS

HimeIy, The Uuban sugar authority,
writes from Havana under date of May
81 that political conditions are reported
to he gradually improving in Oriente,
as the rebel leaders continue TO surren,
dor. Government reports are that the
cane harvesting continues to make good
progress and that new paintings are be-
ing made in many sections.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
REVISED FIGURES
SHOW BIG YIELD
Complete Estimates For All Plan.
tations Give Crop OF
~ 63s,s70 Tons


Revised estimates Of plantation pro
ductioh, complete for all of the fifty
two plantations, place the Hawaiian
sugar crop for 1917 at 63S,S70 tons.
The estimates are as of May and are
furnished by agents and the Sugar Fac
tors Company. j.
The 1917 estimate, IL realized, will
mean Hawaiian sugar production ex-
ceeding that of any in the last ten
years except the recoFd-breaking crop
Of 1915. The estimated 1917 crop is
only 1875 tons less than the GAG, AS
tons produced in 1915.
The estimate for 1917 is 45,3S7 tons
more than the production last year and
S0,947 tons more than the average an
nual Hawaiian sugar crop for the last
ten years. T..
Every indication points 10 the con
servative estimates Of the plantation
managers being realized if not exceed
Cd. n ....
The complete compilation of revised
estimates contains the figures of four
teen plantations whose revision was not
included in the table published on this
page last week. While there are seve-
raj changes among these fourteen of
material amounts, the total reduction
from last week amounts to but 1870
tons The complete revision makes a
total reduction in the Hawaiian crop
from the preliminary January estimates
of 1850 tons.
The following is the first published
compilation of the complete revised
estimate of the 1917 Hawaiian sugar
crop: r.,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
TO CLOSE SATURDAYS

Wireless adVices were received yes
terday that the announced plan of the
sugar trade in New York to do no bust
ness on Saturday has been put into Of,
feet. Until further notice raw and re-.
fined sugar offices of refners will be
closed on Saturday, The exigencies of
the war, it Is announced, may cause a
change of routine in the trade from
week to week.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
MANY CENTRALS GRINDING

WHICH, e Gray report 10 Cuban cen.
trails still grinding May 2S. During the
week twenty-six centrals finished their
crop. Production of the entire island
to May 90 was 2,457 ,760 long tons, which
is catching up rapidly on last years fig.
ures of even date. Stock in the island
is estimated at $4,000 long tons. Some
$4,000 tons were shipped to Europe dur
ing the week and $4,000 to the United
States,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
DANISH CROP REPORT

Official figures for the production of
sugar in Denmark in 1916 are published
by Willett & Gray as ll2,SOO tons,
against 10000 tons in 1915. Per capita
consumption has increased from SO
pounds in 1914 to l03 pounds in 1916.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
AUSTRALIAN CROP

Good growing weather has been ex
perienced in Australia, according t.
Willott 4 Gray Of May 81, Consider
able left over cane Is on the fields
Everything is in shape for a good har
vest except the labor question, which
continues to be a serious menace to the
Australian sugar industry,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15

1.-THE weather permits Of continued
grinding but centrals are closing every
day, some much short of last years out
put and others surprisingly close up
T. "Refiued sugar is still in much the
same position as for weeks past, and
quotations are unchanged. Export bust
ness is quite lively and those refners
who cater especially to this business
are still a long way from catching
.up.b -, 49,.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-15
ANA|TSIARIFF
LEGISLATION MOVES;
MARKET HOLDS firm

Promise that the present firmness of
the New York sugar market will hold
throughout July is seen by the New
York correspondent of local sugar
house in his weekly summary of mar.
ket conditions dated May 81. Both
buyers and sellers are marking time
awaiting the outcomeoof the proposed
revenue legislation ant ITS bearing on
the sugar industry. The market letter
follows; j.
"'The market for raw sugar is some
what better this week and there are
hopes that the present firmness will
he maintained through June.
"Cubas are offered for June ship
,ments at lie cents c.. & r., (6.0S
cents) and Porto Ricos could probably
be bought at $50 cents @. 1. F., but the
quantity of sugar offered is not great.
"If buyers should get little anx-
ious it is believed they would find the
market ready to advance quickly.
There appears to be very steady
demand for Cubas +. o. b, at, 4.65 cents
and steady absorption of graduated
both for Scandinavia and South Amer.
lea tends to keep the market here on
a firm basis. ..a ...f.. r., Sea-
. "The proposed tariff changes seem
to assume new compilations almost
daily and buyers and sellers will pre-
fer to wait until the Legislators arrive
at their conclusions. III. H.
"Reports at Cuba for week ending
May 26, are: .--.,
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-30

Elsmere. Joe Slack is captain of
the Iron Hill team; Lewis Ash,
manager; and Thomas B. Walton,
treasurer. A game is scheduled
for Wednesday at one-thirty, with
the Collegians, on the Iron Hill
grounds, and also one on Satur-
day on the same grounds, with
Providence.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-30
Commencement Dance To Be
Held une 81

Committees have been appoint
ed this week to take charge of the
farewell hop which will be held
in the Armory. on June 10. at
S.45.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-30
IRON HILL MAKES
SPLENDID RECORD
Game Scheduled For Me-
mortal Day

Iron Hill has winning baseball
team this season, having won the
four games already played-three
with Strickersville, and 10-7 vic
tory on last Saturday against the
Collegians, a student team, cap
tanned by Garrett Cantwell, of
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-30

kindness Of friends and nieghbors
during the illness and death of his
wife, Margaret Hicks Strickland.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-30
"For the safety of the State,
For America, the Great
And the Freedom of all the world
edmund

Registration Day
JUNE s, 1917
z A. NJ. to 9 p. m.
EIGHT POINTS TO REMEMBER:
l. There is only day for registration June S. 1917
z Every male resident who has reached 2st but not 3l
birthday must register Only exceptions are men in military
B. No matter has exemption claim, he must register
Imprisonment fine punishment for nonobservance
Of registration
S. Those too sick to register should send representative to
city county clerk for registration card
Travellers should apply to city or county clerk for card
and mail to home precinct registrar so that it will arrive
registration day. b.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-05-30
Card OF Thanks

Mr.. Fred J. Strickland wishes to
express his appreciation for the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-16
BOSTON,, IND.

Rev. Henry Champion of Eaton fill
ed his appointment at the Christian
church Sunday, and was the guest of
p. L. Beard and family L. E. Stan
ley and family attended the Stanley
reunion at Glen Miller, Sunday. 49,.
Miss Edna O'Neil of West Florence
spent Sunday with Miss Lucille Porter.
field. George Hensley spent Sunday
In Cincinnati. -. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Jenkinson Inotored to Fort Wayne,
Sunday and visited relatives. Mrs
George Shumate and daughter of Cot
tage Grove spent Sunday here with
friends. The Odd Fellows will hold
their annual picnic next Saturday, Au.
gust Is. at Matt Stars. All Odd Eel.
lows and their families are invited to
attend. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Nc.
Coy and Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Conner
and baby of near Campbellstown were
guests Of Mrs. Ann Starr, Sunday. :. i.
Greggerson and Gavin have opened
their garage and are now ready for
any automobile business. Mrs. Kate
Kelley and Mrs. Sudhoff of Indianap-
oils are guests Of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Huber. The Red Cross
society met Wednesday afternoon in
the high school building.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-16

this community, the women are pushing through
the Hoover plan without trouble. In other places
the Boy Scouts helping them. The Boy
Scouts of America Magazine encourages them
and all boys to help in the conservation OF food.
Says the magazine:
true boy scout will help his mother. especially
when she has unusually hard and unpleasant TASK 70
perform The of the United States--the scouts
mothers and all the other othersnow have the biggest
Job in the whole thrust them and they Will need
the help Of every scout and every other son.
The reason that President Wilson. through MI Her-
Hoover the Food Administrator has asked the WON
Of the the responsibility for saving
food that they control ninety cent OF the consup
OF food They do the buying and they prepare the
food for the table.
Even while food plenty, waste was unfortunate
Now, when it serious question whether there VIII De
enough food feed armies and those of our allies
and the folks home waste should be criminal There
FORE the should have the cordial support and help
of all the other members of the household:
The task Of calling at every home in every commun
ask the housewife to become member of the Food
Administration is gigantic 1t is greater than
the Liberty Bond campaign in which the Boy Scouts OF
America played important part 1t is doubtful the
the country through their
will be able to accomplish this promptly it should
be done. The help of the Boy Scouts OF America is
needed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-16

side and within the city. South Bend
is also constructive city Of this kind.
Fort Wayne is jumping by leaps and
bounds.
What Richmond wants Is construc-
tive policy Of this kind. approaches
that count advertising signs that
count. approaches frightened and
beautiGed by constructive co-opera-
ton, approaches that will be beacons
Of good will and welcome. approaches
that will tell the visitor the resources
of Richmond and what she has to
offer.
Cooperation between the merchant
and customer has long been watch
word in business circles; cooperation
between the farmer and the banker
has been signalized in progressive
Wayne; cooperation between the
railroads, the industrial men, and the
residents should now be Instituted for
constructive policy for character
advertising at the approaches to the
city.