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The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
CANE SUGAR REPORT OF
GOVERNMENT SOON READY

The United States Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Comperce announces
that the cane sugarIfepOrt on domestic
production will shortly be published.
The bureau statement follows:
The report on the production and
costs of sugar cane and cane sugar in
Hawaii, Porto Rico and the state of
l.olisiana ard in their principal com
petitor, the Island Of Cuba, is nearing
completion, For the first time in the
aistory of the cane sugar industry, an
uthoritative government report will
tc made which will give the compare.
tive costs of each of the agricultural
eperations in the planting, irrigating,
furtilizing, eultivating aad harvesting
Of sugar cane for each of hundreds of
different plantations in the various
countries per acre, per ton of cane, and
per ton Of sugar.
Similar comparative costs will be
shown for each manufacturing opera
ton, from the grinding o. the cane 10
the bagging Of the sugar aud its deliv-
cry IN the United States. The racial
differences of the pladiation workers in
the different countries; the wages paid
them, together with honsing and other
living conditions, will also be in.
eluded.D
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
TRADING IN SMALLER
: VOLUME, PRICES FIRM
- tsN. Al -.
'EngeIs Copper Still Scars and
d. ~" Hits Six Dollars

Trading in listed shares on the local
exchange fell or yesterday for the
first time this year, though the market
generally firm. Unlisted securities
however were actively bought and sold
with prices strong, bringing tue to al
of the days business over the hundred
thousand mark again.
sales were 1863 Listed shares, with
bond sales, $2l, 800, and the yellow
list security business 1897 shares,
making the days business $ll5,4lS.50.
Engels Copper was the feature of the
market advancing from 5.371a Mon
days price to 600 on heavy buying
with GOO bid and G.25 asked at clos.
ing. Oil dropped fifteen cents to 40.
Others were without change.
Oahu, Hawaiian Consolidated "a"
and EVA gained a quarter and Olaa
and Waialua declined a quarter while
Pioneer Mil was even.
Bond sales were $4,000 Olaa Is at $lO0
q gain of two points, $1,000 Hawaii
Congratulated R67'wuv IS even and
$l5,5O0 Mutual Telephone IS even.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
Bonus System Hurts
Minor Industries <.
Says Small Farmer

Gripping Of the minor agricultural
industries Of the Islands and hampering
of the work Of the small employer is
seen in the sugar plantation bonus sys-
TEN by a prominent agriculturist en-
gagged in one of the minor industries in
the Territory for a number of years.
He says:
1.-The bonus system is undoubtedly an
excellent one for the sugar producers
but II is about the worst thing that ever
happened to the minor industries and
small employers. Wages are steadily
climbing, without the income Of ems
ployers in coordinate lines increasing
in like proportion. 81, 3
"The plantations are getting the
younger, more active and stronger men,
leaving the less prosperous minor indus
tries only the older men, the sickly, and
the inefficient.
"Sociologists the world over ere
unanimous in stating that the limiting
factor is always wages. The environ
ment and the perquisites count for lit.
tie among the men whose only saleabls
commodity is labor. Men will endure all
manner of hardship and discomfort for
the sake of high wages, and the higher
the pay the less they care how they
must live or how hard the toll.
"The highest wages and the hardest
work attracts the best men. Cane-cut.
tiers who can no longer hump their
hundred-and-ffty pound bundles of cane
seventy yards over the uncertain foot
ing Of a trash -bedded field must fall
out--and 20 pick coffee in competition
with nimble-fngered women and chill
dren; but they demand a man IS wages,
and get them. =
''The labor problem in Hawaii is at
best an extremely complex one, and the
payment of the plantation bonus has
not simplified matters except for the
dominant industry. 1t is increasing the
human wastage, culling out the inefii-
cient but making no new inches in
which TO place them"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO BE
GIVEN TOP ROT THIS YEAR

Particular study and investigation
viii be given infections top rot this
ear by the planters experiment sta.
ion staff This cane disease appeared
N Oahu and Maui plantations during
he year past, and rather alarming out,
breaks lmvc been noted. During the
eight years previous. to last year top
"et had been recognized only on Kauai.
Cutting ard pruning all affected canes
las arrested the spread of the disease.
Doctor Lyon has the work in hand, and
'hercver outbreaks occur this year he
viii give them immediate attention
letting tn" toprOt investigation take
precedence over other work,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
SHORTAGE OF SUGAR IN
ENGLAND CAUSES STRICT
REGULATION OF SUPPLY

Harold A. littledale, in an article
appearing in the New York Evening
Post, discussing "War Prices That Led
TO Food Control" makes the follow
ing comment on sugar:
''Of sugar, and of sugar alone, there
is distinct shortage in England.
In only the better class hotels and
restaurants is lump sugar obtuinable.
Elsewhere granulnted sugar is served
and not infreQpeRtly it is brown sugar.
q In most English towns, and in Scot.
land and in Wales, too, for that matter,
50 acute is this shortage of sugar that
grOcers will not sell to the ordinary
householder unless she also buys vary
ing amount of tea. To the poor and
to others who find il necessary to prae.
tisc economy this IL distinct hardship.
"Those wh6 have to buy one pound Of
tea to get one pound Of sugar soon
find they have on their hands a great
amount of tea and no sugar. This has
led to great deal of grumbling. The
whole British nation is grouching these
days about sugar.
Just where the fault lies no one
seems to know, but the blame must be
laid at the door of the government,
which, upon the outbreak Of the war,
took over the control of sugar.
Importations, Of course, are diff.
cult. Ships are in great demand, and
rates are high But the householder
seldom thinks of that. She can, how,
ever, work up great deal Of spirit
over the fact that, while she and her
family lack sugar, the breweries arc
getting it in unlimited quantities.
"Swccts, too. continue to be manufne.
turcd; but as much Of these include
chocolate for the soldiers there is nc
grumbling on that score"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
MUST IMPORT TO
AVERT SUGAR SHORTAGE

TNless Russia imports sugar from
Japan. Formosa and America, she viii
face the biggest sugar crisis in her his
tory. The war, it is true, might
change all this-that is, if the war got
over warning. Russia will raise less
sugar this year than last year, and
Vladivostok, the back door, will be, the
only gate of entrance for supplies It
is believed that the sugar crises all
over Europe will be more acute this
wear than any other time, unless exccp,
tioual arrangements are mace to facili-
tate transportation.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
AN0MALA PARASITES ARE
BEING WELL ESTABLISHED

EntomOlogists at the sugar planters
experiment station are well satisfied
with the rapidity with which the SeOhn
w"sps ore becoming established as par.
asites for the Anomnla BEETLE. Mr.
Williams, now stationed at Los Banos
Philippine Islands, has been notified TO
discoutinue further consigHments Of
the Scotia wasp as those already estab.
lisbed here are multiplying rapidly,
He viii devote bis time in the Philip
pines 10 other parasites which are not
yet established Ia Hawaii. @
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
SEEDING WORK EXTENDS;
TWENTY THOUSAND NEW
VARIETIES TO BE GROWN

The sugar planters experiment sta
tion plans t" grow twenty thousand new
varieties Of cane this year, considerably
more than the total number of seedlings
grown in the Islands since this work
commenced.
l.. d. Larsen, agriculturist in charge
Of this work, believes that by starting
II great many varc les each year the
chances for superior cane will be much
greater. II is expected that this nun
Der can be handled each year without
acquiring any new land or going to any
great additional expense. r., FIX
To carry on this work on the In
crensed scale, the Seeding propagation
has been extended TO each of the other
Islands: thus giving wide range of Sc.
lection for parent canes and increasing
the possibilities for finding canes 10 suit
the varying climatic and sell conditions
By raising and testing numerous varie'
ties on the mauka lands of Hawaii, the
chances of finding suitable varieties for
these lands are much greater than If the
new v0rieties were judged on their
merits in Honolulu. ia
TiH extension Of the seeding work "a
the other Islands practically secures
th" advantages of substations on each
island. The men in charge Of the prop
agatiO work will also have charge OF
the field experiments. X. =. Thurston
will be stHticned on Kauai; ]. 7. Nor
Jr.. on Maui: W r. Alexander on Ha
wall, and J. $. B. I'"att, Jr. and Y, Ru
tsunai will handle the seeding work ipn
oahu. DR.. II. L. Lyon station patholo
Gid. is cooperating in the seeding work
IN an advisory capacity.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
BEET GROWERS WILL GET
HIGHER PRICES IN 1917

Reports from the principal beet
growing States Indicate that the grow
ers throughout the country arc to re-
ccivc higher prices for the 1917 beet
crop than those paid last year, which
in turn represented an increase over
the 1915 prices, The prevailing rate
20 be paid the farmers per ton varies,
but the beet companies have in all in,
stances shown disposition to make the
increase as large as local conditions
make possible.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
Sugar Consumption
Control In Europe
Is Now Widespread

Information is at hand from numer-
Gus sources relating to the severe meas.
ures of regulation which many OF the
nations of Europe now dependent on
the world s market for some portion of
their sugar supply have been forced
10 promulgate in order to restrict con
sumption, that the economic drain on
the financial resources of the indi-
vidual countries involved in the pur.
chase of foreign grown sugar may be
reduced to minimum.
Conditions existing abroad striking
" illustrnte the very favorable position
which the United States occupies to
day, with consumption unrestricted
anu prices to the consumer at far
lower levels than in any Of the neutral
and bclligerent nations OF Europe. II
also sharply defines the value of
nom" grown sugur, inasmueh as none
of these countries would be forced to
the extremity Of depriving the people
Of their usual sugar requirements II
the domestic production equalled the
domestic demand r
Practically every European nation
now has taken over the control of the
purchase and distribution of sugar
supplies. The methods Of control ap.
piled by individual countries vary, but
the ultimate goal of all is to restrict
the consumption of this indispensable
food product. h,..s ..@
Details are now at hand of the
methods in vogue in two great conn.
tries, namely France and Italy. These
Very fully illustrate the methods util.
lied in the practise of regulation
which is spreading throughout Europe,
and which undoubtedly win continue
until the end Of the war, and quite pos.
sibly for period following the eessa.
ton OF observation-disclosures About Sugar.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
FORECAST ISFOR
DECREASED PRICE
WiIlet & Gray 1916 Review Shows
Export Trade Is Feature
& of Year

An interesting review of the sugar
market in 1916 and o well balanced
forecast of the 1917 situation is given
by Willett & Gray under date Of
December 49, Pointing out the growth
Of the export business as the feature
of the 1915 business, the review states
that prices are not likely to run as
high this coming year as in 1916.
The year opened at 4.5S cents duty
paid; the low point was 4.515 cents
January Z and the high point was 6.65
cents on October 20. Closing price
December 2S was STA cents.
The course of graduated prices fol
lowed in general manner that of the
raw product, The review states in part
as follows:
Marked BY Export Trade
1.-THE year 1916 in the New York
sugar market has been distinguished
by the export business done.
tThe largest export refined sugar
trade ever known TO this country has
been done this year. Not only have
the principal countries of Europe at
commerce been buyers Of our refined
products, but also small countries for!
mcrly unknown TO US in the sugar trade
have come TO US for their supplies this
year. ".
''In this way the United States has
come to the realization Of the extern
sive export sugar trade carried on by
the Central European Powers, Most Of
these out-of .the-way places prior TO the
war secured their sugar supplies from
Germany and Austria.
Exports Are Doubled
"Approximate figures of the exports
of refined sugars for the period of
eleven months, January TO November
30 --latest figures available) are as fol-
lows; &c., 20. 49,.
B''To the United Kingdom and France
$4,000 tons and Switzerland 10000
tons, to Norway 10000 tons, to Greece
$1,000 tons, to Spain 10000 tons, to
Italy $1,000 tons. Various other coun-
tries make up the total for the eleven.
month period $4,000 tons During the
entire year 1918 the exports were 1885,
95l tons.
Year Very Active
"This year has been very active
one in the sugar market, 81 fluctuations
taking place in raws compared with l05
last year. Refined changes have been
made more frequent than last year, Al
against 81.
n" Regarding the course of prices for
1917, with the large Cuba crop, ex.
peeted to exceed the previous one by
100000 to SOC, 900 tons, and the larger
Louisiana, Porto Rico, Hawaiian and
domestic beet crops, the course of
prices is not likely to reach as high
range as during 1915.
European Control
Furthermore, practically every
government in Europe has taken over
the question of sugar supplies as well as
other foodstuffs, and stringent govern
ment regulations will be made to re-
duee the consumption of sugar.
HUnder such circumstances il is rea-
Z sonable to expect that the exports of
American refined and Cuban raws will
not exceed the figures of last year, 6l0, ).
600 tons refined and 735, 900 tons Cubas,
but if anything, the total of refined
and Cubas exported should be rather less
than this total. Taking this possibility
Il reduced shipment abroad, together
With the increase in crops, we may
state that approximately prices should
rhnge between S1a cents and "a cents
ca f. during l0l7."
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
MoIaSses Reduction

Preliminary work at the planters
experiment station in determining the
limit to which molasses can be deprived
OF its sugar is giving interesting re-
suits Indications are that II may be
practieable 70 increase yields by reduc.
ing the molasses TO still lower purities.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
VENEZUELA SUGAR BOOM

Reports from Venezuela indicate that
the wPr has given sugar zane nroduo.
ton quite an impetus all over South
America and Veneauela in particular.
Here the industry has dev eloped quite
rapidly because of capital from the
United States. One new central fac.
tory has been started and is in the
course Of erection The production IN
Venezuela is 100000 tons. Y yAs I
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
At Island Ports

The amount of bags of sugar await
ing shipment at Island ports, accord
ing to reports Saturday, January 8,
was as follows: Hawaiian Sugar, 49,
1876; MeBryde. $3.50; Koloa, 22S4; Ke-
knha, $50: Kealia, $500; Lihue, 800;
Kilauea, 1900
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
Pineapple Experiments

RThe pineapple work planned this
year by DR.. II. l.. Lyon, pathologist at
the planters experiment station, will
consist of growing seedlings, field cx-
periments in cultivation and fertiliza
ton, and the study of pineapple wilt.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
QUEENSLAND CROP LOW

reports 10 WiIICtt Z Gray from
oue"nssnd Australia, show an expect
ed reduction in the crop of that dis.
'ri"t. of about 5000 tons due to high
labor cost. The outturn in FIJI will be
less than anticipated due to low sugar
content. r
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
GuatemaIa's Production

Estimates based on the increased
acreage for the l9l6.l7 crop of Guate
mala, while as yet indefinite, Indicate
that IL win exceed the 1915 crop, which
amounted to $4,000 tons.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
Rain Affects Juices

Alexander q Baldwin report that the
rains have knocked the juices u Bit, but
all plantations are continuing with
their grinding z AZ
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
Yellow Stripe Study

A special investigation Of the yellow
stripe disease on the HamGkua coast
will be undertaken in the near future
BY the planters experiment station
stan. wy ri, ~ So, t.s
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
Weather DELAYS Start

Davies 4 Go, reports that the bad
weather has delayed the start Of grind
ing on many of its plantations.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-12
Record and Forecast Of Hawaiian Sugar
Crops as Of Uneven Dates To Jan. 1871
statistics are Of tons pounds Plantations by

Is. Plantations without mills are indicated by a "
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-07-21
UNA LOTTA CRUENTA

CATANIA, 16-Nella vicina Ra-
macca E avvenuto un grave fattO
di sangue, che ha vivamente I'M
pressionato quella labOriosa pOpO-
lazione. II
Certo Cont Francesca, fttaiuO-
10 di un ex-fOndO denOminato
Grandolina aveva reclutato u
ma ciurma di dieci contadini da
Monterosso Almo, per lavori agrl-
coli. pattuendo un salario giorna-
liero di L. 6.25 per ciascuno, oltre
Ill vito ed il vino.
Nei primi giorni il lavoro proce-
dette tranquillO, senonche ! dettl
mietitOri 81 presentavanO al Cont
pretendendo l'aumento del salarlo
/. $50. Avendo il Cont detto
che non poteva acconsentire al
chiesto aumento perche anche con-
trario al patti convenuti, quei con-
tadini 81 diedero al insultarlo ed a
minacciarlo, AMI, uno di essi, con
un movimento felino, riusciva VI
brargli un colpo di falce, ferendo'
10 gravemente ALA fronte. .Allora
Ill Cont, fattosi alquanti passl IN
.dietro, gil esplodeva un colpo oil
fucile di cui era armatO freddan-
.dolo sull 'istante. l contadinl a ia
lie vista 81 davano precipitosa tu-
ga. disperdendosi fra quelle cam
pagne.
Il Cont commesso il realto 81 CO.
stituivo all'Arma benemerlta.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-07-21
MUSICANTE FULMINATO DU'
RANTE UN CONCERTO

NOVARA-Ieri nOtte durante IL
concerto musicale del 24.o reggl-
mento fanteria in piazza Vlttorlo
Emanuele & avvenuto un rae
.capricciante fattO.
Tn ragazzetto aveva voluto toe
care un flo della conduttura per
l,illuminazione del palcO ad elet-
tricita, riportando una cost forte
scossa da rimanere quasi tramOr-
tito. Due musicanti che 81 trova-
vano al leggio del tamburri cerca-
rono di salvare il ragazzo dial pc
ricolo gravissimo che correva. v
no di essi afferrava il flo rlma-
neva gravemente colpito ed ustlo-
nato. ed il secondo volendo soccer
rere al due fu illuminate dalla sea-
rica. II morto certo Masl Nlco-
Ia. della classe 1895, di Lecce.
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Dalla noStra Italia

vuto termine al nOstrO Tribunale
la causa contro il chimicO farma-
cista Oreste Sinibaldi, direttOre
della farmacia dell 'Ospedale muni-
cipale di Corneto Tarquinia ed ac-
cusato come gia raccontammo, di
cusatO di OmicidiO cOlpOSO.
Dopo le BRILLIANT arringhe del
valorosi difensori avv. AlbanO e
.D'Angelantonio, il Tribunale ha
emesso sentenza di assOluziOne pei
delitto di omicidio cOlpOso per
| 'avvenuta morte del sOldatO Scan
driglia, e l'ha cOndannatO col be-
neficio della legge del perdonO, ad
un mese di detenzione per lesiOni
colpose a danno dell 'altrO soldatO
Maggi. In seguito all 'intervento
dell administrations dell 'Ospedale
81 e raggiunto un amichevOle COM
ponimento, perci6 la Parte Civil
lie, assistita dali avv. Quirino A
mici, ha receduto dalla cauSa.
LIE ultime notizie dicorno che il
Kaiser ha accettate lie dimiSsiOne
di Bethmann-HOllweg, nOminan-
do nuovo cancelliere il DIR. Georg
Micaelis, sotto-segretario al Mini
stero dele Finanze cOmmissariO
del Viveri.
La notizia di questi mutamenti,
trasmessa dal governO germanlco
per mezzo del TELEGRAPH senza fill,
e stata raccolta dale staziOni In
glesi a bordO dele navi da guerra.
Dicesi che La caduta del cancel
| liere sia stata causata dal Principe
Ereditario, il quale E notoriamen-
te contrario a qualsiasi riforma de
mOcratica.
II principe E sostenuto, a sua vol
ia, dial maresciallo Hindenburg e
dial generate Ludendorff, i due piu
Iabili cOndotti della Germania.
II vecchio cancelliere era, inve-
ce, appoggiato dial Kaiser, il quale
aveva accettato la necessita di RI
fOrme.
La caduta di Bethmann-Hollweg
rappresenta quindi un trionfe mo-
mentaneo dell 'autocrazia, che lie
forze democratiche fniranno, pei
reazione, col rOvesciare.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-07-21
MANCATO PARRICIDIO A GER
RETO SANNITA

NAPOLT-Ieri, verso lie ore 16,
FL trasportato a Napoli e fu rlyo-
verato nell ospedale del Pellegrinl
il capraio sessantenne Pasquale
Guarino fu Luigi, da Cerreto San
nita (Benevento). II disgrazlato
vecchio era ferito gravemente ola
cinoue colpi di rivoltella, al brac-
clio destro, nell 'anca sinistra, ALA
regione lombare sinistra, ,alla splna
iliaca ed all'ipOcondriO. Sebbene
,uueste due ultime ferite presen-
tassero sOspettO di penetrazlone IN
cavita, sanitari dell 'ospedale glu-
rdicarono il Guarino solo guari1ile
,oltre il decimo giornO, con giudl
.zio riservato.
II Guarino pei suo state POGO po-
tette dichiarare, ma persone che 10
.accompagnarono a Napoh dissero
che il povero vecchio era state fe-
rito a colpi di rivoltella dial pro
prio fglio Luigi, ventiquattrenne
a Cerreto Sannita.
In quanto ALA causale che deter
min6 10 snaturatO giovane a spare
re ben cinque cOlpi di rivoltella
,contro il padre non potette saper-
81. Sembra per6 che il giovane nu-
trivia rancori contro il padre per
motivi di lavoro ed interesse e ieri,
riattaccatOsi il litigio in campa-
gna, in un momento di brutale
malvagita. Luigi fece fuocO con
tro | 'autore del suoi giOrni, dando-
81 poi ALA fuga.
IL parricida attivamente ricer-
cato dale autorita local. di 2. 5.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-07-21
TRAGEDIA DOMESTICA


VALENZA-n siciliano Dusc
Giovanni, tramviere, dopo avere
sposata in America una valenzana
tai Debaudi Teresa, ora non anco-
IA ventenne, 81 era stabilize in que
sta citta. Da qualche tempo ira
giovanni coniugi erano sorte gravi
discordie a quanto dicesi per la
condotta irregolare del marito ed
essi avevano fnito per dividersi
dial lavoro, il marito l'aggredi spa
Mentre la giovane donna tornava
randole un colpo ALA tempia de
stra, morendo POGO POGO.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-07-21
UN OMICIDIO

NAPOLI, 14-Veniva traspor-
tato all 'ospedale del Pellegrini GER
to Antonio BartolOmeo, di ami 80
guantaio a tempo perso, con una
ferita d Parma da fuoco ALA tenn
pia destra. Appena giunto all 'os-
pedale il Bartolomeo morto.
Dale indagini fatte dalla polizia
{ risultato sinora che il Bartolo-
meo & state uccisO da certo Luigi
Bastiniello, di ami q, fratello di
Alelaide Bastiniello, amante del
mdrto. L'uccisore e latitante.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-07-21
DA VENDERE

Automobile a 3 post in buonis-
SINE condizioni. ST vende a PREF
20 moderate, a causa che il padro-
ne deve andare a servire nellie ar
mi. RivolgerSi per information
al nostro uficio.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-07-21
l. 'ESTTO D'UNA CAUSA
PER OMICIDIO COLPOSo

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