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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12
SUGAR LOSSES ON HAWAII ANDMAUI MAY
RUN HIGH AS hundred Thousand TONS
Weather Conditions Show No Signs Of Improvement and Grinding
Of Crop Now Brings Only About 0ne4fourth OF Produc-
ton Than Would Otherwise Be Obtained

with the continuance oe the drought
on Hawaii aud Maui estimates of the
probable loss to the 1918 sugar ont turn
Of the Islands are being increased.
Such estimates are all unofficial for none
OF. the plantation managers at this time
will venture 10 forecast what the 1918
production Of bis plantation will be.
This refers, of course 70 those two
islands for no adverse conditions have
arisen on either Oahu or Kauai.
Conversations with men prominent in
the sugar industry and interested in
TiaN aii anil Maui plantations show that
they are by no means optimistic. While
they are not giving figures on partiru-
lar LIMITATIONS from the information
which has come to them they are ready
to raise The sights when figuring on
probable losses. ..t' n 500
On the big Island the Losses in North
Kohaia, IIamakua and North Hilo, es-
peciallYsthe two first named districts
| will be very heavy. II is admitted
I that there are few plantations on that
Island that will not have to decrease
! original estimates Of next year s crop.
Damages More Serious . liz.
! This years crop for the Island of
: Hawaii will be in excess of 235, 900
tons and next years crop was expected
to run somewhat larger. Maui's crop
this year will exceed 100000 tons. Less
optimistic observers AFRO ready to 800"
the damage to Hawaii crops as high
as 10000 tons and 10 Maui plantations
as 10000 tons. Should these guesses,
for they are little more than guetses
founded upon knowledge of conditions,
he verified, it would mean a loss IN
output Of 100000 short tons of sugar
! which at six cent sugar would mean a
cash loss of $l2,000,000. ..
Weather Conditions Unchanged
| Weather conditions generally on the
two drought stricken islands have not
improved in the past week. Govern
ment reports for last week and the
latest returns to plantations show the
drought belt to be as dry as ever and
rainfall below the normal in all parts
OF tfel islands. The same or similar
eonditibns prevail ON ARhi,i There are
some rains in the higher attitudes but
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12
FIRES BURN CANE
T. INF|ELDS Of HAW|
At Least Fifty Acres Destroyed
and Suspected lncendiary
~ Is Arrested

Incendiary fires on Hawi Plantation
are reported by recent arrivals from
the island of Hawaii. The suspected
perpetrator, or one of them, is reported
TO be under arrest. He is a Filipino
and it is supposed that he is laborer
who thinks he has a grievance and who
took this method of avenging it, say
reports received from Hilo.
Arrivals from Hilo early this week
told of supposedly incendiary fires on
Hawi Plantation and considerable dam
age to the already badly dried cane
fields, burnt by sun and drought.
1t was said that there had been four
fires, some Of them extinguished with
no small difficulty, and that the cane
ON sixty-fOur acres had been burned
off. This was cane Of the 1913 crop. =,
Inquiry at the Office of Hind, Rolph
& Company, agent for the plantation
confirmed in part the stories that had
been heard. II was admitted that
there had been Ere or fires and that
| ffty acres Of cane had been destroyed
The suspected incendiary had been, It
was said, arrested. As to what proof
there was against the man information
had not vet been received.
J Hawi was the first plantation to start
grinding 1918 cane. II was learned al
| the Offices of the agency yesterday thai
the purpose for which this was under
taken had been answered and that tn
plantation had ceased grinding of 1911
cane. 70. ... ~ S.. I.s.. II
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12
Cuba Wants Price Equal
To That Paid America

Opinion prevails among sugar men
here that what is meant by Cuban
growers when the say that they want
equality in profits and price with the
beet sugar men of the United States
is that they want their sugar admitted
either duty free OF at a price amount
ing 70 the duty above that which has
been agreed upon between the Louisi-
ana and the Hawaii growers.
1t appears that they can see no rea.
son why, under present conditions
there should be any protective tariff on
Americans grown cane sugar and that
If it be3u ematter of revenue needed
the price fixed by the food controllers
should be such that the burden would
not fall upon the Cuban growers: They
seemingly urge that the United states
wants the sugar, for itself and its Allies
must have it, is fixing the price that
it viii pay and fixes that price lower
for the Cubans than for the resident:
Ol EAlhtiltd. D. Supi 40 NV EAN"' -
Queer of the American continent hai
been able heretofore to dictate sugai
prices and is asked to forcgo this 10
the sake OF the United STATES and Al
lies, and in 80 doing 10 be " disefiminat
eI against" as they express it. Thu
Is what il seems that they mean wheI
they ark for "fair and just price,
4 In the last issue Of Facts About Suga
the following account of the first SEES
sion of the Cuban Commission and o
its plans is giveni
, Sessions TO Continue
, The first session of the commission
. wns in the nature of an interchang
! of Ni'vs between the three commits
siuncIs it is understood that the CON
{ mission viii continue its sessions 70
g.. 4 re, era DAVIS and v i'll confer with Foo
, Adm:ris'rutor Hoover and the official
Z Of the sugar bureau un some day mex
: week yet 10 he set.
b J. Is understood TINT one Of the COZ
- tentions en- which the commission wi
r. lay considerable stress il that of haN
.r ing rr investigation made Of condition
J. in r"bH covering production costs :
: h""[ un the ccntrntiOn made bv u
Y CUBE" w.. duccrs that the widely take
81 phi" for Cuh0s which the foo
y admiriHratiun degircp to be set for tn
coming crop sugars, is TOO low
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12
Storm Helped Cuba

Storm Helped Cupa
HWithin the past two or three days
n severe hurricane has been raging in
the Gulf of Mexico after devastating
the Island of Jamaica, and, as usual,
the heavy rain accompanying this storm
viii do an immense amount of good TO
the growing cane all over Cuba, far
eonnterbalancing some slight damage
in the central provinces. ..
Refined Sugar
isi.Hand to mouth is the order of the
day. All refners are quoting from
$40 cents to $50 cents basis. Consum'
ers are being asked to curb their ap-
petite for everything into which sugar
enters as component part 50 that the
request Of the French Government for
n supply of 100000 tons in the next
\ few weeks may be complied with Out
Of the already inadequate stocks We
have for our own use. Refners are
therefore, restricting sales bnt none OF
them appear TO fear that there viii not
be enough to go round. Even Arbnckle
though It has ceased TO operate, is TAX
ing care of customers from accumulated
stocks on hand. r.. =.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12

CAoAicially it is stated in certain
wellinformed quarters that failing to
secure such an investigation TO be con
Quoted by the food administration or
the international sugar commission, an
appeal will be made to interest con
gress in such IN investigation.
Investigation Not Favored
1t is not believed here that this plan
for an investigation will be looked up
on with favor either by the food ad-
ministration or by congress, and that
in the end the Cuban producers will,
in spirit of making the world safe
for democracy, heartily enter into
the carefully laid.out plans the food
administration is working out to co.
ordinate all sugar interests into one
producing and distributing y 49,.
will safeguard the interests Of cOnsum-
ers, producers and distributors.
The commission will lay before Food
Administrator Hoover details of the
situation created in Cuba by the war,
and will submit data bearing on phases
of the economic situation as they affect
: the 1913 Cuban sugar crop, which it is
: now estimated will be at least fifteen
percent larger than any previous crop
! I'm Cuba 5 history.
J CrF IN Government Position
! In connection with the task Of the
commission, the Cuban government yes
terday issued the following statement
! through its news bureau in New York:
! "Bcth the Cuban government and
! the Cubnn SUGAR producers are animal
ed by the right spirit of cooperation
toward the control by the United
! States of sugar, but il must be borne
in mind that sugar production is thu
principal industry OF Cuba, aud thai
! it. has gone through many severe. crlsl
Of late. Due TO the tremendously in
creased cost of production IN Cuba, o.
(which labor IL only one factor, ull wit
have studied the sitIation are con
V'nchd that IN present prices of raw
cugar are move too high. Statistic
cCmUi!eh rCrentlv bv many POn-relatet
arrrnciCs all establish this fact,
"The rTo'uct on of the sugar cTo
s is att ndod by great risks, and yer.
large investments of capital. This
NOT the ease With the production o
!, gFhv rthrr FOOD com nediHics In bring
, Ing to the United StGtes, therefore, tn
, tel n"i,r ton o. tn" Cuban sH"ar Pre-
dmon" e. q, oil IN thcr power 10 N
rure an i"cre1se' PRODUCTION, 70 hnanr
, lhN econ VIII the least disturbance
economic conditions, and to keep th
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12
TAKES CUBAN BONDS

The government Of Cuba, through IT'S
news bureau in New York, authorizes
the encouragement that half of the Gu,
ban $50 100000 war bond issue had
been subscribed by the United States
treasury. The remaining $l5,OOO,OOo
will be disposed of to Cuban investors
Authorization for this loan was extend
ed by the Cuban Congress to President
Menoeal some time ago, and the deei
sion Of the United States government
10 support the issue Of her Caribbean
ally followed conferences in Washing
ton between Secretary of the Treasury
MeAdoo and officials Of the State de
partment of Cuba. Completion OF
these financial arrangements assures th'
early contamination Of President Memo
calls farreaehing plans for Cuba = &c
tive alliance with the United States u
the war, ,#.'.g p
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12
DECEMBER MAY SEE
I. MUCH SUGAR LEFT
Continuance Of Matson Line
Steamers viii Help But Much
Remains To Be Ground

Continuance of the Matson line
steamers under charter by the govern
ment to the country after they have
been taken over by the former win sim
plify the problem of marketing the bal
'ance of the crop that goes to Crockett
but Ii by no means ends the problem.
Ordinarily December ! would practi
cally clean up even the late sugar but
this year other complications have en-
tered into the problem. There will be
an unusual quantity of late sugar.
The differing conditions of this year 4
transportation problem arise from the
drought on Hawaii. Numbers of plan
tations are unable to turn out from thu
mills the usual daily production, Wa
ter for huming the cane TO the mill
is not obtainable. When this condition
! will end no one can tell. Until it doe
the daily output of the Big Island j
greatly delayed although in the end tn,
! production for the year from that is
land will be above early expectations
Even should good rains come now !
would be impossible for these planta
tions TO complete their grinding durin
November.
There still remains over 10000 ton
of Big Island sugar to be shipped, an
this is more than sixty percent of a
that remains to be shipped, from tn
Islands. There is always some lat
sugar from other islands, especial
Oahu, so that it will not be surprisin
! if December will find as much as 20
900 and perhaps $4,000 tons of suga
as yet unshipped. What the amour
will be depends almost entirely on whe
normal rains on the island of Hawa
set in, p.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12
GREAT NORTHERN GIVEN
r... SEND0FF AT BAY CITY

SAN FRANCISCO, September 2l--
The departure of the Hill turbiner
Great Northern for Flavel yesterday
morning was tho cause of many a sigh
of regret, as it will probably be the last
time this magnificent steamer will be
seen here in long while, for on com
plotting the discharge Of her cargo Al
the Columbia River port she will bC
turned over to the government, who
has Communicated her, as well as the
sister ship. ..,. a.
As the vessel left port she was giyeI
quite sendoff along the wharves and
by the other vessels in port, sirens ant
whistles shrinking their farewell to thu
vessel and her officers.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12

market stabilized, Cuba s delegation is
confident that all the factors entering
into the impossibi!ity Of ruinous
price curtuilment win be borne in mind
by the Washington adm:nistrat on.
$50 far, in the discussion Of er"n'
conditions in Washington, which has
attained the widest latitude and which
holds possibilities of the gravest i'm
port 20 tn" wcll.heing of Cuba as an
economic AMI def nsive ally, the pro-
ducers themselves have not received n
wore. II j. the conviction of tn" Re.
"uhlic Of cub" hat the food outhOri
ties WIN not fri to consider fully the
frcts v"ich Minister dc CespeJes and
Sehors le2ama and TNrGfa win lay be,
fore them" ........ -t ....'. ...tt
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12
.M'BRYDE MILL IS
BEING TRANSFORMED
Great improvements Under Way
and Ready For Next Crop

Big changes and improvements are
being made in the mill Of the McBryde
Sugar Company at Eleele, Kauai, ac.
cording to recent reports received from
the Garden Island. These reports say
that the McBryde mill is in process Of
almost complete internal transformation.
A new standard triple effect, a large
twelve foot vacuum pun, four new crys-
talizers and a new juice heater, besides
the necessary changes that go with
these additions, taken with the improve
ments made last year will bring Nc
Bryde to the very front lmong the fac
tories Of the Islands. The work is al
ready wen along toward flush so that
they viii be ready to start on the new
crop.
The transformation is being made BY
Cation, NELL 4 Co. .F t'ss.+ "
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12
new YORK MARKET
ADJUSTING ITSELF
!. TONEWCONDITlONS
End Of September Sees Sugar
Business still Unsettled But
Begging To Find Sell T..
HAWAIIAN SUGAR RUMoR
GIVEN POSITIVE DENIAL
Product Of Islands viii Continue
To Be Refined On Atlantic As
Well AS Pacific Coast

Full of interest to the sugar industry
Il the letter this week received by one
az the largest local sugar agencies from
ia New York representative, under
date of September 20. This letter men
,ions Int gives no details of the two
zones for price fixing of which another
article on this page gives full informa
tion II autheptically denies the re-
mort that Hawaiian sugar is TO he re
6heJ only on the Paei6e Coast, and
mentions the desire Of the food admin
istration TO furnish France with the
100 900 tons that country has asked
for In the near future through econo-
mics praetised by the consumers
In full the letter says:
Mary Rumors Heard "a
ssThis has been week Of rumors and
counter rumorsi Arbuekle's refinery
has shut down for want Of raw sugar
and the Federal threatened to follow
suit for the same reason giving out that
the Food Controller will not let them
buy any more raws. L.'.. $780,.
ION Thursday the Food Controller s
mandate was published to the eject
that refners must not keep on hand
more than n ten days supply of raw
sugar, and the same day Warner bought
5000 bags Cubas prompt shipment at
5.S7Ib cents c. 4 h. This purchase
evidently met with the approval Of the
fool commission as there has been no
criticism as in the case of the previous
sale 10 an operator at cents and IL
is, therefore, concluded that legitimate
purchase as high as s. SIN cents q. &
i. will meet with approval. Cuhans,
therefore, know, pretty nearly what to
expect for the Email unsold remainder
Of their sugar. 49,, ~ g..
Commission Opens Once =
ssPreSs reports, before this reaches
YOU, will have made you familiar with
the new zones and the manner in which
the commissioners expect to merge thf
old prices into the new AZ the season
advances. They are fitting up office:
at III ..Nall Street in the heart of thu
sugar district. and when these are es
tablished We shall probably have ~
end of rumor mongering. One Of these
promptly contradicted however, tina
Hawaiian sugars were henceforth TO b.
tefned only on the West Coast, need
less TO say, caused sensation in Ger
tain quarters. a...
Cuban Crops Run Up -
''The Cuba crop produced this yea
Is now running ahead of last year du
10 the fact no doubt, that every stici
Of cane that will produce REASONABLE
percentage Of sugar is being ground.
Figures for the week entling 22n'
instant are: ."
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12
TWO PRICES FOR
CANE SUGAR .....
ON MAINLAND NOW
Explanation Of Differing Quota
tons From Atlantic and PaCi-
fic Refineries Tells Of Opera
tons In Two Zones

Explanation of the difference be.
tween the quotations for cane sugar
on the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards
has at length reached Hawaii and is
simple and clear. The country has been
divided into two zones, an eastern and
a western, and the eastern zone is ex'
pccted TO automatically contract while
the western one expands as the beet
sugar of the middle west and north
comes into market and the Louisiana
cane crop and the Cuban new crop
reach the eastern market. Meantime
Hawaiian shipments TO the east are
bringing about cent a pound more
than those TO the Pacific Coast.
The following announcement from
the food administration under date Of
| September 20 gives. the explanation of
, the two prices for cane raw sugar and
for all refined sugar which are pre-
vailing in the east and west of the
mainland: 3W
An anomaly will exist in the
sugar trade after the first Of Octo.
Der. The country temporarily will
be divided into two price zones.
California beet started in August
! and the factories are now in the
] middle Of their campaign The
| Colorado Z tah- Michigan factories
viii not begin operation until about
October 10 and up to that time
California Is supplying the entire
| beet from Chicago to st. Louis,
west. The cane refncrs on the Pa
cifc coast win Join with the beet
| factories aud make Q voluntary
price of 1925 cent cane basis, Octo-
! Der, J., f.. o. b., seaboard points,
! and have sufficient cane, judicious-
| " handled, TO meet requirements to
the trade, from Chicago, st. Louis
and west: therefore, there will be
a line drawn north and south
throughout the United States, on
one side Of which beet and cane
will both be selling on . !25. cent .
i basis, freights added, and ON the
other side cane selling on an $40
cent basis with no beet competi'
ton. As the volume of beet out
I put increases i viii gradually
Il reach east beyond the Chicago-St.
II L0nis line, and probably sometime
4, during the month of November
win reach the Atlantic seaboard on
i n 1925 cent seaboard figure The
Il amount of cane in the east is suffi-
eient, together with the beet which
will gradually work in, 20 take
care Of the entire eastern section
II of the country until the new
Cuban crop appears in December,
!. especially as Louisiana sugars will
come in to fill any gap. Following
! this brief period the expectation
Is that all cane refneries and beet
plants in the United States will be
ON a 1925 cent seaboard cane basis.
There is no cause for excitement
during this period of readjustment,
and as prices in the east will grad
d uallv take a downward tendency
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12
XII klIEA ENDS GRINDING

The Kilauea Plantation has finished
~.g il" with a crop of 1920 tons.
which Is Just a little short Of the esti,
n ate. The unusually low sugar content
of the juice, due doubtless to climatic
conditions cut into the crop badly. hs
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-12
AN AID TO DIGESTION.

When you have a fullness and weight
in the stomach after eating you may
know that you have eaten too much,
and should take one of Chamberlain g
Tablets TO aid your disgestion. For
sale by all dealers. Benson, Smith 4 Co.
Ltd. Agfs. for Hawaii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-26
A Campaign Of Education.

The women of New York, be 1t said
to their praise, are putting a practical
value on their enfranchiscment. They
are organizing to study the public ques-
tions upon which as voters they will
pass As they want their votes to count,
they want to cast them with informa-
ton and after reflection.
With this object in view, what is prop
erly caHed campaign of education is
being arranged. Committees will be ap-
pointed, and classes opened throughout
the state. Everything will be systema-
tized. Literature will be circulated, and
correspondence encouraged.
This is in good time. A year will
elapse before the new voters will have
opportunity to approach the ballot box.
Next November, New York will elect q
state ticket, legislature, and members
Of Congress. It will be a very impor.
tant election. The result may enter into
the presidential equation two years later.
If Gov. Whitman stands for and gets a
third term, presidential boom for him
| is certain to follow, while If democrat
should be elected governor he may be.
come figure in the democratic national
convention.
The women In this matter are setting
an example which the men may ind it
to advantage to copy. There are new
questions which even veteran voters re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-26

bounce and ginger. Reports chow that.
everywhere, the season, because Of the
war, will be observed In sober way, 20
10 say. Many conventional features will
Be omitted. Others will be changed to
suit the times. Hence. there will be less
temptation than usual for legislators to
close the shop and scatter for homo Hard
work at the old stand will not como 50
hard.
Then, travel is not normal for either
speed or comfort. War business Is tax
ing all kinds Of transportation severely,
and has tho right Of way. Washington is
an exceedingly comfortable town at all
times, and at Christmas time presents ell
the comforts and good cheer associated
with the occasion. Tho lawmakers should
try It, and SOC for themselves.
Continuing, Mr.. Clark said:
"Politicsf can't SEQ any politics now.
have just returned from 4y080.milo
trip, on which / made several speeches
and talked with all sorts and conditions
Of men. I didn't find that the war was
breeding politics at all. As the situation
points up now, and unless something
breaks in Congress, democrats will be
democrats and republicans will remain
republicans in the next election pretty
much Is they did in 1916"
Politics has not been banished. It is
not even in allegiance. Indeed, there Is
. good deal Of it now in evidence. Fore
handed party managers are already tax
ing stock, and preparing for next years
campaign, which, barring some sensa-
tional war happenings, win probably DO
the most strenuous partisan campaign
Of recent years. Aside from the fact,
which Is an important fact, that the con.
test will be preliminary to tho greater
one scheduled for 1920, some Of the ques.
tons that will enter into 1t are so new
and so radical that everybody will be
at attention, and an unusual number will
be in action. Tho country, from ocean
to ocean, will be canvassed on partisan
lines and to effect partisan results.