The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-09
SUGAR SHIPMENTS
SHOWLARGE GAIN
Good Weather Fayors Progress In
Flowing and Planting In
All Districts

Favorable reports on weather. grind
ing, juices, progress Of shipments, har
vest and planting summarize the situa
ton in the Islands again this week
Flowing and planting, with the aid OF
favorable weather are progressing rap
idly in all districts, while the harvest
and grinding is going forward without
a hitch. Reports on the juices con
tinue to be highly satisfactory.
Probably the best indication of the
week is the report on the big gain OF
sugar shipments 10 date over last year
this time, from figures compiled by A.
N. Novel;, manager of the Sugar Fac
tors Company. 4,-
Total sugar shipped out to Pacific
Coast and Eastern reiinerics up 10 Feb.
ruary !, rs shown by The Advertiser g
monthly table on this page, was 56,53s
tons. This IL n gain of 1869 tons
over the samc date last year, when only
$3.50 tons had been shipped up to
February 1. la
more fiaE atoms Shipping
Thirty-fve plantations are on the list
this year as shippers of sugar by Feb.
ruary 1, while last year only twenty
nine had sent out eonsignments of
raws. 49,.
Shipments Of the Sugar Factors
Company plantations 90 date total
50,465 tons, while last year at this time
they totalled 41,52S tons, gain this
year of S937 tons. a.l. -.
Recent cargoes were: HilOnian, 1000
tons, from Alexander & Baldwin plan.
tations for transshipment East; Annie
johnson, 900 tons for San Francisco +;
Manoa, 5l64 tons for San Francisco,
1901 tons for the East and 600 tons of
refined sugar from Honolulu Planta.
ton; Sierra, 536 tons. ..-
Reviewing the good weather and the
reports Of fine juices, THE head Of one
Of the local sugar houses said: e p
"There is nothing but what points
favorably to a good year for the Ha-
waiian sugar industry. Even the in
ternational situation should not fright
en- us. There is no need for us TO get
panieky over the thing as far as sugar
Is concerned. 1t seems hardly possible
that our shipping between Honolulu
and San Francisco will be affected by
the situation, and I am at loss to ac+
count for the recent declines of sugar
securities on the local exchange.
Sugar Is In Demand
"There is a shortage OF sugar all
over the world and, war or no war,
that shortage and the demand il has
created must be supplied. Sugar is one
of those things that is worth it's price,
no matter what happens. .'. ..
''lhe Pacific Coast needs sugar and
we must supply it TO them. We have
the shipping facilitiesnow, and we may
be assured that the Pacific Coast will
see TO it that those facilities will con-
tihue to be available, because they need
the sugar" 20
The following government weather
bureau crop report is for the week end
ing February 3: .....- ...
Exceptionally heavy rain fell on Ha-
wall on January 90, but the remainder
Of the week was generally fair,
Weather was too cool for the best re-
suits In crop development. 1t was good
weather for field work, and blowing
and planting is progressing rapidly in
all districts.
Ry Islands, the average rainfall for
the week was as follows: Hawaii, 3.7s
inches; Maui, liz inches; Oahu, 0.57
inch; Kauai, l.39 inches.
District Reports " 9
lfon0hina, Hawaii--Thc rainfall on
the twenty was 5.42 inches. A
light thunderstorm took place on the
afternoon of the twenty ninth. :
H0nomu, Hawaii-Cool weather, lack
Of sunshine and heavy rain on the
tweuty-sixth made an unfRvornble week
for crops, Clearing up, new land ID
progressing rapidly. Rainfall on the
twenty sixth was 500 inches. :
GlenwoOd Experiment Station, Ha
waii--Wiih the exception OF the TWEEN
ty-siNth, when 6.G3 inches or rain fell
the past week has been unusually dry
and field and garden work is progress
ing nicely Glenwood district Is well
drained, allowing work in fields soot
after rains. ". "..'..' 4.
Haiku Experiment Station, Maui
january 30, 81, and February /, excep
tionally cold nights, followed by clear
warm days. Conditions ideal fol-
spring work. Flowing and planting go
ing forward rapidly in the region about
Haiku A A. r.. H..
Hceia, Oahu Light Kona winds oil
the twenty-eighth and second. Strong
trade winds on February |. -.
Sehofeld Barracks, Oahu - Night
have been exceptionally cool all week
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