The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-23
THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE
RonG a s SsIDAx soE }, 1sS, ADVERTISERS
FRIDAY MORNING,
NOVEMBER %, 1917.
THE ADyERrEER's s5MI.WEEKLY |
lSuqar Famine "a Ho,paii!

D EFINED sugar is scarce in Hawaii The
IN wholesalers have little, the retailers stocks
are short and at the refinery on the Honolulu Plan
tation the stock is depleted by shipments Of re-
fined sugar to the mainland, we are told. Cable
grams have been sent from wholesalers TO the
mainland asking prices, we are further told, but
unfortunate as it may seem to some Honolulans,
our brothers and sisters on the mainland and our
Allies need sugar as. badly as or worse than do We
There is not the slightest danger Of sugar
famine in these Islands. We can always get
washed sugar and it is just as good for ordinary
purposes as is the tefned. True, it does not look
so white and dainty on the table as does the re-
fined or the lump or domino sugar. but let us re-
member that this is war time.
There is suffering, actual want of sugar, in
France in Italy and an acute shortage in England.
But while this state OF affairs exists in those coun-
tries the people of Honolulu, forsooth, must have
their refined sugar when they have right here,
waiting their USE sugar that is just as good but
does not look quite so nice 49,.
Is this not a fine patriotic spirit? Ask yourself
lis this helping our Allies" Is this giving the
food administrator the assistance which he has a
right to demand Of us? ID"
A sugar famine in Hawaii A sugar famine
when we have all the sugar we can possibly use!
What would not our Allies give to have this same
sugar in half, fourth, tenth Of the plenitude
| in which we have it?. Think of this thing. Let us
awaken to what we are doing. 80.
Here is Hawaii, with sugar as its main indus
try with sugar its greatest dependence in exports,
and yet we rely on imports of refined sugar from
the mainland. Do we need to? We are told that
we do not At the recent convention OF the sugar
chemists an able paper was read urging the use
of washed sugar instead of refined.
Hawaii imports annually FIVE million pounds of
sugar and candy. Why? Can we not make our
own candy here from our own sugar? Must we
have refined sugar instead Of the washed because
it looks little nicer" Are there not many arti-
Cles far more essential to our needs that we may
bring into port in the space now used for sugar
and candy? We must remember that we are fac
ing shipping shortage. Why not then begin to
economic on space and cut off our sugar imports?
4 Why cannot wholesale grocers be patriotic
enough to cancel their orders for refined sugar to
be brought from the mainland? Then we should
1use the washed sugar and learn for ourselves how
lgood it is. ''
i The grandmothers and sometimes the mothers
/ of this present generation of housewives in many
many instances used no refined sugar or at least
| very little On many country table white sugar
was never seen except when there company
for dinner" and sometimes not then. For preserves
and for stewing fruit, for all cooking, the brown
lSuSd was Soou enough IL ooNeu holhlls INC oui
washed sugar, but it was good enough for them
| II the unrefned sugar which can readily OBJ:
tain at all times is not deleterious, we might just
as well use it and not assist the Huns in cutting
down the supply of sugar for Allies
i We are paying the freight on sugar sent tC
The rehneries and we paying the freight Of the
refined sugar to Hawaii and then complain o.
the high cost of living. If we are not unselhsf
enough to help Allies we might be at leas
selfish enough to help ourselves.