Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-13

the industry might be made unani
| nous. Conferences between the FooC
Administration and all the beet pro
duceTs of the United States have beer
| held in Washington during the past
few days. and il is gratifying TO the
government and the Food Administra
ton To say that loo per cent of the
beet producers of this country, repre-
senting many different states in the
Union, have voluntarily entered into
an agreement with the Food Admins
tratlon whereby and under which the
sale and distribution Of the entire beet
sugar produced in the United States is
placed in the hands of the Food Ad.
ministration. 10 he sold at a price not
exceeding 13J cane basis Seaboard
refining points.
The Food Administration has ap-
pointed the following committee to
handle the details OF tho distribution
OF the beet sugar to be known as the
Food Administration Sugar DISTRIBUTE
ing Committee: II. & Douglas, De
troit, Mich; Z. c. Howe. Denver,
Colorado: ". H. Hannah, San Fran.
cisco, Cal; S. II. Love. Salt Lake
City. Utah; W. 5. Fetriken. Denver,
Colo; S. ". Sinsheimer. Huntington
Beach, Cal; W. =. Turner, Detroit
Mich.
The Western Sugar Refining Com.
pany and the California Haw allan
Sugar Refining Company. both located
at San Francisco. California. have
notified tie Food Administration thai
while it will result in tremendous
losses 10 their interests. they
VIII join with the beet producers of
the country and make the price for
cane sugar in the Western half of
the United States not to exceed 7o5
cane basis SeabOard refining points.
Ihls links up two of the domestic
sugar industries, domestic bcets and
hawaiian canel in meeting the views
OF the Food Administration. and credit
is due TO the Western refiners in com.
plying with the views of the Admins
tratlon The sugar that these refiner-
les have been receiving. and which they
now have on hand, has been purchased
on the basis Of price Of Cuban sugars
in the New York market, and in nam
ing the 7.25 price they are virtually
selling their refined product on the
basis OF what the raws cost ther1.
AS the Colorado Utah and Michigan
beet crops will not be in full swing
until the middle of October and as the
time of transportation from the pro-
duclng centers to the Atlantic sea.
board is not less than twenty DAYS
the situation on the Eastern seaboard
presents different problem from
the West. 1t is therefore probable
that in order to save great loss the
Eastern refincrs we'll be compelled
to maintain present prices for cane
sugar until there is sufficient beet
available to control the Eastern mar.
ket.
a statement is now being prepared
oy the Administration for the benefit
Of the sugar trade. giving fuH informa.
ION IN regard to how the plans of the
Administration are to be worked out.
AS the domestic beet and Hawaiian
cane producers are not sufficient to
supply the entire United States with
sugar, there is bound to be some con-
uslon in certain Eastern sections be-
,Ween October 1st and the arrival Of
ne new Cuban and, Louisiana crops.
my differences between the price Of
'ane and beet sugars in the Eastern
markets will be eliminated on recent
u these crops.