Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-23
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PRICE WARMING
FROM HOOVER

| that any sale of 1917 washed planta-
| ton, clarified, seconds, thirds or open
kettle sugars at a price IN excess OF
S7.75 per 100 pounds less 2 per cent,
fob. New Orleans, or raw sugar IN eA-
cess of $685. per 100 pounds f.o.b. New
| Orleans will give manufacturer al I'M
| Just, unreasonable and unfair profit.
ANY sale made after November at
greater price will be cause for reVoca-
ton of license and subject You to pen
alties of the act"
In explanation of telegram to Loul-
siana planters of November 3, 1911,
regarding the position Of the food adj
| ministration On Louisiana sugars, the
| administration on November 8, 1876
! issued Announcement No. 425, as fol
lows: @=
Since the meeting with the Louisi-
| ana committee in Washington some
| time ago, the government has not OBJ
| jected to sales of these plantation
sugars being made at prices equiVa-
| lent to the price Of graduated in the
| North Atlantic states. 1t has been
| found, however. on account of the
| scarcity of sugar, that the practise OF
selling these plantation sugars on SUCH
an abnormal basis is demoralizing the
situation which the government is so
| earnestly trying to control in the in
terest of the consuming public, and
| the sugar produced in Louisiana in
stead of going to relieve the acute
situation in the North Atlantic states
and making sugar available for the
average consumer, is going very large
| ly into manufacturing channels which
| does not give the relief that is so
| necessary for household use. 81
A margin of cents a pound be-
tween raw sugars and semi-refined
sugars is so manifestly unfair in view
of the government regulation of the
refiners' margin to 1.3 cents between
raw and refined for strictly firSt-class
refined graduated sugar, that positive
action regulating the profits of the
Louisiana planters was taken as Of
November 2, and the planters notified
that extortionate profits would not be
permitted. =
The food administration will not in
sist ON any modification of contracts
actually entered into prior to Novem-
Der 2, and all sellers are hereby au-
thoriZed to complete deliveries either
in the eastern or western territory on
the basis of contracted sales price, but
no new business should be taken in
any territory at over Use for these
sugars. Any contract made on No
vember 3rd or thereafter shall be
made in accordance with this deter
mination of the food administration.
This, it is hoped, will clear up the
Louisiana situation definitely. Sales
direct from the producer to the buyer
should be on this basis In case the
sugar is purchased by dealer or job
Der at 725c New Orleans basis, his
selling price to manufacturers Or re-
taileTs shall not exceed the base price
plus the usual freight added to desti-
nation, plus the profit charged by
sugar jobbers in the territory in
which sold, in no case to exceed %
cents per 100 pounds
Cane Crop ..
The past week has been a most un-
fortunate one for the Louisiana sugar
producers, freeze OF considerable
severity occurring Wednesday morn.
ing throughout all except the most
southelly portions of the cane belt and
the thermometer going down as low as
26 over considerable area. Windrow.
ing of cane was Immediately under
taken on practically all plantations
and mill work delayed thereby for
day or two.
This freeze is particularly deplor-
able because the cane was yielding
very low indeed in sugar, 100 pounds
to the ton being all or more than the
majority of the sugar factories were
able to obtain up to the time of its
occurrence. and any increase in yield
from the windrowed cane is of course
impossible, so our sugar producers are
confronted with the prospect of a dis
astrously low yield per ton from the
current crop.
We believe from all the information
we are able to gather that the State
of Louisiana this year will produce
less than 100000 tons of sugar.-Loui.
Siana Planter, Nov. ,. 1917.