The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-09
Sugar Commissions Accomplish
ments Appear Meager To
Observer In Gotham

must have been in San Francisco s post
Office. Included in this mail came two
letters to one Of the largo sugar agen-
cies here from its New York representa-
tive. These letters are dated a week
apart and the one last written details
something of the chaotic state Of the
sugar situation and market in New
York. 1t mentions the hundred thou.
sand ton sale of Louisiana sugar, but
since that letter was written it was
found impossible to make delivery
of more than half of the order.
The letter Of October "a says:
"Three weeks have now gone by
without the definite report of sale of
raw sugar which would affect the pres,
emit basis for Hawaiian sugar for East.
ern delivery. There was a sale of about
1000 tons Philippine sugar afloat at
6.75 cents for So degrees polarization to
the American Sugar Refining Company,
but outside of rumored sales Of small
lots Of Cuba at 5.s71a cents c. T.
we have no certainty. s..
s.The outstanding fact Of the week
was the sale reported yesterday of l00,-
900 tons Louisianas to the American
Sugar Refining Company, $4,000 tons of
which are to be delivered TO the New
Orleans refinery at 6.35 cents for 90 de-
grees test and the remainder at 6.l0t
cents +. o. B. the same city for ship
ment TO Atlantic ports. This means
that the American Sugar Refining Com
pany pays 25 cents per 100 pounds for
freight to New York on $4,000 tons
and the net price realized by the
Louisianans interested is 6.221A cents per
pound. II is understood that this sugar
win be sold to the trade by the Ameri.
can Sugar Refining Company when re-
fined ut the fixed differential Of $50,
cents per pound the first sales to be
made at 1856 cents the present basis
of graduated, and from that figure on
a scale down to 7.25 cents making the
average TO the refiner $50 cents less
two percent. 81 - $50 tIs
IL viii be sometime, however, before
this deal can have much effect ON the
famine which now prevails on this
coast, for many of the planters have
not yet commenced to cnt their cane,
others are disgruntled because the food
commission win not permit them TO sell
their clarifeds and plantation granulat-
ed in excess Of 7.25 cents less two per-
cent +. O. B. plantation. f " -
Patriotism Significantly Absent
"There appears to be a spirit of an
tagonism all over the South TO every.
thing in the nature Of government reg
ulation and, though the prosperity of
that section was never so great, will
ingness TO sacrifice the opportunity to
make inOrdinate gains at the expense
of the rest of the country Is said to be
wholly wanting. Refners here have
not shared in the American contract
with the Louisiana producers and are
giving evidence of much dissatisfaction
over what they deem favoritism to the
big institution.
Beet Situation Unsatisfactory
"The beet situation in the West is
not developing as satisfactorily as was
hoped for. Car shortage is given as
the reason for the slow alienation of
the famine in sugar 10 the middle West,
but labor difficulties and hate start
owing to unpropitious weather have
had much to do with it. The whole
country Is bare of sugar and the Su.
gar Commissioners have their work cut
out for them. Reeoneiling opposing in
terests is only one of their difficulties
Meanwhile the individual consumer has
TO pay rs high as 25 cents per pound
for sugar which the Food COmmissi oneTs
tell them should not cost more than 10
cents.
Cuban Crop Looks Good ,,..'
oThe Cuban crop is coming along
with every indication of being bum
per one though subject to possible re-
dnction owing to labor troubles and
inadequate Transportation, and il is
hoped that the Cugan representatives,
who will meet with the food commits
sioners shortly, win be able to arrive
at an arrangement which win take the
selling and the handling Of this crop
out Of the domain of peradVenture.
~ A sale to the American Sugar Rein
ing Company is reported of 5000 tons
Philippines afloat on 600 cents
basis - ..,.. ..."ai
Under date Of October 20 the writer
said:
Just to distinguish it from last
week il is reported there have been
small sales of Cubas this week to some
refiner at the fixed price of 5.S71z
cents 9. q f., but just exactly to whom
and the quantity, is unknown.
Consumers In Panic H5t.'.#- a
"Most of the refineTs have ostenta.
tiously retired FROM the selling end Of
the market, and naturally, consumers
are in q panic. All sorts of prices are
being paid for domestic requirements
and the retailer is making hay while the
sun shines, with complete Indifference to
the ediets of the food commissioners.
Iaasmueh as many Of the retailers are
aliens, there Is little eompunetion on
their part about squeezing the last cent
out OF il that the traffic win bear, to
use q well-known Californian apothegm
IN connection with railroad business
ethics. II is believed that there is a
large Invisible supply, due to the fact
that repeated scares of one kind and
another since last March induced many
TO take time by the foreloek and lay in
reserve Of more or less proportions
and that many Of those with this ample