The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-17
STORAGE SPACEFDR
SUGAR NECESSARY;
CONSIDERATIONS
Situation Approaches Critical
stage when Local Warehouses
q Cannot NandIe More =
PINES WILL BE MOVED
IN EQUAL QUANTITIES
Less Space For Raw Sugar Will
BE, Available Mext Month;
Fruit Is Army Ration,

Sugar, congestion is now approach
ing the critical stage. The warehouses
are stowdsd and not only is there not
relief in sight, but June conditions
promise TO be even worse than those
of the present or any that have hereto,
fore been seen. '..',.
In Honolulu the storehouses are TAX
ing no more sugar; il is reported. Al
ready the piled up sugar has encroaeh-
ed seriously on, the space that is or
dinarily reserved for pinsapples. There
Is little in sight in the way of ship
ping this month and cutting and grind
ing must 90 ahead as il the, outturn
were moving in usual manner.
Pines to Move
E.. Next month pineapples will be given
an equal amount Of space with sugar, it
is reported in shipping circle. The
canned fruit is considered quite as
muah, if not more of an essential than
sugar for the government has made
the canned pines an army ration and
for that reason the government require
ments will be moved. This will mean
that next month available space will be
cut about in two. .t- f.:
To meet the requirements in storage
space most of the, plantation COM
panies that had not already acted are
now planning to secure storage space.
These will generally be light store
houses, practically nothing more than
sheds. In some instances they may be
constructed for roof and sides with tar
paper and in other instances with cor
rugated iron. There. are places on the
Hawaii coast where even these arrange
mants are not practicable, whore the
plantations, run down TO. q high bluff
and space is not obtainable. , '..-r
Sugar awaiting shipment is now adj
mittedly in excess of hundred thou
sand tons and il; about one,fifth Of the
entire. orop. Up to April 20 Rlw York
had received only S104 tons, Pbiladel-
phia 26779 and San Francisco llS,08S
and receipts of Hawaiian sugar by the
refners. were 16,7O7 tons below those
TO the same date last year This will,
however; hardly reflect accurately the
conditions as they exist now, month
later " ,.'. .'&f Z
g, Primarily the most serious feature of
the day in moving of sugar is the dan
ger Of damage and waste while in ster
age awaiting shipment where the store
houses are temporary affairs, Second
comes the expenditures in building new
storehouses to meet the present noees
sites, and lastly comes the probable eff
feet upon dividends. 80
Returns Delayed
In the Philippines they are prae
tiealiy unable to move any sugar Mt this
time and for that reason the San Carlos
COMPANY has determined to cease divi
dend payments until sugar can be NOV
ed,and returns come in. In Sumatra rub
her industry similar conditions have
arisen and the Hawaiian organized rub
Der companies have announced suspen
sion of diyidends until shipments. cal
be made and returns received. This II
the condition that local sugar companies
are now facing. Shall they pay thu
regular dividends out of their TeserVe
and later, on receipt of returns, REIN
burae the reserve funds or are they Il
await the returns from this year. croI
before disbursing regnlar monthly divi
dends9. If they adopt the latter eours'
it makes IL necessary to discontinue II
whole or in part regular payment o.
monthly, dividends and it will not b,
surprising If some announcements o
such action by some of the companie
shall be heard, st..
Situation Complexities
- Summarized the conditions are tina
there il, moo new supply of freight ear
rying, bottoms in sight and il may b
late in the season before small vessel
are built to help move the crop, unit
the pines are moved there will. not b
, eyelyso mach VEGETABLE space as hereto
FORE for sugar, the grind must be store
somewhere and accommodations TO
housing it must be increased at one
returns will not come in until far lat
or than. usual in the year and may eve
run over well into next year.