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The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12
New DeeoldrizHg
.Cm,ib,olnl Made
From Waste In Wood
Process Invented lBypSwjss Gill
onlsaTEied Out Thoroughly h
Louisiana and Shows Favor
abe Results b

NIslYi YORK, June 23--A new de.
eolCizihg carbon for cane juice, for
which the claim is made that it will
materially thcaeu the cost Of produc-
tiolr Of both sugar and cane syrups,
has 20 n nt6dueed by Rod A. DONNIE,
Swiss citizen now resident in New
York, Facts About Sugar. reports u
Tnsts OF the carbon, which Is made
from hydroIiScd ground wood fiber,
have Been made both in Cuba and in
Eonisiaiia. Tho Louisiana tests were
made by the Louisiana, Experiment
StatioD Mt Audubon Park and BY Harry
N. Plarrs Of the Orange Grove sugar
factory at Olivier, iberia parish, and a
report on the results obtained was made
to The executive committee OF the
American Can Growerst Association.
DR. zerban, research chemist at Au.
dubon Park, States in his report that
the decolorizing power Of the Demme
carbon wrs found to correspond closely
20 That of'h carbon made in the expert.
nient station laboratory from pine saw
dhst imrfrcia'c with an equal amount
of calcium 6xide. q" n. 30 VI s& ~
The spccihtatlons filed by Mr.. Dem
NE in applyiDg for letters patent on
his process describe II as follows:
VI 'rynwdFolizei wood waste, freed from
soluble constituents, is, according to
the present invention, subjected to
carbonizing treatment by heating it
gradually and progressively and under
regulating conditions to sufficiently
high Temperature, for example, 800
DEGREES Centigrade or higher. The ma
teriaE will usually be in a sufficiently
comminuted condition so that further
subdivision will not be necessary, mas
much as the wood waste is usually
ground to a more or less fine state be-
fore the hydrohzing treatment. When
this material is gradually and progress,
sively heated for the purpose of car
bombing it, the moisture and the other
volatile. compOnents are gradually and
progressively removed so the material
is given a porous structure, due to the
escape ofssteams and other vapors and
gases. As the material lOes its mOis
ture and other gaseous or vapOrous
eomponents, il is converted into a
more rigid as well as porous structure,
so that at the end of the carbonization
the material will be left in highly
porous condition.
I" In as much as the soluble constitu-
ents were removed from the wood
waste before carbonization, the sub
stances thus removed are no longer
resent 70 prejudice the carbonizing
operation or TO require their subse-
quent removal or decomposition during
the oarbonizing. Because of their re
moval, the remaining wood material,
freed therefrom and of modified struc,
ture and character, gives a, earbOnized
product of high purity and of improved
properties"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12
NEW LIMITS PLACED
OI)hNSAtES Or SUGAR
Two-Pound Packages Rule In
Metropolitan Shops

NEW YORK, June 23---AnnOuncing
that present conditions make it neccs
sary that use Of sugar be reduced, the
United States food administration, in
a notice issued at the close of last
week, imposed further restrictions up
on the sale of sugar for ordinary house
hold consumption throughout the cOun
try. The new regulations have been
put into immediate effect by the food
administrators in the various states
and cities.
Under them retailers are limited to
sales of two, pounds at a time to town
and city customers, and five pounds to
rural custoners. HUnseholders are re
qnested to limit their use of sugar to
three pounds per month, for each per.
son in the household The rules gov.
erning sales ON certificate for home
canning purposes remain unchanged
The regulations as promulgated by the
federal food board in New York, arc
as follows:
ga On and after June Is retailers
must limit each sale of sugar for or;
binary household use to town and city
consumers, to two (2) pounds, and sales
to rural consumers to five. ~ pounds,
"B. Dealers should restrict sales OF
sugar to. all boarding houses, hotels
restaurants, clubs tea rooms, and 9th
,er public eating places, also hospitals
and institutions, to the basis Of three
pounds per person per month. Dealers
are expected to, inform themselves of
the number of persons served and to
fill orders accordingly.
&C. Dealers should sell sugar for
home canningipurPQses ouly on canning
certificates which have been issued to
dealers by the federal food board OF
.iepnfv food administrators. Sugar pur
chased om,canaing certificates must h'
used for canning and preserving only
TD. No sugar is to be sold to mann
facturars unless thew have procured
mRnufac hirers' certificates
"Bos riding houses. hotels. rostau
rants. clubs, and all public eating places
nre requested to estimate their sm"a'
needs on the closest pOssibl" bnSis "l
economy aud to adopt all measures
which will reduce sugar consumption
to a minimum.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12
NITRATE Problem :.
/. NOT YET HOPELESS
II Supply Is Obtained ByNovem-
3 Der December Situation
r. Is Not Very Serious

IL iBtrates can be obtained between
row and November, and here seems
10 We rcoson TO believe that some at
least will be secured. the 1870 crop
will not suffer very seriously IF not
--cTe does not HE 90 dwell on the
result that viii be ccrt"in to follow,
IA Generally the plantations Of the Isl,
nntls, especially the unirrigated planta
tiOrs, put on the nitratrs about the
time the rains come and this Is usually
In November or December The irri.
pnted plantations cnn use the er'ilizer
eal1icr than the unirrirhtcd There
fore, if nitrates in fair quantities cun
be secured between row ana Nrvcmber
dr Decenrber the fears for the lD20 crop
NAV be largely dismissed.
4 Y No change in the nitrate problem has
occurred in the, past few days, The
fertilizer companies arc without r~nec.
tntioHs but not without hope. +. Norman
Watkins manapeT of the Hawaiiar Fer.
tilizer Company says that he believes
there IL ground for hope that nitrntes
may be secured, before the rains start,
He thinks that the steadily Increased
OUTPUT of the Pacific Coast shipv rds
warrants such d hone. He thirfa that
the absolute need for sugar win bring
An awakening as to the ne"essity of
bringing nitrates here in time to pre-
vent serious shortage of The 1920 crop
md that awakening will brinJ the re
leasing Of some of the new ships for
the purpose of ni'rnte carrying.
There is no shortage of nitratcs in
Chile. The shortage is of bottoms to
carry it for the supply is sufficient to
furnish the needs of the world for I'M
told years. 1t is only how to bring the
nitrates.
Last year, when there was sugar
famine in New York and the East it
was said there was no acute shortage
in the world supply, the trouble was
in distribution, the sugar was not where
it could be used and could not be
brought to the marketing POINTS. SO
in the nitrntC fields is of comparative
ly little value as comparcd to it's worth
on Hawaiian cane fields.
+ II is customary to apply the fertiliz
qr as soon as possi BILE after the young
cane is planted. The planting season
is nov on but will he delayed some by
reason of the acute labor problem. How
much fertilizer can be brought here in
time for such early use depends on the
chipping that can be made available
The present Indications are for a late
planting of the 1920 crop and conse-
lurnt lntcr need of fertilizer. The sit
nation is therefore not without hope of
relief
If the fertilizer shall not come In
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12
SEVEN MIN WILL HOLD
CONTROL. OF CONCERN
SUCCEEDING HACKFELDs
Increase IN Number Of Members If Voting Trust Only
Important Change From Proposed Agreement Figure
Satisfactory But Less Than First Offered For
Enemy Held Stock In Attempted Reorganization

were received. here to wait until rep.
fesentatiyes Of the John McCandless
hui could be heard. The plan of that
hui did not differ materially from the
former plan of Reorganization which the
custodiGn had turned down. The name
was not to be changed, there was to
be no new company, only the enemy
held stock was to be sold and, it is re-
ported on the 4 rect That promises
were made that employees would not be
changed. That, plan failed of accept
ability to the custodian but its con
sideration had occasioned a considerable
delay here. In, spite of this came the
hurry up'' Telegram that the, Ameri.
can and British governments were inn
patient and would not tolerate further
delay ".,E
Stock in Plantations
1t is learned that where the company
is largely German held, as in the case
Of H. Hackfeld Company, and in
cases where majority or very large
minority of stock is enemy held, the
policy of the custodian is always to
effect a dissolution Of the company
along lines similar to those proposed
here. But where the enemy holdings
are smaller only the enemy held stock
ton companies here Of which Hack
field 4 Company is agent and as to
which there have been heard many
questions as to why a similar course
was not pursued. The enemy held stock
in those plantation companies are later
to be sold, il is reported, but they will
not have to 60 through a process of dis
solution and rebirth as is the case with
II. Haekfeld & Company.
Management Assured
1t is understood that one reason for
the putting on the holding voting trust
mem bers of other houses in the same
line of business was an objection rails
ed by opponents of the reorganization
and given some publicity that the plan
tatiOn companies would not continue
their agencies with the proposed new
companies unless assured of the man
agemrnt, that competent and expert
enced men in which the stockholders
of the plantation companies could have
confidence, would have the handling Of
the new business and that in the abb
sence Of such assurance the business
would go to other sugar agencies. The
putting f repre- 'cn'ativcs of such
houses on The voting trust, il is claim,
ed, O. t. | ~ ,ro nee THAI is required.
Yeslcl lay "ftcrnocn attorneys were
engaged N o.: ;In& thr proposed
agreCm"' 49, ~ pronOSl II
to be voc. u Il 3" = ~ Vt their
labOrs WI c.r sv7.e t" the directors
of Hackirr Company this morning
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12
SUGAR movements.
GAIN SOME: SPEED
Shipments IN .Iune Better Than
Hoped But Surplus stlII
Piles Up In Storage

Sugar moved considerably faster last
month than had been expected and the
dark and gloomy clouds that have
shr'ouded the shipping situation are
showing some riffs, are being riven by
rays of light. The growing output Of
new ships, the vessels that are being
turned over to the Matson line, the
probability that that. company will OBJ.
tain still more, all serve to brighten
the situation. ~ L.
At the close of May the shipping
situation for June looked gloomy
enough. There was little shipping in
sight and there was the possibility that
half Of the cargo, space would go to
canned pines. And yet sugar moved In
far greater tonnage than was expected
II did not move as fast as it was pro-
duced but IL moved considerably faster
than the average for the previous six
surag Movements E..
shipments for last month were 50,50g
tous Of which the Sugar FACTORS Com
pany sent 1886 tons. At the same
time production went forward mt the
rate Of about 10000 tons a month and
so there was reported increase Of
sugar awaiting shipment Of about 30e
COO tons, 1850 as against II 800 a
month before.
OF the crop of the year which is
estimated at 560,5OQ tons, there has
now been shipped more than half. 800.
056, the Sugar Factors having sent
away less than half its crop and the
other shippers somewhat more and the
full shipments being 10000 tons in
excess of half the crop, this leaves
100000 tons for shipment.
GRIND As Usual
OF the present crop thCre has thus
far been cut, ground, sacked and ship
ped or placed in storage awaiting ship
mpnt 431 100 tons which leaves I29,394
still to be ground. A little less than
a quarter of the crop must still go
through the mills and forty eight per,
cent remains to be shipped.
Indications have recently appeared
that there is another change of plans
as to point of delivery and that larger
shipments than expected will go to the
Eastern rofincrs. Some of these ship.
mpnts. will, it is said. 60 by the canal
and some by rail. The larger the pro
portion to- 90 by the canal the better
pleased will be the planters and the
greater the quantity TO go across con-
tinpnt by rail, the smaller will be their
profits. for the added f~oioht rates u
Shopping Possi iliticT
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12
RtrREASE IN SUGAR PRICES IS
EXPECTED BY ALL CANE GROWERS

As is the case here in Hawaii so in
Cuba the planters are anxiously look
ing forward to the determination of
the. price for the next year s crop and
there, as here, they are expecting a
substantial increase in price. Writing
on this subject under date of June l5
at Havana. II. O. Neville, the Cuban
correspondent of Facts About Sugar
says:
The question of what level will be
determined for the basic price of raws
of the next crop is receiving consid'
cradle attention at present in Cuban
sugar circles. Mr.. Morgan, the repre-
sentative of the United States War
Trade Boarl in Cuba, has; it, IL report
ed, assured the Cuban producers that
higher prices will rule for the com
ing crop. President lGawley, of the
Cuban American Sugar Company, who
was largely instrumental in fixing last
year g. price, is also said to have con
fidentially intimated to- the producers
that an advance in price can reason
ably be expected this year.
Want Small Mills Considered
The new price to be determined the
producers hold, should be profitable not
only for the large, modern mills, but
also to the small. and behind -the-times
mills. Proper consideration, they de,
clare, must also he given the higher
agricultural and production costs of
western Cuba as compared with lower
costs in the newer lands Of the eastern
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12

.Reorganizn tiou plans for the German
are aguin in the limelight and will Oc-
cupy the stage center until after the
meeting of July 10, at least. Those
plans are substantially as printed in
The Advertiser yesterday morning, the
only important change being that the
holding voting trust will consist of
seveh instead of five members. Two
members will not be selected until the
stock in the new corporation shall have
by the stockholders
Seven Trustees
The five known members of the hold
ing-voting trust are Frank c. Ather-
ton of Castle & Cooke, Richard Cooke
of c. Brewer & Company, Charles Hem
enway of Alexander 4 Baldwin, George
sherman and Richard H. Trent. On
the face of it this would seem to be
putting the control of the new com
pany in the hands of representatives of
rival business houses but it is claimed
that any possible Objectionable fea-
lures to this will be removed, have al
ready been prevented.
No Previous Agreement
1t was originally planned to have an
agreement Hgned by all stockholders
in advance of the meeting at which
dissolution of Hackfeld q Company is
decided on. 1t was from that agree
ment that The Advertiser secured it's
information as to the terms of dissolu-
ton and of reorganization. The plan
to secure such advance agreement has
been upset and abandoned and the
"hurry up" telegram necessitated an
other course of action. That course
will be the adoption of the plan con-
tanned in the agreement, and published
by The Advertiser, by the stockholders
at the meeting on the nineteenth in
stead of preliminary agreements. The
plan, to be presented will be the agree
ment dRleted Of all unnecessary VERDI
age, eliminating a lot of "whereases -.
1t is also that perfectly satisfactory
figure to be realized for the stock of
H. Hackfeld Il Company has been de-
cided on, one that removes the obiec-
tiOns that u few had found to signing
the agreement, though the price is con-
siderably less than the proposed reor-
ganizers were willing to pay. The
purpose or such agreement was TO nave
unanimous consent before the meeting.
Now the decision will come by way
of a majority vote. The stockholders
may take or leave the plan but Hack
field (. Company is to 60 out Of exist
enee in any event.
Cause of Delay
There has been some misunderstand-
ing as to the occasion for the delay in
reorganization. In part these were Oc-
casiOned from Washington when orders
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12
PLEASED
WITH LABOR PROGRAM

NEW YORK, June ,23-Opcrating
heads Of Eastern refincrics express gen
eraI satisfaction over the Elaborate plan
which the United States employment
service announces is to be worked oar
for the systematic recruiting and e4ut
able distribution Of labor among in
duStri"s not engaged on war work.
If this plan proves a success it viii
serve to protect the rcfineTies from thu"
present practise of labor stealing ON
the part of manufacturers engaged in
war work, the results of which hnv"
been the cause Of considerable annoy
ance to tn" refiners since the first of
the year and in many instances have
brought about an appreciate slowing
up in production. 1t should also make
available for them a permanent source
of labor supply which win be most wei
come and helpful.
Plar AT Announced
Fhe statement announcing the plan
issued at the New York City head
quarters of this service on June 10
read in part as follows:
"Thr government has now under con.
sdcration the issuing Of an order di-
service bureaus to take over the re
tcruiting of labor Of all kinds for war
production. When this order goes out
one will accompany it to employers
with war orders to stop independent
labor recruiting and to secure in future
al ltheir workers through the govern
ment employment service exclusive.
End labor Stealing
'The effect of such an order or such
orders will be TO clarity the situation
and simplify the procedure of obtain
ing labor and relieve the employer Of
great deal of worry and uncertainty.
1t will tend to put an end to the prar
tise of labor stealing which is just now
the cause of considerable complaint.
workers going from one yard to an
other because. of larger inducements
offered by those who feel that they have
got to get men no matter what the
price or demands they meet. It will
thus reduce the labor turnover and
probably put out of action the registra.
ton of Jobs through private employ
meut agencies.
at is figured out that the direct
result of this new move by the govern,
mpnt will. he to increase common ~
Dor. since the recruiting privately will
end. 1t is said that Twenty-Five Ucr
rrut to forty percent of the common
labor todrv /" u"t"utially idle The new
system will stabilize the SUPPLY
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12

have tendency to accompany the
budget in their annual rise; and to
warehouses; and interest charges, now
chaotic and negotiable III many cases,
which it ~ desired to have determined
on permanent and equitable basis.
If these questions are settled early it
will be possible, the producers claim,
to fix a price for next year s crop that
will unquestiOnahly be more just than
was the case with that set for the pres
ent crop.
Representatives of the sugar indus
try went to Washington to settle this
and other matters, so far as they were
able ard on this point dispatches from
New Orleans say:
With the departure for the national
capital Of Judge r. f. Milling, chair
man of the Louisiana Sugar Committee,
committe of three representing the
nearly organized Sugar and Molassrs
Distributors Association, and a prom
inent local weigher and guager, the
center Of interest in the sugar situation
has shifted from New Orleans to Wash
ingtOn.
To Submit Proposition Soon
Judge Milling has gone to confer
with the United States Food Admins
tration = officials concerning the vOlun-
tary contract which, in substance, will
give ting government obsolute control
Of the distribution of Louisiana 1918
sugar crop. He stated that he ex-
pectcd soon to be III a position to sub
nit Il definite proposition to the plant
ers of this state.
The committee, known as the LOuisi-
ana Sugar Control Board, of which
Judge Milling is the head, held a CON
ference previous to his departure with
special committee Of five of the
American Growers Association, which
had been appointed to look into the
contract arrangement This conference"
took pIHc" in New Orleans Friday,
When seen at his office Saturday,
Judge Milling would not say whether
the planters bad agreed to all Of the
clauses Of the tentative contract which
he submitted, but he made it plain that
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12
DISMANTLE FACTORY

NEW ORLEANS, June lS--The MilIy
factory at Plaqpemine, recently bought
by the Wilbcrts, is being dismentled
and the machinery shipped to the Vie
toria factory at Patterson. The cane
crop will be ground at Myrtle Grove.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12
OPEN RECREATION HOUSE

CAMP CODY, New Mexiro, July /
lAssociated Press)--A recreation house
for Red Cross nurses stationed here is
being built. The building will have
an assembly room, rest room, sewingI
and knitting rooms and library. 1t will
be similar to those built by the Red
Cross in other army camps.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12
$4,000 768.sg1

no srr,ous objection was raised to any
particular feature.
Opposition Among Distributors
Among the dealers and brokers, how
ever. sufficient opposition to one clause
Of the contract has developed so that
thr dierrihutors' ass0ciation, formed
Iu~, week, decided to- send an indopcnd.
rut committee to Washington to en-
heuvur TO learn lust what the status
~ The dealets anda brokers would be
under the proposed contract.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHES

LAXATIVE BRoMO oUININE re-
moves the cause. Used the world ovet
to cure cold in one day. The sigma
ture Of E. W. GROVEis on each box
Manufactured Ly the FAIRS MRDl
CINR CO., 81. LOWS, U. S. A.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-12
BEET SUGAR CROP TO
SHOW SOME DECLINES

NEW YORK, June 23-The prospec-
tive beet sugar production of the Unit
ed States for the season of 1888 is
placed ut 743, 500 ordinary tons by the
preliminary estimate issued by the
Mrimrnth brokerage Company, of Chi
rago, on June 10. This il 20,32l tons
less than the actual production Of 1917
49,, rs given by Meinrath.
The following table shows the est
mated production for l9lS-l9 in com
partisan with the actual production for
1917 Is, by main producing divisions:
l9l&l9 l917.1S
estimated, actual,
tons tons
California .....,.... 1856, $50 POT, 1853
' r"% '" .,,.. ""'"'" 1853, 100 1906
Colorado, Montana, Wy.
dining. NcbrGska, Kan
sa> .....,........ .266, $50 3l3,24G
Michigan, Ohio. Indiana,
Illinois. Wise Onsin,
Iowa. Minnesota -. 1853, 800 ll2,O56
Total w TAB 500 1853 sci
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-10
METHODIST WAR COUNCIL.

Special Correspondence OF Every Evening
Laurel, May l0-Thc Methodist War
Council of Laurel, recently organized by
Rev. Frank F. Carpenter, pastor Of
Centenary Nj. Il. Church, has announced
the following appointments:
Centenery NJ + Church Victor G.
Kitchens, sub-district chairman; Mrs.
Mary f. Elliott, Joseph A. Prettyman,
Granville S Windsor, Harvey +. Marvil.
Samuel I. Smith, NJ Edward Culver,
Frank b. SIrman and Albert J. White
Bethel NJ H. Church-Rev Harry
Taylor, pastor; Earl Hopkins. Mrs.
Agnes CULLEN, William Smith, Mrs Kate
Morton and Mrs. Thomas Marshall
Mount Zion NJ f. Church Rev.
Harry Taylor, pastor; Charles Gordy
Miss Fannie Hitch, Eli Il. Hastings, Elon
Hitch and Mrs j Frank Benson.
Mount Pleasant Circuit Rev. L. f..
Windsor, pastor; Mount Pleasant Church:
Il. Thomas Hastings, Luke L. Collins
Joseph +. Cordrey, William G. Littleton,
and I. Clayton Goottec St. Georges Nj.
Il. Church James Adams, Mrs. John
Powell George Ellis, Amos J. Miles, and
Grover i. Elliott. Kings NJ. r. Church
Erasmus j. Hastings, Mrs. Jane Carmine,
Charles / White, Charles b. Carmine and
Ira Hastings
Patriotic service will be held in all these
churches on Sunday, May II, and also on
Sunday Nav 10