The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-08
LACK OF BOTTOMS
DElAYSsH|PNENI
Of CUBAN SUGARS
Storage Facilities IRE Not Ads
quate ToNHandle Big Short
age and Trouble Near =
STABILIZlNG or PRICE
ENDS SUGAR MARKET"
Shortage Of Coal and Slow Ar
rivals Hold Back Refining;
Brokers DISCOUNTED

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Lack Of insprable bottoms to trans
port Cuban sugars to market Is play
ing havoc with the plans Of the inters
national sugar commission to relieve
the sugar shortage, II develops that
many 81 the bottoms which were az
signed to carry the Cuban crop to
market are not insuFahle and hence not
available In consequence sugar y
Isiling up in Cuba and u appears stor
are facilities may be inadequate. These
reports are contained in the weekly
letter which one Of the large sugar
agencies here has received from its
New York representative. {. gs s.
It also appears that what was for
msrly known as the asugat market is
practically D matter Of ancient history,
since prices have been fixed and prac-
fieally stabilized. The sugar market
common expression In the south in the
last century when referring to an event
in the indefnite past. g.. ~ Is SNs,s, &
The New York letter bears date jan
uary 10 and says: 4. WI. %*t. s G-
NO Heal Maxket s't :, ~ a. Z! sy.i
Owing to the fact that there il NO
longer anything which comes properly
under. the designation Df sugar market,
the ehronieling Of what may turn out
: to he mere gossip Of the street Is all
Z that IL left TO write. Now that the
basis has been fixed Mt COOS cents, dnty5
paid, Il Is generally undefstood that
nothing that may happen, except the
sudden cessation Of the war, win have
the eject Of breaking this price and
I. yet II Is Just possible that there may
Be iempornry advances from time 70
time which win relieve the monOtony.
The international sugar commission
continues to buy all Cubas Of which
there Is any certainty Of reasonable de-
livery but the scarcity Of satisfactory
and insurable tonnage is causing no
end Of concern. Steamers which had
/, been allotted TO certain ports we're af-
7 tefEards found Undesirable aud had TO
be rejected. We understand that l..
100000 bags 10 the carrying capacity Of
sfeamefs so allotted but that over g.
000000 bags win be ready, this month,
most of which will have to be ware
housed In Cuba somehow, Despite all
Z past experience some factories are still
without adequate storage facilities, and
20 keep these improvident concerns
working at q reasonable percentage Of
their capacity will tax the energies Of
the sugar commissions and shipping
Enel Administrator Criticized
The drastic orders Of Doctor Gar.
field, our coal dictator, have evoked
I such 4 elamor as has not been keard in
yeara hut, il this is the only way to
start the supply ships for Europe every.
body Is quite willing to be sacrificed.
We have no specia. luminosity towards
college professors in general, but We
hardly think 1t possible for them to be-
come traffic managers by intuition, nor
can we see the wisdom Of appointing q
/, silversmith to solve problems in trans
/. portafi0n Of coal When we learn that
I large numbers of anchors have been de-
liyefed for vessels, the keels of which
have not yet been laid, one begins to
wonder II we are not after all in tOpsey
tpFgty land. 0ne newspaper features
the situation with q large type head
"a BIG THOUGHT FOR TODAY
under which in very small print follows:
Government Ownership
surplus Piles Up
"Cnba Is now manufacturing sugar
rapidly and piliRg up 4 surplus against
fnture needs. II is pretty well under
stood ON the street that practically all
1t this years crop has been bought by
. the United States government by ar
rkneement with the Cuban government,
and that as soon as certain details have
+ been settled, the facts will be publish
ed. The appointment Of" Jimmy Cal
lnQhan as assistant to Mr.. Mott in the
buying department Of the international
Sugar Commission is one Of the most
pepulaF acts of the chairman Of the
epmmittee.
q Figures from Cuba for week end.
ing 18th Instant are:
slei8 "Himely Guma
,Ey3tta ., tons tons
- Receipts ........ H,456 71,654
- Imports ....... 36T26 37,l4l
ttetecks q. ........ 95503 lO0,69s
- Centrals .....M.., 1853 15e
VOf these exports 1910 tons were
to, Atlantic ports and 1871 tons to New
Orleans and Gulf ports.
1.-THE number of Centrals operating
today Is reported to be 100 as against
161, IB4 and l4s in the three preceding
years Owing to y belief that some
factories have greatly increased theil
storage capacity during the past year
il il thought that statistics as to stoekI
st the ports win be far from represent
ing the actual stocks on the Island thii
year. M az "....
"The situation in respect TO rslhet
sugar Is but little relieved. Reflners
Il y true, ate beRinning 10 get Q littl'
sugar but, nntil they get coal also y
sufficient quantities, can make but lit
tie Roadway. The rivers are sin block
"a with ice and coal barges keep dis