The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-19
VOLUME OF SALES
IN NEW YORK
SHOWS INCREASE ..
General Situation Is Mich lu-.
proved and In Another Month
All Signs Of Strinuency Are FIX
pected To Be Removed From
Country -

NEW YORK CITY, March 90 The
sales for the week as arranged for by
the international sugar committee were
comparatively Of large volume. %and
amounted to an aggregate Of about l4o,
600 long tons Of Cubas, $4,000 tons of
Porto Rieos, and 400 tons or fuIf duty
cane sugars, practically all for April
shipment. The amount Of Cpbasr sold Isl
approximately forty percent Of the To-
tai sales which win probably be ar1
ranged for April movement. II Is mn
'derstood that the ipterpationar sugar
committee is planning to arrange for
the purchase OF as close to 300,000t tons
of Cubas for shipment next month as
shipping facilities will permit, the rea!
son for thIs being that the Food, Admin
istratiOn is DESTROYS ( Of building up
stocks of raws ut Eastern refining
points as rapidly as is possible from
now on. sal
NOW that the vsxatious problem rel
alive to the Dutch ships has been clear
ed up, there is every reason 10 believe
that the shipping situation will continue
to improve steadily. Full details OF the
disposition made Of these vessels appear
IN another page Of this issue. The vol
ume of Faws which the joint committee
on West Indies transportation plans to
move monthly from Cuba during the
next three months at least will be In the
vicinity Of 100000 tons. According to
the latest advices received from Wash
fngton, the shipping board is prepared
to furnish the committee with suiheient
tonnage to move this amount of sugar
during the period mentioned above, sub
iect of course to the usual qualifications
that military necessities may prevent Of
any future time the utilization ofithe
tonnage assigned.
Outlook Is Brighter -.
Taken as n whole, however, tho ship
ping situation outlook is most promis'
ing, and the trade generally Is Of the
belief that the movement of fAws to
this market during May and June will
| be far in excess of the record for any
month since the first of the year. In
! fact, there is every indication that the
total amount of Cuban crop which will
! be moved both to the United States and
other markets by July Of this year
will considerably exceed any movement
! to that date in corresponding years,
provided of course that present shipping
arrangements are not materially dis
turbed.
Cube Optimistic
The Cuban cables for the week have
been generally Of an optimistic char
| acter, although some Of the planters
| h. IL - ka
the rains which have fallen recently inI
dictate an early approach Of the rainy
season, a condition which should ~
arise, might tend to retard the bar
vest and bring about reduction Of
the total crop from present estimates.
The rains that have fallen, however,
have not caused any large sl0wing mp
in production, and conditions general
| ly throughout the island are, very
favorable. 1t is possible that some OF
the centTals will not be able to Feali1e
their expectations as to the .opttprn,
while on the other hand a. great tQlHriy
other centrals may very likely 'exeeed
their estimates. As this latter group
outnumberS the former, ID would aap-
parentlv seem at this writing asif che
crop when finally harvested would
very closely reach the 3,775.0O0 7ofdi:
nary tons estimated by Facts About
Sugar at the opening Of the ssaSon. iN0f
eonrse the result of the final ont
turn will largely depend on tbs wsatb-
er conditions that will prevail during
Nav and June If they are 1t 'alLtfas
VOrabIe there will be no. question ! OF
the present Cuban crop surpassing all
past records by a Substantial margin
The refined market for the" week
has been c0tirelv void Of Developments
or interesting features Meetings. for
| the week have continued to increase In