The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-18

,iatemenf Of Food administrator Her
bert Q. Hoover In explanation Of the
snraf shortage and made public by
authority Of the President we're re-
tcived this week in the mail from the,
mainland the reports heretofore re-,
oeieed having been merely in the ma
fnre Of q summary. His statement dls
nine columns of the Oficial Bulletin
of December 81. r. 81 Peg" NHt
Hooverys published statement was
;sa.iaa az direct result of the action
~ the senate Investigation Committee
III refusing TO permit him TO testify
on 10 present such o statement IN the
hearihQs Of the committee, following
me nffneks on the food administration
~ Clnus Spreckels and others and the
6pchly manifested antagonism OF Sena-
fof Heed, the chairman Of the commit
tee. tlf ~ Z
tiEor purposes Of understanding the
world sugar situation, four factors must
be borne in mind: .LI4t
"a. The United States, Canada, and
Enniana were Importing eountriss be-
fo-e the war, while France and Italy
were very nearly self-supportings
SD. That the main sources Of supplies
10 Importing countries were ~.
81 Germahy and neighbOring powerA
rfR. The West Indies.
40. The East Indies. ....
German Sources Cut on 4
tsc. The German sources have been
ctIt 81 entirely, and Germany also
1aioely absorbs the sugar of surround
f3Pe the war England drew approx-
~. Ann mn In,.rr Anua v,ax ann -,
from 6efmany and neighboring sources
tons 81 beet sdEar And exported 50,-
HI tell 10 2IO, 900. long tons, Italy,
p1edpsed about 10000 long tons and
inpDfted almost noHa The Italian
pr6dnstiop fell to 5000 long tons.
Thus these three countries were thrown
onto West and East Indian sources for
1921, 300 Tons TO maintain normal con
eooaomies. The East Indian sugar re-
qnifes about three times the length of
voyage, and therefore three times the
amount Of tonnage, to bring from that
sources compared to the West Indies.
The actual draft of sugar from the
Western Hemisphere by the allies was
4s41Q,0Q0 tonsI against 100000 tons
preFar normal They also drew some
4O0,e00 tons from Java and the East
Indies. rt.. -
" d. The steady shortening of ship
ping throughout the year thrust an in
creased drain on the West Indies
Aside from this constant !elemsnt of
uncertainty in the position from month
~, month, another uncertain factor
arose in that we could not Judge the
eject Of their conservation measures
IN Europe. While drastic on, the civil
pDpnlatfnn, the consumption of sol
diors b far above normal.
Emoargoes Placed . -a.s,I
1.-The Food Administration was Great
- Ang1et 10, l9l7. The statistical
egidenee had indicated for some time
fhht the heavy but uncertain draft Of
Rottern Hemisphere sugar to Europe
uiohf marrow our margin of supplies,
pending the new crop. In order to
prevent supplies from going elsewhere
fhaq 20 the allies an embargo upon ex,
ports from the United States was put
into force on August q, 1917. and the
Cuban government eooperated in ,plae-
ing An embargo on all Its sugar except
- ourselves and the allies on October
j, 1o17. IN the meantime, every effort
VAS made by the Food Administration
70 secpre voluntary reduction Of CON
.ehmptiop by widespread propaganda, in
order that we might afford as much
supplies to the allies as possible ...
ftERort were made to secure Java
inpofta but no shipping could be al
lowed BY the Shipping Board, nor did
our efforts succeed in securing foreign
Aillcs Kedpce Ration
Cqntipning the statement tells Of
England reducing the household sugar
ration In August to twenty -four pounds
pofson q year and OF France in Sep
TENDER reducing its per capita annual
ration to 1872 pounds. This ration the
French government found itself unable
10 maintain and appealed to the Unit.
"a States government for exports. II
mas agreed these should be continued
up to 100000 tons. The American
household consumption is at least fifty
Ave pounds Q person. A plea for fur
thor lacok opay in this country was made
which the food administration proceed,
"A 70 outline, 5.,.,.
X WRpreS from the department Of com
Ipf,sf 4 to Nosember j Of 2s,oS7 tons
md 10 France Of S2,319 tons while
~ allied tIafIie executive placed the
1NWee for France at 85,428. During
he same period 236,T77 tons were
shipped from Cuba direct to those
countries, q total TO them Of 327,133.
Even Distribution Impossible
sdbeednept to granting the French
permit Mp 10 400, 00Q tpHsj the car
shortage IN this eonntTy rendered it
ippossible 70 secure An Rven distribp-
iioR over The eepRtTy, and il was ar
ranged TO shift some sugar, among the
.AlIina a Eranca and nllnYl Aha Matrd