The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-10

TSss month az I. 49, ~
msnts IL no brighter than II wds glSst
inqnth and the amount on hand bSt the
first of June may be close to- l2Ss 1000
tons; Z. } - ~ ~ = ~ 30
ifopS springs Eternal = = =, /. /, sS.s
1 Hope prevails that before the end Sf
the grind, by the autumn, perhaps, there
may be launched on the Pacific; coast
enough vessels of various typesNto make
a rapid clean up. BY that time The
sugar win tbe even more wAnted I'm
the mainland, than IL is now. and there
Il reason to believe that 10 ,fsiieyt 3ap
approaching shortage steps win be
taken to get the, Island crop 10 the
fefners.r At the present time it'w6did
appear that there IL no way tes move
IL faster, at, least the planters and the
shippers and the represent atfye 6f the
shipping board have not been able 10
find IL. X. gsS4 Sc, E-l ~ ., u ,at x II .sIS
4 This relief may come in the form cf
small vessels, indeed this Is the expee'
tation of many who are 'quhlbfed Ito
express opinions, but they are none too
optimistic. 1t is case of promise
little and hope, for the best. g. n
More Uncertainties a., e.. -..e::f =
| Yet another matter OF uncertainty
has arisen. A week ago everything
pointed to practically all Of the sugar
IF the Islands going to Westerns re.
fneries. On the heels Of this came the
announcement that $4,000 tons would
20 to Vancouver, the, first, shipment
to leave by the Tancred, this al~eSk.
This seemed to fully confirm tile I'M.
preston that existed but the first Of
the week there came p surprise IN the
shape of cablegrams which told of the
liverting Of the big cargo Of the George
Washington, 10000 tons, and Of the
Hyades, in all about 1900 tops,@ 20
Eastern refineries. At the same time
the juneau was diverted to Crockett.
Confirmation has been secured that
the shippers here believed matters had
been practically arranged for the re-
fining of the Island product principally
in the Western United States and in
Canada. Now shippers admit that they
do not know what plans will be carried
opt.
Explanation Sought
The surmise is that there came an
urgent demand from the Eastern re-
fineries for Hawaiian sugar and that
I there occurred On opportunity for it's
movement by rail Of which advantage
was taken. There ia nothing TO infL
cate that this may, not occur, again nor
Il there any indication that the Plan"'tp
have most of the sgar 90 ito Western
rafineFies may not be carried out, II
Ii known that there has arrived a con
siderable amount Of correspondence,
mail and photographic; between the main
! land committee, the representatives
. there Of the planters And Eastern Sugar
men on the subject and especially In
reference to sales to Canada ,E-..-.ts,
As it is the shipments to the. East
through this diversion Of those two ear
goes means a much larger cost to tbs
| shipperS running up into the hpndredh
! Of thousands of dollars. r......' ft%
The piling up Of sugar IL also aaspHt
ing serious proportions and it 10 beconi'
| ing more and more evident that the
storehouse capacity Of the Islands: is
llikely to DO. taxed to the limit ". not
exceeded. Besides this the holding back
Of shipments means also the holding back
of returns and this win be apt to mean
a deferring of dividends until such re
| turns do finally come in. They are aS
| certain In the end, Almost, ~ taxes but
to anticipate them IN. all INSTANCES,
would not be the best business policy.