The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-05
VAREHOUs[SFILL :.
with SuGAR1HAI .
AWAITS SHIPMENT
Stock On. Hand increases Forty
Percent'In Month and win
Pile Up Faster I
LITTLE SHIPPING FOR
APRIL IS NOW SEEN
Movements For & Last Month
Were Large But Did Not
Check Accommodations

Sugar is rapidly Piling up in the
warehouses. Last month movement of
suoar on the face of the reports APP
peSfed TO be considerably better and
thew were better than there Is reason
10 expect them 10 be this month; but,
notwithstanding better shipping ia
cilities, there has been a large growth
In the stocks on hand that are await
ing shipment. The increase during
March was more than forty percent
and there is now on hand and waiting
for shipment more than $4,000 tons of
sugar.
reports to the shipping board rep
resentative here by the various agen-
eies of the amount OF sugar awaiting
shipment as of April J show q total of
47iO6 tons. On the first of March the
sugar waiting shipment was about 3d.
O00 tons, m increase for the month of
nearly $4,000 tons.
Y Shipments to date are approximate
ly 100000 tons Of sugar or about TWEEN
ty-six and two-thirds percent Of the
estimated crop. There has been ground
and shOped or is held ready for ship
ment when space is available more
than thirty Ave. percent Of the esti-
y
AnriI were 1B9, $50 tons so that so
far as comparison Of shipments goes
the movement of this crop is only
about $4,000 tons below that of last
wear. At that time there was an &c
emulation of sugar awaiting ship
ment, however, and complaint was
heard that it was impossible to keep
up with the prsarranged schedule.
Last month sugar movements were
the best Of the present crop. Vessels
of all sizes and types departed and the
result was a movement which wai
above what, may be expected TO be the
nopual. This month there Is not Q
great deal a Aippihg In sight and L
must, be expected that sugar will pill
up as fast, probably faster, than il
didrlast month. This will mean mOr'
than 10000 tons Of sugar awaiting
shipment by the first of May.
The explanation is simple. The ship
ring of the, country has had to go Il
the Atlantic and Hawaii has. had t.
make the best Of such shipping as thu
shipping board has been able to fur
nish. No complaint against the ship
ping board is being voiced in any quar-
ter. The belief prevails that the bOarC
is doing the best it can. There Is
however, a growing feeling of disqui
etude and uneasiness among the suga
producers.
Many Of the vessels that have beel
sent down here have proved disap
pointments. Shippers were led in nd
vance to expect larger available carg
spaces than was found to be availabl
when it came to load. An instance 0
this Is cited as recently occurring a
Hilo. The vessel had been expected {
take $500 tons but it was found tina
she was only suited to take 1900 toni
While the news that there are to b
built in Oregon $50 wooden, niot6l
driven ships to be used mostly in tn
Pacific trade, it is said, was favorabl
received here il Is recognized that thes
can not be available for the mOvemer
of this year s crop though they may b
available for the next. On the otht
hand the fear rs expressed that whe
that time comes these new vessels ma
be needed for the carrying Of food
France, for there will be required
vastly increased tonnage on the Atlai
tic 10 carry to the army Of the si'
now expected for next year the sul
plies which II will need.
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