The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-26
PHILIPPINE SUGAR
CROP T0DE MOVED
LurIine, Manoa, Persia Maru and
Justin win Carry Balance
Of the Crop

NEW YORK, July with the pro-
spect that sugar supplies from nearby
sources of production will be inadequatc
to meet the full demand during the
final six months of the year the food
administration and other governmental
authorities are displaying decided inter.
est in the possibility of bringing into
the American market the balance of the
current Philippine crop, Facts about
Sugar, reports. The project Of draw
ing upon this distant field Of Ameri.
can production has assumed increased
importance in view of the demands Of
France, Italy, and the American army
abroad, which are heavier than was
anticipated earlier in the year.
Take Balance of Crop
Plans yeen carefully canvassed
in official circles during the past two
weeks by which il is hoped that ii may
be possible to bring to Pacific ports the
greater part and perhaps all Of the
Philippine sugar remaining unshipped.
George II. Fnirchild, of Weleh, Fair
child and Company, Manila and New
York, has been in Washington for sew
eral weeks as the representative Of Phil
ippine interests, endeavoring to Dr.
range for the movement of various in
sular products needed in the United
States Governor General Harrison Of
the Philippines also has interested him
self in the matter. Through their ef.
forts, which have been favored by GER
tain developments in the existing sit
uation, il Is now believed that Philip
nine sugar will begin to reach San
Francisco in quantity during August OF
September, and that this movement
will continue until the bulk of the re-
naming Philippine supply has been
transferred to various markets of the
United States. ~
Freight Rate An Obstacle a
One turn in the state of affairs that
has caused the federal authorities to
look with a more favorable eye upon
the proposal for bringing Philippians
sugar to this market Is the improve
msnt in the shipping situation during
recent weeks Another factor that has
helped has been the placing Of copra
upon the restricted list. The most
serious obstacle that remains to be over
ing between Manila and San Francisco.
The official rate is $40 a ton, but $40
ton is being demanded by steamship
companies, and it is asserted by Philip
pine producers that this rate, with pre-
vailing high insurance charges, will not
allow q net return sufficient TO meet the
cost of production. 1t is expected that
this matter win receive the further at
tention of the shipping board and the
food administration, and that some sat
isfactory solution of the problem will
be reached either by the regulation Of
tonnage rates or in some other manner.
Fom This Month
1t is ALREADY decided that four steam.
ships win leave for the Philippines dur
ing the present month and will return
with cargoes of sugar and hemp. These
are the l.urline, Manoa, Persia Maru,
and Justin. The two former are con
signed to Weleh, Fairchld and Com
Pany, the Persia Maru to the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, and the Jus
tin to the Dollar Steamship Company.
They probably will be able to transport
$4,000 to 10000 tons of Philippine cen
trifugals on the voyage for which they
are now chartered, Dope nding upon the
proportions in which their cargo space
is divided between hemp and sugar.
According TO latest advices received
from Manila the amount of Philippine
sugar available for shipment is r0undly
10000 long tons, of which approxi-
mately $4,000 tons are centrifugal and
l25, 900 tons are ,muscoVados. II is be-
lieved that first efforts will be directed
to the transportation of the centrifugals
and that later on, II tonnage is avail
able, the muscovedos will be brought
ovPr.
In view of the tentative plan Of the
food administration to transfer to the
Atlantic seaboard a larger proportion
of Hawaiian raw shipments than has
been the practise in recent months, IL
has been suggested that the Philippine
sugar might be refined on the Pacific
Coast. No definite action has been
taken in this matter, as the primary
concern is to find means of moving
the sugar to United States ports. "a
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