The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-30

anu III Nhf
icnn members of the international
sugar committee, pattitipdte,l in Tie
conference, while the CnbaD view was
presented by Minister Carlos Manuel
dc Cespedes, r. B. Hawley and Manuel
Rionda, members of the special mission
representing the Cuban government, j.
r.! Bruce represented the British gov
ernment.
Beet Sugar Men Heard
Following the adjournment Of the
Cuban conference the sugar Cquali-.
Zation board went into conference with
n committee representing the domestic
beet sugar producers, who submitted n
brief containing data upon the cost Of
beet sugar production in the United
States and recommendation as to the
new price basis which should be fixed
for their product.
Hawaii Is Heard
The beet sugar men were followed
by n committee representing the Ia.
waiian Sugar Planters Association,
which has brought to Washington fig
ures Of production costs in Hawai- and
which conveys the views of the pro,
ducers there upon the price question.
Louisiana Wants Eight
On the subject, of sugar prices the
Louisiana Planter Of August IL says:
Friday in Washington win be pro,
nounced the decision Of the food adj
min'stratiOn which will either mean n
Louisiana sugar industry of greater
size or another period of struggling and
struggling along very near to the bot
tom Of the list of sugar producing dis
tricts of the world, for this State.
ga committee left Wednesday night
for Washington and il was composed
for the most part of new faces from
Louisiana for the international sugar
committee to deal with. The personnel
of the old committees that have been
going back and forth to Washington
enerRetieally and enthusiastically was
not very strongly represented on the
new committee by which il is hoped to
con vince the international sugar com
nittee, Of the fact that the food ad-
ministration' proper function at the
beginning, and it was never since
changed, was an is to encourage pro.
duction and this committee hopes to be
able to show the inter9htiOnal sugar
committee, that its past attitude to,
wards Louisiana sugars has not been
conducive to that eud. :.
Es'The meeting Tuesday listed from
two o clock p. m. to five o'clock p. m,
and was generously attended especially
by planters from the great small cane
farmer section of the sugar belt in tho
westernmost parishes where several of
the largest and finest factories in the
State depend entirely upon the small
cane growers who must be encouraged
to raise cane by making them feel that
by doing so they are making as much
money as they would if they gave up
zane and raised rire or cotton instead.
1t was said by some in attendance that
the gathering Tuesday expressed for the
most part general dissatisfaction with
the results SO far obtained with the
present Washington representation of
the association, but they did not feel
like they knew what to do at once to
remedy the situation.
"The general opinion was that eight
cents for raw was the lowest price
capable Of encouraging greater interest
and consequently greater production Of
sugar cane III this State. This price
would enable the factory owners to
offer the small farmers enough to make
sugar cane culture sufficiently attrac
tive to them to increase their acreage
next Year.
CAS- the situation is today there is
grave doubt Of any increase in cane
acreage next year and many have said
that they were not going to even put
down their 1917 acreage unless the price
was placed at a high enough figure to
take care of the advanced cost Of pro
ductiom, not the least important item of
which is the labor problem. The Mexi.
can solution to our labor troubles every
day becomes more VapOrOus. 1t is al
most thin air now aud at a meeting of
planters called by Cliff Williams, labor
chairman Of this district for the govern
ment, the planters were advised that
the government would only help them
with it's advice.