The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-06-21
APPEALS or HOOVER ARE
CONSIDERED TIMELY AND
MAY AVERT SUGAR FAMINE

NEW YORK, June Food Admins
traitor Hooyer's special message to the
people Of the, country read from church
pnlpits on Sunday, May 20, urging the
inlmediate ,conseryation Of sugar was
fayorably commented, on In sugar circles
this week, reports Facts About Sugar.
II was regarded as a timely step toward
4yertihgb a. possible, recurrence of the
disturbing conditions Of last fall and
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4, Not only did the trade hold to the
general opinion that the request was
al timely one, coming at the beginning
of the period Of heaviest consumption,
but the view was held also that it
would prove highly effective inasmuch
as Mr.. Hoover had taken the public
into his confidence by deftly directing
attention to the impossibility of sugar
being in, plentiful supply during the
remainder Of 1918, on account of the
increasing demands upon shipping for
overseas military and food supply
warned III Zine
Discussing, these points a prominent
sugar authority said:
When warned in time and given
the reason for the warning, the Amer
lean people can be depended on to
respond wholeheartedly to any rea-
sonable request made to them for
the exercise of selfdenial that will
aid in winning the war This APP
plies fully TO the sugar situation. Now
that Mr.. Hoover has met both of these
requirements he has gone a long way
toward avoiding the mistake made last
year when the public was led to be,
Heve that sugar supplies were ample
and no possibility Of a future shortage
was intimated by those who were fully
aware of conditions.
1hnuence Of Ship Situation
Mr.. Hoover reference to sugar
consisted of short paragraph in Il
statement referring at greater length
to the conservation of wheat and
meats 1t was as follows:
In the case OF sugar we are embar
rassed by the necessity Of using ships
for carrying our soldiers and Feeding
the Allies, and in consequence we must
use sugar with great economy. We
must emphasize the Importance Of can
ming and preserving on a large scale
among our people this summer and our
available sugar must be conserved for
this purpose
The import of Mr.s HoOver's state
ment to the AMERICAN people comedies
with the opinion which has prevailed
In the trade for some time past relative
to the general outlook. Since, the be-
ginning Of last month it has been real
lied that the refners will be hard
pressed to meet the heavy demand
which is expected to, set In when the
canning season gets into full swing,
and there IL every reason to believe
that this demand viii be fully as heavy
as last year. As Mr.. Hoover has now
indicated that the best interests of the
American public can be served by con
serving the greatest possible amount of
food products through preserving and
canning, and as there is no call for
any cuTtailment in that direction, il is
not unlikely that the demand for
sugar for home preserving may be even
greater than last year, when 1t
drained the country of practically all
visible and invisible supplies.
RawB Are Limited
To meet this condition refined sup
plies must be obtained from the lin
tied volume of raws which can be
moved month by month from producing
sections to refining points from now
TO the end Of the year. These month.
~ shipments will inevitably show
considerable shrinkage as compared
with the movement during April and
May. Another unfavoTable factor is
the unusually low level of w stocks,
(which practically equal only one week 5
melting requirements.