The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-25

b.
probable crops and the rulings of the
International and the national sugar
eommissiohs are, worrying sugar deal.
lefs and brokers in New York. Short.
age Of coal and shortage of sunshine
with an 6verHbundance of snow and
ice, are worrying them quite rs much
end spbjecting them and, other New
Workers. as well to severe diseomforts.
When q man has TO climb flight after
flight Of stairs to reach his office in a
skyscraper; when all Of his Office force,
from the lowly Office boy up TO the
trim md dainty ,stenographers and
typistt, have to similarly climb; when
he who would conduct business with
the firm heads or, clerical force must
either ascend these long flights Of
marble OF iron stairs or use the tele-
phone. where all day long one must sit
IN a heatless Office with the mercury
hovering close to ore under the zero
mark, Mr.. Business Man naturally feels
he has grievances against the weather
man in particular and every other per
SON in the world in general. Such are
the conditions which New Workers have
been ''enjoying, - as is sh0gn by a let
fer received by asloeal agency from il :
New York REPRESENTATIVE this week. (
shipping Held Up s.&,s ,ls...a,A =,
How the coal shortages is affecting
shipping is also told briefly. Vessels
which should be moving Cuban crops or.
bringing sugar from New Orleans have
been idle for lack of bunker coal.
River trafie is hindered by miniature
ice bergs and ice fields, which seldom
appear In New York harbor and its
rivers before February.
The letter Was written before the an
nonncement Of the international sugar
eornmission and the "a dispatches from
Havana which told Of the securing Of
the. whole Cuban crop for the United
STATES and its Allies, 50 sthe portion
which refers 70 the probable cause for
the course Of the SUGAR commissions Is
not 20 applicable to the market situas
ton now as then. II is also indicated
that beet sugar viii not greatly aid the
retail market in the East. -. -. -.
Written from New York on January
8, the letter to the local agency says:
Again this week there have been
sales each market day to the Interna.
\ tional Sugar Commission OF .Gubas,
Porto Rieos, Perus and San DomiAgos,
hli at the equivalent of the new fixed
duty paid basis of 6.00be, which price
has been officially declared retroaetiye
commencing with December ii last. Z
There appears to be no immediate
ipteRtion on the part of the InteTna-
tiqnal Sugar Commission to consupi.
mate the sale q any great proportion
AZ the Cuban crop to which we re-.
fsrred in our last report, for their
bnyAr does not indicate any interest, in
anything but prompt OF nearby sugars,
ana Will not even negotiate with sell,
sfs unless he has. assurance that tom
nEge has been secured for any sugar
they may offer. This may be due to
the fact that any humber of vessels, in.
eluding munition and supply ships,
have been held up in various United
States ports waiting for coal, some Of
them since the end of November last.
IL Is Believed, however, that sales to
the InteTnational Sugar Commissions
haze much exceeded the quantities re-
ported and, that these sales are being
kept under cover for reasons best
known 70 the committee,
Freight Congestion Told
n Congestion of freight in this yicin-
ity has about reached climax, and the
unpreeedentedly severe winter weather
we have experienced for, a period of ten
Days past has taxed our transportation
Facilities far beyond their capacity.
sskysrapers which never before
failed to secure m adequate supply Of
coal have had to go without for days
Of q time, and the occupants of the o.
fees have had 10 climb iunumerable