The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-28
Sugar Supply For
Next Half
jHear AppoutiOned
iFogd Administration Takes Steps
10 Compel Economy Now So
As TO AVOID Acute Famine
Later In the Year


Taking no chances on aoo.lc~ n NJ"
sugar famine, the food admin nra ION
has aPportioned and rat;oned ri- est
mate Of the balance of ari>n,v of
sugar for the present yen Thus "y;i
mate is considerably below tie rg.rc-
for probable arrivals that air to be
sercured from such expert cy,mat,s Of
crops rs are published in Facts About
Sugar and other publicntiony ,lr>, ted
70 the interosts OF the sugar industry.
Estlmats Is Low
Associated Press despotcl r~ received
"Wednesday night said the food lmlm
istration had apportioned tn" visible
sugar supply, 100000 tons, for the
next six months. This is n smaller
| quantity than was received hy t,r re-
| liners for the first five months Of the
year and considerably smaller than the
| estimated balance Of crop as has hcc7
published in the sugar journals. indi
eating That there is large amount Of
sugar which the food administer ION
does not expect to see marketed be
fore the end of the YER.
! Sugar arrivals in th" United States
up to June | were l.7S0l7S to : or
lS6,6O9 tons below rr"oints to the sumo
date last year. The rstimatrd balance
of shipment at that time was 2,I75 $50
from Cnba, Porto Rico and Hawaii. i
was estimated that ia the month Of
June arrivals would h" between 80 900
and 100000 tons and taking the differ
ence, 275,OOO tons there should Toe =
visible supply Of ,9uO,UOO or 300 900
more than the food administration rSti
mate, indicating there i at least 800.
600 tons that the administration does
not expect to h" moved during the next
six months. There figures may be tax
en- to be the Pstimntrl shortages in
sugar carrying bottoms for the balance
Of the year.
Individual Supply Cut
Three pounds n month for the re
mainder Of the year is the part nppOr-
TONED from the estimated balance for
individual consumI ton. n considerable
decrease from the former iudiN idual
consumption which ran not far from
seven pounds a month. Candy fac
tories find their allowances reduced IN
fifty percent Of the normal. bal cries I
seventy mad L." cream makers 10 seven
~ eve. Absulut" war necessities, for
the manufacture Of rxU!u4iN rs and giv
cerire for instance, will grt their full
requirements and canned fruits. be nc
food essentials AVID to a great cvtrnt
rrmv and navy rations viii be allowed
a full supply.
BY rutting thr1" r"Cu'ptions into
effect the first Of July the food admin
istration reduces the apportiOnment
now instead Of waiting until the supply
is exhausted and when suffering must
result. '"unomy for the next thrr,
months il expected TO prevent famum,
for the following three months.
Plenty For Hawaii
No announcement Of rntiuniug h.,
has been made Hawaii has it's uNr
supply Of graduated and wash sugar,
and the usr Of It a\oIds the import Of
other foods while, at tn" same n"rr
there is II supply Of sugar here wheel
it liz impossible to move at the present
time and Whch may not he NOV ed uul
entirely for months At the same time
the aIlOwanc" ON the mainland d"c'
not give much opportunity for the max
ing of sweet desserts and unmv a maj
and woman will reduce the sw"rtcmin'
in teas and cof1CrS by a traSpnOmful
Cooling lemonade nud other summr
} drinks are apt to be more ncid than
in the past.