The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-17
DESHNAT|OtOF
. SUGARS UNCERTAIN
Details Of Plan 70 Have Western
rRtfnrers HaudIe Received But
May,Have Been Changed

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Papers received from the mainland
tell moro about the proposal to have
the Western erefneries handle the bulk
Of the Hawaiian raws TO the practical
exclusion of Bastern refneries and add
fewrdetails to- what has already been
published on the subject by The Ad-
yertiser. How much importance at
taehes to the reported arrangement is
now an open question for since the
publications of those articles there has
been diversion Of raws, from the
Western reineries TO New York and
Philadelphia and other arrivals on the
mainland, Eastern shipments, have
gone through asfformerly.
The SAN Frhciseo phase Of the then
proposed plan, as published in Facts
About Sugar Is as follows:
Food Administration Acts
'~Foliowing receipt of telegraphic
instructions from Washington, State
Food Administrator Merritt is confer
ring with Representatives Of the two
Pacific Coast reiineries and the HO
nOlulu Plantation Company which re-
fines sugar chiefly for use in Hawaii.
The Spurpose Of these conferences is
said to be to determine the maximum
amount of sugar that can be refined
rent year. The collection Of this in
Of the Hawaii crops must be prOvid
ed for in other ways.
According to information received
here, this, move on the part of the
food administration was taken as a
result Of notice served upon the food
administration by the director general
of railroads. that il would be impOssi-
Bile to transport any considerable guam
titles of Hawaiian sugar to Atlantic
Coast points, either overland or by
ships. It is not understood that an
absolute embargo was placed upon such
shipments, but rather that the sugges-
ton was made that il would be neces-
sary to refine as much of this sugar
as possible on this coast and in the
Islands.
Able To HardIe Full Crop
"The capacity of the, two refneries
located hefe--the California and Ha-
waiian and the Westerns rated at
2000 tons Of MEETINGS daily. II both
fefnefies are operated to full capacity
they should be able to handle approx
imately $4,000 tons for the year, or
practically the entire Hawaiian crop.
Heretofore approximately 100000 tons
has been the amount of Hawaiian su
gar handled by the Pacific Coast~TeN
fneries
/ '"|TThe Honolulu Plantation Company
has d relatively. small capacity. The
greater part of its output Is consumed
in Hawaii, although small shipments
have been sent to this market more or
less regularly. 1t is probable that ar
rangements will be made to, baye the
Hawaiian refined market supplied en-
tirely by this company instead of send
ing a certain proportion Of its refined
requirements from here as has been
heretofore. Another possibility is that
certain of the Hawaiian mills may be
asked to turn out direct white sugar,
as it is known that some few of the
ruills are equipped to do this.
Raises Problsns
/ "a problem demanding serious con
sideration is the distribution of the
Increased quantity Of refined sugar that
will be turned out here. A long rail
road haul for much Of the product will
be necessary, rs Western territory is
now fully supplied. With approximate
| ly half the Hawaiian crop handled
from this port, it has been necessary
TO ship as far east as Chicago in order
to dispose Of it. With further large
increase in refining output, 1t appar-
emily will be necessary to extend the
sales zone to include Indiana, Ohio and
other Eastern states. In making such
| extended shipments the freight rate
naturally operates rather heavily
against the California refners
! at is considered here that this lat
est development is significant of the
| seriousness with which the transporta-
ton situation is regarded in Washing
I ton, and that it indicates particularly
the importance attached to the conser-
walton of shipping. No definite state
ment has been made as to the exact
steps that are to be taken, but it is
generally expected that action along
the lines Indicated above will be TAX
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