The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-18

unless they send ships to remote mark
cts for II. II we in our greed and
giuttony force them either,to further
reduce their ration ,or 10 send these
ships we win have done damage TO our
abilities TO win this war. Today the
number Of soldiers We scan send to
France Is limited by the ships we have
available. five send the ships TO
Java $50, 900 tons Of sugar next year
to piece out their ration we win have
nscessitated employment Of the equiva-l
lent of IL extra ships for enc year
This in our present situRtion Is the
measure of transport and maintenance
Of 10000 TO 100000 men IN France.
No Price Fixing PowarR iaststf,e i,G!l
THE food bill contains no prices6x-i
ing ipozers, and no pricefxing in a.
legal sense has been attempted, and
there has been no restraint onacompe'I
tition below prohteering level. z sGd
SIN order TO protect abe public from
proateerina and speculation, to protectl
it from 25,cent sugar In the face of nj
short supply, every element Of the su.
gar production and sugar distribution,
in the country was called into confer
enee and asked to voluntarily enter in,
to undertaking with the administration
to prevent these things. The national
necessity was pointed out TO these men.
They we're appealed to on the ground.
of patriotism TO give their skill and
cooperation to the undivided public in
terest in this time Of national stress.
to bury thoughts of personal gain and
serve the Nation. Thew were appealed,
to TO bury their trade fights and trade
iealousies and work in the common in.
terest. There are many interests TO;
consider. The cane producers of Louisi-
aua., the beet producers, the beet mann
factnTers,, the Hawaiian case produc.
ers, the cane refiners, the Cuban pro
ducers. the allied necessities. the Amer
lean consumer. These conflicting in.
terests have much accumulation of ha-
tired and bitterness. . !
at has been necessary to organize
these groups uDon a voluntary basis.
and to drive this team to the common
good the ultimate ends being Hs Il
"First. To protect our producer and
consumer. !
"second. To prevent speculation and
extortion.
"Third. To supply the allies.
Tells Of Work Done
He tells of the steps taken by the
food administration, suspension of
speculation, price agreement on beet
sugar, agreement with Louisiana grow
ers on price for granulated. request
to refners not to pay more than 600
for Cuban raws, regulation limiting
profits of refners, wholesalers and deal
ers and the widespread propaganda to
inform the public the prices which II
should pay.
The commission has no authority to
control retail prices except through
pnblic opini ion but every one cent in.
crease in price costs the public in three
months $4,000, 900. -
Hoover tells of the plans of this
year to be carried into effect BY the
national committee at home and the In
ternatiOnal committee abroad and at
home, the full duties of which commit.
tees are still to be determined.
Relative to the charges Of sugar i'm
ports from Cuba having been diverted
he says:
Diversion Of Cuban Supplies
1.-The statement has been made that
the action of the Food Administration
IN September in limiting the price to
he paid for Cuban Taws caused some
oO,OOO to 100000 tons of these suQaFsl
to be diverted elsewhere and contrib
uted to this shortage, aside from the
operation of the embargo of the Cuban.
government in our favor. A complete
| answer to this statement lies in the
fact that all of the Cuban sugar since
that date has come either to this conn.
try or the allies and has been con
sumed. Some existing small contracts
were permitted to Spain and Mexico
amounting to less than 1000 tons. L,
submit the following telegram from
our consul general in Cuba, as follows:
Exports from Cuba to neutral coun-
tries for September, October and Nov
embeT according to statistics here "A
Follows: Spain, 3lB long tons; Mexico.
1880. No other. Practically no sugar
on island of old crops unsold.
(Slgned) H. H. MORGAN.
American Consul General
Defends Rolph
Answering the charges which Spree.
kels made against Rolph on the sub
| ject Of Hawaiian sugars and their shin
! ment to Crockett instead of diversion
or them TO the eastern refneries he,
said
"Charges have been made before this.
committee that Mr. Rolph endeav ored,
10 beneht the California refinery of
which he was manager by this "a. cent
increase in Cuban price. Mr.. RoIph did
not fix the price. 1t does raise the
price to the Hawaiian farmer about
that amount 1t does not raise the
profit of the California refinery, he.
cause their charge for refining is, like,
all other rofners, limited TO 30 per,
hundred pounds, plus the freight dif-
ferential on the established custom 81,
the trade. Mr.. ROlph has not one penny
OF interest in that refinery. In any