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1917, SEMI-WEEKLY. HAWAIIAN GA2F.TTF. ." ft 3 .1 n if I VO i 1 " "... mm r nrrrv A rr Ml ii M II ll I I i i MX i - HEW YORK MARKET ADJUSTING ITSELF End of September Sees Sugar Business Still Unsettled But . Begging To Find. Self .. hawaiian sugar rumor given positive denial Product of Islands Win Continue To Be Refined On Atlantic As , Well As Pacific Coast . Full of interest to te sugnr industry : ) the letter this Week received by one of the largest local sugar agencies "om New York ovTciMntatlve, under .1... nf Hei.temher 2. Thl" letter men tions but givee no details of the two ' rone for price fixing of which another ' article on thin page Bves f informs tion. It enthentleslly denies the re .port that Hawaiian sugar ia to be r Shed only on the Pacific Coast, and mention the desire of the food admin ' Intra ion to furnish -Franca with the 100,000 to that eonntry bn as'ted for In the near 'future through econo sarnie practised by the consumers. In full the letter snys: Many Boinora Hear , "This has been a week of rumors and counter rumors. Arbarklc's refinery has ahut down for want of raw sugar ' and the Federal threatened to follow suit for the name reason giving out, that the Food Controller will , not lot ttrem bur any more raws. ;.''';' ' ' On Thursday the Food Controller mrfhdate wa published to the effect (hat refiners must, not ' keep on band ' more than a ten dura' supply of raw ' ' aurnr, and the name Jay Warner bought 6000 bag Culms prompt shipment at fi.87tt cents C. ft F.. TMf . purchase evidently met with the aproval of the fo'l eommiBF.ion a there ha been Bo .: eritifiiim aa in the re of the prevloua aale' to an operator at J rent aofl it In therefore, eoueludtxl that legitimate . purthaae as hiffh a. 87 rent fl. ft .. F. will meet with aW'ov'- Cuhana, . therefor, know, pretty neatly whnt to eapert for the Ifiiall unsold remainder of their iugar. ' ConuniacloB Opans Offloe . . "I'reMi reperta, liefore thle reaehea , tou, will have made you familiar with . tho new eonea ahd the wiahnef in whl-B the comraiMioners expeet te merge the ' oM prieea Into.' the new an the eaob ; advnnce. They are flttiug op offices - at 111 ''II Street In the heart of the ' augr ilietrictj and when these are r tal.li'liel ehall . prolmbiy nav an end of rumor mon'uK One of theae1, . promptly eontradicted however, that . Hawaiiaa ogra were henceforth to be ' ' rofinad nly a: the Wont Cat, need. ha to .aav, rauied a aenaation in cer- ' ' tain quartern. i Cnbaa Crops ?un Up , 1 "The Cba op produced this year (a now rWnnrng ahead of Inat year dne t the fact, no doubt, that every stick of eaue that will produce a reasonable perrentaee of sugar is Wrtug grounn. Figure for inatant are: the week ending 22nl lliroely Tons 5,:trs 1.1,207 140,589 .1 Guma Tons 11,868 12,613 132,845 :i ' "Becelpta " Exports 'Htork . "Cen train ii Vinnrt,' j "Atlantic Coast .. 7,W7 ' . "New Orleans, etc. 1"2 l,O0 "Euwue 4.628 7,123 Btora Helped Cuba - "Within the past two or three days ? severe hurricane bus been ruging in he Gulf , of Mexico after devastating tba Island of Jamaica, and, as usual, ,i tin heuvv rain accoiiiiian v'ma this storm will do an Immense amount of good to the grow inn all over Cuba,-far '. counterbalancing some slight damage in the central provinces, r Baflned Sugar ' i . .. : Hand to mouth ia the order of the rfay. i All refiners are quoting from ".' 8.40 cents to 8.50 cents basis. Consuin ; rs are being asked to. rnrb their p ." itite for everything into which augar " enters, an eonipouent part so that the request of the French Government for , a supply of 100,000 tons in' the next few weeks may be complied with out of the . already inadequate stocks we .'. have for our own Ecfiiiers are, therefore, restricting sales bnt Bone of , tbeiu appear to fear that there will not bo enough to go round. Even Arbuckle, " though it has eeaaed to operate, is tak ' tng care ef customers from accumulated , . atoclu on nanii. i . JAKES CUBAN BONOS Tha government of Cuba, through its bows bureau ia New York, authorise TWO PRICES FOR CANE SUGAR . ON MAINLAND NOW Explanation ;of Differing Quota-! tions From Atlantic ana raci fkf Refineries Tells of Opera tions In Two Zones F.xptanation "of the difference be tween the quotations for earns sugnr an the Atlantic and PaeiAe waboards h at lenirth reached Hawaii and is) simple and clear.-The eonntry has been divided ino two aoncs, an eastern and a western, and the eastern tone Is ex pected to automatically contract while the western one expands as the beet sugar of the middle" west aad north comes into market and the Louisiana cane erop and the Culmn new crop renih tte eastern market. Meantime Hawaiian ahipmenta to the east are bringing ' about a sent 'a pound more than those to the Pacific Coast. The follow lug announcement from the food administration under dnte of 8eptember 25 given, the explanation of the two pricea for ae raw susr and for U refined . augar v which are pre vailing la the east and west of the maialaad: - '-. Aa anomaly ' will exist In the sugar trade after the first of Octo- ' ber. The country temporarily will be divided into two price tones. California beet started ia August and the factories are bow in the middle of their campaign. The Colorado-l'tah-Miehigan factories will not begin operation until about October 10 and op to that time California is supplying the entire tet from Chicago , to bt. Iuis, west. The eane refiners on the Pa cific, coast will join, with the beet fact oi in and make a voluntary price of 7.25 ceat cane basia, Octo ber lr f.. o. b., seaboard points, and have suffielsat cane, judicious lv handled, to meet requirements to the trade, from Chicago, Ht. Louis and west: therefore, there will be a Use drawn north and south' throughout the t'aited States, on one side of which beet 'and cano avill both, be sjelllng oa a,7i5 eent bnsis, freights addcd.i and on the cither aide cane selling on ait (MO' cent basis with no beet competi tion. . An the volume of beet oat put, increases it will gradually, reach eaat beyond the Chiengo-rit. Louts line, and probably sometime ' daring the month of November will reach the Atlantic acaboard on a T.25 cent seaboard figure. Thee amount of eane in the east is sufH stent, together with the beet wbieh will gradually work In, to take care of the entire eastern section of the country until the new Cuban crop appears in December, especially as Louisiana sugars will come in to fill any gap. Following , this brief period the expectation , ' is that all cane refineries and beet '. plants in the Tnited States will be on a 7.Z0 cent sceuoara cane uasis. ' There Is no cause for excitement during this period of readjustment, and as prices in the east will grad ually take a downward tendency until thej reach the 7.25 cent basia, people in this section, in fact all aectious of the country, should buy sugars only as required. This will aid the government by allow ing larger exports for our Allies. In the intermediate r.oue where (he two different prircs meet there is bound to be more or less con fusion as to whbt price shall be charged to the retail trade. In this district jobbers mid distribu tors are asked to rooperute with the Food . Administration in keep ing the disturbance at the lowest possible ebb. Consumers also ore requested to be pntient during the period of price adjustment, for it will lust but u short time, as uni form prices for cane sugar and for beet sugar will be established just aa soon as the new cane crops from Louisiana, Culm and Porto Biro begin to move. Jobbers and dealers will be re quired by the Food Administra tion to sell the sugars ou the basis of cost to them with a reasonable margin of prolit added. . 1 PIONEER MILL COMPANY at Lahaina, Maui, has fejt the benefit of its improved irrigation methods during the drought this year, and in consequence has suffered less than some other Maui plantations, but it is to have even greater facilities with the completion of ts Honokawai tunnel project. Ihe upper picture is taken. looking out from the fore-boy and the lower shows one of the great new Humes. , . iSUGAR LOSSES ON HAVAK AND MAUI MAY RUN HIGH AS HUNDRED THOUSAND TONS M'BRYOE MILL IS Weather dohdittonVShow No Sign of Improvement and Grinding of Crop Now Brings Only About Onefourth of Produc tion Than Would otherwise e v-iamo .. 1 I-' With the continuance, of the drought on Hawaii and' Maul estimate of the probnble loss to the sugar ont turn of lhe,lslnnda hre being lncre.aeil. Kneh entimales re till uAoOVi-ia) for none of. the p'antntion managers at this time will venture to. forecast what the 1918 nroduetirn of bis plantation will be. I This rcfem, '.of course! tp those two inlfln Is for no adverse conditions have arisen on eithpr )ahu, or Kaunl. Converr.Rtloas with men prominent in the sgr industry and interested in llnwnii and Maui plnutaflons show that they are by bo nnvuis optimistic. .While tli'-'v are no civing flnire on partbni- i lnr vlrntntiona, from the information ' which !is 'oute to them they are ready I n miui ' 4tiA utulita whan flriir'ntir All .Knl.ii tn4 f 4 ' ' i ' On the b''g Island the toevs In North ' Ponahawai (:, South llilo.0.84 Kolmln, IlninakuK ami North Jlilo, es pecinllythe two first , named districts I will be very nesvy. it is eammeii I that there nre few plantations on thnt Island thnt will not have to decrease 'original estimates of next year's crop. Damages Mora Serious This ycar'vcrdp for tbe, Island of 1Ta.,.ii will lie i in xt-a of 2:15.000 tons and next year's crop was expected Haiku; MP, mauon v'i 'to tun somewhat larger. Maul's crop " Makawao . ....0.Z8 this year will exceed loO.OOO tone. Less Kailua (S), Makawao . ..0.7 out mistic otiservers r reniv ia wiui o"i ilatnage to uawan crops aa nign few or none In the lowlands. .Government report a show: ,., . " ... w r Last Font Island of Hawaii ' . Week . Weeks Ptiakca Ttanth . (4), Ndrth . Kohala' ; ,t.'.(.k. .:. 0.07 Kohnla Mill (4), North Ko- hala .0.14 Koham Mission (.1), North Kohala . ..0.07 Niulii (4), North Kohnln ..0.02 Honokaa (3), Ilamakua ..tt.oa Faauhau (:i), llamakua ...0.00 OokaU (4), North Htlo ...0.12 Lnupahoehoe v (4),'. 1 North Hilo . ....0.23 rtonohlna p;, North Hilo .0.40 Honoinu t(4), Houth llilo . .0.04 ,(Vpeckeo (4), Bouth Hilo .1.83 tapaikou (4), South Kilo .0.77 Hiio (5). Month Hild i . .0.13 0.38 0.36 0.40 0.67 0.11 0.06 0.C2 Olenwood (41, Tuaa .. .... 0.fi2 Kapoho (4). Puha 1.47 Volcan9 , Qliservatory . (3), Kan . ' . ..0.18 Kealakekna (4-1, Koutn Ho ns . ..1.60 Island of Maul ' Kannapali (4), Lahaina' ...0.00 Wailuku (4). Wailuktt . ..O.OB 0.83 1.67 3.63 3.03 4.41 8.09 1.96 3.39 8.06 1.02 7.77 0.25 0.11 1.15 8.88 the l as 70,000 tons and to Mam plauiatiou as 30,000 tons. Should these guesses, for they are little more than guesses founded' upon knowledge of conditions, he verified, it would menu a los iu output of 100,000, short tons of sugar which at six cent sugnr would meua) a cash Inns of $12,000,000. Weather Conditions Unchanged Weather conditions geiicraUy on the two drought stricken islands have not improved in the . past week. Govern ment reports for Inst week and the latest returns to plantations show the drought belt to be as dry as ever and rainfall below the normal In all parts aC l'n iulnn,l Tha 'annm or similar oaditsus prevaur oj iailal.i .Thera re some raina in the Blgher airituues nut It is. evident that conditions are not improving.. The drought has already extended mere-than a month beyond the danger point with ao signs of im provement yet visible. Some- plantations are grinding the 191 eane. Ju of the last to start was Paauhau, .iut resulta are meager. Koine are gottiug ouly a ton an acre sta a result of udi early grinding, about one-fourth of the normal pro duction. : '.i ' ' 1 One theory for the cutting of the 1918 crop now ia that by so doing the roots may bo aved and the expense of re pluntiug, which would be for the 19"J0 erop thus avoided. At the roots are killod as well as tba stalks the 1919 rrop .ajiut auffer .uriesnoadlugly with he 1918. - DECEWIBER MAY SEE iFIRES BURN CANE IN FIELDS Ur MUCH SUGAR LEFT Cuba Wants Price To That Paid Opinion prevails among sugar men here tlmt whut is meant by Cuban i grower when the suy thut they want j equality in profits and price with the bei-t sugur men of the rmted Htates is tht they want tlicir sugar admitted either duty free or at a price amount ing to tiie duty nltove that which has been ngreed hpon between the Louisi n n ii and the Hawaii growers. It appears that tfiey can soe no rea son wuy,,,nilcr presents ouniu i ion there should e uny protec.ti ve tariff on AiiiiMlcan gron c-ane sugur uud that if it be" "inatter of revenue neoddd the price fixed by the food controllers should be such that the burden would not fall upon the Cuban growers They seemingly urge that the I'nited Htate . unts the augur, for it'll and its Allien inuat.buve it,, is fixing the price that nca 1'Aoni.inllv it is stated in certain well-informed quarters that, fulling to secure Mil.-Ii an investigation ta oe con duvtcd I v the food udmiuistrntion or the intern ational sugar commission, an lippenl will be made to Interest con greas in such nn investigation. Investigation Not Favored - It ia not believed here that this plan for Mi in estigHtion will be looked up on with fuvor cither by the food ad ministration or by congress, and thut In the end the Cuban producera will, in a spirit of "ninhing the world safe for dtunocrney," heartily enter into the ciirefnlly" lnid out plans the food hrlniirist ration is working out to co onlinntn all sugnr Interests into one producing and distributin . nill snfeKii.trd the interests cf consum ers, producers and distributors. ' The commission will lay 'before Food Administrator Hi over details of the situation created ia Cuba by the war, and will submit di.ta liearing nn phases of the economic situation as they affect PE THAI ARE IRKING ON PRICES FOR SUGARS Continuance of ' Matson Line Steamers Will Help But Much Remains To Be Ground Continuance of the Mataon line steamers ninlr charter by the govern- k is At . Least Fifty Acres Destroyed and Suspected Incendiary Is Arrested y V Im-endiary "res on llawl Plantation are reported by recentBrrlvals from ment to the country after they have i the island of Hawaii, xne auspecten been taken over by the fortner will sim- j perpetrator, or one of them, Is reported plify the problem of marketing the bal-1 e under "arrest, lie is a Filipino it will pny and Axes that pnee lower the. 'Mis Cuban sugar crop, which it ia for the Cubans tliun for the resident f now estimate. I w ill bo at least fifteen BEING TRANSFORMED Great Improvements Under Way and Ready For Next Crop Big changes and improvements are the annooneejnent that half of the Cu-' being made in the mill of the McBryde ban S30 000.000 war bond isaue hod ' Kugar Company at Klocle, Kauai, ac- of America. Cuba as the grent pro diner of llii? Aniericmi continent has bieo able hentoforc to dictate augar prices nnd is usk'ei to forego this for the naive ot the Ciiitcl Mate and Al lien, and in so doing to bo ' discriminat e.l agniurt," as they exprass it. This Is wliut it seepis that they mean when they hk for a "f;ir and just price." In the last issue of Facts About hug-ir the following account of the first ses sion ot' the Cuban 'i,iuiiiissiou and of its plans is given: tieclua; To Continue The li r-t st'ssion of the commission t wns in the nature of an interchange percent lamer than any previoua crop j In t ijIih s Jiistory. Ocr..i GoTcrament'a Position In connection with the tack of the roniiiiKsinn, the Cuban governmt nt yes terday issued the following statement throii:h its news bureau in New York: "Hoth the Cuban government and; the Cubrii su'rnr producers are animat ed by the rlglt apirit of eooperation toward the control by the United Htntes of augt:r, but it must: be borne I in iiisiid that sui'ar production ia the I principal industry of Cuba, and' thnt Here is the pjrsounel of the two iUgar cbmmlKalons and the two com nitteei through whom tha price fix ing of tho commodity baa gone for ward and ia now programing: International Sugar Commission Oeo. M. Eolph Waablngton Earl D. Babat, New York Win. A. Jamison New York Sir Joseph White Tood. .. . .England John Ramsey Drake ..England National B.tgar Committee ' of the Vnitel States Pood Administra tion 3eo. M. Eolph waahington Earl D. Babbt. New York Wm. A. Jamison ..New York American Beflnort Committee 0. A. Bpreckola New York James H. Post New York C. M. Warner New York Oeo. H. Eirla, Jr.. ... . . Pblladelpbia Dwight P. Tbomoa Boston -And Alternates Thereon E. M. Parker New York R. A. Onard Savannah Wm. Henderson New Orleans Beet Distribution Committee H. A. Dou glai Detroit W, P. Turner Detroit E. C. Howe. Denver W .8. Petrikin Denver W. II. Halinam. . Son rranclaco S. W. flinsheimor Huntington Beach, Cal. S. II. Love .&4t XJte City a nee of the crop that goes to Crockett but it by no menus ends the problem. Ordinarily December 1 would practi cally clean up eveu the late sugar but this yeur other complications have en tered' into the problem. There will be uu uuusuul quantity of late sugar. The differing conditions of this year 'a transportation problem arise from the drought on Hawaii. Numbers of plan tations are unable to turn out from the mills the usuul daily production. Wa ter for (luming the cane to the mills is not obtainable. When this condition will end no one cuu tell. Until It does tho ilr.ily output of the Big Island is 'greatly delayed although in the end the production for tho yeur from that ia j laud will bo above early expectations. I F.ven should good rains come now it would be Impossible for theae planta tions to complete their grinding during November. There still remains over 30,000 tons 'of Hig Island sugar to be-ahipped, and his is more than sixty perceut of all I that remains to be ' shipped from the I Islands. There Is always some late I sugar from other inlands, especially jOahu, so that it will not lie surprising 'if December will find aa much aa 10,. 000 and perhaps 2.1,000 tons of sugar as yet unshipped. ; What the amount I will be depeuds almost entirely on when normal rains oa the Maud of Hawaii set In. GREAT NORTHERN GIVEN SENDOFF AT BAY CITY been subscribed by the Untfed Mtates treasury. . The remaining 15,000,000 will be disposed of to Cobaa inveators. Authorization for tbla loan waa extend ed by the Cuban Congress to President Menneal some time ago, and the deel Ion of the United States government cording to recent reports received from'1 of i' the Harden Island. Those reports say siom'i that the McBryde mill is iu process of missio almost complete internal truurformutlon. i re-cm A new standard triple effect, a large' Adiu i twelve foot vacuum pun, four new crys- of t'ie i"igar bureau tallxers sud s new iuice heater", besides weel v. t to be set. tha necessurv chunoes that oo with I I' i understood t'nit one of the con it between the three eomroia- i Ii is ini leTstood that the coui i vull continue its s'HMn;is for d:.vR nnd will confer with Food iH'Tntor Hoover and tho ofllciuls some day next KAN FRANC1KCO. September 81 The departuru of the Hill turblner Great Northern for Fluvel yesterday morni'ifi was the cause of many a sigh of regret, as It will probably be the last ' I time this magnificent stei mer will be it- has gone through iiihiiv severe crisis! " ; j scon here In a long while, for on com- vt li'te. Due to the tremendously in: 1 '-" i i i in ; pleting the discharge uf her cargo-at creased coat of production (n Cuba, of: market Ktnl.ili.eil, Cuba's delegation is the Columbia River port she will be cliieli lu! -or is onlv one factor, nil who ! confident tlmt nil the factors entering turned over to the government, who into trie iniposs.tiijtty or a ruinous tn commandeered her, aa well as tne ii'-iee i n' -'ailment will be borne in mind sis'er ship. by the Washington administrut ou. As the vessel left port she was given have si tidied the situation are con v!"c d tl. it tli- pre-eut pib'Ps of raw r(rw ere to h'fjh. Htafistics e mi'i!ed erectly bv many ron-reluted &tfn'ca all establish this foct. "The fro-'uet on of the sucrar crop fitt iided 'Ho fur, in the discjusaion f eonditioiK in Wusliiugton, which has t'l'aineU Die v iilcst latitudo and which hol'ls possibilitina of the gravest lin- iiitc a sendoff along the wharvea and by the cither vessels in port, Blrena and whistles shri' kinct their farewell to the vessel and her officers, bv L'reat risks, and very , to support vne, issue oi wr - - . . " . . . r . . 1 1 i .i ,, ,in iur".' iiiv'atnient4 or cipttni. . i ai is y' i "i n iwhii; m i si uu ..u a .i.r.nMi in Washinff-.these additions, tnsen with the improve- tention- -u which tn- coininissiou m.. - To. rarVof the Treasury ; ment. made last year will bring Me- ., s,d,.r.bH sre;, is . ht o ha v-, mj-r , . . . ... r , ft - i i L i , MeAdoo and offielala of the State de-' Bryde to the very front -imong the fae- "'v-rtgntl,n made of condit.ana . tl.ercfo.-e. the , vo -,, , i ,. vi.-tio ' th- He- The Kilaue. Plantation ha. finished partment of Cuba. Completion of torlee of the Islands. 'Ihe work te el jt I- ,nve.,n,r :,odet,on cost. ' M to t it v .iei b a. pro-! .... -f Cub- -htl the food "utbori- - i- wltn a crop of 6U20 tons, ; ICele flnanelal arrangements azures the ready well along toward a finish so that b--' ,,, . ... cent.. ,, on u, ! " Jll " t-!c power h I- v 'l not fell to consider fully the which Is jnat a little short of the esti- : earieonsom-.tlon of I-resid.at y.no-! key will be ready to start on the new Cnb, . tHdv tal. . 1 u f.ct, !,p h Minister do Ccspejes' aad .mte.. The gniisnelly aw ,rr eonten tal't far reaching plans for Cuba ' M-1 'I-.- . . . . , , ... . , , ' .' ', V'T" " ,.,,'111 ihn v't'i the lntt disturbance o eHor., leynmu uud Turufft v ill lay bo- ,o( the; juioo, due doubtless to cljipatie .llianc. whS 1. State. 1. , W-'' .Sg Editions, and to keep he fore theu,." - I , ' ' , -01t. the rop. Mjr. ,' ::''".., f -.i ': ; '---.':V '.''.'' - :, ,; - , . . . .',''; ';'--,-:' -Vw':,. --..O ;r..-' : .... ,-7-,. . . ; .' ;.'; :'. ' ;! ,::' .- : - , -v-u . .-j ..-. and it ia supposed that he is a laborer who thinks he has a grievance aud who took this method of avenging it, say reports received from Hilo. Arrivals from Hilo early this week told of supposedly incendiary Area on Hawi Plantation and considerable damage- to the already badly dried eane fields, burnt by sun ami urougm. It was said tlikt there had been four (Ires, some of them extinguished with no small difficulty, and that the cane on sixty four acrea had been burned off. Thia waa cane of the 191S crop. Inquiry at the office of Hind, Bolph & Company, agent for the plantation confirmed in part the stories that had been heard. It was - admitted that there had been a fire or Urea and that flftv aeres of cane had been destroyed. The suspected incendiary had been, it was said, arrested. As to what proof there was against tha man Information hl imt yet been received. Hawi was the nrst plantation to sisrt grinding 1018 eane. Jt was learned at the Oflices ot tne agency yesierumy vusi the purpose for wnieU this waa under taken naa ueen nuswern. sou iui iu plantation bad ceased grluding of 1918 cane. . . LIBBY, McNEILL & LIBBY VESSEL JS. GREAT SUCCESS PORT T0WN8END, September 27 Captain J. T. Flymm, master of the new motor echooner W. F. Borrows, just iu from the north, gives it as his opinion that the auxiliary powered sail inil vessel has been demonstrated a success iu Alaskan, waters, The W. F. Burrows, which ia owned and operated by I.lbby, McNeill & Mbby, waa the first uuxiliary power sailing vessel to be .tried out in Alaskan waters. Flymm states that the possession of auxiliary power eljruiuute a lot of risk, especial ly when the vessel is in the cannery trade. He adds: "A ship Is more like ly t drt,ft ' ashore In calms, strong tides and fog than in violent weather. If equipped with auxiliary power the ill'iiit vsnol need have no fear of tlhose perils. Hhu la as safe as if she had a strong tug uhead of ber." AN AID TO DIGESTION. When you have a fullness and weight In the stomach after eating you may know that' you have eaten too much, and should take one of Chamberlain ' Tublots to aid your disgestlon. For sale by alt dealers,, Hetisoii,, Smith k Co. Ltd. AgU. f er Hawaii, Advertisement,