.... . HAWAIIAN GAZETTE , FRIDAY.-ArRIL lm-SEMtAyEEKLV. Tnu; J - mi ii n o i II fl l II I F l v- ........ . . . , J- . . ........ . . v. 'e '. .. . i i . ! - -vscvvss, p . s no" ........ .'" , ' ,.! ' .. r : 1 - l-.'S: c . . t 'A , ;m -er. 4' vs. . .141.. ' It !" ,' ' ' -T ... i"Ar. t-. ' ...f :n. . ,V i . ' . . j. i fIlR;lE!SUGAIiP0yiNG if D ItlBCEIIItl; WITH flETTEft SPEED jjFPnnT nFf unr v 1 if Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar , Company Hat DanqMucl. r aring Past Wir WORE WORK IS BEING , PUSHED AND PLANNED Except for DrouahthtV tear's Outturn Would Have Been Banner Crop Except for the drowfht of last year Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Com bbo would have tbia year )arviitel U banner erop.0 of ftTT.OOO ton. or " ' ' niore. Rven now it la Indicated the IUl!..liJ A I erop will be In exreaa of tait year's. Thin ia told in the aaettl report nf the company, copied fit which have been received from Han Frantiaeo. The re port ia an eieellent on and ahows the great improvements raada (b prggrenH nd planned for tha present year. Lant year's entpot rf this company wa 61,813 tons aad this year's crop waa conservatively estimated at 5.1, 48 bat tire returns fronrthe cane tbaa far harvested have iadiaatcd that )he early figures may ba conaiderably enrpassed. Baealpt Iri Ket receipts frsa augtr last year were 5,748,050.3ri and from all sourees of revenue 5.044,T3RS?. Expenditnres were .S,rW0,a47.77 which ,laeludd in come taies for 1917 W3,C62-04 and a reserve for tnies on the profits of 1917, of A5n,309.6fi. IMvUeods of eiRhteen percent, $1,800,000 were paid during the year and there waa carried forward to 'profit aad loaa MMJM.flS. Tha permanent improvement account has been increased over last year by I7T,t78.1. i To make good the loss of young cane and rattoons killed by the drought when rains came ia November, much . replanting was done and for this pur eoM mor than 13,000 baps of seed '. were, aaed. After the setting in of Vlnter weather much -weeding had to ha iarnu anil at tka nee nt time the I rains and fairly good results from the 1919 crop are expected. Beeanse of water shortage not aa are was plant ed in October and planting was al- most at a standstill ui August anil Meptember. , Xewt Tear's Improvsmenta . Among the improvements treated in the' report is the Wiiinle rsservoir nd aiteh which will give an added storage eapa scitv and will be of ereat value In notding -ding the storm water from t Waihee stream. This reservoir is aew in use aa is the Haiku ditch where work was started in June, 191fl. The Koelaa ditch will be completed during the present year. Laat year the camp was largely re Modeled and 105 laborer' cottages were built and the new oftire building waa completed, a substantial concrete, Are proof structure. The statement of 11H7 improvement! shows; 1'umps $196,572.48 New buildings 41.54.18 Tools and implements 5,105.47 MrU 1 13,443 J7 Tarts anil wagons 2.425.88 I Pitch work 90,084.24 I Live atoek 114aJ9 I New office 19,414.20 ' Vail road 7,874.74 500,317.16 Relative to the improvements pro poned to be made duriag tke preaent year the report says: Contemplated 'Improvement The following is sn estiaiate of the Kabable improvement for this year: tehes 1125,000.00 Mill 50,000,00 Puavps 50,000,00 Buildings 40,000.00 Locomotive 18,000.00 Extras 22,ooo.oo Total i00,e00i00 Bealixing that ou account of the preaent high cost of production, It is necessary to retrench, we are trying to hold down isnprorsrassts as much as possible. However, I would say that J., fate foregoing atalomant a rood many of these improvements eonsist of work left over from last year, and Jt ia therefore obviously necessary to toatiaue the work. Dltchee $1J8,000 , We ave allowcsl this amount for ditehea, which should cover onr propor tion of the work done this year in the reliniag of the Koolau Ditch and the building of tke proposed new Ha makoa Ditch, anil the finishing of the liaiag of the Haiku Ditcb. It will tie necessary to install Ave new boilers during the coming off season indV unquestionably there will be other replacements ueccssary. Pumpa SO,000 i ' The Improvements on the pumps will be for the most part the finishing up ot ' the new I'ower Mtatiou, which, on account of high pries of roateriala, is eostiug S considerably more than waa otUipotd. uildins 110,000 It wHIl V aesessary to build two or three houses for our bead men and we will have to build from 75 to 100 labor era' eottagea, as the number Of the families on the Plantation is continual ly lnereig. r a a il I I ' . Facilities For Shipments This Month Are Proving Better Than Had Been Feared Hugsr i going1 I'eHrard 'to th main land HtPiulily and in Urgrr quajititii'ti thin month than had ben ntici,atiMl. I Since Tbumlay of laat week therr hav. tin rciinAcd xhipirinnta of NVtiM ton which brings the total to date, inrln.l vng tbf laitl I.urllnc, up to 15N,U tnnn. Hompwhat In tba way of a surpriw, and a plfiiannt on to the nhipprrn, was the nrrival tbia week of the motor-1 hp (leorfre Wahloj(ton whieh i' to! take miTar from hre to San Fnmrim'n. It ha been reported that ahe ran tnki 11,. r00 tonn but from pant experiences' the shippem are Inclined to diweonnt t hi iimnewhRt. Her captRln ny Khn can take 11,000 but aawimlnR thut nhe t"V'' MH' H will be a welcome. a f Ik a tilnB mA wall miri 'rllrl ,r ""l 1 IT Willi ly help to swell the totals for the month. I When It i said the shippers arc in elined to discount reports as to csrejo capacity it is meant that In a nnmtier of Instance sinee the shinplna shirt aire commenced to.be aeute thfi sctnnl rapaeitv has been found to be material- lv smsller than p-elimlnary estimate. Tn this instance It arirar that such a state of afsir Is not likelr. . Another vessel which (s expected to, he'n.mve he seewmiOntinir si!--' i f1"! Toit Areis which, it is expected, will, srrlve undT and lend f K00 tn-i. With the other veaaels that miv be fxpected during the month it is likelv that ApHI shinments will run up fl rtCnrtle t"tsl. Of ire ir-llS tons thus, far M'med hs bee fr the fiifjar Factor Comnnny and 25,630 has been western sur-'. 0 the Rie Tsl"od. aceordinar to Tn ter Ts'snd pnrsera' rencirts, there i now -aiti""r thinment S2.0?S tons. On the othe Il"nds sonie gu" is nccnmiiljit inn it to'av but. while " increase over 't month's u"ar nwsitina shin ment mv he exDertnd the first of te mor'k. te increase wil' likely be small er than ha been fen. red. W. . !T BEET SUGAR of siiff-ir . Canadian manufacturers t,om beets took siiuhtly less than 11. 000,000 out of 1-heir IniKiness last year aad the prospect are that Canada will tnahe ..enenxh beet miar this year to bejrio xpcrtiiiB it bosiUes pratieaJly '""K " oriimmi. in niiiMiiu,i Oajiala is doiny much to supply Great Britain 'a greutlv increased demand for jam, for on the peninsula between the Detroit and Niagara river farmers are raiaiag practiiully nil the varieties of fruit and berries that are sought bv the jam makers. With wholesalers of faring Jrt cant a pound for maple su gar, this spring's harvest from the groves in the Ottawa valley aad of East era Quebec should set tin new fig wree for this product. The Cana dian eoldiers have curried maple sugar with them to France, ami there have given many pnople their first taste of a aew flavor. Like stiKar, the word rubber proinie no longer to eonnote aemi-tropieal clime, for a large area 4a Hoatbern California ha been plant ed with Uuavla rul.l.cr trees, which are expected to become useful in five years. The climate f Kivemide County has been declared well adapted to rubber prod action. w s. I1EI FAITH READY According to Han Francisco shipping reports the new concrete ship raith will be ready for her trial trip on May 1. Is ofder to hasten the date when she can pot to sea the staff of men engaged 1; inum"? er"nrH a'"1 marhi!r!rL!,n. the new ship has been more than dou bled recently, after she was moved from the Oakland to the Han Francisco aide Of the bay. There are now three shifts of employes busy completing the finish fng touches to the Faith. . If the trial trip i made on May 1, at planned hy the Man Francisco rihip- buildlng Company, she will have been made ready to put to sea forty two days after she was launched. w. a GROCERS MEET IN JUNE The annual convention of tbe Na tional Wholesale drocer' Association Will be held this year at Cleveland, Ohio, dnring the week of Juue 10. Convention hciiliuarters will be at the Hotel llillciilcii. The convention will be oftieialh I now n as the 11 Con servation Convention'' and, as the Dame suggests, tin' program will be largely devoted to food conservation. The association is strongly supporting the Food Administration. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to core blind, bleeding, itching or pro trodiog FILMS in 6 to 14 days or money refunded Mauufactuied by the PARIS M1.D1CIM'. CO. , St. Louis. U. 6. A. MI WORK TO Af IT1 lf AfJ C If I? C j Jj jjl tjj '"llaV OiililvJ , !. '-; !: ... 7 , IN NEW YORK sho: General Situation 1$ 'Much ;Jmr proved ami In Another Month AlSigns of Stringency Arfl Ex pected -to Be. Removed Frpm Country , - NEW YOEK CITT, March 29 Th sales for th week ,s Arranged for by the international euvar eommlttee were comparatively of .large volume awd amounted to aJi agreate of abeut V0, 00(1 long tonr of Cubas, 45,000; (onsof I'orto Rieoa, and 4700 tons of fnlf doty cuue sugars, praeticilljr "all for "April' shipmoat. The Wmeuat of Cnbaaxtold is approximately forty perfect ef this TUk Ul sales which will probably be rang'er"for April meVsmenK 'Ifla1 . uursioou iw im leterqauoaai. , asiayar, i cumuiUoe is planning to, arrADge 'for the purchase of as close to 8OO.0OU tni of Lubas far shipment next nnu s sliiping facilities will permit,-the rew- hoii fur this being that the r ood AdB.lA; istration ia demroas ef kuiimag op stocks of raws at Eaateri . rafiaing points a.t rapidly aa is peeaiUe rm now on. . rM mm me vsiauous irauiew re)- ative to the Dutch ships has beea clear ad up, there is every reason o believe that the shipping situation will continue to improve steadily. Full details of the disposition 'made of these vesiatle appear m another page of this issue. The ol. ume of saws which the joint committee on West Indies transportation plane to move monthly from Cuba during the next three months at least will be W the -vicinity of 300,000 tons. Asoordiag to tbe latest advices received from Wash ington, the shipping board ie prepd to furnish the committee with) tuflleteBt tonnage to move this amount of Mgar during the period mentioned above, ewb ject of course to the uMal quallflaatlons that military neeessittea mav prevent at any future time tbe utilisation of 'the tonnage assigned. Outlook Is Brigbter Taken as a whole, however, the hip ping situation outlook is most premis ing, and the trade generally 1 of the belief that the movement of rsww' to thin market during May and June wHl be far in excess of the record for any mouth since the first of the yar. In fact, there is every indication that 'the total amount of Cuban crop which 'will pe moved both to the United States And Other markets by July 1 of this Vetr will considerably exceed any movenieot to thut date ia corresponding yera, provided of course that present shipping arrangements are not Mnliy 0uv turbod. Cube, Ortimlstlc Tbe Cuban cables for tbe week Irtve "y of.umi.uc er acter, although some of the planters are reported to be of tbe -opinion bat the rums which have fallen recently in dicate an early approach of the ra40V season, a couditioa wkieb sboSld it arise, miubt tend to retard the bsvr vest and bring about ft reduxtio Of the total crop from present .estist&toa. TL. ...... .V... L . f.llA L.... have not caused any large stowWf pj in production, and coaditient .feoerftl-j lv thrnuuhout the lata ad 1M rTry favorable. It is possible that aomo.ef the centrals will aet be eWe to eUt4 ahoir expectations as to . the oatUtrra, while on tha other hand a.ceat-eaBQV other centrals may Very likely -40i their estimates. Aa this letter -RfWU? outnumbers the former, it weald P- parentlv seem at this writing e if.th crop when finally harvested rww0l verv closely reach the 1,775,000. ' narv tnn estimated by -FaM-ta Aoot ftugnr at the opening of the. aeaaoo. Qt ronrse tke result -of the fVaat et turn will largulv depend on the WsVt-J er eomhtinns that will rurevail (taring miy snn .nine, ir tney are at nu-'iav vorable there will ba no enestiesl 'Of the present Cuban crop aorwaaaiag '441 past records by a sebstentlal margin, The refined market for 'tbeWsiek hs 1 .. i tirelv void ef develapmoats or inieresting features. Meltings for tbe week have continued to increase la WS INCREfSE I I t mtf isiii ui r'w.rMis- I. 1 1 V - lit- i . i I -I 5 " i -I t-. t r iSSJSS! !& week, ending March 23 show meltings at I ' North Atlantic, refining points amount ing to 54,713 long tons, sn Increase of ver a thousand tons as compared with the previous week.' It la interesting to nte in this connection that the melt ings for that week 'close It equal the rreeipts of raws for thai same week, the receipts amoutitrag for that period to 54 ,96a tone. This comparison elear ly Indisates that the refiners are mak ing' every affort to maneffteto.ro a large volume of refined supplies aa receipts permit. Jottings Increase r The til! meltings for all F.nstern re finers, including both northern and southern refining pjints, Amount to 70, 187 tons lor the week ending March 13, and total meltings January 1 for all Eastern refiners to litis date re placed at 877,914 tons as eomprd with receipts of 626,009 tons. ' Htook on hand the eommlttee estimates at 49, Ul tons, a Tory small amount repreeest Inft annroximatelv ft little over 50 per eent Of ft week's normal meltings for Eastern refiners. With treer receipts of rftws and larger meltings by the refiners, together with considerable improvement noted In the distribution. of beet sugars tnrougnoui tha Middle West,, supplies of refine. tatoaghout the sosntry are showing a marked improvement, and stringency conditions are alowly being dissipated. In another month no stringency saoald exist at asy point in tbe eoun yi -n" euppmw an"" in. sufficient volume to meet very close to normal requirements at this time fa-eftr." ..- ' ,-' ' w. su.s. CONFECTIONERS TO MEET thjeatfo haa bef chosen by the ex ecaiive eammittee of the National Con fectiossrs' Asappifttlon of the United States as tbe place ef the nssoelation thirty fifth annual convention, to be Wd May 7 to 10 of this year, inclusive. Conventipn headquarter! will be at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, on the lake shore. tiTte sovnmitte oasounaes that this will be the most Important convention In the history of the association and states that the atteadanee of' every member who can eome ia looked for The eoiiveiitloa 's rprogram is .expected to tie givan over largely to the eon Stderatioo f the ooafectlonery Indus try'e pftrt in the national food conser vation policiea i 11 ek. SUGAR SELLS THAN' BEFORE WAR DAYS Sugar is practically the only fooij conKiiodity which has actually declined in price since the declaratioa of -war by the United States. In Canada as well as in this country it has declined in price but not to such an appreciable extent as here. It is the control of the commodity by the food administration through the sugar eommissious that has brought this about. In this country the price for refined sugar is seven eighths of a cent lower than in Oetuber last and of all the warring countries the price is far and away the lowest. Tbe table tielow takes the hief sugar distributing points of the United Htates, Cannda, the British Islands, France ami Italy. In this country New York formerly made the price and ia therefore takeu. Cents per ixiuml, Iwsed ou pre war rate of exchange. New York Oct. 1, 1117 8.183 8.67 998 Oct. l.r, 1917 ,.-8.183 8.67 9.98 Nov. 1, 1917 8.183 8.87 9.98 Nov. 15, 1917 8.183 8.67 9.9 Dee. 1, 1917 8.183 8.67 9.98 Dee. 15, 1917 7.987 S.67 9.98 Jau. 1, 1918 7.987 8.67 9.98 Jaii 15, ltflK 7.301 8.B7 9.98 Feb. 1, 1918 7.301 8JJ7 9.98 Feb. l.'i, 1918 -7.301 8.07 9.98 NOTK.r-All of these countries buy raw sugar at practically the same price f. o. Ii. Ci.hV Tux on sugnr--Cnuada, 1.345; United Kingdom, 2.76; United Btates (nor mal), 1.25, (Cuban), 1.01; France, H.95; IUly, 8.7. With price of all commodities up, with freight rates largely increased, with high taxes to meet and uncertainty as to when sugar will be shipped and returns made, it can readily U seon why Hawaiian planters mnst join with others to se cure some substantial increase, say one cent a pound on raws, for the 1919 crop, it being too late to do so this year. dutch mm CARRY mUCH SUGAR NKW YORK, "April 1 According to advices received by Facts About Sugar on Thursday from Washington by tbe Joint Committee ou West Indies Trans portation, the Shipping Board has as signed twenty of the Dutch steamers taken over by the Government for im mediate service in the1 West Indian sugar carrying service. Oives Six More Ships This new order covering assignments increase the number of ships alloted to the committee by six, as previously only fourteen Dutch ships had been anaigii ed to this service under charter arrange inents. As only thirty seven of the steamers seized are to be operated by .XVIODERN methods, mod- i en pachitrery, tim apd labor : iiavtrt art fapidjy fp platj tlnpr pld qiathotla. . Mot kth least of auch? improvements . are 1 the steam ' (Jrtwtv lows aijcHjqjs are :tn use (nt.li 4 Pntatiop. ait they are poy on most of the larger plantations, of the same or similar type. , Above aad below are shown two views of these plows while the center picture, shows 1 the ijtiptive, p9vre( jtist a Jt has, fin ished taking on a supply of fuel from, the oil ( u4k ,wagon nearby. " . 1 ' Through such' methods as these it has been made possible to greaily reduce, the. jsmount of livestock end .the feed bills on the i plantations; n4 large numbers of laborers can be used for other purposes than LOWER NOW Montreal London Paris 12.28 1228 12.28 12.28 lets 12JS8 12.88 12.88 12.28 12.28 Borne 20.3 26.3 2tU 20.3 26.3 20.3 26.3 26.3 26.3 26.3 the Shipping Hoard, it is apparent that the eoiuinittee was treated most geu erously in the assignments made. With these steamers now available for immediate sailings and permanently to be ased aa sugar carriers, the pros poets are bright for a great improve ment taking place in the moveineut of raws from West Iadian ports to Amer ican refining points during April a compared with the March record. It ia generally understood throughout local sugar circles' that at the request of the Food Administration' the com mittee will endoavor to move approxi mately 300,000 Jong tons of Cubas during April. At this writing there is every reeaon to believe that this goal will be reached, for, in additiou to pro . vidlug the 'committee with twenty Dutch steamers, the Shipping Board, actiug in cooperation with the rood Ad ministration; ha announced its intnn tion of allotting ample cargo space during April to bring about tion of these expectation. reun.a WASH OUT CANIE IN SOi.lEPLANTATIONS "i! J - 1 At One Point In Hamakua Sixteen lncbef,?FalJtln Space of Seventeen Hours STREAM RIsisTvVENTY , , FEET, IN . SHORT TIME Reports of Damage Come In , . Slowly But Indicate Seri ousness In Sections Reports of th damage to crops oecn sioned by the rains which occurred in the early half of Uie monlb are cumin;; in slowly. Damage has Ix-en general hut in softie sections it linn been ex tensive. ft Was in the Hamakua district of Hawaii, the district that was last year worst damaged by drought, that the heaviest rains occurred. Reports from Hon oka a give some remarkable figures. In tha week which ei.de.1 Thursday, April 11, there was twenty -nix inches of rain and this i more than fell through the whole of the dry spell of but summer ami fall. In the one. hun dred days from Janunry 1 to April 10 it rained on sixty-seven dnvs and the total precipitation was ninety eight inches as against thirty five inches for the same period of Inst year ami as against a - normal prmipitation for twelve months up to March 31 of sixty six inches. Record Rainfall ' In one day at Honokna there wa a rainfall ef sixteen inches in seventeen hoars. One stream rose to a height of twenty feet and reached n lluine above it. On this plantation tho youug cum-, planted to replace that which was kill ed by the drought of last year was largely washed out and it will be neces sary to plow and replant. Other plantations in llnmakua, North Kobftln, North llilo and some oilier sections on Hawaii sulfered similarly. Tit are was daniago to crops in Maui a well. In the weather bureau 'a report for the week-ending April 13 it gives the following aainmar of rainfall by Isl ands . and roui its correspoiiduuta at various) stations. Kxcemmve ruin fall occurred on the 10th ami 11th ut many place; through out tho Hcetioli, and much damage was done to bridges ami roadways throuuli washouts. On Hawaii and Maui the soil is too wet for cultivation, and crops are making slow prrgre.-ts. 1 1 V Islamis, the average rainfall for the week was as follows: Hawaii, U .17 iuchen-i Maui, 9.10 inchus; Oalm, 31'ri indies; Kauai, 1.83 inches. Local Conditions Puakea Kaiu h, llirvaii Uaiu fell daily, amounting to- I I '. inches; es perially heavy on the loth, when 7.0H inches fell in 24 hours. Much damage to roads and bridges. Kohala Mill, lluwaii Heavy rain WednesiUy night. Much damage to crops through washouts. Three con erete bridge and two railway bridges washed away, uthers damaged. At the 1,000 ft. level, 11!. ti inches of rain fell ill 16 hours. Niulii, Hawaii Very heavy rains during lojit two days of week, l'lan tatiim bridges washed away and flume trestles badly damaged. ( lov eriimeiit road bridges washed out completely. l'apaikoti, Hawaii -I'.ad weather is delaying all work, and the heavy rain and low temperatures ares keepiu;; growth back. I'onuhuwni, Hawaii -The land is too wet for cultivation. Koine potatoes which were planted on the 6th ure in danger of rotting because of the ex oessive moisture. Cane harvesting has been susjiended for lack of room for the sugar. Sunshine needed very inucli. (Hen wood Kxpertineiit Htation, Ha waii Rainfall practically continuous; difficult to cultivate fields, and to tlht cut worms which are now numeruiis. Growing crops in good condition. Kapoho,- Hawaii Heavy thunder storm on the morning of the lllh; lK.l.i inches of rain fell U tweeu 5 p. in. and 9 a. in. Hail storm at 8 p. m. of the 11th. Wailuku, Maui Storm hociiis to be broken. Too cool and too much ruin for vigorous crop growth. Haiku Kxperiinent Station, Maui--The heaviest rainfall in year fell dur ing the week. On the HUh 7.4:1 inches fell in 12 hours. Considerable damage was done to corn crop just tnsselling, nod such n was mature and not liar vested. Koad ure in the worst con dition siuce 11)14. A heavy rainstorm, nmounting to al most a cloudburst, occurred on wind ward Oshu during the night of the 11th 12th. Much duiiiagi) to roadways feud bridges. Tbe heaviest rainfall 'or tlm week Occurred at l.nupnhncl.oe where '.!.:. luches fell. At Kapoho, Tuna, the pro cipitntion was 2H..10. w. a. s. A PABENT'H DUTY. Your boy is always getting scral.h- I or cut or bruised. Hecmise theso wounds have heuled all right is no m;;u they always will. Oct a bottle of Cham berluin 's 1'uin Halm ami see that every iujury is cared for immediately. You can get nothing better, and blood poison is too dangerous it disease to risk, l or sale by all dealers Heuson, Hinilh & Co., ugeuta for lluwuii.- Advt. ..r- :-X'-'r vr-'A ..;y,;;;;.VvJy;.-;