Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12


all, and Tor fear he did notunderstand my
proposition, l will repeat it more plain
ly: will allow him the privilege of
purchasing a roll Of what is sold for
the best California butter, in presence
Of witness, with the bill for same,
from any one or all Of the following
groceries, namely
HENRY MAY & Co.,
H. f. Nc. INTYRE & BRO,
LEWIS & Bro,
II. DAVIS & Co.,
G. HUsTAcE,
And have it submitted to either of the
chemists OF Hollister & Co. or Smith,
Benson & Co, and if any one proves
to be oleomargarine, l will pay for the
analysis and butter. Failing which
zone Who Knows" to foot the bill and
apologize; and, further, he is welcome to
take a roll of butter from the stock Of
my firm on the same terms. But "One
Who Knows" objects to my challenge,
on the ground that will be careful to
select such names as to disprove his
charge. Since he did not in his charge
see fit to omit any Of the reputable
white dealers in his sweeping article,
he should not complain that l select
some of them that ] am willing to risk
my money on | feel confident the
public would not accuse any of the
above named houses of keeping a few
rolls of good butter on hand, simply
for such emergencies as the present
"One Who Knows" to the contrary,
notwithstanding.
But / am offered, in lieu of my
proposition, to take samples from all
the butter dealers in Honolulu-Chi
nese and all Here "One Who
Knows" jumps the track completely.
do not propose to defend Chinese
from the charge of importing oleomar-
garine. If consumers will buy from
Chinese, they must take the conse-
quences. l am only disposed to meet
the charge "that either inferior butter
or oleomargarine was sold generally
by butter dealers in Honolulu" and as
no exceptions were made in the charge,
it is fair to presume none were in
tended, more especially as about four
lifths of all butter retailed in Honolulu
is through the firms have named. l
must here also disclaim any anger in
the matter, or any reflection on the
reputation of any dealers not men
toned in this communication.
Finally, lest the withholding of my
name should be ascribed to a weakness
of position, / take the liberty, after
thanking the PRESS for the use of its
columns, to challenge "One Who
Knows" to reply, over his own sigma
ture. l subscribe myself your obedi-
ent servant, Fl. N. McCHEsNEy,
AZ Queen street, Honolulu.
In our issue of the 9TH inst. we
stated the fact that Island butter was
scarce in this market, and that on in
quiring of dealer why the trade did
not fill orders with California butter, he
replied "The people here prefer
Island butter, because our San Francisco
buyers will not send US Jf,stelass coast
butter, as they might do if they would
take the pains Nice California roll
butter could easily be brought here on
ice, but instead of sending it they ship
us Mterior butter in tins, etc. /"
This assertion led to discussion in
our columns, over the signatures Of
"One Who Knows" and Dealer,
as to the truthfulness Of this statement
the former affirming that itNwas true,
and that large quantity of interim
butter, as well as g oleomargarlne," was
sold in this market to customers desir-
GUS Of purchasing good butter, while the
latter denied that any of the leading
grocers dealt in it, etc.
Feeling desirous of ascertaining the
facts of the case, the writer made per
sonal investigation yesterday, and is
satisfied that the statements of beth
parties are correct, from different stand
points, however, and that "One Who
Knows" did not intend to convey the
impression that ''oleomargarine" was
kept or sold by any of the Leading gro
GERS, but that 0ntside of these half dozen
or SO of butter merchants, there was
an extensive traffic in a very inferior
quality of California and Australian
butter, as well as in oleoinargarine
We know, as fact, that during the
past month it has been exceedingly
difficult to obtain at any stOr in Homo
lulu sufficient supply of either
Island or Pacific Coast first-class butter,
and have repeatedly heard dealers re-
fuse to sell it to any applicant, except
their own regular customers who were
in the habit of purchasing of them ohle,
groceries, and in some instances even
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