The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-07-19

a week. Another great difficulty is
that formerly the arrangement was
that in lieu of that we could take so
cents in money. Now that has been
stopped, causing much trouble. We
asked Mr. Meyers if he would not
let us take our choice. He said,
''No; will allow you two dollars a
month in an order on the store"
We told him we could only get cloth
and bread with an order of that
kind. A certain allowance of oil,
soap and salt is given, and notice is
given to the people to come on GER
tain day. AT the same time the
oil is issued, the soap and salt
are also issued. The objection to
this is that sometimes people ask for
empty Kerosene cans and other
empty vess is, but are asked so
cents for empty salmon barrels. We
want the barrels for water containers.
When it comes to the day when rice
and bread are issued we are refused
the empty bags. We receive our
rations of food, but have not any
allowance of matches to light our
fire with. The people have to get
supper before dark and GO to bed
because there are no matches.
Another difficulty is about our let
ters to and from our friends. We
do not receive answers and do not
know what becomes of our letters.
They go up to Meyers and perhaps
are opened there. There is some
difficulty about communication with
our friends. Our allowance of soap
is not enough, half bar for each
once month. At Kakaako one bar
of soap is allowed once month.
We want water down at Kalaupapa
and "a reservoir should be provided
so that we can have it. A man is
hired at $15 month by the Board
OF Health, and when leper wants
water it rests entirely with that man
whether he should charge for the
water or not, and when his teamster
heard of that rule he Immediately
began charging a dollar a load. The
person employing him provides the
containers, and if l am poor man
and have not sufficient containers l
do not get enough, while a rich man
who has plenty containers gets all
he wants. The water down there
in the we'll is very bad. A great
many people drop their shoes in
the water, and we do not want to
use that water, and have to hire
this man to bring us water. (The
audience of lepers assented loudly
to the truth of these statements.)
We are penned in here like turkeys
with their wings clipped; we cannot
get out. All these difficulties are
caused by the employment of man
as Superintendent who is in the
service of both the Board of Health
and Mr.. Bishop. He cannot serve
both property. Cro, Hon. J.
Kauhane) We have to depend on
our friends the balance of the week
for poi. We have the option every
week of taking either bread, rice or
poi. If we take one we cannot get
any of the others. What we want
is fat beef. Some people take NUT
ton, others beef. (To Hon. f. X.
Lilikalani) Outsiders do not help us
to eat our rations. Sometimes we
give them some for our soap. (To
Hon. L. A. Thurston) The great
complaint against Meyers is that he
sends us such poor cattle.
Mr.. Gibson said no ration of soap
is given at Kakaako at all. The Sis
ters make it all out of the kitchen
grease.
Kamae- that have been
brought up here from there say they
have soap there just the same as we
have here. That may be so now,
but formerly there was a ration of
soap issued there. (To Mr.. Kau-
hane) We do not have regular medi-
cal assistance only when we are sick.
The doctor we have now stops here
two or three days each month, that
is all. There is a good house for q
doctor here, no difficulty about that.
The doctor said last time he went
away he would be gone month.
The doctor draws a salary from the
appropriation for services supposed
to be rendered here, but lives else.
where. We want Superintendent
to reside here on the spot. The Ia.
tions of -four are seven pounds, sup.
posed to be worth so cents, where 8
bag of -four is sold for $3.50. I'm
less seven people want -four they
will not break bag. We do no
want any taro flour here, because w
have not enough fuel. Sometimes
the rice is bad. When some Of i
gets wet in landing it, the store
keeper dries it and mixes it with th'
other before serving it out. Some
times the bread is good, sometime
bad. Cockroaches get into it, ant
the flavor of the reaches attaches Il
it. Meyers never comes here Il
look after the supplies and the luna
do the work. Rats and mice get il
the bread and raise young familie
in it. The great want here is tina
these people have no friends to he'll
them. A man whose fingers are los
has to hold his meat between hl
feet and teeth, and if his feet hav
! ulcers the blood from them nike
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