The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-07-19

| committee was well satisfied. Mr.. Dickey
said he kept the same kind of bread in his
store at Makawao. 1t was good bread but
there was always little prejudice against
the Oregon bread.
A B. Kamai said: am going to tell
the truth, and not hide anything. We
want new Board OF Health. Since 1879
the President OF the Board OF Health has
only visited the settlement twice to find
| out our difficulties. The Board of Health
appointed Mr.. Meyers Superintendent.
| Through his orders some children were
! dragged away from the settlement without
| notice 4 row occurred, and two lives
| were sacrificed. Mr.. Meyers is in the EN-
| ploy of another person, Mr.. Bishop. The
| Scriptures say, NO man can serve two
| masters" Meyers sends US poor and lean
cattle. / would like the committee TO see
! some specimens of beef. On June Both l
/ went to the butcher shop and asked the
! butcher about the meat. He said they
killed the poorest cattle first, and kept the
/ best until last. l said: How much does
! a bullock weigh? The butcher replied
! that 30S pounds was an average. The car
! casses run all the way from 1913 pounds TO
| q little over 800 pounds. THE cattle were
| from Hon. c. r. Bishops ranch on Molo-
kai. He said the instructions from the
Superintendent, Mr.. Meyers, was to aver
age 308 pounds. The Board of Health, in
its tenders for supplies, calls for tat cattle,
to dress not less than $50 pounds EACH l
asked him about the cattle from Hawaii.
He said the highest average was Cos
pounds, aud the lowest 400 pounds. These
cattle come from Hon. Sam. Parker'S
ranch, Hawaii. l have to complain about
the paiai We are allowed 81 pounds a
week That is not sufficient; it lasts only
four or five days. We want the ration in
creased TO 30 pounds per week. Another
difficulty is that formerly instead of paiai
We could take 80 cents i'll lieu. This has
been stopped. and causes distress. We
have asked Mr.. Meyers to let US take Onr
choice. He said no; he would give us an
order on a store for 81 month, but we
found we could only get cloth or hard
bread III return. We have asked for empty
kerosene tins, salt bags and soap boxes,
and these have been given us. But when
we wanted an empty salmon barrel, Mr..
Meyers charged US fifty cents. We con-
sidered this a hardship. We receive our
ration of food, but do not get matches to
light our fire. We have oil, but cannot
light our lamps The custom is to get our
supplies before dark, and then go to bed.
AnSther grievance is we do not get an
swefs to letters we send our friends. The
letters go to Mr.. Meyers, and may be
opened there. Certainly there is some trouble
somewhere. Our allowance of soap is not
enough. We get half bar each month.
At Kakaako we understand the patients
get one bar each month, and do not see
why there should be any difference. His
Excellency Mr.. Gibson said there was no
ration of soap given out at kakaakO, but
what was used there was made by the
Sisters from the waste fat from the
lkitchen.ls We want water at Kalaupapa.
"A teamster is hired to carry things from
the landing to Kalawao. When we want
water, he charges US for carrying it. Mr.,
Meyers says the man can please himself
whether he carries it or not as he is hired
for another purpose. The water i'll the
well at kalaupapa is not good to drink.
Sometimes leper drops his shoe in it, and
we don't care to drink it after that. We
are penned in like turkeys with their
wings clipped. The cause of all this
trouble is because Mr. Meyers, the Super
intendent, is also employed by Mr.. Bishop,
and cannot attend to both. We have
option of taking rice, paiai and bread
each week. We want fat beef. We do not
let our friends outside eat our rations, but
sometimes we give them soap.
Kamai continuing--Dr. Mouritz does
not now stop here. He comes over and
stays two or three days in each month.
We want a doctor to stay all the time.
There is good house for him to live in.
The last time the doctor went away he
said he should not return for month. l
told him there was lot of sick people,
He said they must wait We want a Su
perintendent to stay here all the time.
Mr. Myers only comes occasionally or
sends letters. A bag of flour is seven ra-
tions. Unless seven people wanted -four,
a bag will not be opened. We do not
want any taro -four, as we have no fire
wood The rice is bad sometimes. 1t
gets wet, and is mixed with the good. and
is not nice. Sometimes the bread is good,
sometimes bad. 1t often has a roachy
smell. Mr.. Meyers never comes and looks
after the provisions. Owing to his neglect |
the rats sometimes are allowed to breed in
them and raise families. Another trouble |
is the patients have no friends to help
them Two hundred and twenty-seven
houses ut the settlement were built by per-
sons at their own expense. The Board of
Health has built either 100 or 119. Eighty
of these were for lepers; the rest for lunas !
1 have to complain of leper with the dis |
ease in a mild form having to occupy the |
same room as one with the disease in an
advanced stage. There ought TO be two |
butchers shops; one at Kalawao and one !
at Kalaupapa. We want to have our
mail bags closed here and not opened I'M
til they reach Honolulu. They ought not !
to be opened by Mr.. Meyers. We have
sent great many petitions to our repre-
sentatives in the Assembly, but they now |
tell US they have only received two. Where |
are the rest gone to? The landing at Ka-
laupapa ought to be improved. We
have a difficulty in getting wood. 1t is
impossible for Us with our sore limbs to go
into the precipice and get any. The Gov |
eminent ought to make some arrange
ments to get wood. Some of the lepers
got some wood from land outside the
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