The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-07-07

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are not sick at all. The authorities bava
| expected them to die long ago. lint thev
nave outliYed the expectations OF tho
authorities. Girls who are free from lem
rosy should not be allowed to minpie
WIN leprous companions. Send them
pack 10 thelr friends and relatives.
.. Ihat kokua (helpers) be permitted
as he'p 10 the worst cases OF lepers. Ii
Is iiihumane to expect that lepers whose
Iinps are dlsfigured by leprosy shouId
climb those heights $500 feet high after
nrewood. Birds have their habitations
mere, but no lepers could 90 there
There have been several fatal accidents
! on that account.
z. That beef rations be raised from II,
pounds to 10 pounds per week; ~
pounds are not sufficient. Sometimes
there are more bones than meat, there
share.
8. That milk be increased TO two
quarts per week.
y. That bread (medium) rations be
week.
10. That rice rations be increased to 10
pounds per week. There are about
twenty Chinese here. The rice sent us
10 not CT good quality; it is mixed
with coral and broken pieces OF glass.
Those who prefer rice should not have the
palai bread, etc that week. We want
variety oil lood; 1t Is essential to good
health.
IL, That those desiring their rations
IN hour be gwen tin OF yeast powder.
Noble Baldwin-Are all to be sup
piled with yeast powder.
MIR. Pa continuing No; those
who prefer -four should have it.
Yeast powder will not do for rice or
paiai.
Noble Baldwin-The President of
the Board of Health has assured me
that you shall have the powder.
| Mahalo.
II. That ration OF sugar be increased
to 2 pounds a week.
IL. That meat market be opened at
kalaupapa; there are more people here
than at kalawao. 1t is almost impossi-
BILE for sick people TO 20 over to Kalawao
during stormy weather to get their ra-
lions. We are satisfied with our paiai
ration.
At another meeting the commit
tee added the following fresh COM
plants to the original ones:
/. That an artesian we'll be dug at POI
hakuloa, between Kalawao and Kalau-
papa. A water pipe has been laid down
from Waikolu to Kalawao and Kalaupa-
pa, which supplies the lepers with the
finest quality OF water that could be
found elsewhere, but sometimes there
was not enough water in the stream to
supply those at Kalaupapa.
Hon. w. o. Smith said that that
would be attended to, as the Presi-
dent of the Board of Health had
thought OF the matter already.
=. That dispensary be established at
the Leper Settlement. AS it is now, sick
people are obliged to remain in the
houses and die there without ever receiv-
ing medical aid.
3. That those not desiring their
weekly ration of paiai should be given
90 cents "ai hanai'' instead, or SO a
month. Those who are strong and
healthy can cultivate their own taro and
therefore do not need the paiai.
Hon. J. w. Bipikane asked that
if they should happen to be with
out poi for some timeif they did not
beg from their friends? Answer
They can live on potatoes that they
have planted.
4. That the Board of Health furnish
the lepers with irewood.
The speaker pointed out to the
committee the place where the lep-
ers obtain their fire-wood It was
from steep mountain side, about
$500 feet high. The Board only
furnishes fre-wood to the Boys
Hospital and the Bishop Home for
Girls, and the poor lepers have to
climb those heights to get their
fire-wood. This place is so windy
that several attempts to grow alge
roba trees have been unsuccessful !;
the wind would tear up the young
trees by the roots.
5. That our friends and relatives he
allowed to come and see us sometime
| during the year.
6. That the storehouse be removed TO
Kalaupapa, where most OF the lepers re-
side. We are weak and feeble; we are
| living in peace and quietness; we have
no disturbances here Mr.. Tell rules over
US with kindly spirit, and if all our
lunas govern US as he does, there would
be no reason for dissatisfaction among
us.
The Committee Do you want
a Judge?
Answer: Pray no! Do not in
crease our burdens. We are
not lawless band. Let our
makua (Mr. TelD act the part
of the Judge. The Church of Christ
is fourishing here, and that is the
reason we are a law-abiding peo-
pie. If only one half of our petit
tions are granted we shall be salts
fed. We shall regard it as q
heavenly blessing. On behalf Of
the one thousand lepers we desire
you to bear our aloha nui to oul
Queen, and to the widows and or
phans of the lepers, who are living
in sorrow and grief for their absen
, ones. We shall hope for relic
! , from you, and may God bless anC
keep you all.
Hon. w. o. Smith-on behalf o
! the Committee We shall presen
! your petitions in full to the Legis
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