The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-05-29

quantity.
Is. That the Board OF Health COM
/ mence &c cultivate the land. and that
tsro be planted in places where such
could be raised.
Is. That the lepers be allowed to
form mess and that al able bodied
man be appointed 10 be II the head Of
each al these for the purpose o. prepar-
ing food for the disabled.
Rep. Eanuna. continuing. said that
: the COMMITTEES had discussed the mat
/ ter and decided to present the following
+ recommendation TO the Legislature:
l. That a bath house be erected at
/ Ksiaupapa- Probably q thousand dol
lars would be enough for the erection
. Of me house.
: That enough food stuff outside Of
+ -our he Eiven out IS rati0ns 10 make up
he 90 cents worth dealt out TO white
( men al .he settlement
( 3. Thet home for non-leprous boys
/ be erected.
Z. That some twenty OF more places
( be established for messes
+ ). That 2 shed or roof be erected
alongside the storeh5use where raGons
4 are issued.
. Rep. Richards talked 10 the white
Z men up at the settlement and also 10 q
( few natives. In the main found them
satisfied. The more intelligent Of the
lepers we met seemed 10 recognize the
trouble OF taking care of thsm- The
principle thing talked about was the
bath room ar Kalaupapa- Il was the
! general opinion that such should be
erected. In the matter Of postage. II
seems no NOR than reasonable that
4 The letters Of the lepeTs should De allow
ed tc so free. There are only q limited
number in the settlement who are able
20 earn money.
c. A. .BroWl-As health precaution.
( letters from the lepers should Ne 81
lowed 10 so without stamps Saliva is
I used on stamps. and these are distribut-
ed all over the Islands
Rep. Richards-The cancelIing stamp
Z Of the settlement could be used On all
outgoing letters. and this should rep
! resent postage prepaid. This should
apply only 10 intsr-iRand postage. In
/ NY opinion. the lepeTs should build
their own fences around their Gene
/ teries. The shed on the outside Of the
] stOTehousa is q necessity for the pro
( lection Of the lepeTs from ne weather.
I I Go not favor allowing people 10 visit
Z the settlement ont Of curiosity. ard the
( leQers obj5ct very strongly 10 this.
! Among the number who vent up On The
last trip there were Iwo whom the
( lepers objected very strongly against
Others were mentioned There is a
1 great deal of complaint on the iaeOuali-
" Of Tauons. I think thar should De
! remedied- The same allowance should
be given the white men rs Is rsCei-ed
10y the 2ativ s In regard 20 the super
intendent Of The settlement. II is NY
opinion that he should i've rislt IN the
i settlement and should dev0Js MS wbcie
/ tine 10 the work. This would GO away
with much Of the petty feeling that
! now exists.
Rep winston spoke especially ii the
/ complaint Of blind man l-ho said
Il mat he had been givsn fcur alone with
cut sugar OF baking povder. II il had
/ not been for his friends re would nc1
/ have been able to get along al all
Rzp. Rycroft-While was a, the
i leper settlement Rep. Winston and I a.
4 tended a meeting Of certain le9ers. The
! main complaint was the inequality Of
l the allowance Of rati0ns. The question
Of wood came up and it WIS learned
? that il was g very difficult maUeT TO
B get this. One white nan o. means said
lie had looked all around for wood, but
was unable 10 get any. There certainly
must haVs been wood 10 be had. Tor
J other people were getting il. The trOu-
Die was that q little difference Ct some
kind existed between lhe iePar and the
man in charge Of such matters. For
myself. 1 think II is q shame that the
kukui trees near by are beng cut down
and the place deprived Of It's source
Of rain
Rep. Bond-The matter Of trees rust
/ spoken OF is an important one. For the
good of the settlement they slUIld not
be mOlestsd.
Rep. Hanuna-If postage Is made free
abuses will result. The Board Ct Health
should furnish the lepers vItn Ger
tain number Of stamps every week
! T. F. Lansing-We have heard the
I complaints, and now We would ike 10
4 hear the expression OF members of the
House committee on the general con-
dition of the settlement.
II Rep. Winston-Excellent, and a credit
10 the Government
Rep. Rycroft-Is It possible 70 supply
the white men at the settlement with
yeast powder? The ratiOns they set 81
present are just barely enough for t5em
TO live on They should have a eew lux
uries If the Board cannot furnish
them with these, I shall Try, with the
u rest of the committee, 10 get the 1eQUi-
site money.
Rep. RiehaTds-In this whole matter
it is most important that al he Iepers
be treated on an equality, and 1haC no
!. partially be shown in any way what
soeYer
T. F. Lansing am glad that there
!. are no more serious complains than
those which have been presented In
this matter Of caring for ne lepeTs the
; Government has Instituted work OF
charity and has held 10 II remsrka ply