The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-05
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yesterday afternoon there we're
present Attorney General Cooper. Ora
Day. Emerson and ID. keliipio. Secre- |
tary Wilcox and Agent Reynolds
President Cooper stated that the spe-
cial object of the meeting was to hear
the attorneys for Chinese engaged In
raising hogs
Attorney Cathcart was called on
first He said the object OF the atior-
neys engaged was To endelvor. II pos
sible. to- procure some modification OF
the recent order excluding the raising
Of swine within four miles OF the post
ONCE. Judge Davidson would speak at
length on the subject
Judge Davidson detailed a visit he
had made to n certain place on kinau
street where he had seen n number OF
hogs and children playing together un-
der the house. lie thought IL probs-
bic that the board had made It's sweep
ing order from reports on few isola-
ted cases like this. With regard to the
Chinese engaged in the business OF
raising hogs. he desired to call atten-
tion to the manifest injustice which
~osld be done to- n large number Of
industrious and law-abiding citizens.
The business OF keeping hogs within
reasonable distance of town resulted
in the cleaning up Of n large amount
of garbage from the town. which 9th
II a
sum to have removed. IL the business
OF hog-raisins was stopped this refuse
from restaurants and private families
would have to be removed at great cx-
pense instead OF free Of charge as at
present He had visited waikiki the
day before and had been surprised AT
the very cleanly condition of the pig
pens. He thought the bad odors pre-
vailing in that district arose from
the duck-wallows and rush-poEds ra-
ther than from the pig-pens. He woulc
| suggest that the hoE-ratstnE was a ne
| ccsstty here. The Chinese lived almost
entirely on pork and IL was necessary
for them to have 81 The raising q.
pigs here was also an industry that
should be encouraged. as IL kcp; mon
ey in the country that would other
wise go to California for importing
pork on ice. The pigs he saw yestcr-
day were so clean that they might have
been wiped with n pocket handkcrchic.
without smirching 81 lie thought that
a system of police regulations with the
issuing OF permits would accomplish
all the ends desired by the board. In
stead of by such n sweeping ordinanc.
a. the one adopted
{ | President Cooper called the attentior
of Judge Davidson to the rule adopt
ell. which did not absolutely prohtbi
the keeping OF hogs. but under certain
conditions the business could be car
ried on. provided IL was with the per
mission OF the board. The parties con
ceTned could prepare their spplica
tions. which would b. submitted 10 tn
agents of the board and IL approves
permits might b. granted
Representatives OF all the leading
grocery firms we're present with rexar'
to the recent order OF the board for
bidding the sale OF catsups containing
salicylic acid.
Fred. Lewis OF Lewis & Co. state.
that he did not know OF any place II
the United States where these catsup
were forbidden to- be sold These good
were purchased in the open market
they were freely sold in San Francis
CO. where the health authorities wer
very particular about food products
He thought that IL would be time |;
stop the sale OF these articles ~he
somebody complained or when some
body was made i'll Had anybody bee
made Ill by use OF any OF these brands
: tity OF salicylic acid or some other sim
: liar preseryative was almost neceSSar
to make these articles keep. especial
" in such a climate as this.
Food Inspector Shorey. in reply {
questions. said the sale OF catsups con
tanning salicylic acid was forbidden b
law in some States-OhIo and Mass
chusetts.
r. l. waldron OF T. II. Davies * c,
thought that no distinction had bee
. made between beers and catsup
There was no doubt that the prcsene
of salicylic acid in beer was harmfu
because Of the large quantity drank
{ With catsups. however. IL vas dife,
ent- The amount Of eatsup eaten :
any one time would be so small ths
no harm would ensue from its use
DR.. Wood maintained that IL wa
not necessary to use saiicylic acid >