The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-13
CORR EsPoNpENoE
An open Letter t. the Board of
Health.
Ed. THG INDEp EVIDENT:

tiser Of May 23rd, 1901, contains a
report OF the meeting OF the Board
OF Health iu which is mentioned the
imp ortaton OF paiai for speculation.
| ask leav1 OF you, Mr.. Edtor,to per
NIT me space 10 the columns OF your
paper to ma Ike few remarks about
this matter.
Poi the product OF tsro is the
natio nal food Of the majority OF the
lepers in the Settlement. For several
months the Board OF Health failed
to provide them with 1T and the
lepers are craving for poi and are
sick Of eating foreign diet which
tn ely are at present and have been
living on during these mon.hs Of
ep rivatlon OF their national food.
Many have succumbed to diarrhea
Il m eating a substitute poi made
from wheaton fl our which do not
agree with the stomach OF sick
man accust omed to live on the genu
inc article (poi, and now that
private parties import paiai into the
Sstt lement, the perinteudent
inds fault. Gentlemen Of the Board
II II ealth, should you he lev ere at d
the superintendent prohibit the i'm
portatiou OF ford that you are &C
Gus toned To eat so that you have TO
i've on poi or rice, a diet foreign to
YOU, what would you think OF the
action OF such a superintendent
Would you not con slider it crusl and
provoking2
The Superintendent is reported
Is saying "thst it was an undsrs ODD
rule that a permit wa, always re-.
| quired 10 such cases." w, in the
Settlement do not know OF such
rule aad ia ths past pail ps'ai for
private parties h,, bssn land I'd here
without any objection.
The new "a an ),rs Of ths Board Of
Health wo1ld have rendered u, a
service By lestiouing tbs supsrin-
ten ient to show when or where
such rule was passed or with
whom such arlIe Wa un ,rstoo12
II suoh rule exist (Which we
EN- phatcally deny) why ia tho
nams of g % Ins,s did tbs B,afl OF
Health give afhitrarv powsrs to the
supsrinte nd ant to vex an | exssphr'
ate the lepers.
The objectio, of landing paiai
according to Superintendent Ray
uolds is the smuggling in OF opium
or liquor. Gentlemen OF the Boird
Of Health, just sand your virtuon'
superintendent t, the wharf in Ho.
nolulu to stop all aud any kind of
importation, hecalss prohibited
articles may be- smuRgled in What {
shining light the superints ldeut IS.
The person who imports paia
int, the Settlement is Emma Feary
the wife OF W. j. Feary, who TO
,ver three years was the acting
sup rintendent, the right hand mar
u Superintendent Reynolds. II
Mr. Reynolds suspects that Mrs
'-ary imports opium, liquor, etc
vhy,sh+ could import all the opium
md liquor she wanted when Mr.
Feary her husband was 10 charge o
the Settle nent, and who i, still THU
i,y police officer, who sees to the
searchin : OF all packages or parcels
landed.
1t looks quite suspicious that tn
Superintendent has kept Feary a.
long in position when he suspect
him or hi, wife OF smuggling opium
q or liquor The S ip,rintendent j
n further reported a. recommending
: the landing OF paiAl. The hypocrite
+. why then did he bring this matte
, before the Board OF Health whe
/ there never had bseu a question o
= prohibiting the landing of paisi, blu
ae has gained his poin'. The Bosro
Of Health whose members are nev
and not posted with the affairs o
the Settlement AZ lsft this raia
natter and everything else to hi