The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-21
A VEALY FAKE
OF THE BULLETIN
Lying Misstatements of What the
Advertiser Had About
hareS.

Editor Advertiser-In yesterday af-
ternoon's issue of the Bulletin there
appears a front page article under a
glaring headline, which purports to
nail an Advertiser fake" The ar
ticle entirely fails of its purpose, and
encloses in quotation marks, as pur-
porting to come from the Advertiser,
statements which this paper did not
make.
The testimony in the case of Mr..
Wagner, who owns a rabbitry in Mo
kauea Valley, is reproduced in the
Bulletins article elaboratey, with the
evident intention of disproving the
truth of the Advertisers story IN re-
gard to the existence of Belgian hares
on Mr.. Wagner's farm. However, there
is nothing quoted, and nothing appear
| ed in the investigation at the police
! court which contradicts the AdVertIs-
| er'S statements. On the contrary, Mr..
| Wagner acknowledges frankly the
ownership of the rabbitry, and accord
! ing to the statement of his wife some
! of the animals in the cages are Bel
gian hares. That there are Belgian
! hares at the Mokauea farm remains
an undisputed fact. Whether or not
the law prohibits their existence there
! is a matter the Advertiser has not
undertaken, nor does it undertake, to
! determine.
The Bulletin states that the Adver-
! tiser had mentioned the names of the
managers of various hotels and res
taurants of the city who Were known
| to have bought rabbits from Mr. Wag-
ner.
This statement is absolutely untrue.
| The only reference made in the Adj
vertiser's article to the matter of hotels
/ or restaurants being supplied by Mr.
Wagner was in giving the statement or
! Mrs. Wagner, whose words were quot
! ed as follows:
For what purpose do you raise
them" the woman was asked.
Raise 'em for SELL she replied;
'bime'by do big business: sell hotei.
We no sell much rabbit for two, three
month Long time ago my husband
sell rabbit Hawaiian Hotel British
/ Club, Lycurgus' place. too. He take
'em down town, sell EN-
/ AT the time the article from which
the above is quoted appeared in the
Advertiser the managers of the various
hotels and restaurants mentioned were
/ interviewed. and upon being asked
whether it were true that they had
purchased hares or rabbits from Mr..
Wagner, they replied that if they had
bought rabbits or hares, they had pur-
chased them through the Metropolitan
Meat Market. and did not know where
they came from.
The Bulletin concludes:
'sThus endeth another attempt on the
part of the Advertiser to fool the pub
lie into believing white is black. that
, rabbits are Belgian hares, and vice
versa, and that whatever is to be found
Iosa n
Advertiser says so. The police have
. had their first and last experience
with Advertiser clues, and Mr.. Wagner
; and his Kalihi farm have been launch
. ed into immense popularity at one fel
! stroke through no good intention OF
, the Advertiser.
This statement, though strong in 1t:
venom, is not convincing II does no
nrcye the alleged fake The Adver
: tiser did not attempt TO emphasize tn,
> particular variety of rabbit existing a
. Mr. Wagner's farm. 1t was simpl!
! stated that female Belgian hare AM
t number of white rabbits were en-
closed in cage together. and tina
there were many little animals OF tn
cross-breed in the enclosure. This l
4 true and it has not been disproved
The Advertiser did not state that tn
law considered Belgian hares separate
iv or more aggressively than otne
species of rabbit. nor so far as can b
learned, is this the case.
From the examination at the pole
J court yesterday it merely appeare
that the law, as interpreted, fails t
exclude rabbits under the condition
shown. That this is true, is not tn
fault of the Advertiser, nor does
prove the Advertisers correct repol
). Of the rabbitry at Mokauea untrue
The entire agitation of the other pa
/ pers in regard to the Advertisers e.
elusive story of last Saturday, is OF