The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-04-20

of representatives of the principal
grocery and provision houses, Homo
lulu is not in danger of any serious
shortage in food supplies as consc-
quence of the San Francisco calamity.
Next 10 such an assurance from the
men who know the sources of Homo
lulu Is supply Of the necessaries of life,
nothing could be more gratifying than
the tone Of their dealing with the
question. The prevailing sentiment.
more or less positively expressed, was
that the last thing the large providers
would think of was to take advantage
Of the San Francisco catastrophe for
speeuating in articles of the people IS
subsistence.
II is learned from E. II. Paris, sec
rotary Of the Honolulu Merchants As
| ISOLATION. that all orders of provisions
for the Sonoma have been duplicated in
the Alameda g mail for shipment from
Seattle.
| Following are the expressions of
I opinion from the leading provision
houses in reply TO the question, "How
+ will the Honolulu provision market he
affected by the San Francisco disas-
| ter!''
NJ. A. GONSALVES 6 co.
NJ. A. Gonsalves. president of the NJ.
4. Gonsalves & Co., Ltd, said:
at is very hard to say as vet, but
it seems to me that business in hams,
{ bacon, cheese. etc. which is right ion
/ Market street will be affected. 1'i''
Potatoes, fresh fruits and that SORT
of thing, even if destroyed. will soon
I be replaced.
! Flour, grain and feed will be all
right. There is no fear of any shortage
! in these lines. A steamer is due on
Friday with supplies of such things.
" There may be a shortage of cheese
for a few weeks. also of some other
standard provisions. There is short
age of cheese now. but people can do
without that The factories where mae
aroni and such articles are made may
be in the wreck, causing some temper
arv shortage.
''The Sonoma was to leave San
( Francisco tomorrow and ought to have
! fruits and vegetables aboard. as well
as general provisions. We expect po-
tatoes and smoked fish by the Arizonan
from Seattle. Onions are coming now
from New Zealand, this being their sea-
son there. think the Gerard c. Tobey
with 10000 cases of kerosene is now
on the way
II. MAY & co.
Hugb p NcIptvre vico nresidar+ of
II M G. 70 ia stotnd tbo. Lots
of nrovisions were coming from San
Francisco and seattle adJipg.
4 u.Tbero,s IN ooO cose Of Kerosene ri,
nm tbo yav II is ~ doys ont 90
thore 20 M chance for snecuIatior in oil
~ don think tboro viii no onv
more shortago in nrovisions oenerally
than whom tbo Alamed. wos loid az
soma time ago The hulk of onr Aonr
comes from Seattle There ;e = rio LOT
of four ON Mondays steamer from the
Sound
s'Orders nv tho Alameda may bo do.
loveJ cousing some shortogn Rntter
may rpn ont II We don u got ony in mo
Soroma duo nev+ Wednosday r dan y
think there will he any SHORTAGE until
the Alameda GETS back Butter. cheese.
hams and bacon NAV como short no we
never order marc of those than yyo mood
from one steamer IN another ),
LEWIS G. 90 LTD
Harry F Lewis president of Lewis &,
co. LA said tbo+ there MIGHT no a
sbortage of soma fresh Goods eucb 40
ham bacon and crackers but notbing
serious. There were abundant stocks
of corrod roods !, town now,
"Of course tho Sorop,a NAV mot no
able to get away ON time, Mr.. Lewis
said. cor have her froiobt of frnsb
goods IN boarl Tboro 10 a sbor+oro of
Kerosene now The Cinnamon have
nut If mn hnt wo have not roised the
price
IT u,CEEETD e. 90
Georoo Rodiek Director of II Hack.
field A. Co. lid. has no annrobcnsiop of
nnvtbinq like n famine or even 81 period
of famine prices 70 ersue from the San
Francisco disaster
"We are gettinr our aour ne vell
as hiram and hav in the north - Mr.
Rodiek said. "Tbere NAV be some in.
convenience in tbe matter Of fresh nro.
visions for few DAYS but the seattle
market can supnlv ms with nearly CIV.
ervthino we need
.sThe Nebraskar will bo dpo from
San Francisco Tomorrow and another
s,oame,. fron, +bo Saul n for, las
In Tho raontir,a thara ara Tratt,, 1901