The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-13
Australia, With Approval Of
Great Britain, win Continue
to Supply Army 2e'Fa
SERVICE ALSO INCLUDES
GENERAL LOCAL MARKET
Gen. Carter Accompanies Con-
cession Which Means Saving
for Government and People

Every man, woman and child in Ha.
waii will benefit directly and to 9
considerable extent by reason Of the
close friendly relations existing be-
tween the United states and Great
Britain and the commonwealth Of Aus
tralia. 4I fta
Only for ttis friendly relationship
the price Of meat soon would have gone
up ON the local market until IL would
have been almost out of reach Of the
Average person.
The explanation Of this is that the
Australian government has made an
exception to It's embargo against the
export Of meat other than to Great
Britain, in favor Of the Hawaii Meat
Company Of Honolulu. in order to en-.
able that concern to fulfil its contract
with the United States army
Local Market in Jeopardy
The local army garrison at present
Is supplied with beef from the Aus.
tralian market, furnished under con.
tract by the Hawaii Meat Company.
Tho fresh beef contract is awarded an.
nually, and the present contract still
has considerable time to run. When
the war broke out, Australia stopped
TIE expectation Of meat to other eotn.
tries at the request of England, and
the local concern was left in very
difficult situation.
The last steamer froin Australis
brought no moat for the Hawaii Meat
Company, and in order TO meet the re
quiremcnts of its contract, which calls
for about 100000 pounds of fresh beef
each month, IL was necessary to butch
er island cattle. Not only was this
more expensive than the Australian
beef, but tho limited supply made IL
imperative that some other source be
found from which the company could
secure enough meat to fulfill the condi.
tons Of its contract to the government.
Contractors Faced Ruin 4
II was possible to obtain sufficient
meat from the Coast for this purpose,
but the cost of the beef and Of trans.
portation was almost double that Of
the Australians. meat, ,.aad- would have
been ruinous to the contractors. en-
der other one Of the above contingen.
eies, the local market price of meat
was bound TO have gone way up, ac.
cording to the officials Of the meat com
pany r. a
Relief from this situation was OBJ,
tanned through the action Of Major
General William II. Carter. He advised
the war department of the changed
state of affairs brought about by the
war, aud urged that some action be
taken, il possible, to relieve tho meat
company so far MS possible from the
Al. a II n.
tho contract, and to keep the army
from becoming the agent Of bringing
war prices for necessities to Hawaii.
Hawaii Excepted From Embargo
The matter was turned over by the
war department. to the department of
state, which bad the American consul
general at sydney, Australia, present
the case to the commonwealth author,
tiles. The Australian government
with the consent and approval of Great
Britain, quickly decided to except the
Hawaii Meat Company from the meat
export embargo, upon condition that
the United States government guaran,
tee that the meat shipped under this
contract would not be re-exported or
used for other purposes. &f
At the same time, similar privilege
WIS granted the Inter.Island Steam
Navigation Company, in the matter Of
coal shipped from Australia under con
tract for the Local depot Of the army
quartermaster' department.
These concessions on the part of
Great Britain and the Australian gov
eminent in favor of American undoubt.
edly was made for exceptional reasons
as the mother country had requested
that all the Australians moat be re,
served for the use Of the British.
Beef Trust Figures
While it may be- argued that such
action on .thc part of England would
be merely to maintain friendship with
tho United States at the present crit,
zeal time, the concession is really a
larger ono than appears on the surface.
The British government recently had
been investigating tho purchase of
large quantities Of beef in Australia
by American concerns, and the report
was not altogether favorable TO this
class Of trade. sod EH t#
The Investigation was made by
Charles G.. Cherry, the veterinary in,
spector attached 70 the High COMMITS
sioner's Office, London. and to the |
Comptroller Goneral of Customs. Mr.
Cherry went to the United States for
the purpose Of getting as much inforIpa
tion as possible on the subject, and In,
spected the establishments Of all the |
large packing houses there.
Beef Barons Rule Market