The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-11
PANPAC|FIC CLUB
PLEDGES IT'S HELP
Willing TO DO Whatever Best TO
Assist Work Of Territory
Food Commission

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lege Of Hawaii as executive officer, the
Territorial Food Commission took
long step forward towards the efficiency
towards which II is striving.
AT the same time A. l.. Castle and
Q. X Hemenway were appointed con-
sulting attorneys to the commission
Their services represent their "bitn In
war time, being periodically rendered
the commission when the matter came
up, The commission, stated Chairman
James d. Dole yesterday, has adopted
the policy of stfictest economy and will
contract no financial obligations AZ
present. 1t will conserve he said, its
twenty-five thousand dollar appropria-
tion for expenditure in the active cam
paign for more food and less necessity
Cor importing il. f'
Committees At Work
1--WE have several committees, both
within and without the commission,
Hprking on various matters,,' contin-
ned Mr.. Dole; yesterday, 'ebut they
have not reported yet. We are not
anxious to plunge into any procedures
OF adopt any iron-clad policies before
Mr.. Dean is ready to pick up the reins,
as we do not wish to handicap him or
take on anything in which he may be
interested as executive officer. We will
maintain an Office down town and are
now looking for one"
The members Of the food commission
met at noon yesterday with the Pan.
Pacific Club at Laniakea, where they
were the guests of honor and where
the meeting was turned over to dis.
eussion Of the food problem
Every nation Of the Pacific was rep
resented and each race provided a i've
| minute speaker, who gave information
valuable to the commission. Chairman
James ID. Dole, J. NJ. Westgate, diree-
tor of the experiment station, and Edi-
tor Riley Allen of the Star-Bulfetin,
gave instructive talks in reply.
Food Home Raised
| The luncheon served was a tasteful
one all the food being raised by Miss
Helen Alexander in her gardens. ~
Fifty invitations had been sent out
and there were forty nine representa-
tive citizens present at the little
tables in the opena air theater. There
! were four leading English speaking
Japanese at one table; four pr0mi-
nent Koreans at another; -four Fiji
Ipinos at a third; a quartette of Ha.
/ waiians had their table, the Porth.
/ guese theirs and there was a table at
which were three representative Chi
nese, to say nothing of a table for
Two, at which were seated the two
leading Russians in the city. All OF
the representing Pacific lands
we're present and were seated with
/ the members of the food commission
about the big center table. The flags
| Of all Pacific races were drhped from
the rafters, and it is seldom that al
any luncheon there has been more
gorgeous and varied display Of flow
ers. X III AahE., ~ ri.E % 4.
4 Promptly with the Kona coffee Til,
meeting was turned over to Chairman
4 Dole of the food commission, whC
asked that Alexander Hume Ford Of
the Pan Pacific Club call upon the
different speakers. as he was NOR,
familiar with them. In his opening
remarks, Mr.. Dole said: Ne3
Facing Crisis Now I
"We are facing erisisi We hav,
reached q point where the Averag,
warehouse Is empty. The food tina
is being eaten is food that has onI
been growing a short time. IL is 90
ing from production to CONSUMPTION
almost -instantaneously 1t is our par
N the great cause to use as little 4
we can from the mainland, to raise al
We can here. We should be self SUB
porting, and so relieve the drain d
the food products in the Unite,
States, and which in turn will he'll
i 20 relieve the drain on food product
hat are being shipped to feed ou
Il Allies. .f 3@A <3"f
"The legislature of the Territor,
has created a commission with prac
tically unlimited powers in the line .
food conservation This commissio
wants to produce results, and we re
alize that we can only produce result
by getting the cooperation of the pull
lie OF the Territory. 1
'FWe are not quite ready with GU
plans and suggestions, but kno,
hat III a little while, from time I
time we shall appeal to you and til
public for cooperation, and / believ
> you will help ms. We cannot all z
20 the Battlefront, but every mat
woman and child in the Territory ca
10 something. We of the commissio
shall do our best for Hawaii, and i
his way we shall be doing our bee
or the needs of the United State
and our Allies IN the war
Urges Cooperation
f. j, Nj. Westgate, director Of til
United States experiment station, an
who is taking an active part in tn
Feed Hawaii First campaign, wa
next called upon, and said in part:
''In thinking over the possibilitiC
IT the Pam Pacific Club for usefulnei
in this food crisis, have como to tt
conclusion that while the elminatio
Of waste and the production of food Al
: the two paramount issues, the unde
Lying motive back of the whole affa
!, IS the golden opportunity which II
. club presents TO the many nations hel
in Hawaii TO get together on commC
: basis and Ia common cause. The pc,
pie Of different races here do not III
derstand each other because in II
lpast we have had few points of co
tact, but this world crisis of today hi
developed points of contact into wit
a areas of contact, so that we star
shoulder to shoulder In this whole wor
|. GIVE have the battle line for demo
q Tacy encirelinQ the plOba and n ia nj