Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-27

NJ commerce yesterday by Samuel r.
Haserot of the Ohio city. Mr.. HaseroL
who arrived this week on a business
visit. is a former president OF the Ma
tioual Gamers Association and has
had years of experience in food PROB
IONS On account Of the unusual IN
terest of his talk and its suggestions
for action in Hawaii, II is published
here in full from the stenographers re-
port OF the meeting:
81 come from a community where
this subject has been gone into and
discussed very thoroughly. We have
been confronted with this proposition
from a manufacturing standpoint,
from manufacturing standpoint which
Is entirely different from your stand
point, which is agricultural. The difti-
. Cnlties presented to US are exactly those
discussed here this morning ana the
duties of the committee Is to coordl-
nate those elements. You should not
figure this out on what may be re-
ouired for this year. Every indication
points TO the food supply OF the con,
tinent and the world being very small
over a period of years because the
production cannot equal the needs oil
The people due to the fact that the
present supplies are so nearly exhaust
ed. These islands can produce large
amount of foodstuffs which can be
shipped away and used here. Very
few communities are in such condi-
ton. We are a manufacturing city IN
Cleveland and we have to import prac-
tically all the food we uses and when
YOU consider that the advance In COM
modities necessary has gone from ap-
proximately, IL you use the unit OF 100,
an average Of 100 per cent to 200 per
cent. YOU can imagine how people viii
live OF, the mainland and the conserya-
ton OF foodstuffs in Hawaii is abso-
lutely essential for the development
OF the world today. As compared with
the use of the islands to the United
States formerly, the United states To-
day needs the islands more than ever.
They need your sugar and all your
products.
Cleveland 10 at Work
81 have served as an officer OF the
Cleveland chamber OF commerce and
am now Z member Of the agriculture
eonn,itfoo.,-T The day : hatnrh, al.~ae
uaszanlked - attend . meeting where
rIans. similar to those discussed here,
lad been formulated and completed to
proceed with the work you are now
outlining. We found lAese elements
necessary:
aFirst. in carrying out this broad
work. which takes in the army and
marketing division, sugar planters,
and food ORGANIZATIONS, you will oper-
ale a large body, and our experience
has indicated that the first essential
was committee on finance, as people
are busy and are not inclined to de-
vote SO much time.
( emergency ls Here
"The emergency is right here today.
II is not brought here as in Ohio and
Massachusetts, but when you see
women going down the streets OF
city and crying for bread, and It is
brought to such point that the store
keepers have to close their stores, you
know what 1t means TO have food go
from 100 per cent to 205 per cent. That
has occurred, and unless there is con-
seryation there will be more OF it.
know the situation is severe. Some
people say this will pass off in three
months or six months or nine months.
Not al all. You must study out a plan
which will carry this situation through
for years, and by that time you will
not only be able 10 center upon things
YOU need, but figure on a plan which
will carry you along for three years
at least
How Cleveland Organized
"As to method, our plan was that
we organized q Commission consisting
of the same class Of people that you
use, except that we gave more promi-
nence to the marketing division. We
did that because the necessary CO.
ordination could then be brought
about. We created commission ap-
pointed by the city with the aid OF the
governor, and handled by the chamber
of commerce. That commission took
in various elements to do the work,
but we found that when the commits
sion began fits work il had no inform
alton at hand through which to work
and the men would get together and
discuss the need and talk all around
and not do anything. Then the finance
committee was requested to raise
money. The committee was appointed
by the commission from among those
who were capable of going out and
asking for subscriptions. When the
subscriptions were secured in sufti-
Gent amount, paid secretary was
elected by the commission and 1t was
headed by a man who was placed in
charge of the general situation with
the secretary under him to gather
facts and details and bring the items
together / have a memorandum of
the committees that were appointed
by the commission. .. ~.
Work IN Two Glasses 80 e
'The general work was divided into
two classes: Production and conserya-
ton. The first class is conservation
because the amount of waste through
out the country is simply causing an
avalanche OF trouble. ..... ~
1T was divided into five. commit
tees. One representing the hotel men,
who were asked to form a committee
among themselves to see what they
could do to conserve food.
THE second committee was organ
tied among the water and ice men
so they might do their work for pre-
caryafion of fond Without means of