Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-04

moderate sized piece Of salt pork. This
for beans which every one knows will
grow on the poorest soil, the hardest,
stoniest ground that will produce al.
most no other crop but grass. This
for beans! the one sure crop, outside
lantana and guava, that grows in Ha-
wau.
The next item, canned milk, for
whose Advertising slogan the Carna-
ton people have chosen clean milk
from contented cows" depicting them
peacefully grazing N knee high, sue
culent grass. Well do l remember
these same "contelted cows" Back
home" was only few miles from
their peaceful pastures; many times
have l seen the calnery. The Carna-
ton people have not exaggerated their |
product but, two months ago l was
buying this same milk at 65c a dozen !
cans. Why the difference? Why the |
increase of 20 per cent in cost to the |
consumer? Has this war spirit bred |
discomfort and unrest among these
same COWS, causing placid Bossy to |
hold up on her milk and not give
down" as formerly? Excuse me, but
mot on your tintype;" perhaps on
your tin can, as that seems the only
item in this particular case that can
have been affected by the war thus
early in the game. l had occasion last
week to inquire freight rates from
Seattle (near which is the cannery) to
Honolulu, and was told it was lust
the same, $4.25 per ton, 40 cubic feet
to the ton" So there is one factor,
the freight carrier, in this particular
case of H. C. o. L. who can rest with
a clear conscience.
To go down The list-two packages
of bird seed. Has the sun flower crop
failed in the states: Has hemp like
Jacks bean stock, reared itself magi-
cally over night until it touches the
sky? Has wild mustard and wild
grass seed become less abundant? Yet
my poor little canaries must live IN.
less l decide to put one over on the
meat trust, and have little pot pie
Sunday. THAT gives me an idea, why
don't some one give us a recipe for
Mynah bird, la something or other)?
AS for the price of paper, six Of the
leading manufacturers have been in-I
dicted in the courts Of New York
because of their having advanced the
price far beyond a reasonable amount.
The indictments were brought by the
Federal Trade Commission and the
Of Justice and the manu-
faCturers were forced to reestablish
a normal price for their product, this
amount being an advance of about a
cent a pound. Freight rates the same
on this article, too, so there is another
balloon that somebody ought to stick
a Pin into.
Up Goes the Living Cost
Here is a bill amounting to 80 cents,
and on this small bill I am forced to
pay an increased price of almost 20
cents. or 27.7 per cent of the whole.
My grocery bill last month, with no
no guests Except twice {
one guest who happened in and took
pot luck" dinner), and with practj.
oally the same general plan of weekly
menus, showed an increase of $500
over the previous month. This was
ust one bill, all other bills for food
'tuffs showed an enormous increase.
There is no legitimate or reasonable
excuse for this. The only explanation
hat covers the case lies in the first &
ines Of an old motto, opportunity |
knocks once at every mans door"
and Oppor,unitv is knocking now at {
he doors Of those who control food {
Two months ago, while '