The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-08
Hawaii's Commission Named and
0hthe Iob-Appeals To
True Americans
ASKS HOTELS TO CUT
OUT FANCY DISHES
Urges Housewives To Buy Only
What Is Necessary and Eli
inmate All Kitchen Waste

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Appointed yesterday morning, meet.
ing Immediately afterwards, formulh.
ting general policy and issuing it's
initial statement by noon, the new ter.
ritofiAl food commission, with six out
of nine appointed, is at work.
Governor Pinkham announced that
the first six members of the commission
would be James ID. Dole, chairman,
Charles q. Bockus, Frank Il. Blake,
Richard Ivers, Arthur X. Ozawa, and
John Waterhouae. The remaining three
members of the commission are 10 be ap.
pointed from the other Islands, one
each to represent the counties of Ha.
waii, Maui and Kauai. @
The personnel of the commission
makes IL the strongest governmental
body Of the sort that has been appoint
ed under the administration OF Cover.
nor Pinkham and many expressions of
confidence in 81 have already been
made, although the power of the com.
mission is even greater than has yet
been realized. s15
Strong Personnel ~
Mr., Dole, the chairman, is president
and manager of the Hawaiian Pineap.
pile Company; Mr.. Boekus, broker, Is o
business man'of many years experience
in Hawaii; Mr.. Blake is general mana.
ger Of the Hawaiian Electric Company;
Mr., Ivers is secretary Of G. Brewer 4
Co.. Mr.. Ozawa is a practising attor-
ney Of high standing before the bar. an
American of Japanese parentage, and
Mr.. Waterhonse Is treasurer of Alexan.
der y Baldwin. They have all been in
public life in one way OF another at.
various times, and are all thoroughly
conyersant with the economic situatios
of the Territory. N.
The first meeting was held yesterday
morning in the Office of the Hawaiian
Sugar Planters Association, Judd Build.
ing, Major Charles s. Lincoln who rep.
resents the army's interest in those
problems being, present. The general
policies Of the commission were put in
definite form, q general scheme of or
,ganization, outlined. and all preparations
made 10 take hold Of the situation in
record time. III
Desires wide Cooperation vs.
In an official statement the commissions
later made plain that it was seeking a
spirit of cooperation with every man,
woman and child and that its proceed,
ings were to be public and shared in
by the entire Territory. Its objects
according to the statement, will be to
increase the production of foodstuffs,
with particular mention of stock feeds,
to reduce transportation requirements
between Hawaii and the mainland; and
TO prevent waste of food in every kit
chen Of the, Islands. esEa
Its statement is full of meat. II
points out "thaf the food reserves Of
the world have been practically ex
hausted and that unless prompt and ef
fective action Is taken towards cutting
down waste and increasing food produe-
ton the inhabitants of all the allied
countries, including the United States
aud including the Territory of Hawaii,
are likely to suffer serious restrictions
in their food supplies.H 1t adds, also,
that cit is difficult for the people Of
Hawaii to realize that the nation is
actually at war but it is a fact, and
everything we do has direct and posi-
tive influence upon future success.D
VIII Confer With Press ...' -.
The second meeting of the commits.
sion will be held at half past six this
evening at the University Club. The
editors of all the newspapers in Homo,
lulu, Including the English, Japanese,
Hawaiian, Chinese and Hawaiian press,
will meet with the commission.
The campaign against waste Is to be
one feature OF the commissions work.
The hotels may be asked to cut down
courses. Extravagance that has the
object Of pleasing the appetite rather
than satisfying il win be frowned
upon: The campaign win be carried
into every private dwelling, t q
No commission with such intimate re
lation to all the people and such power
to enforce its objects has ever been ap
pointed in Hawaii. 7.
Its official statement says:
Ready for Business 49,,
''The commission held its first meet
ing this morning, organized and has
gone over the general situation regard.
ing food production and conservation in
the Territory and is proceeding TO carry
out, to the best of its ability, the duties
imposed upon II by virtue of the com
mission given it BY the Governor. )
THE work of the commission divides
itself into two parts, first the conser.
walton of the food stuffs now available
in the Territory and second the increase
of production. s.s &fs5 ~ ~ L
, "The, problem before the Territory
OF Hawaii is TO make as little drain AZ
possible upon the food supplies of the
mainland which are necessary for the
feeding of America and her Allies, and
putting as light burden as possible
on the transportation space available
from the mainland. Mt EsZ#
transportation Problems .,,.".- r..
Gin addition to our problem OF
transportation between the Islands and
The mainland we have the problem OF
transporting and marketing food stuff
grc'rahor the varions Islands. 2. i
"It is the aim of the commission [,
encourage or arrange for producing il
Hawaii as much as possible Of tn,
feed stutfs for animals which are nov