Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-15
Solving the Fish Problem

- The Honolulu Ad club has done great many
aAhincs which the. bigwigS Of this city hav" sara
'FconId not lsn done. THIS organization mas taken
hold Of difficult community tasks. gwen them THo-
licity told the people the facts, put enthusiasm
and determination into the work and pulled the
enterprise through to success.
This remark is by way Of an introduction OF me
Portland Ad club to the city Of Honolulu ina Ih''
fnod commission of the territory. The Ad club
suiit of ACCOMPLISHMENT does not appear to he con
fined 10 one city: it has a national scope.
The city Of Portland has had its fish food prop
lem. And it appears that TN" Portland Au ia"
has undertaken to solve that particular problem.
With what result the following from the i"r'l"hu
Telegram of September - tells:
After demonstrating that fish may be sold to con-
considerably less than in private markets the
Portland AID Club today induced the council to take
over fishmarket at 1876 Third street ana coihue
II as municipal institution This will be done Mon
day morning. ,
Mayor Baker assigned Special Investigator Humason
TO take charge Of the market temporarily
City officials acting with w. B. Aver, lederaI loou
commissioner may advise establishment Of per-
manent public fshmarket il they determine such &C
ton is necessary down the price OF fish Ihey
propose to eliminate the jobber and big pronts'
s. c. Bratton, president of the Portland Az Clup'
headed a delegation which met this morning WIN the
council w B. Aver. State Dairy and Food Commits
sioner MickIe and Market Master Eastman Mr. Brat
ton explained that during the three days the market
has been in operation the club has made pront OF
s25 day. The fish is sold at / cent pound over
cnst. A.,
Some besitancy was expressed on the part OF the
council about taking the institution when the
question of securing supply OF fish was ralseu
mayor suggested that the investigation started by MINI
kelf and Mr. Aver be continued by the council WINE
he market in operation to determine the best plan
to pursue. Efforts will be made TO arrange Ior d
permanent supply.
rhe price of fish already has been lowered in other
markets to prices in the public fshmarket Fresh
black cod is selling today from to cents r"uno
in the Ad Club market w. L. Finley state oloioglst
called attention fact that eued pears from the
hacking plants Southern Oregon on which there are
few bemis and which are splendid for food may be
brought iere and sold for So cents box. Inese
nears he said are being sold by the packers for hog
feed at IS a ton. Ths matter will be investigated
The star Bulletin does not recommend that the
Honolulu AID Club shall start public fishmarket
in order to regulate the price of fish in the Honolulu
market. This paper has no doubt thf the AID CLUB
could and would undertake and successfully carry
through such project.
The proposal is made, however. that the public
Organization whose businessrit is &c handle this
snbiect shall take lesson from the Portland Ad
cInb and drive the work with the same vigor and
the same refusal to accept anything but quick and
complete success. that marks civic organizations
which do things.
Not only does the fish question need treatment
from the food commission, but the whole marketing
scheme in which the territorial market is involved
Il obviously suffering for business management and
development on broader scale. .@"
The food commission must carefully study its
legal limitations but we have also TO recall that
the nation is at war, and victories rewarding this
countrys effort depend largely upon the speed with
which results are obtained
Let the enemy be the one who in tsese days finds
4 means for delays through legal technology.