Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-20
MERCHANTS FAIL To WORK WITH
FOOD C|MMISS|ON, SAYSCASTLE

| tically every day from their own gar.
| dens." ..--. 49, 49,
AS an illustration of some of the
| practical work being done by the com
mission, Mr.. Castle read from re-
port which showed that Mr.. Midkiff,
one of the employees Of the commits
sion, last week, on the island of Ha-
wall, rode 205 miles, walked six, dis
tributed 155 packages of seeds and
1854 pamphlets, made 40 calls on far
mers, gave a demonstration in plant,
ing to Japanese, s Chinese, 2 Ha-
waiians, Portuguese and Is haoles.
During the same rounds he had given
| demonstrations in spraying, harvest
ing and marketing at different points
on his route to various nationallties
Another result he held was shown in
the fact that where the Honolulu mar
ket imported million pounds of meat
last year, this year only half mil
. lion pounds have been brought into
Honolulu from points outside of the
territory.
! Everybody in the islands ought to
have one meatless day week." Mr.
Castle maintained. The Territorial
Hotels Company now has Friday, and
it SO happens that the banquet to be
given the visiting congressman at the
Moana comes on Friday-meatless
day. Not a congressman will get a
bite of meat at that banquet. 1t is dis
graceful the waste that has been done
in banqueting in Honolulu. Some Of
the public dinners given here have
been scandalous in the extravaganza
of their menus"
Both Mr.. Castle and Mr.. Childt the
food commissioner, we're of the opin
ion that it would be unwise, with the
fishmarket in its present state, for the
commission to set aside certain day
In , the week for meatless day, as
the supply of fish would be exhausted
for such general day of meat-abstin
ence, and such fish as could. be pro
cured by the later marketers would
be exorbitantly high. They thought il
would be better for every family tt
decide upon meatless day for each
week to suit it's own convenience.
Referring to the Territorial Mar
| ket Mr.. Castle said it was a good
thing, badly managed.
"The food is not attractively dis
played" said the speaker, NOR is ii
properly advertised. The meat is good
and the vegetables are good, but the
public has to find that out for itself
which is thing the public does moi
like to do. 1t likes to be told.
Moreover. continued Mr.. Castle
"the merchants do not cooperate with
the food commission in the purchase
of homegrown products. They say
they will, but when the time comes fol
them to order supplies they go right
along and order them from San Fran
lcisco, because it is less trouble than
looking up what the islands them
selves have to offer in the vegetable
markets. The Territorial Market
needs an outside salesman who will
go to these merchants and keep them
informed as to what may be had al
home" =
The drouth on the islands of Ha
waii and Maui had been very dfscour
aging to the small farmer, Mr.. Castle
said. 80
4 Next year, with anything like q
good season. we shall begin to see re
suits that will be surprising. Even
this year the amount of corn grown
on the island of Maui is amazing. And
i there's mill over there that grinds
this corn into good meal for making
i corn-bread. If you will keep asking