Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-26

Nj HAWAII Is 70 be enlisted und'
ordination for food production, dis1ril
ton Of public and private agencies d
Meeting at the Chamber Of Comm
resentatiyes OF wide variety of organ
ritoFial officials, decided upon a sin
Definite steps taken this morning in
Guided the following:
I. Formation Of q central or exeeu
tive committee, consisting OF one rep
resentative each Of the Chamber o.
Commerce, Planters Association, v
s. Experiment Station, Territoria
Board Of Agriculture and Forestry and
United States Arrny-five In all.
2. This central committee to organ
Ire the various branches Of work BY
such agencies as the public and pri
vate schools, Boy Scouts, territorial
marketing division, the press, the va
cant-Iot campaieners, the commercial
bodies on eaen Of the other islands,
and numerous others.
3. Definite support Ear the territorI
al marketing division, realizing tina.
u 10 an essential factor IN the present
emergency, anu, In particular, support
before the Iee,slsture Of an item Of
$4,000 proposed for an extension
. fund" The Item, now pending, 10 AZ
present 5000. II was the consensus
Of opinion that the new work the mar.
ketino division will be required TO do
calls for al least double that amount.
Timely talks were made by Govern
or Pinkham, Samuel f. Haserot, q
Cleveland businessman and former
president Of the National Gamers As
ISOLATION: Director Westgate, H. p.
Agee and others.
Make the Territory Of Hawaii IN.
dependent Of the mainland for ifs food
supply was the Keynote OF the meet
ing which was called by the Chamber
Of Commerce and presided over by
James ID. Dole, cheifman of the com.
mittee on agriculture.
Tile discussion emphasized that the
war has resulted iasthe food supply OF
the United states being reduced to a
lpint where Il Is abs0lhteiy necessarS
TO conserve and produce every article
II human consumption; and the Ha.
waiian islands must be as near self
supporting and as little drain on the
mainland supply as POSSIBLE.
The central committee now formed
consists Of James d. Dole, chairman
ot the agricultural committee OF the
Chamber OF Commerce.; j. M. West
gate, director Of the y. s. experiment
station; II. p. sAgee, director OF the
hawaiian Sugar Planters Association
experiment station; Charles S. Judd,
executive officer OF the territorial
board OF commissioners OF agriculture
and forestry, and Mai. Charles S. Lin,
ccln OF the u. q. army.
This committee was given full pow
or to act in the way OF advising PEG.
pie what to grow In order that there
will not be an vyer-abundance Of any
enc article Of fD5d and also IL was au.
thorized 20 raise money by subscrip
tons TO carry on It's work and to see
that the food = properly distributed.
Among the pants Of discussion OF
particular interest was that of having
the school children aid IN the work OF
PLANTING. growing and harvesting the
foodstuffs. J. r. @. Hagens, president
or the chamber. suggested that the va.
cation time DO. advanced 10 give the
children an opportunity to work in the
gardens. This. however. was at first
opposed by n. w. Kinney, superinten
dent OF public instruction, who de,
clared that the children would not
work unless under supervision he
said II the children remain In school
lhey can be instructed by the teach.
crs and better results obtained than
If they are allowed TO run wild. We
have an organization already which
has raised many dollars worth OF
Vegetables he said.
There was considerable discussion
on this suggestion that school chi.
dren be brought more definitely into
the general scheme Of gardening, and
finally differences OF opinion were
composed when the subject was
ferred TO the central committee 70 DC
handled as Ear as practicable with the
cooperation and advice OF the. schooi
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