The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
HAWAII MUSTFEED
|. ITSELF, DECLARES
FOOD COMMISSION
Every Man Should Raise His
Own, Is Policy Enunciated BY
Control Board At Meeting Yes
terday
GREAT DEAL HAS BEEN ii.
DONE ALREADY, SAYS lvERS
Executive Officer Child Plans To
Have County Agents Make Out
Daily Reoorts Showing Work
Accomplished ..

Every man in Hawaii should
raise his own food, Hawaii should be,
can be aud must be selfsupportine
from a fool standpoint.
This, the first clear and definite enun
citation of policy, was made yesterday
1t a meeting of the food commission
by J. +. Child, executive officer of the
commission. 1t defines in few word,
he end toward which the food contro,
body is VIC king, Il
The statement of the executive off
er was given point and emphasis b,
mother by Richard Ivers, who said
Il have been around all the island
within the past two mouths, and j
want to say that a great deal has beet
lone, much more than most pe6pl,
tnow Of, toward helping out our. foo
.ituation.'' AT another time durin'
he meeting Mr.. lvers said that the
plantations are doing a wonderfu
OF. You can hardly find one where tho
aborers are not cultivating their gar
len patches. -
County Agents Busy ra.a
The county agents. Mr.. Child said
IRE all doing good work, and he has
plan by which he thinks their effort
an be made even more effective. H.,
old the commissioners that he hal
worked up a daily report to be file
out by the county agents which vii
how exactly what they 10 each day
how many miles they travel, how
many people they talk with and abou.
what, how many packages of seeds they
sell or give away, and so on.
"There are, of course" said Mr.
Child after the meeting +" some people
Who cannot raise their own food. Blu
he majority of the laborers can, at any
ate, and great many other people.
"And before this war is over they RI
going to be glad to, for food prices are
going to be a good deal higher than
they are now, aud they re good dea
ligher now than they were while ago
owe want to make Hawaii self-sup
porting from a food standpoint. i
IAN be done, it should be done, and
we re going to fluid out in the end that
10 must be done. -
Children To Help
1t was announced also by Mr.. Chilt
hat Superintendent of Public Instruc
ion Kinney was sending out to all the
eachers letters urging them to advance
he school garden idea. Mr.. Kinney
proposed to have the children sign VI
ards, similar to those Herbert G. Hoo
yer is asking the women to sign, pledg
ing themselves TO do all they can to
help increase the food supply of tn,
Territory. The commission was asked
by Mr.. Kinney TO pay for the cards,
and after some discussion agreed to do
20.
Chairman Dole inquired if any analy
'is had yet been made of the beef cen
Mr., Child replied that he had mass
# reports but had not yet been able to
HEest them,
How About Meat?
"What We want to know" said Mr..
Dole, els whether or not we are self:
supporting so far as beef is concerned
We ought to know whether or not we
must he prepared for meat shortage. :"
Chairman Dole added the statement
that in his opinion beef, wheat and rice
were the most important sub jects foI
ihe commission to handle.
1t was announced by Mr.. Child that
here will be meeting at nine thirty
o o'clock Monday morning between him
self aud the merchants, growers and
county agents, with view of seeing
what can be done toward getting corn
and other products ready for market.
He said there is going to be lot of
'orn available for use this year. On
ihe island of Hawaii alone, he said,
there are about 5000 acres of it, and.
Maui has great deal. ..
The commission, in order TO head of
any possible bread famine resulting
from shortage of fuel oil, decided TO
ask the oil company supplying Loves
Bakery not to shut of the supply Of
oil. ~