The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-13
Artificially Inflated Prices viii
Be Frowned Upon BY Cham
Der Of Commerce 80
DIRECTORS DODGE EFFORT +.
TO GET "BoNe-DRY" VOTE
Wiling To Endorse War Meas
ure But Balk At Approving
Anti-Saloon Resolution

Necessity for the conservation Of the
food supply of Hawaii and the sup
preston of any attempts to corner the
supply of any of the products needed
was voiced at meeting Of the direct.
ors Of the chamber of commerce yes.
terday. e..
Attention was called to the report
that a Chinese hui is attempting to
corner the rice market. with the result
that the price of that commodity has
increased by leaps and bounds, and the
opinion was expressed that any such
move is opposed to public policy and
must not be permitted. ..-.
The attention of the directors was
called to the fact that Senator George
2. Cooke had during the afternoon, in
troduced in the senate concurrent
resolution asking and urging the liquor
| license boards of the various islands to
"curtail as far as possible" the sale OF
| liquor until July and after that time
to grant no liquor licenses. The direc.
tors Of the chamber indicated that
while they were willing to support any
movement that would prohibit the sale
If intoxicants during the continuance
| If the war, they were not favorable
70 any movement to enforce permanent.
ly bone-dry prohibition.
w. H. McInerny thought that the
Immediate closing of the saloons and
wholesale houses would have the effec'
Of starting into being flock of blind
4 Iigs. He suggested that the matter be
| ,llowed to rest indefinitely.
i Other speakers said they were il
favor of prohibition but did not thinl
| the Cooke resolution was the righ
way to go about it.
1 The appointment Of committee Of
j strong and influential business men Il
cooperate with the army department
ilong industrial lines was authorized
i by the directors of the chamber, Pres
/ dent Hagens being directed to appoint
he members of the committee. Thi
elton was taken as measure to pre-
rare Hawaii against any unforeseen
contingencies that may arise as a re-
ult of the war.
! II was made plain that the commit
/ zee is not to interfere when army wOrl
clashes with business but is to plal
means whereby industries may be con
inued with as little Inconvenience ant
loss as possible and at the same tim
supply the army with all necessar.
4 men. ~
4 The opinion was expressed that tn
men the army needs from Hawai-
should be supplied, but at the sam
ime, the necessity of conserving tn
Industries of the Territory was take
nto consideration. ....
+. C. Anterior suggested the. forma
ion of a fund out of which men VIII
DIN the national forces should be con
Oensated for their monetary losses bu
:. Faxon Bishop declared that this wa
beyond the powers of the directors O
he chamber. He opposed any actio
nd the matter was allowed to drop.
Yesterday the chamber was SUI
| ,liod by the army authorities wit
1000 blank forms for the work of tai
ng a military census of the Island
Data are needed on all men eligible fC
military or naval service under the pr,
,osed uni yersal compulsory militar
raining bill now before congress. Thes
] forms were distributed by the chamb,
. the firms represented in ii and b
D .hree o CLOCK the supply was exhauste