The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-07
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MoCaldless Stays Away From
sslhp and b Severely Critics
Va, otf.pisoohr Altitude"

Chinese rice planters, representing
1892 Pcres of rice land on this isiand
and $50 iacrss on the Island Of Kaupi
net with Federal Food ,Administrator
Child and Territorial Fpod Commits.
sioner Dole at the rooms Of the Chinese
Merchants Association yesterday otter.
noon With the intention Of coming TO
an amieable basis Of prices for Hawaii.
an grown rice for the incoming crop.
Attorheys Breckous and Mott. Smith
were present, representing all of the
Interests At the meeting. After q pre-.
,liminary discussion, 1t was decided to.
continue the meeting until this after.
noen when concrete figures will be pre-
scented showing the actual cost Of pro.
dncing rice IN this Territory. nhder
present conditions. When these feures
are arrived at, a price will be set which
Will allow Q reasonable proRt to the
producer and at the same time aneour.
age the planting Of more acreage. y.
d MT. Child, in few preliminary re-
marks, said he wanted ID understood
that whatever action the commission
took IN the premises, when regulating
the price of rice, it was the ihtention
Of the food commission to encourage
the grower in every manner possible.
No better encouragement could be, given
than setting a price for rice which
would be profitable to the grower ito a
reasonable extent. He said It would be
bad policy on the part of the commits
Qinn ftfn aAf TriaA L..
growing of rice would be disc outraged
here altogetheS which would result, in l
exorbitant prices that the co7isamer
wonld have to pay for foreign grown
rice, over which the Commission has
no control. Sr.. ~ ,..d tE..tEt Ia i
Mccandless Stays Away 4
- In snpplementinE these remarks, \
Chairman Dole usaid that in the past
the Chinese gIherehants. and rice grow
ers had shown eominenIlable and ID.
triotia spirit in conforming to, the food |
here and he felt that an
amieable arrhngement Of prices for Ha.
waiian grown rice could be arrived at 1
today LsIs. McGandless; one of the
largest growers of rice on Oahu, was
by his absence, despite the
fact that be had received q special IN. |
gitatioh to be present. 1t was reportdd
1t the meeting that he had been ad.
eised by Als counsel 70 absent himseif |
from the fneeting. Chairman Dole said
hat Nee dlessY attitude was extreme
n iikeotfte0ust to the commissionS ~
he intent 81, the meeting was to arrive
10 SOME .lhutGah a pesment where every
me concerned copid De 3hensatted. III
I That ne flood eonnissiou 5 means
and iintends to ihforce the
saFions orders and warnings that have
been issned in the past few days was
yesterday when, six promin,
mt bakeries: In this city were forbidden I
he sale, Of any at their products until /
equations governing weekly reports to
he commission from. bakeries are com
he'd with. The Young Hotel Bakery,
'Weet Shop, Ho, Poi Kee, Con fnental,
4uenA Chang and SAllencastre bakeries
we're ordered to 'clcse yesterday morn.
ng by Food ,Comhihsioher Child until
hey should comply with the Sulation
yhieh requires every baker to file a
weekly report; showing the amount of
read baked; the stock On hand, the
mount sSld and the quantity of -four
nd substitutes fused. II I'm letter 10
ach of these offenders Mr. Child or.
cred these bakeries closed until this
equation had been complied with and
D show cause why their licenses should
ot be revoked All, OF them hastened
@ file, the. repotts.Sne n, 49,.
Ish Dealers Punished
. The tHawaiian qSRiaheries also felt the
feet Of the EsBig stick% Yesterday
then II, was ordesSa to diseontinu the
ireet sale Of .fshpRhd return to the
riginal auctiOning haeth Cd. In estiga-
IGN by the food eominlssiOner showed
hat this company had sold fish to re-
ailers for less than .the price set by
hs food commission Rnd those who
ought at these prices res9ld at profits
asel on the regular wholesale price
high was in some instances twenty
ereent higher than the price set by
no commission. Those, who committed
lis violation of the food laws were:
10y Chan, Nakayania; Tangii and the
eryice Supply ICo.a The licenses of
ach Of these firms have been suspend,
I and all Wholesalers have been for
idden to sell TO them until their H.
sHses, are again restored, \" which will
- said Commissioners Child, "wheh
lsse dealers show % wholesome respect
" the law and an ihcliRation to live !
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