The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-15
FA|RINDORSEDBY.
AL0IRADEB|OARD
MISUNDERSTANDING Az 10 True
Mature o. Project Cleared Up
and Sentiment veers Quickly,

BY uhanimous vote the Hilo Board OF
Trdast gSts It's hsGrty enlightenment to
the territ0fiHi fair, after hearing enthu-
'siastie talkh by George Fl. Angus, chair.
man, and Harold Rice, MauI's fair com
missioner, last Friday. ''' ~ 90
This IL the third body Of representa-
tive island business men to give unquali
fed support to the big agricultural and
livestock show in June. The Honolulu
Chamber Of Commerce recently approx.
ed the enterprise and offered Its coop
grafton, and Immediately afterward the
Maui Chamber of Commerce took sim.
liar action. II is understood the Homo
lulu Chamber intends to name q special
committee, to work closely with the
fair commission and give active assist
ance In every way possible. This com
mittee may be announced within the
next day or two. .t.r".
Chairman Angus, who returned from
Hilo yesterday morning, said that APP
parentlyeta Misunderstanding had de-
yeloped among many people on the
Big Island rs TO the purpose and value
liof the fair, many overlooking its seri.
,oWs buslness az an educational and
smarkettereatiVe factor for island pro
ducers and consumers. Public senti,
tmeIt quickly veered however, when the
true nature of the fair was explained
Is 10 the. members Of the Hilo Board
of Trade iMrgAngus declared that the
\ sole purpose Of. the show 10 to assist in
thereby easing the burden tile remand
l@0r of the country Is carrying. 1t will
30 m6re than any other thing to teach
the peurle the agricultural, possibilitiel
tof their ilhnd. " .,.l :ts,s', y
r Hhrold Rice spoke rather frankly on
The, livestock phase Of the subject. "IIi
these islands most Of the cattle ranches
ere fottenS't the Post Herald quotes
him as ssayihg. = EThese places can he
Improved 80. they will produce cattle
WEIGHING $50 pounds instead of $50
'The fair will educate the people
I'm theawayfaf raising more and better
I,rropa. If the people will not go b
i he, troFhle to get snch an education
fhen aHairs are in bad way. ~ !
-''I remember on Kauai several yeHPt
ago when tina planters would not, lister
% the suggestion that thew ehangt
tbeirf Ra-ietv, Of cane from Lahaina u
\ yellow Caledonia They would not 20
to the other islands and see for thetnI
| selves. but 9fadraIly this was done
End now Yellow Caledonia is one OF piIl
hest cNrs varieties. widely CROWNS y '
l. "tWe, ,hRvestettwin this war, and il
we don get busy. We are licked nj
ready. We must go after success u
/ missing fooaRtuffs and improving every
ri tksiiSSs SSad $s showing S cattle tile Of !,
decreased bee III Iahts we can educatI
THE. people, fbsieye that in years tt
ZONE eattlemen from ApstEalia, New
"ealaRd and ,-othsk Faces will come b
Hawaii to. get; thbiT, Thoroughbred cat
| tl6. Already T have orders for 'Berh
'hire hogs to be. shipped to Australia
Still: some people ipPort, this breed o.
1--WE will makslSthese, Hawaiian III
nnds. the best in the world for cattle
IS we. az" free Of diseases that play
havoc with them eIsWhere,
G. c. Kennedy, John T, NOR anC
manv. other prominent business men O
the Big Island promised the fair thei
oetiVe personal interest and coopera
,tiop. p. ~
The agricultural committee Of thu
f"ir Is to meet at Headquarters. room
3p4, Hawaiian Trust building, at eigh
o'clock this morning. The commer"in
committee will meet. Thursday morn
ing at nine o. clock. the dog show rom
mittee Friday morning and HvestorI
committee at one O'Clock Friday after
noon.