The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-12
.UN|TED'HANBRAN
ASSOCAD0N'BOW
CHARACTERIZATION
Capital Stock Is Fuzzy Subscribed
land Mdch q TIE Cash Az
:. ~, ready on Hand ~
REDUCTION or fARo, :
81 I'D PRICE IS FIRST OBJECT
Pol Factory win Be Rented and
'6' Large Acreage Planted t
BY Natives ."' ,

With the stock Of the United Ha.
waiians Association fully subscribed
and a eonsiderpbls part Of the cash al
fepdy, In hand, james L, Holt, member
Of the board Of directors, has started
dut u complete ona, Of the main pur
poses Of the association the clearing
up OF the taro situation and redue
ton Of the price Of poi, the Hawaiian
staple. -.
Mr. Holt annonnceyl last night tina
il has been decided that the assoeiR
ton will not purchase the KaGhi Pc
Factory at the present time, but will
rent this property together with IT,
large 'tafo ground, and put all avail
able cash into the purchase of taro,
The association now has the Offet
OF 10000 bags Of taro from the Manor
district, and at least that quantity ad
ditional from other parts of the Be-
land. D. ''. 20 -
Mr.. Holt announced last night thad
a large part Of the plan Of the associs
ton Is TO rehabilitate the natives D
the Islands and return them to tn.
land with the financial backing OF thei
own people. That the association, un
der this program, will be able to Sc
cure workers for taro fields which ar,
now lying idle in spite Of unheard Of
prices fof taro, Is his belief.
Not Good Merchants
tHThe Hawaiiahs know how to rais
taro as well now as ever, and IL the,
have given up the life that appealet
to them and which, they. understood, /
traders by the Chinese and japanese
who came to their Shores" said M
Holt. t'The' failure OF. the tar0 10
dustry among the HAwhiians il trace
able to the same causes as their failure
as fishermen. They found themselve
no match, for Chinese and tapanes,
INGREDIENTS TO- whom they had to sci
their product aud SO they gave up OF
account OF, the fact that they coul,
make. no money out Of their work
Withth financial backing Of this or
gdnizatioh, they win go back to thu
hand and to the fshihg, boats, and Oh
Investigation so far cOnvinees us that
We can 70 ahead with that assn rance
The Committee ! tpiiclS has had tn
investigation Of the tato problem d
hand reports thAt.. IL VIM cost fron
$50 TO $75 per acre to grow -taro, bu'
that this acre will yield from ESQ tt
800 bags, which is worth $1.75 pei
bag This is, expected to make tn
enterprise one which win pay for il
self from, year. TO. year, even with th'
large redn6tion in tke price which viii
be brought about by the control o
taro and poi which the Hawaiians ar
planning. 1t is expected that tn
price Of taro can, be reduced 10 tb
old figure which 1t held few year
ago and that il win once more b
placed Of disposal of the people
seventy-fve cents per bag.
Supply Is Assured
The amount which will be paid TO
the rental Of the poi factory has no
yet been determined, but it is hope
TINT taro may be purchased in guam
titles that win justify the opening OF
the factory by fall. Land already un
der option win begin producing taro
by fan and other land will be read,
to produce a crop in the spring OF
1919, so that the committee is assure'
Of taro to run the mill.
Another meeting Of the stakeholder
will be. held next Friday for the pur
pose Of making minor changes in thu
constitution and of allowing new
stockholders a voice in certain pro
visions and new plans in connection
with the work. -
One Of the hopes of those who have
made a special investigation of thC
disposition among the Hawaiians t,
return to fishing extensively, repor'
that they hope something can be don
to secure an open stall in the Asl
market where fisherman may sci
his own catch. This, they say, will
do much to give the Hawaiian fish
ermen confidence in going ahead witt
the Hawaiian association as his spon
sor and hacker.