The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-10
FIREWORKS F|zzLE
AT FOOD HEARING
Promised PTotechnlcs Prove But
Flash In the Pan--Much Talk,
Little Action At Meeting

public food commission hearing yester
day. The public had been invited to
attend the meeting to offer suggestions
and make criticisms of the food ad
ministratiOn and about forty well
known HOnolulans attended among
whom were: Delegate Kalanianaole
Food Administrator Child, Commission
Jrs Dole, Boekus, Hogs, Anderson, Wa.
terhouse and Ebcn Low, l.. l.. McCand
less, +. c. Winston, r. B.. Booth, Mrs
Z. W. Macfarlane, Mrs. Nakuina, James
Love, Joseph Clark, l.. M. Judd, Col
Onel Schofeld and G. p. Castle.
The meeting gave promise Of a dis
play of verbal pyrotechnics when Com
missioner HOogs made IN assertion that
An Chuck, rice planter In Kailua
vas boarding rice and had stored in his
warehouse on the other side Of the
.sIand thousands of bags of rice which,
Mr.. Hoogs said, he was holding fol
higher prices. This proved to be n
flash in the pan, however.
J.. l.. McCandless gave promise OF
injecting a bit of pep" into the meet
ing when he suddenly made state
nent, while the boarding question wa
rnder consideration, that "the terri
torial government was the Creates
,oarder we had in our midst. - In ex
,lanation, he said that there we're
thousands of acres of land in the forest
eserve which could well be used in
attening cattle during the period OF
he war which at present was lying
lie. "What good are these trees" he
aid. eff we starve to death in the
meantime for the want Of meat
dostly Talk
Chairman Dole, in answer to Mr.
dcCandIess, said that this subject had
cen gone into thoroughly some time
lgo with the territorial board of agri
.ulture and forestry and it proved i'm
practicable, as graZiers could not see
heir way clear to go to the expense
IF fencing. Aside from these two fea
'ures about two and a half of the
.hree hours of the meeting were de
yoted to general discussion of the
God conditions ranging from the cause
f blight in taro to the high cost OF
ish both dressed and undressed.
Commissioner Hogs in support OF
lis statement that All Chuck was hoard
ng rice in KailuG, said that the ex
use of bad roads in that district as
icing deterrent in shipping rice out
If the district, was all eamouflage
lie said that the Honolulu Construction
md Draying Co. was ready to move
the rice at nine dollars a ton and that
Investigations had been made of the
Dads. which were found in a passablc
condition.
The Union Transfer Co. who have
peen handling rice for the All Chew
plantation, in the same neighborhood
Jays that for the last five months
hey have not been able to get over
these roads with a motor truck. Dur
ng the past three days the roads have
Tried up considerably, they said, and
forty bags of rice were moved by mule
back to the foot of the Pail where, il
vas loaded on truck, it being impossi
Sle for these vehicles to get through
the roads in the KaiIua district. AT
the conclusion of the talk on this sub.
ieet, Chairman Dole instructed Food
administrator Child to make an investi.
cation of the conditions and IL there
vas any pTOOI VI nOdIulHR, w 6AtIClbt
he federal law in the matter.
/ Corner In Taro
Mrs. +. W. Macfarlane brought to
he attention of the meeting that taro
which was selling at fifty cents bag
wO years ago was now being held al
wO dollars and fifty cents, Mrs. Mac
arlane said that Sc had been TOLD
hat Wong Min, II taro planter Of Ma.
Ioa, had the taro market practically
ornered and in a short time would
ave a social rating with the Japanese
potato king of California. David Ka
luha, poi inspector, threw considerable
light on the tarO situation and asked
he commission to set maximum price
IN this essential food product. Eben
LOW was appointed committee OF
me to investigate the condition.
The subject of bringing flour here
rom Australia was brought up. l.. NJ
Judd, manager Of the grocery depart.
nent of T. H. Davies and Co., said
hat he had sent in an order to the
Antipodes for trial lot Of 1000 bag
md did not learn until the vessel
which was to bring the flour was with
two days of Honolulu, that Their
vas no freight space available for thu
shipment.
Delegate Kuhio urged that more pro
iuetion Of taro in the Territory should
Ne encouraged and said that a quick
growing taro plant had been developed
~ the agricultural department in Wash
ington which was a success from every
standpoint and that taro was sold IN
abundance in Washington today. Kuhio
suggested that like experiments be
made by the agricultural department
here.