The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1918-03-05

Quite a number Of the island mer
chants attended a meeting at the Court
House on Saturday, in response to a
call sent out by A. Hebard Case, Food
Commissioner, who desired to make
plain so for as possible, details as to
the requirements of the laws govern
ing the sale of food products during
the war.
Not all of the store keepers attend
ed, as many at the more distant points
did not receive the notice in time.
There were forty-four present, how.
ever, and they were all attentive-no,
not listeners, but takers. The haoles
seemed to be fairly we'll advised as to
what the Food Commissioner hoped
to accomplish. How to accomplish
it was not of easy solution, however.
Many of the storekeepers have been
and are till unable to secure a suffi-
cient supply of substitutes to sell with
white -four.
Mr.. Case stated that because Of this
fact, rice could be used as a half sub
stitute, that is, with a fifty-pound bag
of -four, twenty-five pounds Of rice and
twenty-five pounds of some other
cereal could be used, until the 9th of
March only. At that date the one
half rice rule goes into effect.
Among other things, dealers were
impressed with the necessity of using
Hawaiian grown coffee, as conditions
are now such that this has become
essential.
M. Tagashi interpreted for the jap
anese, and evidently endeavored to
make matters clear to them, but some
of them say they did not understand
clearly, as Tagashi was born in Ha-
waii, and doesn't juggle the words in
true Japanese style.
Yuen Kee, of Waimea, talked Chi
nese to beat the band, the boat, and
the train, and the aeroplane. He told
them everything mentioned in the
rules, and then some. He explained
to them that every time there was a
war or a revolution in China, thous-
ands of people died from slow star
walton. He told them the United
States was now at war, and being
much wiser than those of the Pake
land, were endeavoring to so manage
matters that not only the solliers, but
everybody else, might have plenty to
eat. The Chinese saw the point
readily enough. Yuen Kee is some
patriot.
If the orientals understand exactly
what was required, they did we'll
Among those present were M. Jar
din, M. Fernandez, M. Costa, of Ke
kaha, La Sloy, of Kekaha, A. Buch
oltz, of Koloa, Ava of Koloa, c. Bayer
of Makaweli, r. Roendahl of Eleele
Erling e. Nahum of Waimea, Herman
Rohrig of Lihue, Robert Fountain OF
Lihue, r. T. Kuramoto of Kekaha, j
Souza of Kealia, J. |. Silva of Eleele
and Joe Gomez of Hanapepe. There
were others whose names were not
readily obtainable Rye -four, it was
stated, can be sold without a substi
tute.
The sum of $11.35 was collected
for the Red Cross.
The rules posted and explained are
as follows:
Food Regulations
The following regulations were an
nounced:
NO back orders to be allowed
Only sales of white flour when cereals
or substitutes can be sold at the same
time.
2.--"Franklin" -four is not a substi
tute, but may be sold alone until notice
is received from Washington.
3.-Rice to be considered only as {
half-substitute. That is to say, with {
fifty pound bag of -four, twenty-five
pounds of rice, and twenty-five pounds
of some other cereal must be sold.
But temporarily, until the morning
of the 9th day OF March, rice will be al
lowed as a straight substitute, and tn,
halfrice rule will after that automati
cally go into effect.
U. S. Food Administration Rules
The following U. S. rules have beef
prepared and arranged by the loca
agent, A. Hebard Case, with view o
presenting the various requirements II
a concise form, and in such way tina
they may be easily understood:
Explanation.-The term "fifty-fifty
rule, refers to the equal weight of fiou
as compared with the weight of othe
cereals which must be sold at tn