The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-22

laws, were ordered abandoned by mt
ed states District Attorney =. G
Huber, yesterday afternoon, in order
that the public shall have access tC
the full fish supply of each day.
Coinrident with this action, Food
! Administrator !. +. Child announced
! that his prohibition of the auctiOnine
Of fish. which he undertook last Satur
day for the purpose Of stopping tho
+ imitation of fab prices, had been re
sCinded and the fish companies will be
permitted to resume the old method
with certain alterations.
Thus, while the old laws of suppl,
and demand are once more permitted
to dictate the prices of fish, n demand
/ has been made whereby any old align
! mPnt of fishermen. brokers and retail
/ crs which may have existed are 70 b.
! broken up and the available supply n
and stall men whose feet happens t.
be coming in.
/ Tho fish that come in each day mus
all he placed on sale and tho pric'
must be f1rd on basis Of the full
supply and the full demand.
One Object Defeated
/ The objection of people interviews
yesterday. however, Is that the oh
iect for which Mr.. Child instituted hi
campaign has been defeated since h
has acknowledged his inability to es
tablish a fish scale that will give rea
sOnable prices and reasonable profit
70 all concerned. II was conceded
however, that an evident attempt t.
create n false fish scarcity had bee
defeated by Mr.. Hubby, which, unde
the new ruling of Mr.. Child woulo
, coupled with present weather cOnd
tions, have boosted the price of ifs
to rnhrard. of firures.
The complaint on which the Unite
States attorney proceeded came fror
Ehen Low. of the Vigilance Corp,
who found that there were MANY san
mans in the harhor which Ind not W
loaded ell Of their fish although tn
fish stalls in the market had bee
completely dPnuded in two sections
The third section of the market. hov
ever. which is presided over bv tn,
Hawaiian Fisheries Company, had
good supply.
Explanation Pound
On sqmmoning the fishermen to hi
Office as a result of this discovery, M
Huber learned the reason for this SIT
uation. The fishermen acknowledge
that they were bound by agreement
of nine years standing which reserve,
the catch from certain boats to Ger
tain stalls and certain brokers. Thi
was the reason they gave why man
of the fish were left in the boats o,
ice yesterday, although there was
scarcity of fish at the market The
could not, under their agreement, b
sold to retailers of the rival comb
nations.
The Hawaiian Fisheries Company
and the stall men under agreemen
with them. have had all the best
it since the federal rules were i'm
posed by Mr.. Child on account of tn
fact that its fleet is returning fror
cruises at this time The boats con
trolled by the other two combination
are all in port and have not gone on
on account. they say, of unfavOrabl
weather. 1t was acknowledged tina
within a week all of the boats of tn
three combinations will have returned
which will leave the market withou
'su uhioHH bOHlt VI THESE 20 out agar
Deny Strike Reports
Mr.. Huber has made an effort
brin.T pressure to bear on the Japanes
fishermen to leave port but 80 far ha
had no success, being circumScribc,
by the power given him under tn
boarding measure to do this. The fish
ermen, at the conference ypstprda
, afternoon. said that they have no in
tention Of institutinV fish strike be
canee the most of them have famiIiC
I that must be provided for and prive
ti0n would OvPrtakc them if thew wPr,
forced to remain in port. They assert
ed, however, that most Of the boat
that have returned within the last two
days, have sustained heavy loss or
the trip on account of the small catch
owing TO the weather. and to the
prices that are given them toy the food
administrator.
The penalty Of arrest will be held
"Ver tn" bead of any fisherman VIII,
withhOlds fish from the mark ct or who
refuses to disDOsP Of his fish to othpr
fish combinations after his own sec
ZION of the market has been provided
for.
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