The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-04-02
.SH|PPERSCHARGE
+. more THAN SMALL
DEALERsFORFRU|T
Would Be Purchaser Goes Shop
ping and Saves Eighty-t five
Cents on Bananas Bought
FOOD COMMISSION WILL
SEEK LICENSE POWER
Purchasers At Market Pay Cent
a Pound and Must Deliver;
Higher Than In Campaign

II has been cheaper, not considering
the time lost in the proceeding, for n
baker who desired ripe bananas for
bread TO shop around and buy them by
the dozen from small dealers than TO
pay the price which the growers, whp
we're helped out Of the hole by the
Eat Banana Campaign -, sought TO
exact through the marketing division.
Proof Of this was given Mt the division
IN Friday afternoon.
man came In 70 buy ripe bananas.
The box he was offered contained Atty
ak dozen. He refused to pay two cents
pound and went shopping. He
bought more than thirty dozen and, on
weighing up the purchase and those
offered to him by the marketing divi-
sion, found he had saved about eighty,
Ave cents. He could have duplicated
he quantity the box contained for
about n dollar and half less than the
ought to obtain. The small dealer hal
been able to buy and ripen the qreea
sruit, had paid the grower profit On
hat green fruit and had made his own
nroft besides, yet he had undersold TIL.
people Of Honolulu came when they
enthusiastically entered upon cam.
paign to make the banana popular at
home. So. lid EsB.s.. -
Bakery TO Get Fruit
It was reported yesterday afternoon
hat Loves Bakery had succeeded in
making an arrangement to secure the
bananas II requires TO continue baking
banana bread; This does not alter the
'aet that the banana growers raised,
~ sought to raise, the price OF ripe ba-
,nanas TO the, bakers, elvilian and army,
and the army would not stand for the
Increase and stopped buying bananas
frDm those gfow6rs-l shippers Is per.
hips the better ward4-tl rongh the Ter
.ritorial! Marketing DiYisfon 49,.
! J. X. Butlers of the; Vigilance Corps
banana Sommittee, who was an indie
fatigabfe? worker during the banana
campaign, said over the telephone last
,vening he would not give a statement
then but would give The Advertiser a
statement today For publication on Sun.
lay morning He agreed that the ban
ana shippers had sought to raise the
price Of ripe fruit for bakers, to double
he price over what they were glad TO
get when. they were unable 70 ship.
Relative to the small consumer he sug.
rested buying thirty five cent punches
It the Territorial Marketing Division,
even il one had to hire some one to
leliver them at a cost of from twenty
Eve to fifty cents additional. This
means that amount more than was paid
for the fruit delivered during the cam
paign. ~ l.G+ios'r Wy
Food Commission to Act ~. BE-.
The Territorial Food Commission Is
preparing to take the matter Of ship
ments and home supply up with Wash
ington and to request that licensing
Of banana exports TO the mainland be
placed with that body so a. 10 insore
an adequate supply of the best. fruit
for home consumption before il will
ermit exports TO be made. This was
old by William II. Hogs Of the com
mission last night.
Conditions were as shown by The
Advertiser, Mr.. Hogs said. and even
worse, in some. respects, than has yet
"een sh""h' 49,