The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-05

Campbell was the only grower or ship.
per who would undertake 70 furnish
the. ripe baiianhs, with. the infatsnpe' 10
be drawn therefEom, " also erroneous
inasmuch a. the other shippers were
not asked 10 furnish them. Probably
the committee would have done better
to- have eanvassed the situation tho.
roughly BY trying ID net the desired
supply from each OF the shippers befofe
assuming that they aafa group were
holding out for the double price. The
only othet shipper quoted Is Mr.. Mar;
shall, who represents twenty percent Of
the bananas exported. He IL quoted aa
saying the Chinese growers would pre-,
Fer 70 allow the. bananas TO rot rather
than snpply Them At one cent a pound.
That Mr.. Marshall was speaking for
only his twenty percent IL evidenced by
he fact that the first Chinese shipper
approached by me with an explanation
Of, the situation agreed to do all he
tonld to assist in supplying the fruit
necessary at one cent a pound, and the
second unhesitatingly agreed TO do II,
and has already begun making deliv.
cries. al. -. ,.E
The Banana Committee unQuestion.
iDlN ulu bBABhthu "OTk, VI INOTIl
ieveral points Of view. That the direct
benefits should have accrued chiefly to
Mr.. Campbell s portion Of the industry
70 far as the banana men Is concerned,
was natural, since he was q member OF
he committee, and no criticism need
be applied TO him on that score, since,
70 far as know he never claimed to be
\ ietihg on behalf Of anyone else. The
INJUSTICE exists in the present attitude
" blaming the banana shippers be.
ause Mr.. Campbell demanded an In.
.rease in his price. T'
lhinese To The Rescue .'
The results obtained by che commit
'e were all they claim to have achiev.
al, and splendid evidence Of the pub
| lie spirit OF the community. The ser
ices Of the press, both at the time OF
| he campaign, and later in placing the
lew development before the public jus
| ify oil the claims the press can make
For them. Giving due credit to both
hese agencies, let us not be unjust e
he banana shippers as class, four
ifths of whom are Chinese They
we're not active pafties in the campaign
IT In any promises made during the
,ampaign, and have now come forward
| md assured the banana bread industry
# its supply at the price with the. orig
nal making of which they had nothing
o do, and with the raising Of which
hey had nothing to do. They have
lone this because it appeared necessar,
continuance of the making Of ba
mana bread, and because, from the in
'ormation given in the press, they be
! ieved, the bakers had not had tn,
square deal they were entitled to un
Ter the circumstances. And bavinI
! riven assurance, they will keep thei
word to the limit of their ability. ~
Your article quotes two "haole'
shippers. ] consulted two "pake ,
shippers. The results speak for them
elves / hope the injustice done I,
our ffths Of the banana shippers viii
be corrected, and that credit will b.
given where it is due--to the shippe
hat agrees to furnish the needed sup
ply at the necessary price, and tina
any other shipper who agrees to do SC
and does IL, also gets the credit du
him, and that each individual shoulde
he responsibility for bis own acts, an
nose, alone. Let us assume, until prov
en- otherwise, that every man is willin
TO do his duty as america expects o
him, and when proven otherwise, le
him be-condemned. But let us wor
together, and be slow to condemn
group or class in the community 70
he particular acts of any individual
We. need all the team work we can ge
Don t mar it by generalizing criticisr
that should be individual. Wen pu
neutrality-suspicious., rJapanes,
Portuguese, Irish, banana man, pin,
apple man, sugar man, merchant man
Itch man, poor man, .beggar man.. THE
But let's keen pulling TOGETHER.
Sincerely yours, -
w. A. ANDERSON.