The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-15
Child STICKS ID.
0LDREGULATIONS.
Tells Restaurant Men To Disre-
gard New Instructions Of
Hoover, Also Newspapers

Notwithstanding any change of food
regulations which have gone into eff
feet on the mainland on orders of Her,
bert c. Hoover, national food admins
traitor, through changed conditions OF,
supply, the Territory of Hawaii, Food
Administrator J. +. Child told a gather
ing of restaurant men at the Y. NJ. G.
A. yesterday afternoon, will remain
on the old program of meatless and
wheatlrss DAYS. s., .Eg.
e. In the course Of his lecture TO sey.
enty-fiVe restaurant manager and own
ers the question of which regulations
are to apply to Hawaii was put to Mr..
Child and his reply was that conditions
here are such that no change irtithe
wheatless or mPatless days is con
templated The fact that the Washing
ton Office of the national food admins
tTation has sent out orders Ia, chicago
the regulations pertaining to the con-
sumption of meat was called to Mr.
Child's attention.
Peeved at Papers
"DOn't paw any attention to what
the newspapers say" said Mr.. Child
with some degree Of resentment that,
the regulations of Mr.. Hoover should
havebeen published in The, ADVERTISER
" Unless the reports have my sigma
ture the newspapers should not be
heeded' ut.
For an hour the food administrator
sought to instruct the Chinese and
japanese restaurant men in the necfs.
stiles Of food conservation and in meth
DDS whereby they might be the gamers.
through the saving of various foods.
The sugar bow might be kept off the
table entirely, he said, 80 that patrons
of the restaurants would not be waste
full. In the same manner bread mipht
be kept off the table and served only
as separate allotment for each Gus
toner.
Cites an Example
Mr.. Child began by calling the atten-
ton of the restaurant men to his act,
Yesterday, in fning l.. All beong, a
King Street grocer, $1,000 because
he thought he could put one over on the.
food administrator and assuring them
that if any of them thought they could
infringe on the rules and get by with
it they might get the same dose; and
ended with wise counsel whereby a
crafty restaurant man might promo
the interests Of the country and the in
terests Of his own POCKET book at one
and the same time.
There was an importation of 5l7.
900 pounds of beef from Australia. last
year, but if the government takes off
the vessels, which it appenrs certain
ii will do, then there VII be no
chance to y beef from that quarter
and we haze got to save beef or else
we won't have it," said Mr.. Child.
&" He called attention to the cleaning
out of brood sows from the Hawaiian
hog market through the scramble on
the part of stock men to make full use
of high prices for pork, and said that
there is II strong probability that there
will be no ships to bring fresh supplies
of pork here if the present supply is
not husbanded.
All Taro Poi
1--WE are better fixed on substitutes
it is true, than any place on the main
land at the present time" said Mr..
Child, in answer to, queries about sweet
potato bread and other kinds of foods
in use here that do not come under the
fifty fifty plan of cereal substitutions.
He insisted, however, that no rela1a.
ton in the stringent rules is advisable
at the present time. He declared that
the use of moi which has been aduItcr,
ated with flour, on account of the high
prlce Of poi, will have to be dscon.
timed. He said that poi in the future
will be all-taro poi
eve are going to enforce the law,
aud if YOU think you can do anything
contrary to the law and get by with it,
you are mistaken" said Mr. Child.
If anybody in your restaurant raises
II howl because of your food menu you
just come and tell me about him. |
hav" means of dealing with people Of
that sort.
At the suggestion Of the food admin
istratiOn the Chinese, Japanese and
white restaurant men will each appoint
committee through whom the food
administration will issue its instruc-
tiOns and these committees will meet
once a month for conference