The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-26
long CONTROVERSY.
0VERFISHP PRICES.
SETTLED, SAYS Low
Complete Agreement Among All
Factions Announced BY
Food Administration
MIDDLEMEN'S PROFITS
SHARPLY REDUCED
Figures Virtually the Same As
Published BY The Adver-
,tiSer Saturday


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The final stroke in the securing of a
complete agreement among all factions
of the fishing industry was accomplish
ed yesterday when Eben Low of the
food administration announced that the
price of mullet has been established to
the complete satisfaction Of pond men,
fishermen and stall men
This most important fish, which was
necessarily omitted from the announce
ment OF fish prices made yesterday, has
been set ut stated price of seventeen
cents per pound wholesale, TO which
will be added twenty percent for the
retail price. Thus the most sought fish
food in the market cannot 90 higher
than 2O5 cents per pound during the
next two. mouths and sea mullet will
range lower than that from day to day
according to the, results of the auction
sales
The ,mullet agreement called in par
ties who were not represented in the
debate on other fish, and the lessees
of fish ponds say they will receive bet.
ter treatment than they have received
heretofore. In all cases the gain that
has been realized by the public in fish
prices has been secured from the mid
dlemen in the industry. The actual
producers of fish confess that they now
will receive better paw for their labor
and outlay than ever before.
With two exceptions, that Of uhu and
that of hahalalu, the prices announced
in last Saturdays issue of The Adyer
tissr are the same as those which win
to put into effect today. /HahnlnIn
will be reduced from an estimate of
twenty tive cents n pound to twenty
cents; and uhu has been changed from
nineteen cents to seventeen cents.
Old Agreements Pau
The complete reconstruction of the
fish business has the effect of nulIify.
ing all former agreements and align
ments and releasing the fishermen from
obligations which have been source
of much hardship to them, it is claimed
The dividing of the fish business into
three camps has now entirely been
eradicated, From this time on all stall
men witrhnve equal access to the nsb
supply of the day and fishermen are
under no agreement with commission
brokers.
Fish prices will be regulated accord
ing to each day. supply up to the es
tablished maximum. Pond mullct alone
will be the exception to this rule. Sea
mullet, however, will he placed at auc
ton with the other fish and will re-
celVe retail prices according to the
days supply. The maximum for pond
muIlet will apply to sea mullet-
The first auction of fish under fed
ernl supervision will be held Mt ciCht
clock this morning, when the day $
supply will be- placed at auction nv an
auctiOneer OF the food administration
At the conclusion Of the auction twenty
percent will be added to the prices
obtained for various fish and placed on
the blackboard ns the DAYS prices
Meatless Dav-Fish Scarce
The first day supply of fish undo,
the new marketing arrangement will
probably be light one on account of
the fact that few fishing boats have
been IN use during the past week.
Yesterday. however. moro than TWEEN.
ty fishing bOnts went out and MANY
may be expected to return tomorrow
with relief for the depleted fish market
by noon TODAY, If the weather holds
good, there is not expected TO he
single samoan remaining in port
Under the new arrangement the re-.
tail price Of whole fish will be onnor.
toned as follows: Fishermen seventy
TWO percent; wholesaler. eight percent:
retailer twenty percent: for dressed
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