The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-05
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BL!AM!EDBY HORNER
inactivity oil Food AdRiHistiater
Leaves People inslhes Dark
Regarding Meat Situation

IoSPVhbapiet HCCOTulhB u " sEhVement
made by Albert HorneD yesterday, for
state Of uncertainty Dc 10 meat con .
ditions which leaves the city entirely
In the dark as to whether or not a seri
ons meat shortage threatens at the
present time. -
Inactivity on the part Of ]. F. Child
federal food administrator, leaves the
city entirely at the mercy Of its fears
according to Mr.. Horner, without a
single line of data in the food admin
istfator 3 Office to show what may be
expected in the course Of the next few
months and years.
Pending the securing OF the facts as
TO the present meat situation, efforts
on the part of cattlemen and others TO
make necessary improv emehts in meth
DDS Of marketing and storOIe to Re
lieve threatening conditions must be
held in allegiance apparently indefinite
ly.
Facts Not Available
"If il is true that there is a serious
shortage, something certainly ought to
Il "NO"S "hShOub Dul WITHOUT Eut
facts the hands OF everybody are
the consumption of meat per capita
In Honolulu are not available. The
Inst reports on the supply Of cattle 10
meet the coming needs of the popula
| tion are those which were gathered by
| the committee of the territorial food
heommission year ago. That has moth
ling whatever to do with the present
situation, and we need TO know what
has happened since that report was is
sued. None Of these things can be had
until the food administration takes
some action in getting the statistics s. D
| Mr.. Horner suggests that the brew
cry, which will have to go out of bust
ness as soon as prohibition comes h
/ Hawaii, which is expected to be soon
may be put to use as a beef cold stor
/ age warehouse. The lack of cold stor
age is one of the factors that tends Il
make the local situation more serious
he says.
i H6rner's Recommendations
| A month ago Mr.. Horner outlined 8
plan Of securing this information, which
was approved BY Mr.. Child, but that 1,
the last that has beeh heard of tn,
matter! Mr.. Homer has taken tn,
stand that the cattle problem Of aHa
waii is one that involves a greater us,
Of the land Of the Territory for cattl,
raising and more efficient methods o.
marketing. In connection with thi
Mr.. Horner recommends a huge cole
storage plant as the solution of severa
vital needs in the cattle industry O
Hawaii
That this matter should be approac h
ed from the standpoint, of public ne
4 eessity, however, Is his beiief and h
therefore thinks that something shout,
! be done in the matter, either by tn
federal food administration or BY tn
territorial body, based upon facts an
figures of supply and demand that ar
compiled from survey of meat condi
tions over the entire Territory.
Mr.. HOrner believes that the cattle
men would welcome such an institutio
and probably would agree to finance
if the Necessity of it were brought t
their attention in the manner he ha
suggested. He believes that the cal
tlemen s association has done much fo
the organization of the cattle industr,
but grim necessity has heretofore play
ed very little part.
Ranges Understocked
The storage facilities which the
now have are sufficient only to care TO
current consumption Of beef, and hav
not been devised as a means of co
lective efficiency. The ranges Of eac
ranch are understocked during the goo
grass months in, order that there ma
be no loss Of cattle when the poor sun
mcr conditions come. The convenience
of slaughter of cows as a means of pre-
venting their death through insufficient
fodder in the summer is denied ther
on account of lack of storage facilitiel
For the same reason, many cattle ar
carried past the. time when they shouL
be slaughtered, and these cattle col
sumo the feed that could be devoted t
; younger cattle until they once NOR
reach their maximum weight. The tim
when the frame of bullock is at it
maximum and when it is no longer
; paying proposition to continue feedi n
it, is between three and four years,
fuct known to cattlemen. This Is tn
time, therefore, when an animal sboul
De killed for feed, provided there ar
sufficient storage facilities. After
bullock has passed this time 1t mus
be carried along to the following june
when its slaughter will once more d.
'end upon available space for stofag
md market demand. Meanwhile tn
'eed it consumes Is not expende
Dro6tably to the meat that it will TAX
N during that year and IA also denied
Inder limited grazing conditions, to an
1 other Young COW.
Essential Points
The two things that mainly inhuene
election in the slaughter Of cows ar
he need of culling out poor specimen
md the necessity for killing in ordc
TO make room on the range. The latte
ihould not, Mr.. Horner believes, be d
he mercy of small storage facilitiei
cows should be killed when the prope
time arrives as apples are picked at
'ertain time, At the same time, tn
market should not be given poor med
attic whose condition may have bee
caused by i'll adjusted range conditfohI
1t would not be necessary to. kee
his beef in storage for I. great lengt
# time, be believes, but II is establish
ii that this meat would be kept muc
longer in storage than is at pIeseIt
v" case in Honolulu without deteriora