The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-19
COMPANIES
WILL DOFBUS|NESS
AS WHOLESALERS
After Days Suspension WIN 81
enter Industry With Approval
They Say, Of Food Administrator
WILL BUY CATCHES
. + AND SELL TO STALLS
Brokers Ordered To Quit For
Failure To Get Licenses Retain
Lawyers To Present Their Case

The fishing situation win take a new
turn today when the fishing companies
will resume business as nsh wholesal-
erS L4f F
The elimination of the auction fea.
ture Of the fish business In Honolnlu
is said by officials of the fish com.
panies to have met with the approval
Of Food Administrator J! +. Child.
Thus, under his protection, they claim,
they will reenter the FISH industry af.
Ter one days suspension which was
made under the ruling Of the food i'd
ministrator that they could not con-
inue business because Of their failure
% apply for license.
MIddlemcn Get Share
Thus the fishermen who come in
his morning win sell their catehes
outright TO. the fishing companies who
I'LL sell them to the stall men. The
1sh companies win be made to adhere
70 the pri"es set by the food admins
traitor in the prices which they make to
the fishermen. The fishing companies
gaid yesterday that they win 40 bnsi-
ness on their old basis of ten percent
and will establish prices to be paid
to fishermen accordingly. 49,
Some doubt was expressed by fish
men yesterday as TO the effect that
the new plan will have on the fisher.
men, who may contend that they are
'ot receiving proper compensation for
heir work and either refuse TO sell
u the price set by the fishing COM
1anies or refuse 10 continue their fish
NC ventures until some other arrange-'
uent is given them. II is probable that
he catches viii be small on account of
be unfavorable weather, in which case
heir complaint win be all the more
vehement. H. 80 -..> sgs,
Margins Estimated ~ ~ "; ~
Estimates made by, the 6shermen yes
'erday as 10 the margin on which the
fishermen, operate showed that the crew
II the fishing boat receives about fifty
percent of the total amount brought
~ their haul, which must be divided
Wenly amOng the crew after the own
Y Of the, boat receives his thirty per
'ent of the whole amount. Thus ON n
atch that brings $3.50 under the prices
vet by the food administrator the nor
ions will be as follows; Fish brokers'
commission, SIS, hauling Of fish to
market, $1i twenty block Of ice, tl2;
hstillatel: 80 three baskets Of bhit,
40; sundries, ~. The boat owner rs-
elves $e5 Of the remaining t74 and the
iest goes 70 the crew. q atnfs y Z.
lawyers Retained 3,s
The three fishing companies, acting
hrobcrs. which were forbidden BY
Food Administrator Child to continue
he auctioning Of fish until they have
'ederal licenses, retained lawyers yes
'erday and prepared to present their
'ase before the government officials in
he hone that former conditions win be
estored. Ng",EANl.
The fish companies win take adyan.
age Of thislcpportnnity also to atfempt
rlace mart, of the responsibility for
high prices upon war measures which
hey ay interfere with the bringing
Of Dish md upon the old Hawaiian
'ws which make certain fishing grounds
he property of the owners OF adjoining
'eHrh property, which rights. they cor
end, should have been condemned an |
'cquired for the people long ago, They
viii charge lprofteering on the part Of
he owners of fish ponds, who receive
'hree-fold more rental now than was
he ease two years ago. tEE 'E
Seadv with rxcuses
Successful and efficient fishing in
hese waters il dependent on certain
onditions y said the attorney for one
the FISH companies Yesterday. tfIn
he first place. the fishermen must have
! cheap supply Of nehu for bait. Nehu
re scarce now and the necessity OF
easing bait ground in order 10 secure
herr is the first item of large expense,
"Then the closing of the harbor AZ
light has ftlso operated apaiust the
isherm"n who Po out in small smpans
o catch alu, the bait fish. The aku
polls, they say, unless 1t can be rot
% port and'plaeed on ice within few
hours after 1t is caught, and these aku
coats cannot carry ice on account o.
he fact that the apartment aft where
he sampans usually carry the ice mnsr
Ne used as a tank in which the nchr
bait can be kept alive. The ordinary
'ampans are not speedy enough to be
used in Gku fishing IN '@ss' Git
The leases of FISH ponds, the fishing
'ompsnies assert. are sold by suction
md the demand for these has increased
he prices threefold. .@%
On account Of unfavorable weather
lnly one bort came into port yesterday
morning, which brought only four has.
kets Of fish. These we're sold outright
to fish dealer on King Street. - .