The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
FISH MARKET PLAN
RAPIDLY MATURING
Board Of Supervisors Will eau.
Gus Tuesday On Proposition
For Defeating Hlph Price RInd


The board Of Supervisors viii caucus
Tuesday night after the regular board
meeting on the proposition Of defeat.
ing the Oriental ash ring IN Honolulu
BY means Of a public market. IA
Mayor Fern and General John II.
soper, the latter chairman Of special
committee Of the vigilance Corps, be
gan work yesterday preparing data on
a concrete proposition that Is 70 be
laid before the supervision looking to
the raising Of necessary funds for a
municipal market. This Is understood
to embrace now q scheme for eoopeFa.
tion on the part Of the ashermen which
is TO eliminate the predatory middle
man. sf.3 sytstiE
81 am not at liberty now to outline
the full details Of the plan on which
we are working. but can promise that
il win be effective and I am sure that,
under the eircuhstanees, It win re-
ceive the support Of the supervisors, !"
said General soper ~
General sdper said that he WINS gath
ering from the fishermen exact statis-
ties on which to base % report I'd the
vigilance corps and to the board OF SUI
pervisors. He limited that part Of these
Investigations viii have for their pur-
pose an approximation of the dividends
which are paid on the market buildings.
Too Many PROFITS Si
1.-THE more we look into this fish
matter, the more people we find who
are paftieipating In the fish profits, y
be ssid ufhere appears to Be no limit
to the margins that can be gained or
To the prices that can be secured. The
market company, in the hrst place, Sc
cured preposterous rentals for their
stalls, and even then, they are sub-let
! by two or three parties, each Of whom
received his margin of profit. The
same thing happens with the fish. When
| the fpufehas6f has paid the fish price
he has paid his share of the overhead
expenses Of the stalls, the anctiOneer g
percentage, the fish company,s portion!
the boat owner q portion, the wages of
the \ fishermen, and usury of a half
dozen varieties. '''1"aa eE-i#> Il =
The frat activity Of General Soper
i in the interest Of the Vigilance Corps
was aseeftaining the feasibility Of the
old terrifofidlgfish market at the foot
/ Of Alakea Street now being used by
1.-THE duartermaster' g corps OF the army
land Of the probability OF this being re.
turned to the Territory when the new
twafehouses of the qdarternaster are
lopened. x
This Building, which has not been in
service as fish market for twelve
wears, was found 10 be poorly situated
| for the purpose, although II offers ade-
uuate snace for the venture with the
probability Of serving rs solution Of
the finance problem. -. "
ftEyen II we could get hold of .this
building, / donbt very much whether
il is'the location that would be success.
tful,n aaid General Soper. Our mar
Iket had better be in the location sug-
gested BY the mayor, on River Street
and ia THE district TINT furnishes most
Of the patrons Of such market
Getting Down 70 Facts
The suggestion by citizens that m
Organization Of householder might be
fofmed to manage and launch the mar
ket as they have done in cities on the
mainland is not favored by General
Soper rs far This investigations have
Iproceeded. He believes that conditions
lin Honolulu demand that such q mar
lket be municipality owned and con-
ltrolled. Is ~ 80 -. aa @E
Mayor Fern and General Soper were
both at the public market yesterday in
vestigating the problem. Z. MmyE
ttNNe made the surprising discovery
THAT the anctioneer Of the fish that were
hrnnght In by one of the boats from
Niihau received more money in three
minutes than the fishermen on that
boat received for their entire two
weeks work. said Mayor Fern, (" An.
other important item that we discoy-
cred yesterday is the fact that the
Iowner of the boat receives thirty-three
percent of the price Of the fish,
Before the data is laid before the
hoard Of supervisors complete stats
ltics will have been eompiled showing
the proceeds from the 22s fishing boats
an Honolulu. IT,. s..n Eas.Es ~
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