The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-10-31

Japanese live too much IN rice; many of the Portuguese too much o n flour;
and the Hawaitans too much o. taro or sweetpotato But, in recent years
food that must always be considered: it has been discovered that there are
two other food elements, whose chemical composition has a yet not been
determined, that are entirely Independent Of the oldtime proteids and carbo
.hydrates, and which are o only desirable but are absolutely necessary to
maintain life These two elements have received the peculiar names of
"waterSolubleB" and "FatSolubleA" Now "watersolubleB" is abundant
in most foods but is more abundant in some than in others, and we do not
always get enough Of it. remember, a number of years ago, seeing several
cases of bertberi at the Mills Institute in Honolulu. The school had good
food for their boys, but these particular boys with the beriberi had pervert
ed appeies and had been living almost entirely OF rice, (Which shows that
sometimes people have to be taught what they should eat) We knew at
that time that it was due to their rice die. that they had contracted the bef
beri, but we did not know the very interesting fact that fundamentally it "a
due to not having enough watersdubeB, on account of their rice diet, the
Of the contrary, quite rarein Nature, and the scarcity of it does great harm
in the world. There is at least one specific disease, a inflammation Of the
eyes leading to blindness. that is caused by the lack OF deficiency Of fat
solubleA. There is a scarcity of it in meats; in whole cereals there is only
half al much as we require; and it is scarce n roots or tubers But, and
here is the important point fatsoubleA, as well as watersoubeB, is
abundant so ar as we know in only three kinds of food: namely, in milk
land its products, butter, cheese, etc. in eggs Ohe yok), and in green's
vegetable leaves, such al spinach, lettuce etc.,; and the most important of
this trio is milk!
The moral is we must give every encouragement for more and better
diaries. Canned wholemfk mot condensed) or powered (desiccated) milk
is, 1 presume quite satisfactory but is prohibitive in price and is not as paa-
tive. We al. know how the price of milk has gone up and how the darymen
have been attacked by the newspapers. But the darymen have no easy row
to hoe. and until it "a be shown me that the average dairman is growing
abnormany rich in his business shall continue to be strongly opposed to
these attacks. One good daryman Maui has already gone u of business.
Why? Because it did not pay. Perhaps we shall just have t get used to
paying 16e' or e zoe for milk, regarding it as simply a normal part Of the
H. c. l., OF it may be the business car be III cheaper to the public if on a
larger and more scientific scale, and it may be that the importation of better
milk producing goats would sove the problem for many a poor family. But
whatever is done, let us not everlastingy jump o the poor dairyman! Con-
structive help is needed but no knocking.
l have spoken at some length o the subject of milk because feel that
it is close to the heart of the whole subject of MISUNDERSTANDING. Dr. E.
v. McConum, a food expert, says: I'VE have in the United States derived
for many years between Is and 2OR of III food supply from milk, butter
cream, and cheese and this las contribute in 10 small measure to maintain
ing a high standard of health and efficiency among our people II is in those
districts where milk and it's products are OF in the diet that pelagra and
tuberculosis re a menace, and the researches of the last few years seen to