The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-08-18
Maui Eggs Shipper Is
Given Opportunity
To Tell Own Story

Eggs that have been left in ware
house, not cold storage, for a month
may be expected to be anything but
strictly fresh when they are opened
and if sc left in storage by the con
signee the shipper should not be
blamed if they are not at for con
sumption. Such is the contention of
Joseph T. Sing of Makawao who ap.
pears to have been unfairly treated in
Honolulu from the correspondence
which he submits.
Produce Called Rotten
Under the heading of Here's an
other chapter in the Sing Egg Case"
The Honolulu Star Bulletin published
on July IL. an article telling of the
opening of a case of eggs consigned
by Sing to the Municipal Market in
Honolulu. The Case and some of its
contents, the article said, were open
ed in the presence of Supervisor Eben
Low of the City and County of Homo
lulu and NJ. Bairos of the. territorial
board of health The article said
many eggs were in an advance stage
of decomposition and some had dead
young chicks in them. Manager Lun.
ing of the market also claimed he
paid all bills to Sing promptly, or at
least sent the money to a Kahului
address, until there were so many
complaints from customers of bad
condition of the eggs that he told
Sing to send no more.
Sing claims that he has been un.
able in the past month to have his
side of the story published though he
had a letter from the Star Bulletin
that acknowledged the receipt o
data and said the subject would bt
taken up with the Municipal Marke
indicating there would be a furthe,
article setting forth the Sing side o
the case as he had asked. Maui New!
does not publish statements in COZ
rection of articles in other news
papers until such papers have hat
the opportunity to make correction
/ but more than three weeks hav
!, elapsed since Sing received the lette
= from the Star Bulletin and so, il
justice to the Maui man, his side O
the case is herewith given to the pull
l lie in so far as the condition of tn
: eggs shipped by him are concerned
without entering into the controvers
between him and Luning as to pay
ments or failure to pay for egg
shipped.
Shows Long Delays
Sing says the case of eggs whic
D was mentioned in the article in tn
\ Star Bulletin was shipped on the X
lauea from Maui on May %, and nc
opened until July II. He has a lette
from James l.. Logan of the clair
q department of the Inter Island Stear
Navigation Company which says
crate shipped on May 90 was delive,
a ed to the Municipal Market on Jul
10, six weeks after shipment, but
n second crate shipped on the same dat
was not taken. Logan says the crat
delivered was taken only after tn
market had been notified repeated
by postal and by telephone. 1t will
d admitted that Sing is entitled to hay
e those facts presented to the public H
d contends that the eggs were in GOO
g condition when shipped and that
l. Is to be expected that they would |
d the worse for age after having lai
in a warehouse for six weeks.
Offers Further Evidence
Luning contends that other shi
9 ments were opened or sold and four
in bad condition. Sing contends TIL
the reason was the neglect or failu-
of Luning, the manager of the mark
3 to take them from the warehouse of Il
shipping company. He substantial
that claim by evidence of long avail
for remittances for the eggs he ship
ed and failure to return the shippil
crates within a reasonable time.
Sing offers further evidence of
crate of eggs shipped May Is havil
been sold on June 90, in part, Il
e balance reported as dumped becau
bad and unsalable.' Again there W,
ol a six weeks delay between shipme
and sale.
OF a consignment of % dozen
May %, a dozen was sold on May :
two dozen each on June IA, and
to one dozen marked and broken al
the balance dumped in a memo
July 8.
Correspondence on the subject
to egg shipments goes back to last APP
Sing took the matter up with S
70 pervisor Low and with Governor F;
rington and he thinks the opening
20 of the case of eggs six weeks aft
shipment was in the nature of
frame up against him because of |
going to higher officials.