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Tin: garden island, Tuesday, may 14th, 1918. THE GARDEN ISLAND Issued Every Tuesday Morning , R. CHESTER ROBERTS EDITOR KENNETH C. HOPPER .Managing Editor TUESDAY MAY 14 th FOOD SPECULATION i of the wlilcst siopo, which con ' teinnhites not only the present come when the UWis anl problems, but which trying to make will lake into the consideration So Far And Yet So Near The time has people who are an exorbiilant profit from food ti,0 future growth of the Terri tory as well. llawaiia's land problem is to be grappled with and solved, but the solution will not involve a sacrifice of the interests of the Nonces must be checked. In the case of Link M'Cand less, wherein he has defied the laws of the Territorial Food Commission by selling rice at a price which is 'above the stand- homesteader, for the Governor is ard as set by the Commission, he should be treated as any one elsr would be. Suppose that a small merchant was to do the same. What liannened in the case of the Chinese merchant who sold wheat flour and no substitute? U did not cost the Commission five persons" clause of the but a few moments thought to ganic act of the Territory. fine him a thousand dollars and to suspend his license for a week or so. The peualty is plainly stated in a case like this: Any Person violating any reg ulation of the commission pub lished aa aforesaid or any order made in writing by the commis sion or by any commissioner shall be guilty ot misdemeanor and, on conviction, punished by a fine not to exceed five thou sand dollars or by" imprison ment for not exceeding one year or by both such fine and imprisonment. Is -the law in Hawaii apphc- "It is only o narrow stream. Stones can bo thrown across the river Ysor at almost any point. Yet the warring ho.sts crowding cither bnnk are as far apart as. the poles. Itetween America and her Associ ates the ocean intervenes, an ocean so wide that even the sea gulls fear to cross. For seven nays anil seven nffihts ships plough through the wat ers of the Atlantic carryng men and supplies to the soldiers and civilian armies over thero. And yet across this stretch of sea, hands reach out and clasp, hearts touch, and space is eliminated." Such is the nearness we fell to those who are fighting for us and with us. dclinalcly opposed to the project An thol'Kh America cannot yet be in lately advanced by the Honolulu the vanguard as regards fighting, she Chamber of Commerce and en dorsed by the outgoing adminis tration of shutting the door in the face of the homesteader by repealing the so-called "twenty- Or- -V. S. S.- LET'S FOOL THE KAISER How much patriotism have vou " An ounce: A ponim.' Wtdl, if you aren't sure, you can easiiv measure your pairioi ism bv the amount of wheat yon are saving. It has often been said that food will win the war. This statement might well be narrow to; "Hrcad will win the war. Where people have plenty of bread thev do not starve. As can even now be in the front line as regards feeding. In the early war, armies had to be fed entirely from those supplies in their immediate neighborhood. Now adays, however, the armies fighting all along that line in France and Flan ders can be fed from far off America. America's surplus of wheat from this year's harvest had all been sent by December. An urgent appeal has again come for 70,000,000 to 90,000,000 more bushels. This must be saved from our normal consumption. It has been estimated that already have saved of this amount about 25,000,000 bushels. If wo can save one-third of our usual consumption, we can answer their plea for help. The fats so necessary for human strength, and for the further product ion of animuntion, are being guarded Bagasse Paper Has Prospects Olaa's proposed bagasse paper plant will be be superior to anything which was expected here up to the time that the order for it was placed and Is more extensive than was suggested by R. Renton Hind when he returned from the mainland nearly two years ago after a thorough investigation of processes and possibilities. liegasso for paper making lends It self better to the higher and finer grades of paper than it does to the coarse product which Is to be turned out by Olaa for mulching purposes, Mr. Hind says. Olaa wants paper for Its. mulching process and the bagasse paper which it turns out will answer the purpose nicely and its manu facture will Insure a material saving over th cost of purchasing other paper for that purpose. This in no way lessens the possibil ities for a great use of fine bagasse papers in time to come, Mr. Hind says. He is confident that the time will come when Its use will be general He now has in his office the samples of bagasse paper which were shown at the Maui County Fair last year and the texture of some of these sam pies is surprising. There Is paper that 13 suitable for letter writing, other for wrapping and more than a dozen dif ferent grades are shown. It is the understanding that the Olaa plants capable of turning out finer grades than mulching purposes require and, if occasion warrants, can enter into the manufacture of other papers. It I salso understood that the new plant will be such as to permit of a ready expansion. onlv to chinamen? Is Link ing t? soldiers can be kept more and more carefully. We should able lirlntu for from starving ami as long as Governor immune from prompt they know that their wives and tin. fiunl ruin, children at home are not starv- missioners ready to back up their iug. they will have the strength rulings with Action? If the commission means bus iness, the legislature undoubt edly will back them up; if the commission does not mean m ind courage to fight. Failure to have enough bread caused Russia's break-down. The same calamity nearly caused Italy s collapse. J lie Kaiser is this I counting on his great ally. Star- means the saving of food to send. The former we are building and equiping accomplishing by eating of other bus- not use more than 94 of a pound per person per week, and only G ounces for children under ten. Even milk can be furnished from this distance and so we are being ask ed not to waste a drop. Children must have their full quota but none must be wasted. This long distance feeding means ships for sending the food and it iness and what it does McCandless matter will show vation, to break down the En then the legislature will lie justi- lente Towers. U' must keep fied either in wiping entirely or on insisting upon a changed per sonal. Chairman Dole, speaks plain ly when he says that the coin- mission will enforce its rulings, by prosecution if necessary, lie, with the rest of the Territory deplores the fact that McCand less is acting in the matter of the price of food stuffs as he is. McCandless, in trying to just lfy himselt in this situation ar gues that the Hawaiian rice con sumer should pay the freight from Japan or from the Court on rice grown on this island. This is about as close to un patriotic profiteering as an Am erican can come these days and Kurope supplied with bread. When we defeat Starvation, we defeat the Kaiser. But there may be some who think that the little sacrifice in wheat that the Food Adminis tration asks each one ot us to make is too diminutive to mar ter. But when the Kaiser heard that the Americans were volun tarily adopt in: individual and lailv food conservation so that thev might give the Allies the looil that tliey ncilctl, lie nn inediatlv spent large sums of money in paving for secret ser vice men and for propaganda that would frustrate such an at tempt on the part of the Ameli as fast as possible. The latter we are things ourselves and sending the wheat, meat, fats and sugar that are best suited for shipping and best fit ted to give the most body fuel. Surely this is but a small sacrifice for us to make for those soldiers and civilions who, though remote from us in miles are so close to us in spirit. w. H. ZIMMERMAN Manufacturer fill" - .-. C f ri . ...... trfji JOHN F. KAI'OZO, Lilme, Kauai Audit. Kaua expect to retain a shred of the '" I" vi.i.i t of Hip citizens. These are If the Kaiser thought it was days when the profiteer is being worth all this to prevent us from called a traitor of the most de spicable kind and Mr. McCand less should realize the danger that he is in. v. s. s. "OUR GOVERNOR" Col. Chas. J. McCarthy las been confirmed as (Jove. ior of the Territory of Hawaii by the Senate of the United States. When we sav that everyone is pleased with the choice of the President, in placing Col. Mc Carthy at the head of our gov eminent, we but voice the senti nient of all, and that he will hi rightly named '"Our Governor" we again give voice to the pco pie. While there will be somt changes in the department heads there will be no general "hotii cleaning as is usual when a new administration takes seat. This shows that the Governor is satisfied that these heads arc doing their duty and so why start a new man on a new jol when the old man is satisfacl ory. Governor McCarthy has given out a comprehensive outline of the policies to be followed by his administration. In general these will be along broad constructive lines, a program of upbuilding adopting food conservation. does it not seem that it is worth our time anil energies to complish this? Mm pose, lor instance, your 'ainilv saved a loaf of bread a week. .Multiply this Ity the niiin her of families on vour street Multiply this bv the number of unities on all the streets in your town or city. Multiply this bv all the number of families on ill (lie streets in all the towns ind cities in America. Now vou know why the Kai ser tried in every wav to prevent us from adopting these lit Hi daily and individual food con nervation measures in order to feed our associates in this war. His plans have failed. They will continue to fail. But tin Kaiser is comfort iug himself wiiii tne inougiii, tm, wen, tut American people will easily be come discouraged and careless in making these little daily sacrifi ces. If a big sacrifice were de manded of them, the whole na tion would rise in a mountain of strength to the task. But these little individual sacrifices will soon seem to petty to them to cont inue." k w. s. s. A woman's heart is a suppressed newspaper which circulates secretly. JEFFREY MFG. CO'S Link Belt Chains Conveying Machinery Pulverizers Algaroba Bean, Lima, Coral, Alfalfa Distributors: Catton, Neill & Co., Ltd. ENGINEERS Honolulu ex. i r.',u,77.-rtv.-jg r. 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