From Pago Pago

Samoan Foods

Embarrassing Demand From Pago Pago

From Our Own Correspondent

Apia, Feb. 18.

THE large American naval base at Pago Pago, and the increased population there, not only have drawn away all the available labour and raw materials from Western Samoa, but now we are threatened with a shortage of locally grown foodstuffs.

The Americans are offering, for fresh, green vegetables, prices which we here cannot afford to pay, and our local vege table supply has been so severely denuded, in consequence, that some official action is called for.

Our Government cannot permit this to go on, just at a time when our Territory is being called upon to produce the largest possible amount of foodstuffs, so as to save shipping.