The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-16
SCIENTIST
IS COMING
Sent by Agricultural
Department.
WILL REPORT ON STATION
Professor Stubs Will Probably
Arrive This Week to Look Over
the Ground.

Decentralization Hawaii may have an
agricultural and experiment station under
the direction OF the Department of Agri-
culture at Washington. The ground W
be looked over by Professor w. C. Stubs
Of the United States agricultural station.
who will probably arrive here on the next
steamship. Professor stubbs will fin
many acquaintances here. Dr. Maxwell /
Professors shorey and CrawIey and |
dozen others have been intimately asso- |
ciated with him in the past The New
Orleans Picayune of June IS has the fol- |
lowing concerning Professor Stubs mis- |
sion to Hawaii:
/ Prof. W. C. stubbs. OF the United |
States agricultural experiment station
was besieged with visitors yesterday,
lcongratulating him upon his appointment
by Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson for
a very Important mission To the Hawaii
an Islands In connection with the exper-
iment stations there. The rumor had
gained some circulation that the profess
sors mission would take him to Hawaii
permanently and cause his loss to Lou
isiana. and many went TO bid him good
bye and express their regrets The truth
Of the matter II that Secretary Wilson
has been carrying on the very important
work OF agricultural experiment in the
Islands. and the stations there have be
come quite numerous but are somewhat
lacking In organization. and are not do
! Ing everything that has been expected Of
them. AS n consequence. the secretary
has been compelled TO send the very best
Z man at his command In this country TO
{ look over the ground and furnish neces-
sary advice after a practical examination
OF the whole situation. This man -
. Prof. Stubs. Pursuant TO forming this
conclusion. Secretary Of. ilson wrote Prof
Stubs some days ago to the effect that
his demonstrated superiority over every
other superintendent or available person
had determined the department to ask
him to do this work for which the last
congress appropriated $4,000.
The contents OF the aforementioned
u letter were communicated to the Plea
}, lynne man anu he asked Prof. Stubs last
y night n 10 were true he had received a
letter on the subject from the secretary.
, and asked to be permitted to see u. but
n he professor r. n very modest man ana
" declined TO show the letter. though he
did admit that he had received a letter.
and that Il was very complimentary in
a. Its terms. This Is not the first time by
= many that the professor has been COM
Ipllmented by the department.. Not many
months ago he was told IN a personal
letter from the secretary that the work Of
the Louisiana station was such that for
proficiency II stood out like Pixies peak
. In n plain. The professor declined TO show
- this letter or TO discuss Il, so its con-
la tents can only be stated upon hearsay
~ However that may be. the Louisiana ex-
D pertinent station has made a record which
p not cqualed by any other. and the mer
r who have had the advantage OF Prof
Of Stubhs tuition here have gone out from
OF him TO hll most prominent positions
where such knowledge and services re-
ceived substantial recognition. He u
lahout TO lose his prominent assistant. Mr.
- Blum. who leaves him in October to &C
cept a position with a large English sug
ar-Frowing syndicate at salary o
c200O.
Prof. stubbs l. a most entertaining gen
tleman when asked about anything con
~ nected with his work. but as close as a
M oyster when asked 10 talk about himself
In I'VE understand" said the Picayun
nj man. that Secretary Whom has askc
you 70 accept an important mission"
IT. II received few days ago a lette
of from Secretary Wilson. stationg that cor
OF gress had made an appropriation for tn
establishment Of an experiment static
In the Hawaiian Islands. and that he do
sired me to go there. look over the stu
. alton and make a report for his guic
n ance."
y what win be the scope OF the wor
there?"
"That will be determined by secretar
N wilson ! suppose. after receiving my r.
1et port. I imagine that he desires to estal
llHA " HAhAiOu AiAA VIII w tfpIfofhAdAi'
"a, ~ all the agricultural interests of n
N islands"
100 what will be the extent of your il
ID vestigat.ons there?''
go. THAT will largely depend upon the II
- structions which / am expecting to r
'h' ceive from Secretary Wilson. shall q
to comply fully with every request thu
! be may make"
Sst when do you expect 20 leave. and no
. long will you be gone?'
- 81 cannot just now. positively say.
W wrote the secretary that would try
arranEe my affairs here 80 as to be reaC
for the trip by the 10Th OF next mont
% I cannot leave earlier, since my assis
ant. Mr.. Blum, who r. now on leave
.. absence, will not return before tn
tne time. I may not leave before the 10Th
Dc July. Tn fact I am waiting for full {
OF structiOus from the secretary and "
AZ be tarveiv governed thereby. 7 think n
ac- own affairs here will permit OF my lea
old ing soon after the 10Th proximo. Ho
OF long 7 VIII be absent is also uncertain.
n, suppose n month on the Islands will su
ma fee for the proposed investigations. b
US. u may take more or less tine. IL W
take two weeks to go and two weeks
return. and, roughly speaking. ! suppo
ny. l will he absent about two months"
~ "Wnl Mrs. Stubbs accompany your"
. YES. she contemplates doing so.
&c II win say. Incidentally. that l Shit
Tvs use the opportunity TO study the sug
AT possibly leading the world in its &c
'ent yields. ~ will be n most favorable c
Drne cnsion for me to look into the agrict
ug- ture Of the sugar cane and the chemist
r & and manufacture OF sugar. i viii n
he n stranger IN the islands. Besides
per acquaintance with many OF the plante
ay- who have honored me here with visi
1919. have several former associates OF u
win station and many old pupils OF the a
duhon Sugar School at work IN the g.
ton there, or on the various estates.
a. Maxwell. Pref. Crawlev and Mr.. Clarl
who were formerly connected with Il
station. ere with the sugar planters 81
. ton at Honolulu. OF nv old studer
there. recall. Shorey. gliding. McQuai
Pullman. Rodriguez. Collins and Robe
son, Who are managers and chemists
the different Islands I shall he glad
IAT meet them arain. and anticipate mu
,orh assistance from them in gathering d.
oil for my report.
:. q. Or Maxwell has recently been cleo
ION director % the stations soon 20 he est;
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