The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-15

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The incident of the Transport Dix
brings forcibly to attention the neces-
sity of careful and expert inspection
at the port of Honolulu.
You may remember the report made
at our last meeting by Mr.. Jared G.
Smith of his efforts last fall in Wash
ington to have an Inspector of the U.
S. Bureau of Agriculture stationed in
this Territory. Under date of October
18th, DR.. Salmon. Chief of the Bureau
of Animal Industry, writes to Mr..
Smith as follows:
About year ago, I believe we had
a conversation concerning the appoint
ment of an inspector to be stationed
at Honolulu in which you offered to
cooperate with us in making the sal
airy sufficient for the maintenance of a
man providing he co-operated with you
in the Experiment Station work. I did
not for some time think of any one
who would be a suitable man, but I
learn that DR.. v. A. Norgaard. who
was a few years ago, Chief of the
Pathological Division of this Bureau,
| desires such a position. and 1 think he
| is fully competent to do the work
which you desire and also to attend to
| the inspection and supervision of the
| transportation of animals on behalf of
! the United States.
IF you still think it desirable to
| have such man to conduct expert
ments in animal husbandry for your
station, and have not already secured
| one. / will recommend the appoint
| ment of DIR. Norgaard at $1,400, and
you can add 81, 100 to his salary which
would bring it up to $1,000 and make
! it sufficient
| Here is an opportunity to get the ser
vices of one of the best men in the
United States, who can besides super
! vising the inspection at Honolulu, d.
| rect experiments on the various ranch
es and study the diseases of cattle,
sheep and horses which we now have
and let us have the benefit of his ex-
perience. The federal government will
provide 81, 400 of his salary, if We can
locally find s1,100 for him.
This matter should be acted on al
this meeting if we are to avail our
selves of DR.. Norgaard's services.
| Before leaving this subject of inspec-
ton it is well to note that since April
of this year some importers of stock
have refused TO pay the inspection fees
prescribed by statute.
/ On April 25th, 1904, the metropolitan
Meat Company, Limited, notified the
SUPERINTENDENT of Public Works thai
they would no longer pay these fees
/ basing their refusal upon the ground
that the statute under which it wa:
sought to collect the fees was uncon-
stitutional being in violation of clause
3, section s, Article of the Constitu
! ut L. -.
ICES Congress to regulate commerce be-
tween different parts OF the Union. !"
The Meat Company owes now fol
fees $521 40. Some other importers O
live stock have followed the lead o.
the meat company in its refusal Il
pay They are indebted to the BoarC
of Inspectors as follows:
VIM. Norton .....-...............s5 $50
5 C. H. Bellina. .........--...-...... $50
Gus Schuman --.-.-...-- 2l10
The ranches which have imported
stock directly for themselves hav,
paid the fees without question.
1 state the facts as have been abb
get them, leaving you to draw you
own conclusions and make your owl
comments.
PAMAKANI.
. This pest hitherto confined to tn
= Island OF Maui has appeared on tn
r uplands of Molokai. 1t is probabl
$ that the light. fluffy seeds have bee1
: | carried across the channel by tn
D strong winds. If this be so it is no
D unreasonable to expect that the pes
e in time may spread further and fin
: Judgment on all of the islands.
GOVERNORS REPORT.
s In August last by the request of tn
! Territorial Executive your secretar.
n prepared a statement of the progress
= in and present condition of the anims