The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-19

IN eniOmOlOglCal Work, ana maze
joint contract with California, by
which each pays one-half to maintain
some of the worlds most famous
searchers and beneficial insect breed
ers, to keep down the fruit fly, the
Goblin moth, and other insect pests.
1t is california that now furnishes the
directing spirit in this joint work,
through the Hon. Ellwood Cooper, the
worlds veteran leader in this aid to
civilization.
s. The interchanges OF relief in this
field between New Zealand and be-
tween South Africa and California,
are proof of the sensible views of prac-
teal planters in seeking the worlds
recognized authorities, in parasitologia.
9. When California put her state
embargo on Mexican oranges on ac-
count of the Morelos orange maggot,
thereby precipitated between Mexico
and our Department of State, it was
the Hon. Ellwood Cooper, State Com
missioner of Horticulture in Califor-
mia, who cleared the atmosphere for
the late Secretary of State John Hay,
and who through the accomplished
John Isaac, the Secretary of the Cali
fornia Commission, cooperating with
Professor Herrera of the Department
of Parasitologia in Mexico, in a few
months time re-established cordial
relations between the two countries,
and greatly assisted Mexico in treating
insect pests. Graceful recognition fol-
lowed the result of this, and Mexico
reprinted i'm Spanish, well Illustrated,
volume of over two hundred pages
on fruit culture and insect pests, taken
from California reports. In this Next
can field California sent its agent over
two thousand miles away from Sacra-
mento to explore and report on the
orange pests between the city of Mex
leo and Yucatan.
10. 1t is on the Pacific Coast that
We find stringent quarantine laws
against the admission of infested
plants, shrubs and trees. Every vessel
is overhauled by the inspectors, under
the skilled guidance of Mr.. Edward
NJ. Ehrhorn, the State Horticultural
quarantine officer, and rigid enforce
ment of the law excluding insect pests
is maintained Such inspections occur
both at San Francisco and at San Di-
ego. An invaluable collection of in
sects has now accumulated at the in
sectaries in California, giving her in
telligent experts, Edward X. Carnes,
Frederick Maskew, and others, rare
advantages that only years of time,
much outlay, and hazardous adventures
by her world searchers could assem-
Bile.
gist" in Western Australia questioned
the efficiency of the endeavors of the
Department of Agriculture of Western
Australia to cope with insect pests by
means of natural parasites. Where
upon the matter was officially reported
on by a committee of experts that
made d cutting exposure of this en-
tomologist's Inconsistencies. Omitting
these features, however, I quote the
following from the report:
Speaking generally, it may be said,
that the conflicting opinions in this
field appear to be, on the one side,
those of the professional museum
trained entomologist, who mainly con-
Germs himself with the Identification
and description Of insects in general,
Irrespective of their places in the eco
nomy Of nature. Success with him is
measured by the degree of complete
ness in the collection under his charge"
con the other side are the prac-
teal entomologists, who hear the ag-
riculturalists calling for aid against
the ravaging hosts OF minute insect
foes, and who say, We are not con-
cerned as to what the insect is; we
want to know what it does. If it is a
fighter on the side of the agriculturist,
we want him in millions; other insects
We have not time for; and so they go
their way searching for the farmers
friends, needless Of the thousands of
forms useless to him, each one of which
however, would claim attention in turn
from the academic entomologlst"
with the success of the past in evil
dence before us, coupled with the so
FAR well sustained contention that no
Insect is a pest in a country whore il
is Indigenous it would seem an act OF
wanJon disregard FOR the immense POI
tentalitios possible 10 the state were
we 90 lapse into the do-nothing policy
of some other states. The longer they
continue ON that course the better
start secured by our growers and ths
creator VIII be tho attraction we can
oner 90 settlers from oversee"
Tho committee concluded that M
doorge compere the famous Insect