The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-09


available for this purpose. he was. on
further consideration OF the terms Of
the appropriation bill. obliged TO with
draw the promise Of that amount
This he did by cable, following it with
this letter:
Washington. December Il. 1907.
Mr.. Ralph 5. Hosmer, Honolulu, Ha-
wall
Dear Hosmer: The following cable
gram was sent you this morning:
Wording appropriation bill pre-
vents allotment Hawaiian expendi-
lures. Authorization revoked. Letter
follows"
I know that this will cause keen dis
appointment, and I am very sorry in
deed that recent decisions OF the
COMPTROLLER have compelled me 70
take this step. Attention was first
brought TO this matter when your de-
tailed plans were received, which in
cluded proposed expenditures for fen
ces to protect experimental planta-
lions on private lands. This led to
review Of the whole question of ex-
pendftures for Hawaii. Under the
wording of the appropriation act il is
doubtful whether such expenditures
can be made in Hawaii. After con-
sidering this matter very carefully in
all its bearings, I am forced to the
conclusion that it win be better not
to raise this issue now but bear our
disappointment this year and insert
clause in the appropriation bill for the
next fiscal year which will permit ex-
pending money in Hawaii for expert
mental planting and cooperative work.
1 am sure you will appreciate how
deeply 1 regret the fact that this mat
ter could not have been settled before
you had developed your plans to such
an extent However, I feel sure that
we shall be able to arrange next year
not only for experimental work, but to
detail a man from the Forest Service
to assist you in cooperative work
along the lines discussed in your letter
of November 4.
Very sincerely yours,
(SigneO CLIFFORD PINCHOT,
Forester.
Mr.. Giffard asked if there was any
statement made as to why the lam
guage of the appropriation bill would
not permit of the expenditure of this
amount in Hawaii, and if not, if such
an explanation could be secured. For
mer Governor Carter said that he in
tended to follow the matter up and
would write to Mr.. Pinchot in regard
to it. and the Board expressed the
hope that he would do so.
TO STAMP OUT CHAMBERS.
The draft of a letter prepared by DR..
Norgaard seeking to enlist the CO.
the effort to stamp out CHAMBERS in
the Territory, was approved. The es-
sentfal parts of the plan and the
means by which it is hoped to carry
It out were fully set out in the letter.
In this the Board says:
At a recent meeting of the Board of
Commissioners of Agriculture and For
estry, the Territorial Veterinarian
submitted for the consideration of the
Board a report which showed con-
clusively that the loss of horse stock
from CHAMBERS has been very large
during the past two years. He further
submitted that those losses could have
been minimized if competent veter-
inarfes had been available at the time
when the first suspicious symptoms
made their appearance, but having to
await the arrival from Honolulu of
the Territorial Veterinarian several
of these outbreaks became epidemic
before being checked.
In view of this situation the Board
is now considering a plan for an i'm
proved veterinary inspection and SAM
tary service throughout the Territory
Of Hawaii
The principal feature of this plan is
to induce four efficient veterinarians
TO come TO Hawaii and locate here
permanently. These veterinarians viii
be appointed assistant or deputy ter
ritorial veterinarians by this Board
and as such will exercise the same
authority and enjoy the same prerog-
atives as those vested in the Terri
toriaI Veterinarian. These four men
will be stationed at Lihue. Kauai;
Waikiki. Maui; Waimea, Hawaii and
HilO. Hawaii. Their official duties
would consist in the inspection of i'm
ported livestock and in attending TO
outbreaks or suspected outbreaks of
contagious diseases among livestock.
For these services no charges will be
made except mileage and actual ex-
penses for subsistence while away
from their respective stations. In all
other cases where the said veterina-
rians are called upon to treat, pre-
scribe for or operate on livestock af-
fected with medical or surgical dis
eases not Of a contagious nature, they
shall be allowed to charge for the SER
vices according TO a previously ar
ranged schedule
In order TO induce the right kind Of
men to take these positions it viii be
necessary to pay them a monthly sub
sidy, which il has been decided. should
be not less than 800 per month except
in the case of the county of Hawaii /
where a practising veterinarian is To-
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