The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-02-14
Working for Federal Inspection
Of Emigrants From the
Philippines.
HAWAII MUST BE PROTECTED
Sugar Planters Must Adjust Mat
tiers to the Satisfaction of
Local Authorities.
(Mail Special to The Advertiser.)

(Mail Special to The Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, January 2S.-Next
Wednesday, Mr.. Mott-smith, with
former Judge Hatch, George Mex. Nc.
Clellan and Immigration Commissioner
Daniel J. Keefe, viii have a talk with
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel about the migration of Fill
pinos into Hawaii. Today the first
three have had talk with Mr.. Keefe
and Mr.. Mott-Smith has reiterated his
insistence that the health of the Islands
should not be menaced by bringing in
unhealthy Filipinos. He takes the
ground that the sugar planters must
adjust this matter to the satisfaction of
the local authorities.
Wants ohicial Examination.
The secretary's efforts to obtain an
examination of the immigrants at Ma,
nila by surgeons of the Marine Hos
pital Service have not been altogether
successful The government is unable
q detail any surgeons for that work
with the condition that the planters
association pay for the amount of their
services. The Fiipinos, of course, are
not aliens, being in the same category
with the Porto Rieans, who, the Su-
preme Court decided a few years ago
are citizens under the American flag.
There have been many earnest confer.
enees over this matter since Mr.. Mott
Smith returned to Washington but it
is more or less doubtful whether any
satisfactory solution can be had from
Washington.
Molokai Measures.
Delegate Kalanianaole and Secretary
Alott.Smith saw Representative Taw-
ney, chairman of appropriations, Sat
urday, in behalf of larger appropria-
tion for the leprosy investigation and
received some encouragement in that
regard. The needs of a larger appro.
priation have been strongly urged at
this juncture when the discovery of
an antitoxine for leprosy seems only a
matter of little further study and
investigation.
6r1uckernOu AcJlVe.
DR.. w. II. Brinekerhoff, now assistant
professor of pathology at the Harvard
Medical School, came over to Washing
ton to state to Chairman Tawney the
situation with reference to investiga-
tion work Mr.. MOtt-Smith met him in
Boston and when the conditions were
explained, Doctor Brinckerhoff volun-
teered to come to Washington at his
own expense in the hope of accomplish
ing something for the benefit of the
Islands. He left statement, covering
the situation, with Chairman Mann, OF
the interstate commerce committee, and
Joined in the conversation with Chair
man Tawney, He explained the work
that Moses Clegg had done at the gov
ernment station in growing the bacilli
of leprosy and also the splendid work
of Doctor Ourrie in similar connec-
tion, together with their hopes of dis
covering an altitoxine, Such a dis
eoeery would be Of the greatest value
to mankind, Us was pointed out to the
congressman, and if it should be made
in a government laboratory, as there
is good prospects that it may be, much
credit would rebound to the govern
planned, the appropriations have been
reduced to about $4,000 year, al.
though there Is an authorization for
$4,000 appropriations annually.
Mott-smith's "Bible."
Mr.. Mottsmith brought back from
Boston a copy of Typhoid Fever" 9
book by George c. Whipple, in whicl
he is very much interested. That bool
has been his Bible in Hawaii as h,
phrases it, because of its valuable in
formation upon sanitary matters. While
he was at the Parker House in BostoI
one day, talking with c. G. Copeland
an old.time friend, Mr.. Whipple, nov
a member of a New York firm, cam
along and was Immediately recognized
by Mr.. Mott-Smith as a man he ha,
known twenty-five years ago. III
spoke to him, the recognition wa
mutual, and Copeland soon began talk
ing about Whipple, as the author o.
Typhoid Fever" The Hawaiian see
retary had never thought of the autho
Of his sanitation Bible as his boyhoO'
friend and then there was reunion
Later he discovered that he an
Whipple are both cousins Of Edga
Pierce, well-known Boston man. Al
gathered eventually at dinner an
Mr.. MOttSmith brought away a volum
Of "1yphoid Fever upon the fyleh
OF which there is inscribed; 9TH
particular volume is dedicated 10 m
friend, Hon. Ernest A. Mott'smith,
memory Of good old times by the ai
thor, George q. Whipple."
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