The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-04-25

notton with health matters They
have passrd not only che poi hlll but
ALEC other bills dealing With vnruus
/ Kinds of foods and have also made t,i
diiiona 90 The pufr food law. ln the
matter Of ihaaniiary lands thcv have
ri,rn The board much more authority
and they have also morn power IN re-.
! rard 90 tho infectious discusses Ono
4 W the most important bills passed IL.
/ however. that dealing with the mat
or of tuberculosis and which has passed
practically uunoticed by the press
Location Important.
"This brings me down to the fun.
damental and most important problem
of all. have referred 90 the position
OF the Islands and also 70 the racial
conditions existing here with a largo
city and a eongested population. These
or AZ least part OF them live over wet
and insanitary low lying lands and if
we intend TO have good health these
We must ill in. To paraphrase an old
Biblical saying, The people OF these
Islands and Of Honolulu cannot live and
die INTO themselves Our location is
the most important factor Of the whole
thing, for without that we should never
have been made an integral part of the
United States. Neither would all the
military forces have been sent down
here nor should we have the shipping
that now comes into our ports.
Big Responsibility.
HThis matter of location adds re-
sponsibility to us, not only for our
selves but also for the naval and mill
tary forces stationed here and also for
those travellers who come to our shores.
The responsibility is on us and we
must meet it. There are two PROPOSE
tions before you. First there is the
permanent plan and, with a view to
that, the legislature has added one
more to the splendid lot Of laws they
have passed up to the present time by
the fixing of sanitary commission,
, whose report is to be filed by the first
] of January next. They will look into
. the health conditions of Honolulu along
, scientific lines with reference to the
. hpresent and future dangers that may
! arise. 1t has been suggested that we
. should appropriate one to five million
t dollars right off the bat. We must
5 make our plans first as that is the more
: businesslike method. Further, the Or
3 ganic Act will not allow the issue of
0 bonds to such an extent. We want to
t get plans for permanent health.
viii DO a Lot.
I ''Without walung TOR that, let us dc
: the best we can now with the funds
a we have at our disposal. Regarding
f the appropriation of $3.50, 900 to ill in
e the low-lying land, this is most i'm
! portant and pressing matter, and the
n sum will 90 a long way towards 1T
J. There are large number of properties
4 held by people whe can afford to fill
|. in without any assistance from the gov
a eminent. and with their aid and co
a operation we hope that the volume o.
y work, although not completed, will b,
!. covered to large extent. With onl!
r $4,000 to work on, it will mean tina
r. everything will have to be done in lit
& tie contracts This is an expensive
o way and is unbusinesslike.
l. The Drowning Touch.
2 The Governor then touched upon wha
the president had said, and then, cor
. tinuing, said: ga great deal can
Il done by every citizen looking after hi
y. own premises and seeing that every
20 thing is kept in good condition there
u But there is the old saying, What cor
~ Germs everyone, concerns no one.'
70 it had not been for the two epidemicI
70 should we have done all that we ar
y doing now9 All of us are liable to ge
10 lethargic and optimistic, and luckil
y for us these came along. 1t only rt
,. mains now for the Legislature to pas
~ this one act before them to crown tn
4 good record of the session."
Is Chillingworth Opposed.
N Senator Charles Chillingworth wa
out to knock the appropriation, an
said that although the legislature ha
passed every bill asked for by the boar
re of health, and in no way desired
Ve prevent the board working for the ger
ne eral good of the community, the men
n, bers did not see their way clear to az
III prOpriate more money than there wa
g. to appropriate. They did not Away
be think of this, and the fact had bee
De brought to them when the Governor ha
IN placed his veto on the belt roads. /
ne there was all the cooperation that tn
to president had mentioned, then
rs thought that the sum of $4,000 woul
at be enough to get along with. 1t ha
10 been his experience, however, that tn
te people who were readiest with thei
d. promises were always the last to com
n, through when there was anything o
It's practical nature to be done. On
u: man had come to him after the bil
III had been signed and had said, "Wel
Id now that that bill is through, 1 SUI
pose j shall have to go ahead and max
my place sanitary"
Of A thorough investigation should b
to made of the tenements, and the name
az of all those people who own thel
th should be published in the papers. TIL
IN Governor had told them that they coul
nd appropriate the money if they did nc
Is- pass the belt road bill. Then the pee
n pie had come along and forced ther
M to place a limit ON taxation. They el
Of pected the Legislature to appropriate
or money when there was none in tn
treasury.
90 "Conditions now exist in the Magoo
az block continued Mr.. ChillingwortE
IN "where eleven OF twelve people are liy
q. ing in one room. There are three o
four families living in rooms ten fee
by twelve. The children also see thing
there that are not good for them.
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