The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-04
HAWANANS GIVE
MOSQUITOES Gas

The following is a special dispatch
to the Mention, N j., State Gazette.
Particulars are lacking as to whether
the opening JOSH to make the VIC
Tins of the Jersey skeeter" cheer
up, was given or received by the
genial Secretary of Hawaii.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Out in Ha-
waii they have discovered new way
of getting rid of mosquitoes, accord
ing to Ernest Mott Smith, secretary
of the territorial government and pre-
sidest of the territorial board of
health, who is making his first visit
to New York in five years.
They administer gas to 1.-The var
mints.' This is not done with any
idea of removing the bills of the mos
quitoes by sort of painless dentistry
process, but to exterminate the in
sects themselves, and Mr.. Mott-Smith
says its use has proven so satisfac-
tory that you no longer have to put
wire screens in your windows in Ho-
nolulu to prevent being carried off
in the night; FOR they do say, that a
full sized healthy Hawaiian mosquito
has a wonderful chest development,
and his lung and alimentary capacity
makes that of his New Jersey cousin
insignificant by comparison.
Mr.. Mott Smith, who acts as COVER
nor of Hawaii when Governor Frear
takes a vacation, says the Hawaiians
are sore on account of the way igno-
! rant persons have of chasing the ter
ritory as a dependency, and of init
mating that the United States did
not get a mighty good bargain when
i took over the islands.
I aside from the fact that this gov
eminent secured an invaluable naval
base and not considering the value
OF the land taken over for the uses On
the federal government, the internal
revenues during the last ten years
have amounted to S12,000,00 or $13,-
100000, said Mr.. Mott-Smith today
Last year, from customs, internal
I revenue and the post office, the Uni
! ted States got S1,957,70 out of the
Hawaiian islands, and even when you
subtract all the salaries paid federal
officers this leaves a huge balance.
Hawaii has already amply repaid
every item of expenditure the federal
: government has made on it's account
SIN Hawaii we have an anti-tuber-
Culosis movement and | think in this
respect we are little ahead of what
has been done here" said Mr.. Mott
Smith, '"for the reason that the ter
ritorill government takes an active
tuberculosis league in Hawaii, which
Q is a splendid thing. In each school
= we take care of ten patients, furnish
ing a physician, medicine and attend
ance. We have also made a hous--
! toulouse visitation along the lines
, of settlement work, among the poorer
portions of Honolulu. There are also
lectures and demonstrations.
There is a great deal of tubercu-
losis in the islands, principally among
the native Hawaiians, who are de-
oreasing very rapidly, For every one
of these born, two die Besides this
from so to IS per cent. of those who
are born never reach adult age. Ac-
! Cording to the statistics in 1898, the
r population was about $4,000, of which
10000 wore native Hawaiians, the re-
mander being principally Americans
and Englishmen The census of 1910
shows a population of 1871 900, but OF
that number only $4,000 are native
Hawaiians.
The territorial government has a
very complete system of sanitation
and through that we carry on all
government work done-the suppress,
sion and prevention of infectious and
contagious diseases. The territory
maintains, under government pay,
twenty seven physicians located at
various centers throughout the is
lands, such as you will not find any
where else. These give treatment free
and medicine to any INDECENT person
that applies. The bill for this depart