The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-15
PROFESSOR SEVERN
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ulatiOn ought TO be enforced because
the maggots in the infested fruit
have the ability to jump out Of the
uncovered receptacles, and often the
boxes contain cracks through which
the maggots can work their way out.
THE incinerator capacity is sufl-
Gent to handle the refuse of the
city; three Of the six furnaces are
now used alternately at each burn
ing. No oil is used in the incinera-
tor; the rubbish is ignited and the
garbage and fruit burnt up
"In order to carry on campaign
by clean culture against the Medi-
terranean fruitfy: (D, Honolulu
ought to have a free garbage sys-
tenn (2), more vehicles for the col
lection of garbage ought to be Sc
cured (3), the fruit ought to be col
lected daily in all parts of the city;
az, the householders ought not to be
allowed to destroy their own fruit,
and (5), the health department ought
to enforce the regulation that garbage
and fruit be placed in closed recepta-
Giles"
Concerning the spread of the fly,
Professor SEVERN is emphatic in his
criticism of the laxity of the methods
used to confine the pest to the Island
of Oahu. He says:
What effect has clean culture and
the inter-island inspection had to-
wards preventing the spread of the
pest? In connection with the inter
island inspection, one inspector is
stationed at the first-class passenger
gang plank and another at the steer
age gang plank. These inspectors
simply ask the passengers boarding
the steamers whether they have isl
and grown fruit in their possession.
About two hours before sailing one
| inspector overhauls the entire ship,
examining all the staterooms and
steerage quarters to see if any in
tested fruit can be found.
| "On October 5, 1911, after the
pest had spread to another island,
Kauai, warned the superintendent
of entomology that the inter-island IN
spection is complete failure in
preventing the fruit fly from spread
| ing to the other islands. In lecture
given before the Agricultural Semin-
ar, January II, 1912, at which the
superintendent Of entomology and the
were present, when the pest had eX-
| tended to the third island, Molokai,
I spoke Of my experience in testing
ont the efficiency of the inter-island
inspection, relating that, carrying a
gripful of oranges seriously infested
with Mediterranean fruithy maggots
| | boarded an inter-island steamer on
| number of occasions. There was no
| inspector at the gangplank and I
went on board each time without
question. On one occasion I saw the
inspector some distance away, talk
ing with some friends. Small boys
carrying packages, suitcases, grips,
etc, boarded the steamer continually,
but no questions were asked. I could
tel you more, but this is enough to
show that the inter-sland inspection
is farce.
In January of this year the pest
had spread to the largest island of
the group, namely, Hawaii The
| fruitAy has been bred from infested
| fruit by the Board of Agriculture
from two localities and it was the
| intention to have gates placed at
points on the belt roads leading cut
of the infested localities in order 20
hold up and inspect all conveyances'
fol infested fruit.
! "In November, 1911, I asked a
number of people to hunt for the fly
OIL another island, Maui, and loaned
them a number of kerosene traps. On
May 4, 1912, Mr.. J. r. Davis captur-
ed, in a kerosene trap, the first Med
iterranean fruitfy reported from
Maui. The specimen was sent to me
so that there would be no mistake
as to it's Identification. Since the
first one was captured Mr.. Davis has
sent US several more specimens from
different localities Of this island
"In this lecture 1 called attention
to the precaution taken by California
to prevent the fruitny from entering
the State I spoke of the fact that
all baggage is searched at San Fran
cisco and that until the Simons ma
tional quarantine act, now before
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