Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-28
SEVERN


that he had made in local interviews,
and although he described In lurid
terms the alleged danger of the pest
getting into California, the convention
adopted resolution, reports Vein
land. which keeps the shipment Of
fruits from Hawaii on the same isisis
II now Is.
prof. Severins talk before the fruit
growers at Santa Barbara was made
on June 49," said Weinland on his re-
turn today. He spoke for fifteen or
twenty minutes, reading from u paper
alleged facts In regard to the fruit fly
campaign here. lie said about what
he had previously said in Honolulu.
Weinland Gives Facts.
Il spoke briefly, giving both sides
Of the matter and trying to deal fairly
with all interests concerned. | told them
that close and efficient inspection
should guard against the danger. Az
ter had spoken Mr.. lIartung spoke
al out as SEVERN had done
THE resolutions as passed by the
convention show just the action taken
and the attitude of the fruit growers
now. Shipments of bananas and pine
apples are to be continued and the ut
most care Is to be exercised.
Now it is up to the inspectors here
to be extremely careful, and If they
are do not expect the quarantine will
he enforced on these two fruits"
Resolutions as Proof.
Santa Barbara newspaper reports
bear out Mr. Wcinands statements
and the resolutions themselves show
that the convention was in sympathy
asI. n a
attempt To minimize the danger but
believed the present fruit shipments
could safely be continued.
The resolutions are as follows:
Your committee. realizing the gray
| ity Of this question, and after mature
! dcliberution and consultation with per-
| sons well informed and other persons
interested, recommend and report as
follows:
first-That the force In the quaran-
tine department at San Francisco be
increased, and that all unprotected
ports of entry into California be ade-
Quately covered
ScCond-That n request be made OF
the state governments of oregon and
| Washington to take such action as will
prevent the entrance of the Medter-
ranean fly through ports within their
| jurisdiction.
Third--That we believe the continued
shipments of bananas and pineapples
| to Pacific Coast ports may be done
safely, provided, however, that such
shipments are closely inspected and
only such fruit is shipped as is not
subject to attack from the fly.
| No ripe, split, bruised or blemished
bananas should be shipped, but only
sound green fruit Of kind in which
none of the. indications of fly life have
been found
If rigid instructions are enforced by
the Island shippers or the Territorial
government, we believe that bananas
and pineapple should still he permit
ted to be shipped to the Coast.
However. should Indications of in
lection be found on shipments arriv-
ing on the Coast, we would then recon-
mend very serious consideration of a
complete quarantine.
| FOurth-That an educational move
ment be inaugurated and actively
pressed by the State Commissioner of
Horticulture, by the representatives of
our state College of Agriculture and
Experimental Stations, and by officials
and representatives of all agricultural
and horticultural organizations, to the
end that the people of California may
he Informed of the nature and danger
of this great menace, and that they
might be soidly organized to resist II
In every way.
F'ifth-That our Senator's and Repre-
sentatives in Congress be requested ia
procure the establishment of a nation
al quarantine against such fruit and
vegetable products as are known to be
subject to the ravages OF the Mediter-
ranean fly or other devastating pests
of all sections, nations or countries In
which the Mediterranean fly or other
devastating pests exist, and that to this
end we recommend their early anG
active cooperation with Senators ant
Representatives of other Pacific Coas
States equally menaced.
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