The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-07-09
Fruit Growers Adopt the Re-
port Of the Special
Committee.
MORE INSPECTORS WANTED
Propose Regulations of Banana
Imports From These
Islands.

to the Pacific Coast States will not bel
haired because of the Mediterranean
fruit.fy, providing all shipments are
closely inspected and only such fruit is
shipped as is not subject to attack by
the fruit fly. Such was the gist of the
report of a special committee adopted
Mt the annual meeting of the California
Fruit Growers Association at Santa
Barbara, June Is. Byron o. Clark, fac
tory manager of the Pineetar Sales
Company, Ltd, has just received a
COPY of the June 20 issue of the Cali
fornia Cultivator, the leading fruit
growers magazine published in Los
Angeles, in which there is complete
report of the meeting.
The special committee appointed to
investigate conditions made strong rec
concentrations that an active and eX'
tensive campaign begin at once, The
cooperation of Washington and Oregon
is urged, that the entrance of the fruit
fly along the Coast may be prevented.
1t was also recommended that addl-
tional inspectors be appointed to watch
the shipment of pineapples and bananas
from Hawaiian ports. The report urges
the legislature to take immediate action
toward the enactment of strong laws
to prevent in every way possible the
entrance of the fruit-fy. national
quarantine law against all infected
fruits and inspection of the baggage of
passengers is advocated.
No Danger Says Clark.
Mr.. Clark says he believes there is
no danger that the fly will be trans
ported to California if every bunch of
bananas is carefully inspected and no
prematurely ripe or bruised frult Is
shipped. The sound green bananas may
be shipped in perfect safety, he says,
because the fly is never found on them.
There is no danger from the pineapples
if all the fruit is inspected before ship
ping, he added His company, will con-
tinue making shipments and has ar
ranged to send some fruit to the Coast
Wednesday For some time the quar-
aatine has been enforced against ALI
gator pears
At the present time there is one Cal
ifornia inspector stationed here to IN
spect the shipment of ali fruits to the
Coast If the recommendations of the
State association are carried out sew.
eraI others viii be stationed here, and
at other ports on the Islands and at
San Francisco in order that every pre-
caution may be taken. gr
The Mediterranean Fuit-Fly com
mittee, composed of Mr.. E. N, Rich
mond. Marshall DemGtt, Professor Il
J. Wickson, of the university Of Cali
fOrnia, and Peter d. Shields, make theil
report TO the association in full as fol
lows:
Committees Report.
ttYour committee realizing the gray
ity of this question and after due de
liberation and conversation with per
sons we'll Informed and other persons
interested recommend and report al
follows:
"f(l) That the official force of thu
quarantine department at San Fran
cisco be increased, and that all unpro
tected ports of entry in California b'
adequately covered.
4T(2) That a request be made tina
the State governments of oregon ant
Washington take such action as vii
prevent the entrance of the Medlter
ranean fIuit-1iy through ports within
their jurisdiction.
H(S) That we believe that the con
tinued shipments of pineapples and ba
nanas to the Pacific Coast ports MAJ
be done safely provided, however, tina
such shipments are closely inspected
and only such fruit is shipped as is no
subject to attack from the fly. NJ
ripe. split bruised, or blemished ba
nanas should be shipped but only-soun'
green fruit. However, should any in
dication of infection be found on ship
ments arriving on the Coast we woul,
then recommend very serious eonsld
Grafton of a complete quarantine.
Campaign of Education.
400 That an educational movement
be inaugurated and activity pushed b.
the State commissioner of horticulture
by representatives of our State coileg
of agriculture and it's experiment sta
tions and by officials and representa-
tives of all horticultural or agriculture
organizations to the cad that the pee
pie of California may be informed o
the nature and danger of this grea
menace and that they might be solidl
organized to resist it in every way.
"(5) That our senators and represer
tatives in congress be requested 10 pre-
cure the establishment of nationa
quarantine against such fruits an
vegetable products as are known to b
subject to the ravages of the Meditei
ranean fruit-fy or other devastatin
pests OF All SECTIONS OF nations OF cOuI
tries in which the Mediterranean fruit
fly or other devastating pests exist, an
that to this end we recommend a
active and earnest cooperation wit
senators and representatives of othe
Pacific Coast States equally menaeed.
other Recommendations.
"'Yonr committee further recon
mends the legislature provide for tn
- following:
"G An appropriation provided b
the state for the employment of suff
eient inspectors at the Hawaiian port
to inspect the character of all pint
anples hanannR and ffuit6 Of any kin