Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06

the development Of engineering. med
icine and Of agriculture evidence the
wonderful Drogressiveness OF the race
Science Is just hard work For CEN
turtles man expected some outside
agency to come and tell him what he
was. He locked for an inspiration to
aid him. Science, coupled with hard
work, has turned that attention upon
man and his environments
Mr.. Dean then spoke OF the College
of Hawaii as an institution which is
teaching science in its most. advanced
ferns. He dKelt at length upon the
excellent equipment with which the
college is furnished. and Of its bright
anticipations, He spoke of it as being
enc CT the few land grant" colleges,
.of its collection of Hawaiian plants
which is the most complete in the
world, Of its library and ether equip
ment He spoke CT it as being place
where knowledge is both received and
dispensed, and closed with the request
that every resident Of Hawaii look
upon the institution as "a college
which belongs to the territory"
Adore sses Warmly Received.
The convention adjourned at noon,
the visitors taking luncheon at the
Maui hotel as the guests Of the Maui
Chamber Of Commerce. There was
very little discussion during the morn
ing session. Papers and addresses
we're warmly received. ..
The afternoon session was opened
by an address from Wade Warren
Thayer. secretary of the territory, who
represented the governor. Mr.. Thayer,
prior to making his address, read the
goVencF's message to the convention.
He then criticized in somewhat Sc
we're manner the sugar planters and
their recent efforts in Washington, D.
c.. to nrevent the removal of the sugar
tariff. ....... .. j
The first discussion Of the conyen-
ton was called for following an ad,
dress by DR.. ]. S. B. Pratt, president
Of the board of health, on the sub,
ject Sanitation. Doctor Pratt's talk
was a timely and interesting one, civ.
ing keen insight into the great de-
Telopments regarding sanitation which
have been made in the territory OF
late years, and pointiag out the nature
OF the work which now is being car.
rfed on by the board of health
Board of Health Busy. f..
Doctor Pratt outlined the work oil
the board of health in exterminatine
rats, mosquitoes and flies, saying tina!
the board is conducting energetic cam
! paigns along this line He said that
Il has been figured that each rat. be
/ fore 1t dies, destroys from one to two
dollars worth of property. During the
last fiscal year, he said, 100000 rats
were caught on Hswaii, and in Homo
i lulu $4,000. He advocated that at
wharyes in the territory be made rat
! proof.
Pointing out the results Of the cam
paign of sanitation, Doctor Pratt said
that. in the first place, it has lowered
the death rate In 1900 the death rate
in Honolulu was 32.S for every thou
sand persons. Last year the death
rate was 1852, about s higher thar
the previous fiscal year. The dea.f
rate of the territory has been reduced
from 37.5 to 14S9 since the Inaugural
ton OF sanitation campaigns which
said Doctor Pratt, compares favorablJ
with any territory the size of Hawai-
in the world Typhoid, he concluded
has been reduced over 100 per eeni
in the same time.
w O. Smith opened discussion or
the matter of sanitation by asking Doc
tor Pratt IL it was not important Il
keep all vegetation away from houses
ESPECIALLY tenements, so that the dwell
ings might be subject to all the sun
shine possible. Doctor Pratt answered
that plenty of sunshine was always
considered valuable asset to sanitary
work The conversation then driftet
to mosquitoes, George r. Carter telling
Of the remarkable manner IN which
mosquitoes were eradicsled in the ca
nal zone through the method of cutting
back all vegetation from the dwell
ings.
Albert Waterhouse strongly advo
cated that territorial milk inspectors
| be put under the civil service, which
would do away with the expulsion o.
many experienced inspectors upon thu
change of admins He pointed
out that the milk matter now is con
trolled partly by the city and county
4 the DDdEQ OF dSIlCuitHE6 anu slOISSli4
and the federal government. He urged
that the matter be placed under ont
head. The condition of much of thu
milk now dispensed in Honolulu, ht
said, is bad.
The fact that the ProlRutina Commit
tee recently requested Honolulu dali!
newspapers to suppress the publication
of notices or reports having to do will
disease in the territory, brought forti
lengthy discussion. Lorrin A. Thurs
ton said that If the public is informed
that it is living amid disease, thu
public will remedy it. Il don't beliey'
in the publication of tuberculosis re
lpoNs, he said, or rotten milk sta
tisties. either. But publicity IS essen
tial to remedy IL.
Paper on "The Tourist"
The last address of that afternoon
was that prepared by Fred l.. Valid
ron on the subject The Tourist. ow
ing to the absence of Mr.. Waldron, thu
paper was read by r. o. Matheson,
i The Monday evening session of thu
convention was devoted entirely t.
brief addresses by representative dele
/ gates heralding the praises of Sleir re