The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-24
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.FORETOLD IN. TALK
BY DR.. HUTCHINSON
Famous Alabama Scientist
Addresses Technical So
ciety and Outlines Plan
for Campaign

Serious inroads in the front pre-
sented by the boil weevil in the cot
ton raising states OF the south will be
made in two years, DR.. Miller Reese
Hutchinson, native son Of Alabama,
famous scientist and inventor, and
head of the national campaign for
boil weevil control, declared in an
address at dinner given by the Ala
bama Technical society Friday night
an his honor and in honor of DR.. Hud-
con Maxim. DR.. Hutchinson outlined
plans CT the campaign against the
boil weevil. which will require the
expenditure of at least s2,6oo,ooe.
Don't expect miracles" he warned.
erhe movement is just starting and
st will require some time to carry
aut the plan. However, 1 think that
within two years we will make Sc
ftcus dent on the boil Weevil."
The national campaign, which was
Incorporated in Tennessee, will have
on it's board OF directors enc man
from each of the Is cotton raising
states, These men will select four
men from each state and form a
separate organization subsidiary to
The national organization. Expert
ments will be carried on in each state
TO determine the best method to COM
bat the pest in that particular state.
Plans call for the establishment of
from 1900 to 1000 small farms in the
cotton growing states, where expert
mentss will be conducted and the best
system of raising cotton taught. For
the present, calcium arsenate will be
used to kill the weevil Mr.. Hutch
1son said. While there is a shortage
in the supply of calcium s-rsenate,
eminent engineers and scientists are
working on plans tC increase its pro-
auction.
The campaign will depend on en-
tomologists and biologists to furnish
the backbone of the fight against the
weevil, Mr.. Hutchinson declared. He
spoke entertaininly for 15 minutes
relating briefly the history of the
movement which he heads and what
1t proposes to do.
DR.. Hutchison is a native of Mo-
bile. He is a graduate of Marion in
stitute and Auburn. For 1T years he
was vice president of the Edison cor
poration and next to Mr.. Edison in
the company. During the war he
served as a member of the naval con-
sulting board with DIR. Maxim and
other eminent scientists. Mr.. Hutchi-
son has number of important in
MENTIONS to his credit.
Mr.. Maxim reiterated his sugges-
ton to exterminate the boil weevil
through sex lure at the dinner, but
insisted that it be taken as sug-
gestion only. He also detailed his plan
for the eradication of the million
dollar bandits" through coming the
south This method would be GER
tain he said. If the government could
be induced to appropriate money to
carry on the work.
DR.. Maxim characterized the in
ternal danger facing the United
States as paramount to the external
danger facing the country in 1917
and 1918 during the World war. THE
problem of internal national defense
Is more important that the problem
OF external national defense" he as
serted.
eIf the 2 orle- Of . the United States
could be aroused to fight with 1~per
cent of the interest and energy with
which they repealed lesser problem
when we entered the war against
Grmany, insect pests of the country
would soon be exterminated," DIR.
Maxim asserted.
Mr.. Hutchison was forced to leave
the dinner early to fill an engage
ment to speak over WSY at Il
O'Clock. Following his departure, Mr..
Maxim extolled him as a scientist,
inventor and worker.
The party was welcomed at the
dinner by Borden Burr. Thomas w.
Martin, president of the Alabama
Power company, spoke on Power
Development-Pres and Future
in Alabama" James sBowron closed
the evening with talk on Indus
trial Birmingham"
The party will visit the Preston
motor works, the Fairfield works and
the Ensley works Saturday morning.
Following this, it will disband. some
of its members going to New York
and others returning to Atlanta.