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Tuberculosi. Eradication Division. At the annual meeting of 

 the American ' Veterinary Medical Association in Kansas City 

 in August, the chief of this new division spoke as follows : 



"The Bureau believes that tuberculosis may be eradicated from 

 all the cattle and all the swine in this nati mi ; otherwise, it would 

 not have attempted such an arduous task. • 



*'To support such a broad assertion there is an abundance of 

 evidence obtained through the school of experience covering a 

 period of several years. 



^'Tuberculosis has been eradicated from hundreds of herds in 

 the District of Columbia, \arginia, Maryland, and other states. 

 It has been practically exterminated from comparatively large 

 circumscribed areas. 



"Furthermore, wherever and whenever an effort was made to 

 eradicate the disease and the earnest cooperation of the live 

 stock owners and officials has been obtained, success has never 

 failed to crown the enterprise. 



"Herds of cattle which have, at the inception of the campaign, 

 contained 75% of diseased animals, have been freed of tlie mal- 

 ady ; and have remained as free herds. 



"Herds which, on the first test, were found free of disease, 

 have, by the prudent care of their owners, been kept free of 

 tuberculosis. 



"The experience the Bureau has had, as outlined here, has 

 been enjoyed by veterinary officials of some of the states. 



"The preponderance of successful experiments, if we call them 

 such, is convincing proof that when conditions are favorable 

 tuberculosis may be eradicated. 



"What constitutes favorable conditions? The same state of 

 mind of the people that obtained in the early nineties when 

 pleuro-pneumonia was eradicated; in 1902, 1908, 1914 and 1915, 

 when foot-and-mouth disease was eradicated ; the spirit that per- 

 vaded the western states during the cattle and sheep scabies 

 eradication campaign ; the spirit that is aiding in the eradication 

 of hog cholera ; the same state of mind, the same earnest, hearty, 

 wholesome and substantial cooperation that has made texas fever 

 eradication such a success. 



"The American people can eradicate tuberculosis or pre\'ent 

 its eradication, or increase its presence." 



This uneciuivocal declaration of policy by the highest authority 

 in the United States would appear in every respect to support 

 the policy adopted by and adhered to by the Territorial Board 

 of Agriculture and Forestry, the Territorial Board of Health 

 and, up to the present time, the Board of Supervisors of the City 

 and County of Honolulu. The endorsement of the people of 

 the Territory was definitely voiced by the last legislature. And 

 last but not least it has the unanimous support and approval of 

 the local medical association. 



As one of "the American people" wiio "can eradicate tubercu- 



