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these contributing' factors is the most important, the fact remains 

 that glanders has practically disappeared or else is effectively hid- 

 ing' itself, and it is safe to conclude that so long as the source of 

 supply of fresh infection remains at zero, so long as no fresh 

 cases of glanders are allowed to enter the Territory from with- 

 out — and we continue to pay the price, eternal vigilance — so long 

 will we remain free from the disease. On the other hand, let us 

 relax and listen to the arguments of those whose source of in- 

 come is at all depending upon the number of animals they sell, 

 commensurate to a great extent with the number of animals which 

 die, and whose chief argument is, that no case of glanders has 

 arrived here from without for the past four years, and that conse- 

 quently the regulations pertaining to importation are obsolete 

 and no longer required, — and I feel confident that it would be 

 but a very short time before we would have the disease with us 

 again. The pass has been reached where the purchaser of live 

 stock' on the mainland has only to mention the fact that he comes 

 from Hawaii when the dishonest dealer disappears. Let us 

 rescind our regulations in the least, and the old conditions, when 

 Hawaii — being 2,000 miles away — was considered the safest 

 dumping ground for reacting horses and cattle, would speedily 

 come to life again. 



What has been said above in regard to glanders among horse 

 stock applies with almost equal force to tuberculosis of cattle. 

 The climatic conditions, allowing of open stables the year around, 

 are entirely in favor of the eradication of the disease. Many 

 cases undoubtedly make a temporary or apparent recovery, and 

 only a small percentage ever reach the fatal termination, except 

 when accompanied by advanced age. The regulations of the 

 Board pertaining to the inspection and testing of cattle intended 

 for importation, have eft'ectively put an end to the further intro- 

 duction of the disease from without. The eradication of the dis- 

 ease from the local herds has constituted the main work of this 

 division for the past three years. A splendid spirit of coopera- 

 tion, coupled with unexcelled willingness to sacrifice the affected 

 animals, have characterized the campaign against the disease, 

 making it possible to practically eradicate it froni the City and 

 County of Honolulu, without using either coercive measure or 

 compensating the owners of diseased animals, even partly, for 

 their losses. The same educational measures, the regular publica- 

 tion of monthly reports on the work of the division, has created 

 a tendency on the part of milk consumers to demand clean milk, 

 this is, milk originating on premises where no diseased (reacting) 

 animals are kept, and where the milk is drawn and handled under 

 sanitary conditions. In this work this division has had the full 

 assistance of the local Board of Supervisors as well as the co- 

 operation of the Honolulu Dairymen's Association. The former, 

 through the office of the county physician, delegated its milk in- 

 spector to assist the testing of more than 5,000 dairy animals. 



