The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-11-17
Annual Meeting Of the Planters
Labor & Supply Company.
Important Reports and Discussions by the
Sugar Producers.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. Is.
Afternoon Session.

its session at 2 pm. His Excellency
G.. N. Wilcox, Minister of the In
terror, Hons. r. d. Walbridge and
A. S. Wilcox, and Messrs. w. HI.
Richard and w. @. Weldon Joined
the meeting at this session.
The report on Fertilizers was &C
copied and ordered to be published.
Mr.. T. r. Walker read the report
of the Committee on Forestry. 1t
dealt with the lantana nuisance, and
gave long list of planters, ranch
men and others who had planted
valuable woods on their lands. A
sub-bureau of Forestry was mention
ed as a much to be desired institu-
ton. 1t was thought that the Gov
eminent and the Crown Lands Com
missioners should be able to do a
great deal toward the promotion of
forest cultivation.
Mr.. Marsden said there was a bill
before the Legislature to exempt
from taxation such lands as are
fenced in for the purpose of pre-
serving their forests.
Mr.. Kay told of work done in
forest preservation in Kohala.
Mr.. Walker solicited opinions on
the question of sub-bureau of
forestry, which had been recon-
mended in the reports of previous
years as we'll as this.
Mr.. Williams said commission
was now in existence on forests, as
sub-report therefrom appears in the
report of the Minister of the Interior.
Mr.. Walker understood the COM
mission to have been formed for the
purpose of eradicating the cotton
cushiony scale, and not as perma-
nent commission.
Hon. j. M. Horner wanted to know
what they were going to get off the
land covered by forests. His OBJ
servation was that the rain produced
the forest, and not the forest the
rain. In Hamakua the woods did
not hold the rain, nor make springs
of water. OF what use were the
forests planted above Honolulu? If
the man in charge had known his
business he would have planted
coffee trees and taught people how
to cultivate coffee. No more money
should be spent on such forest
planting as that.
Mr.. Hall felt some sympathy with
Mr.. Horner's remarks. Ii that valley
at the Chinaman's house was filed
with fruit trees it would be made
very valuable. He suggested having
such done to Mr.. Jaeger six years
ago. 1t was useless to plant eucalyp-
tus trees as an experiment, as they
knew already that these would grow
in this country.
Mr.. Horner, resuming, said much
was heard about getting tourists in
to the country, but what was there
in such forest that tourists cared
for? They could see thousands OF
acres of eucalyptus trees in Austria
liza. If they planted orange and
lemon trees there many tourists who
had never seen those fruits growing
would be glad to drive up that road
to see them. His brother had lime
trees growing which yielded $25
apiece every year. When those
ocean grayhounds expected here
came they could take such fruits
right into the London market. 1t
made his heart sick to see the kind
of forest that had been cultivated.
Mr.. Richard demurred to the
sighting words used of Mr.. Jaeger's
work. 1t was the first time that
anything but praise of that gentle,
mans efforts had been heard in theil
meetings. How easy it was to lool
back and find fault with the work Of
others. There was none of then
but who might have done much in
planting fruit trees, but the fact was
they had neglected their opportun
tiles in this respect. From his OBJ
servation periods of drouth had fol
lowed the decay of forests as effect.
following a cause. The measure now
before the House was one he haG
tried to have passed in 1890, and il
was only small encouragement to
offer for forest culture.
Mr.. Baldwin could not agree will
Mr.. Horner in his views on the rela
ton between forests and rainfall.
Mr.. Horner had been in Honolulu b
years ago he thought he would to
day be of different opinion. Thel
the rainfall scarcely ever extende,
this side of the mountain ranges
while now there was much rain il
Honolulu.
Mr.. Cooke-It rains here whe
the Legislature is in session Qaugh
teri.
Mr.. Baldwin, continuing, was cel
tain from his own observation tina
the rainfall in Honolulu had in
creased with the growth of the ad
jacent forests. Before that fores
was planted it would have been in
possible to make fruit trees grow o
those sidehills. There was nothin
but desert there. Nothing was grow
ing on the sides of Punchbowl thel
and it was better to see even lantan
covering the slopes than nothing.
Mr.. Walker followed with remark
in similar strain to the previou
speaker, and Mr.. Hall explained tina
he referred to the valley, not to tn
ridges, in his opinion that fruit tree
should have been planted.
Col. Spalding told of the death {
koa forests on his estate on Kaua
There were thousands of trees die
and the trunks could not be utilize'
He did not think the few cattle o
the place were responsible for til