The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-11-22

| Tor homestcads. are lot 20 the ranoh.r.
ana IN most eases under long lease
! for very nominal rental To the heads
~ our local government much credit b.
du" for s1m, OF the provisions ancnt tire,
Ipluuuug Included ln thoe, land grants.
land if those agreements are strictly en-
| forced Will Co o. great extent, preserve
part OF the forest which otherwise would
disappear; while they also have done
much TO improve the beauty OF the hill
slopes adjoining Honolulu. In addition 90
saving their already limited water sup
Iply. 1t seems. however. "A case Of Paul
planting and Apoilos watering while the
Federal authorities come along and pluck
III out" on seeing the late dcpredatons
committed ON the higher slopes Of Tan
taius. This sphere OF usefulness has
been limited to small area and We look
for the time when our forest department
VIII be able 10 extend its work over the
group setting aside reservations for for
est culture, introducing to these reser-
vations class Of trees more than orna-
mental. establishing and maintaining
| these plantations from their start by
business like methods. under the control
of an experienced forester, then the re
suits will eventually prove to those in
terested "A paying investment
! Looking to the high rate of lumber i'm
ported to these Islands. il seems time
that land owners realize the necessity
of being beyond the present control Of
manpula tors in this branch of Island
trade. Trees can be grown on the ISL
anus 10 supply our utiudnd lor lumber
IN al, its uses, H'reauy the rapdlty win
WhHh the SILK OAK ttiraeVillea RohustD
lroh"ood 'ol Softs Causirinlh,. encaIyp-
tus and wattlos i'm variety have grown
- d'mohstfhteu' trees OF sixteen years
growth measuring at twenty feet from
the base fourteen to sixteen inches In
diameter, and can at maturity undoubt-
t'nlH replace the hardwoods presently
used lot Ihlpienlcht OF carriage manu-
iacture. Again, OF later introduction, ""
nave the WlNptomeria Japon.ca) and
lt'urressus Macrocarpa) conlier'' which
from every ihilca'oh are likely 10 prove
I" success ana may III the future sup
plant thr rin'W"od presently used for
sehcr' pu iu'hS p"Ipos's! HOW many
more N"rIeti'S OF 'hiS uselul CLASS oil
''iiiper can nc grown on the diHereht eie-
NatlohS Win success, mas yet TO be prov
en- athoush aoopt not there are an
'hu'eSS variety as we" as trees ana
"hucrSroWiHs SHRUBS useiui LOT their
gums ana resins
Apart from the value of forest a. "A
| tliip'r Prouuccr we nave Nh the lslahus
p''h more accustomed TO look AT IL IRON
Tue aSrlcuiturisl view It's bearing on
the ihoderat'hs OF temperature shelter
10 crops anu adjustment OF or regulating
water supply, without which our main
industry would be poor indeed. With
thls In view, the Importance or combined
'hort, OF the government and agricul-
turlSt belhE brought TO bear on such a
vital question as almost complete de-
Structlon OF our hncst Hawaiian forest,
! can DE seen saving where practicable
what YET remains OF Acacia koa, san
uaIWoou' etc', ana planting up either by
Seeu OF SteuhhSS OF exotic trees, the
: spaces 100 large Tor the work OF natur-
al reproduction TO progress rapidly, the
result Is not iar 10 look Tor from gov
l'rnihthl view. Arahie iahds VIII nave
nigher taxable Vaiue' while the. tiller
VIII DC pet'er aple TO pay such taxes
from the hsher iertiiity OF MS soil.
shelter IRON parchinS winds and washing
VI hthnS When an eNceptiohal transform
ih'IS on 'he hisher elevations, or In
snort not so eh'ireIS NJ the mercy OF the
e elements as theE would be II the country
continues TO become a treeiess waste. IT
l Is tspeclaiiF worthy OF notice the inteI,
esq pehS taken IN forests by some OF the
island sugar planters, notably that on
e MAUI ny MI. BALDWIN VINO has planted
out ana sun continues to do so, many
thousand young trees on the higher lands
$ ADJOINING ms plantations, as well as the
10 lthclhs OF large areas, IN order to let
: nature nave Its way unmolested by cattle
4 or any other stock so detrimental to
young seedlings. In the Hamakua dis
.ric' OF hawaii 'he racine sugar Mill
nave Tor many years taken an active in
terest IN Forest protection, and when OPP