The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-17
BUSINESS
MEN TALK
AGRICULTURE
Plans for Making
Over OF the
Bureau.
Committee Will Frame
Amendments to
Bill.
Suggestion OF a Board to Control
the Affairs Is Received
With Favor.

Il Reorganization of the Department of
Agriculture. along lines which will
give it greater power for good in the
\ Territory, was the tenor of all the dis
cussions at the meeting of the Senate
special committee. held yesterday aft
ernoon. at which representatives of the
various bodies of business men talked
over the situation, with members of the
Legislature.
While there was done nothing which
viii lead to definite action, in the meet
ing proper. after it had concluded the
representatives of the Planters Assoc
citation, the Chamber of Commerce and
the Live Stock Breeders Association
decided that they would appoint COM
mittee to formulate amendments to the
measure which is now in the House
committee. which VIII be presented i'm
mediateIy. for the purpose of securing
consideration. Chairman Keliinoi, of
I the House Committee on Agriculture
where the bill is now held awaiting rec
concentrations, said that he was in
favor of making the legislation both
broad and strong, so that there might
be no question as to the efficacy of the
representatives..
Isenberg of the special committee but
he was absent because of illness. Those |
present were: Senators Baldwin. |
Crabbe, Kalauokalani and McCandless.
Representatives Keliinoi. Knudsen, Ke-
alawaa and Nakaleka, Messrs. Swanzy, |
Giffard and Eckhardt. Mr.. E. D. Ten
ney. Mr.. p r. Helm, Messrs. Carter,
Thurston, Judd, Herbert, Crawley, Per-
kins, Schaefer Vandine and Jared G.
Smith
Senator Baldwin began by going over
the estimates for the Agriculture De-
partment and commented on the sala-
ries recommended. He quoted Senator
Crabbe's remark, that the Federal gov
eminent would duplicate any appro-
priation for forests and take over their
care. He said he had no information
on the subject definitely, and said he
believed this meeting was called to dis
cuss the Forestry matter, and asked if
any one had a proposal to submit.
WORK OF EXPERIMENT STATION.
Jared c. Smith. in charge of the Ex-
pertinent Station, said that he could
not tell exactly what the Federal gov
eminent would do toward duplicating
the Territorial appropriation, but that
whatever Mr.. Pinchot said could be de-
pended upon. though he could not see
how any one could promise what Con-
yress would do. Mr.. Pinchot had been
successful in securing greatly increased
for Forestry work, and
believes that such an
amount could be secured. The Expert
nent Station now had $4,000 a year, I
or labor and the small remainder for
general work.
So far the work had been prepara-
DRY. building. fencing and clearing and
of land, purchase of tools
nd books and printing bulletins. Three
bulletins had been published, on chick
ms. taro and spraying for insects. and
everal fugitive leaflets on various agri-
cultural subjects.
The Farmers Institute work has been /
.ressed on this island but has not been &
ressed to any degree on other islands,
hough a start had been made on Ha-
vail. Mr.. Smith said he had asked
low Dole to recommend an appFopria-
ion of $500 to print annually the papers
unlimited to the Institutes. The ex-
ension of the Farmers Institute work
o other islands was intended. Mr..
Herbert said that the Institutes were
cry successful on the mainland.
Senator Baldwin said he had intro
uced a bill providing for a Forestry
to look after the natural
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