Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-08

northeastern Hawaii, as heretofore
This district that appeared to be pros.
porous and capable of being much i'm.
proved. is now dead to all settlement,
to all home making and all business,
seeing il is now forest reserve.
Oh. no; excuse us. II is not yet a
reserved forest. Let Heaven be
thanked. But 1t has been repeatedly
recommended to be fenced of. to ef.
feet in fact just about the same as this
imaginary picture has stated 1t.
IL now falls to us to suggest prac.
tical method of applying Rooseyelt's
idea of forest reserve to these islands.
To commence. we wRl repeat some
of President Roosevelts forestry doc.
trines. He says. Forestry is the pres
ervation of forests by wise use" -.
Forestry does not mean abbreviating
that use. 1t means making the forest
useful to the settler, the rancher, the
miner, even the grazing industry"
The question is: How can this val
liable idea be applied to our Hawaiian
iottStSs ~ luI Suni' llllt
them in quantity. In quality, and in
general usefulness? Answer-For the
district of Hamakua, Hawaii we sug.
.gest the Government permit this dis.
trict to continue TO prosper as at pres.
ent and open It to greater prosperity
by opening all its forests to be closely
grazed and thus measurably protect
them from fire. Meanwhile in an or.
derby manner sell the wood and timber
upon the land to the plantations and
to all caring to buy. As soon as one
or more acres Ia cleared Of wood, for
esters must be prepared with plants to
reset the land with q more valuable
tree. The bite gum Ia that tree. IL Is
valuable for many kinds of lumber as
well as for wood. and viii grow more
wood and timber In fifteen years than
our present forest trees will grow in
100 years. There is no other known
tree that will grow SO quickly into
valur In these islands IA the eucalyp.
tus giobulus. This is already demon.
strated by the marvellous growth OF
the eucalyptus in these islands the
past thirty years. II the land Is reset
with this valuable tree as soon AZ the
old forest Is removed. We will then
have more wood on the land ut the end
OF Is years than is on the land today
In addition we will have much valuable
timber for many useful purposes,
which our present forests will not
grow. This new setting. IL years aft.
er. will be 100 feet high and is inches
In diameter at the butt, standing
straight and tapering from bottom to
top. II cut at the right time in the
year the forest will he growing 90 feet
high from the stump within two years.
At the end of another Is years, and
without replanting. II can be again cut
with as much satisfaction as the first
harvest. Thus the forest may be cut
every Is years for all time and much
useful lumber supplied which Is not
now growing on these Islands. After
this new forest Is set we will have a
beautiful young forest growing all the
time and plenty OF wood and plenty Of
good timber. boards, plank, scantlings.
bridge timber, fence posts, railroad
ties. telegraph poles. etc. Now moth.
ing OF all this Is produced here: all
are imported, and money Is sent out OF
the country to pay for them. Is that
wise. when We have II In our power to
produce them here SO quickly and keep
the money Mt home?