The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-19

fully request that inform and that allow the
correspondence to be made public
The essential points the forest policy of the
administration may be thus summarized:
First: For the continued welfare and development of the
agricultural interests of this Territory which the
pery of the depends is essential that ample
Second To accomplish this end through the protection
of the watersheds and the conservation of the rainfall forest
reserves ere necessary ard essential
Third The forest should include all land which
cannot be economically used for other than for
well such other needed the
water supply OF permanent existing industries.
Fourth: In negotiations with the Government for pro-
posed forest if the of the forest land largely
and primarily benefited by the reservation the Government
has then the right expect liberal especially
should this be the when the available OF Govern
en lane IN that neghborhood are to be set aside for forest
reserves
must be decided on It's own merits
Sixth Under the Interpretation of the Organic Act by
the legal adviser of the administration leases public
be extended and all Government sold
outright or leased must be put up at public auction
Seventh: The administration willing to consider
changes of land fee fee lease such
exchanges must be basis of value, not of
change large of wild land for town lots vice
Very respectfully, 1,ae,
Superintendent of Forestry.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER HONOLULU, HAWAII.
Ralph S Hosmer, Superintendent of Forestry Territory of
Dear SwYour letter Of October 2o forth clearly
concsey the points of forestry policy of
this administration, and heartily approve of making it
public
questions that has arisen is owners
they more certain that reservations will be maintained
for all time and that your board would
the of your bureau of the Government.
(signed) very ''nes'e e < k0o oARrER Governor.
Oct. s1st 1904.
Hawaii Honolulu T. H.
Sri have the honor acknowledge letter of this
morning relative the forest policy of the administration
In accordance with your suggestion have drawn the
following statement of Of the why the Board
the Government than under private control
of the shall be the hands of trained
professional forester whose sole duty is for the
forest interests of the Territory It is only reasonable
expect that trained and equipped better fitted
undertake this work than those who foresters
ag and whose interests he other dss
Second: BY bringing the management of the forest
serves under central authority their administration IS
smphed and made vastly effective the carrying of
definite policy made possible task difficult if not in
urnountable where number of Diverse say conflict
ing interests involved and by being department of the
if framed by individuals could not be made binding
Third considerable of the lands within the limits
of the proposed forest private ownership
and subject the shifting opinions Of various individuals
that the s by sd efn aad
will have small effect in causing the other to do
likewise, thus insurng the extension of the reserves over
larger areas protection places
it might not otherwise be possible
Fourth: While the forest reserves are created primarily
for the protection of the important sheds they
without derment this end be made to other useful
purposes WELL if properly managed under competent SUI
pervson by permanent staff To meet the objection that
the would lose
which could be used clause could be
inserted in the deeds of transfer for surrender providing that
the Of the land stated share OF
derived and reservng him the right extend such
eations provided always that the work be undertaken and
only with the approval and under the supervision
of the Superintendent OF Forestry In the unlikely OF
change in the forest policy Of the Territory the private
STIMULATING that if the land be subsequently used for
other than forest that hereupon
original Restrictions of this character will
be agreed to by the Board.
Fifth: Under Government control permanent service
up of trained in forest work who,
being well equipped for their routine duties could also
general though indirect benefit such
planting of waste barren which because of its
because of requiring considerable time for
completion, likely to be done by individuals.
Sixth: Forestry national policy has been practced
century in European countries In the United
States adoption but today is firmly
ntrenched policy it is in Europe Within the
of