The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-23

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Taken by and large yesterday was
the most interesting day OF the session
of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters AS
ISOLATION. There was meeting fun
of interest to the cultivators OF cane
and the manufacturers Of sugar and
at noon the members OF the body vera
guests of the Honolulu Iron Works at
luncheon at the Young. In the after
noon a visit was paid to the Expert
ment Station on Keeaumoku street and
an inspection made of the cane growing
there.
Beside the managers of many of the
plantations. representatives OF all OF
the agents were present and aided in
showing the managers such features as
were interesting.
Vice President Schaefer occupied the
chair at the opening of the meeting in
the associations rooms in the Judd
building in the morning. The first pa
per was one by Forester Hosmer and
was full of suggestions, as well as a
statement of the facts as he had found
them in his visits to the different Is
lands. Among other things he suggest
ed that every manager see to it that
waste and available land be planted in
trees, not alone for the benefit that
would be derived in conserving the
water, but from the revenue-producing
feature. His department is always
ready to assist in any way toward this
end and he remarked that several of
the managers had availed themselves
of the offer during the past year
RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
Resolved, That the Hawaiian Sugar
Planters Association hereby expresses
its hearty approval of the policy of set
ting apart forest reserves, inaugurated
and now being prosecuted by the Ter
ritorial authorities;
THAT it is the opinion of this asso-
citation that said policy should be sup
plemented:
"O BY providing rangers to guard
and protect such reserves from fire,
trespassers and depredation
"(2) BY the initiation of systematic
reforesting of such portions of said re-
serves as are not now covered with
trees;
ildt we HeTtpy pctillOH the lAeBiS>
lature of the Territory to make ade>
quate appropriations for the purpose
Smith said he understood that when
private land was set aside for forest
reserves, such land could still be used
for some purposes, as long as they were
not inconsistent with the forestry work.
For instance, IL plantation gave over
a piece OF land for reserve, could IL
later on plant rubber on it, for In,
stance, and cut down some of the for,
est trees to make room for the rubber?
Smith said that some plantations were
afraid of setting aside lands for forest
reserves. as they thought they might
lose control of them absolutely.
Hosmer answered by reading the
agreement made between the govern
ment and the Haiku Sugar Co, where
by the plantation reserved the right
to make economic use of the land, cut
fence posts, etc.
Smith said that he had had some
thing to do with this, and there had
been considerable difficulty.
Hosmer said that in this case 1t had
been understood that rubber, Manila
hemp and other such plants which
needed forest cover, could be planted
on the land by the plantation.
Smith said the difficulty was to de,
termine what would be the proper eco
nomic use of the land.
Hosmer replied that the establish,
ment of outing house sites In limited
numbers, as was done in the Waianae
reserve, and the planting of other
plants, was allowed
Smith said that he knew of many
Eases in which plantations were watch,
ing the Maui forest reserve matter
with interest to see how 1t worked, be-
tore they ventured to surrender any
and. 1t was therefore well to have a
'ull and clear understanding OF the
natter.
Hosmer said that II the owner wished
% reserve other rights. when he set
lside his land, there would be no OBJ
ections to 1t. These points could be
severed In the contracts.
Smith said that another difficulty
was that the Governor
.ould. with the consent of the Land
take out any portion OF
he government forest land. The OBJ
ection had been made that 1t was not
air that the government could with
raw land from its own reservations
While the private concerns. which set
side land, could not do so.
Hosmer answered that there could
e no improperly In plantation's
utting similar provision in its con,
racts. There was one plantation on
'ahu which was considering a surren-
err of land, but reserved the right to
AXE back such portions as 1t might
eed for homesteads or cultivation.
F., s. Dodge said that while the
'ishop Estate had not entered into any
ontracts with the government It had
reated forest reserves on it's own
ook. which amounted to about $4,000
, $4,000 acres.
T. Give Davies said that he UNDER
TODD that 65 acres OF blue gum at
aauhau. planted Is years ago. yielded
70 cords per annum. He wanted to
now how long this could be kept up.
David Haughs answered that with
llttle replanting this could be kept
p indefinitely.
c. II. Cooke asked II II was the idea
ask the Legislature to appropriate
,r the planting of trees and estab-
ahinp nurseries mr. inst IN fence