The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-04

survey of the Hawaiian Islands Is
among the things shortly TO be expect
ed, was received by Governor F'rear
Yesterday in a report by James I. Tay-
Tor and C. II. Kluegel, two of Hawaii s
delegates to the Irrigation Congress
which met recently in Sacramento.
The report of the Congress, though
necessarily but summary of its pro-
ceedings, is interesting and is herewith
given in full:
Oakland, Cal, Sept IA. 1907.
His Excenency ". F. Frear. Governor
of Hawaii, Honolulu. T. H
Dear Sir: We beg to report on the
Fifteenth National Irrigation Congress
as follows:
The Congress was opened at Sacra-
vnento, California on Monday, Septem-
Der the second, and continued In daily
sessions TO Saturday, the seventh inst
The official program of which copy
Is enclosed was carried out, with some
changes and additions. On the Open
ing day addresses were made by the
chairman Hon George E. Chamber
lain, Governor of Oregon; Hon. Chas.
W. Fairbanks, Vice President of the
United States, and the message Of
Theodore Roosevelt was read by Hon.
Clifford Pinchot. the personal repre-
sentative of the President.
.sTo the officers and members of the
National Irrigation Congress. Sacra-
mento, California. gentlemen:
II send you hearty greetings, and
my earnest wishes for the fullest sue
cess of your convention I congratu-
late you on the progress Of the great
movement you represent
There is no movement more empha-
ficalIy for the benefit Of the small far
mer and the small ranchman. There
IS no other way to assist the actual
settler and home maker who owns and
fills his own land so powerfully, as
through this movement of yours for
the wise use and preservation of the
waters and the forests. The Reclama-
tfon Service and the Forest Service are
directly adapted TO help the small man
make and maintain prosperous home:
and they are doing it. These services
were recently inspected on the ground
by the Secretary Of the Interior and
the Secretary OF Agriculture. who have
them in charge, and congratulate you
on the high standards of integrity and
efficiency they have attained. II is a |
matter of sincere satisfaction to learn |
that you will not confine yourselves to |
questions of irrigation and forestry, nor I
even to the control. use. and conserva-
tiOn of streams, vastly important as
these are 90 every citizen Of the Uni
ted States. I am glad TO know that
you will give attention also TO that
problem of which forestry and irriga-
zion and water conservation form but
a part, the fundamental problem of
the conservation of all natural re-
sources
1.-The work of the government along
the line of this greater problem cam
not be made effective without the ap-
prevail and support of the whole body
of citizens.
by educa ting, guiding and crystallfZ-
ing public sentiment in this direction,
by bringing the needs of the people
clearly and forcibly to the knowledge
of their representatives, you are rend-
ering a service of the first importance
to the Nation as whole.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
In conformity with a resolution
unanimously adopted to send a tele- 5
gram to President Roosevelt thanking
him for his message to the Congress !
pC1SoAA1A SP0HESAAeNH, [lA~
ford Pinchot, the following was trans
united to Washington. D. c.: !
your splendid message read by !
Clifford Pinehot is deeply !
appreciated by the members of the !,
Fifteenth National Irrigation Congress :
and I am directed by unanimous and +
enthusiastic vote to extend TO you the :
thanks of this body. The Congress 3
meets under most favorable auspices
with the largest and most representa- 4
tive attendance in the history of IlTi- :
cation Congresses and promises to be
Of great value to the country as a G
factor in the wise development of our \
splendid resources of forest lands and
waters. \
ID. H. ANDERSON. ;
Secretary Fifteenth National Irriga- Ii
ton Congress- Y
The entire sessions of Congress were "
marked by the great interest mani- r,
ested in the addresses and friendly c
discussions Of all matters pertaining to
be reclamation OF the arid lands and
he preservation of the forests and
evelopmert and protection Of all pub
c resources for the benefit OF the peo-
lie of the United States, and also or .-
lacing the same under the control of
ae Federal government.
Much work was accomplished by the
arious committees and especially the
.esoiution committee. as all resolu-
ons introduced into the Congress
ere referred to the Resolution COM
littee.
Hawaii was represented on all the
,mmitfees-
The final report of the Resolution
I'm rr1irr1.s r-cr ali
g the resolution on the protection of
le beet-growers of America. These
iejects Of the protecting the beet
towers, with the reduction of duty
! lumber imported from foreign coun-
les. being matters affecting the tariff,
ere discussed at sength on the clos
z day Of Congress, but no action
ken, believing that the greatest pos
bic good would be derived from the
ork Of the Irrigation Congress, with
L considering matters directly affect