The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-10-23

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II would appear injudicious to use q
n cane lands for anything else but q
the raising of cane, but there are u
u large areas above the cane lands u
u that are available for develop q
u ment for other uses. Fred u
u erick Newell, Director of UAS. s
4 Reclamation Service u
IH
asaaR ERRaa assSa Il
Frederick II. Newell, director of the
United States Reclamation Service, who
came from Washington to investigate
the water supply and government land
situation in Hawaii, appeared before
the Board of Agriculture and Forestry
yesterday afternoon and spoke informs
ally concerning the result of his obser'
vations on the islands of Hawaii, Maui
and Molokai. One of the principal
items in his address was the statement
given above concerning cane lands and
their utility to the, community. Con-
tinuing his reference to cane lands as
above quoted, he said: ~
! sFor instance, take the pineapple
business here. 1t looks very promis-
ing. When the development of the
business permits, no doubt there will
be strong organization of the grow
ers who must find market and then
protect it. 1t looks as though there
would be a very large and growing in
dustry. Commercially it is like every
other industry. 1t should be thorough
ly organized and the market held by
a combination for protection"
Mr.. Newell spoke generally of the
reclamation work on the mainland and
his hopes for the same sort of work
in these islands provided an appropria'
ton was secured through Congress. He
said that in the conservation work in
the Hawaiian Islands, he hoped he
would be able to have the Reclamation
Act apply in the Territory. At present
it applies to specifically named states
and territories, thirteen of the folmei
and three of the latter. The public
lands of Hawaii approached county ter
ritory and are not exactly in the same
category with lands of the same nature
} ON the mainland. He had hopes that
some provision might be made to apply
the Act here in the near future.
Excellent Opportunity.
"Mr. Garfield was so greatly impi ess
ed with the opportunities in these is
lands that he wanted me to come herr
and get acquainted, in the hope tina
the next Congress would discuss islant
matters,'' said Mr.. Newell. "You hay,
excellent opportunities here and thu
, Governor and his advisers have begun
, to work out sound scheme of reclama
. ton.
"What we need is greater knowledge
of the conditions, the water supply, it
storage, together with full knowledg
! of the forests and the means of pro
tecting and extending them. When W
get all this knowledge / have hope
4 that funds will be available to put tina
knowledge to practical use.
"Conditions here are in striking con
r trast with conditions on the mainland
Y You can afford to spend more in recla
nation on a small area because tn
returns from the lands are greater.
see no reason, why, after we study thi
matter properly and leases expire o
! lands now used by the plantations t
have some reclamation work done S
n that they can be opened up. Lands d
/ not have to be given out at once. Hol
I them and utilize them for the protec
o tisn of the forests"
o Water Going to Waste.
.. Mr.. Newell said that in Waipio va
il ley there was a vast amount of waite
~ and much of it was going to vast
u 1t looked feasible to govern much Q
II this supply. The difficulty would b
is to get reservoirs. He said he was Of
10 timistic as to what could be done Their
n Before coming here Mr.. Newell ha
many erroneous impressions Of the i
It lands and he found since arriving this
y he had to go over all the ground agai
II There were many reports sent out fro
- Hawaii about conditions and opportun
a ties but much data that might
lie given in these reports and which q
G. outsider wants, are omitted. He hi
found that there were apparently e
cellent opportunities for developmel
= on small scale of lands that will star
high expenditure to put them in shat
N for later subdivision.
Root of All Evil.
"Water, not money, is the root of 4
ar evil; it makes more quarrels thu
or whisky" was his epigrammatical SUI
T. ming up of discussion of the neeessi
no of controlling supplies so that the wat
. could be used to the best advantages
ly reclaiming lands in general. 81 hope,