The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-13
FORESTRY IN HAWAII
PAPER ANNUAL MEETING THE HAwAIIAr
SUGAR PLANTERS ASSOCIATION NOVEMBER H. 1908
By Ralph s. Homsr superintendent Forestry.

no; tbo 6rst island ON which TIE 10.
scrve system has haen bronght 10 com.
,,lat;o,
F
nelerenee 10 tne iores1 reserves
prings up matter IN which tms asso-
Sia'ion py its inhuence ana support may
De Oh material assistance IN strength.
emng the forest pohcy or the Ierri,
tory. AS mas been frequently pointed
out, the primary value of the Hawaiian
forest hes IN the protective influence 1t
$3.50 $3.50, Vn sne M.'e.sneuS VI .ne s'iea , NE
nS eos;a,,i N .sH'Sn Sonsoquens,y
PsS.sa;sn az Wy s,.. Nc so !.
- Sas;aayS,. p.S. 1920 ~, Mn ~
to., Th;s n'nans ,%a, .sa noss,n ,a
n"s 10 nrotaofoS &c. era &C.,, 80 80
.,s 81 fra,,, - sanr,s 20 tsnss ss
IA ,n,,s, No ia 90 ,;,d aoots anS d pJs,
IT, Jnst.s.,,,s .,,'.,i. e. o.. . III
,hs h ue os a.. ,a 90 poss. aae
20 ella. natm 80 ~ ,'a.,;arS ia 4. So So
! saapa;, L. ...;.sa ss "s'o y
short stretcb af serce 90 for eSamn,e
bat,rosn ~. VI -, i' o. ;,, p'e'
LARGO area oftan snoh strp,ohos oe
faneo sho,,i, s.
l. 49,.
,',,;I5;n 70 ,a ps;..is W .nahe ienee
lease To meet such cortin eenc;es and
also to nrovide FOR the fencing Jointly
nv the government and n given eornora.
| ton of certain forest lines. there
should be available an appropriation
| ON which the Division of Forestry could
draw. The amount need not be large.
Five thousand dollars would 90 a long
way in such work. But some money
certainly should he available.
r., s..r.,,. ..s "a ,;,,,,. 49,.
should aIsa Ia ,,ant;a,oa /, .h;s CIV,
naot;on" III ;no'onrat;on 81 aoeu;.a
s',stau 80 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 90 ~ eanaat
r &C., -. sanant .o y, IN AOo 30
Tnsr;..s;ai $50 s0, [@;I ouo y.
~ a." To..;.an;s, 80 70, 800 - ~
w ~
se'on 'ne aPPiop..a.ion ~ aunu, W
e.,n, LII I'LL TO- ia
a U ~ a s o PEI p es. M,
III, ~ ~ u nsn;g $3.50 800. Us. Nos
u unsm yne a am ioes o. iso.ses a.o
faUpe % pio oSoaua.0, an eoia,
a.. !, "a .1 qo".! a
sauoa anu s.s siesPa s 10y 80 a ser
e.ht;, D" en- a.. d. appla " y" M, ~.
9asm my, IaA Wy .s w snen
L han %a' ~ Oh De Ta.. aae VI 'ne siea'es'
penen' W 'ne ieiii'oiy.
In saying this ] do not forget the
excellent work that has for many years
been done by number of the large
plantation companies IN carefully pro-
tecting their own forest lands. nor do
l underestimate the strong continent in
favor of forestry that has made posi-
Bile what has already been accomplished
by the territorial officials. But look
ing TO the future, as 1T is essentially
tne business OF tine Forester TO DO, 1
can not but urge most strongly that
the members of this association, both
collectively and as individuals, exert
; Whatever lnfgence they may have to
secure from the coming Legislature APP
| preparations sufficient for these pur-
poses.
| the second main line OF forest work
IN Hawali IS tree-plantlng. 1t was IN
this way that both the government and
| the private owner began to practice
Forestry IN TINS territory. L do not
need TO remind you OF the good work
that mas been done with increasing IN.
terest FOR the past thirty years. But
DO want to bring home to you all the
| aeslraDliity-nay, the neeessiSy--of do
ing more of it. ,a.
In Hawaii there are four main OBJ
1ects in tree-planting First, CONNER
clai return, be the need FOR posts, rail-
ROAD ties, construction timber or fuel;
second. 70 provide shelter belts or wind
breaks; third, ROADSIDE or ornamental
planting; ana, fourth, to extend and
supplement- the native forest IN sections
where the forest cover Is unquestlon-
apiy OF value as means OF controlling
the rnn-oh and making available for use
larger percentage OF the precipitation
either ON the surafce or as an under
ground supply.
Let me speak of the last-n AIMED case
hrst. AS typical example i have in
mind the EVA basin on this island
Practicaiiy all the water for the plan
tatlons about Pearl Harbor comes from
streams draining the hooiau mountains
or from artesian wells supplied by I'M
foreground wafer from the same source
Inc ram tnat falis on the Waianae
mountains Is important as far as II
goes put IL Is and always must be only
traction OF what results from the pre-