Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-17
PLANTERS Will
BACK FORESTRY
BUREAUS WORK
Hope Territory May Raise Suf-
ficient Timber for FireWood :
and Fence Posts
ASSOCIATION MAY HELP
INVENTORS WITH PLANS
Thirty-fifth Annual Session
Comes to Abrupt End lust
Before ! O'clock today

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Labor saving devices were discussed
by the planters this morning. George
F. Renton, chairman of the commit
tee on that subject, leading.
Several members gave their views,
the main question seeming to be
whether It was good policy to expend
much money in developing labor-say-
ing devices.
Mr.. Ewart said the way to obtain Ia
bor-saying devices was to develop the
ideas of practical men. Very often
those having ideas had not means 20
develop them, therefore 1t would be
well IL the association took up the
ideas for development. 81
President A.. w T. Bottomley, at
the end of the discussion, voiced the
apparent sentiment of the meeting as
being that the committee on labor
saving devices ought to be continued
for at least another year
Thurston On Forestry.
l.. A. Thurston} chairman, led the
discussion on the report Of the com
mittee on forestry, opened with an
address in which he told Of tree cul.
tural experiments by various persons
in the territory for the three main
purposes of firewood, timber for vari.
Gus uses and water conservation.
Firewood at sl3 and more cord
on some plantations, as Territorial
Forester c. 8. Judd has called atten-
ton to, was one of the things the
speaker cited to show the Importance
of the subject Reference was also
made to the wood-testing the College
of Hawaii Is prepared. to do. Mr..
Thurston concluded by presenting the
following resolution, which was sec
onded by John Hind:
Offer to Cooperate.
~f3e. Il resolved by the Hawaiian
66eaf f1la4tessa fSsVei1t 1tion, I'm feguf
far annual meeting assembled. that, mi
the opinion of this association it ID
extremely desirable that systematic
and experimentation
should be conducted and the results
tabulated and published for. the pur-
pose OF definitely ascertaining the diff.
ferent species and varieties of trees
which are best adapted, in the sew
eral Islands, districts and sections, for
different economic uses. 4
"For example, trees best adapted:
? Il. For the conservation of water
and the protection of water, sheds;
"2. For the prevention OF sand and
dust drifting;
%. For the production of firewood;
a. For the production of timber.
fence posts, railroad ties, telephone
posts, etc.
"And be it further resolved, and 1t
is hereby suggested. that this Is an
eminently proper field of investigation
for the territorial forestry department
and the College of Hawaii, acting in
conjunction with each other:
"And be 1t further resolved. that
this association hereby extends to said
its earnest hope that
they may see their way clear to ini-
tiatei such Investigations, as well as
to compile all available existing in
and hereby expresses its
desire to cooperate with them In Sc
curing the most complete results at
the earliest opportunity"
"Just Planting Trees
In reply to a quotation by the pres
ident, Mr.. Thurston said he did not
know what the territorial forestry de-
partment was doing except lust
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