The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-21

, lOsNrg tits d. 1913. . s. .
And Be it Further Resolved, and IL
Is hereby suggested, that this Is an
eminently proper field Of investigation
for the Territorial Forestry Depart.
ment and the College Of Hawaii, acting
in conjunction with each other;
And Be It Further Resolved, that
this association hereby extends to said
organizations its earnest hope that they
may see their way clear to initiate
such Investigations, rs we'll as to com.
pile all available existing information,
and hereby expresses its desire to CO.
operate with them in securing the most
complete results ut the earliest oppor.
tunity."
Specific Purpose Trees
Chairman Thurston spoke at length
on this subject.
"lf the organizations named will
undertake the Investigations and COM
pilation suggested, che said,' IL is
earnestly believed that in compare.
lively short time the cause Of econo.
mic forestry in Hawaii will receive a
strong progressive impetus, and that
tree planters will be led to plant more
intelligently, and for specific purposes,
instead of "just planting trees"
"If you will do this il will be a
radical step in advance. Heretofore
the cry has simply been "plant trees, -
without caring what the wood is good
for or whether il is good for anything
at all. Water conservation has been
and should continue to be the first con
sideration but it is not everything.
Expert Advice Needed
| IGThara ara fa,.v YNaranna IN e
who have given this subject sufficient
study to enable them to give expert ad-
vice, and do not pretend to be one of
these. Unfortunately this phase of the
forestry problem did not present itself
for special consideration in this report
until it was too late to make exhaustive
inquiry to secure all the available in.
formation upon the subject, but the
views of three men whose training and
observation entitle them to speak with
authority, have been secured and are
presented herewith, viz. those of the
territorial forester, c. s. Judd, a grad
uate of the Yale School of forestry,
and long a member Of the federal forest
service; of L. Won Tempsky, manager
of Haleakala ranch, and for many years
a ree-planting enthusiast, and of Da.
vid Forbes, manager of Waiakea plan
tatiOn, a trained forester and creator
of the Kukuihaele forest reserve, one
of the most successful private reserves
in the Territory.
1.-THE views of these gentlemen are
presented herewith, and speak for
themselves. Interesting and valuable
as they are, however, it is suggested
that the subject hereby presented for
consideration is so important and far.
reaching in its consequences, and there
is such a variety in the climate, soil
and conditions in Hawaii, that a care
full, detailed, systematic and cortinu.
QUE Investigation of the subject should
be made by competent authority, and
the results tabulated and published
from time to time for the information
and benefit of all inhabitants of the
Territory,
cit is therefore suggested that this
Association put itself on record as ad.
vocating and supporting such an in.
vestigation.
Making Clean, Sugar
The report of the committee on
warehousing and storage of sugar was
considered read and adopted, none OF
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present. Clean sugar comes out OF
clean factories and will keen any
where" was the burden of the song
throughout all the reports.
j. NJ. Ross said that "much has been
written about the particular forms OF
warehouses best adapted for the stor
age of sugar, their location as to pre-
vailing winds, etc, all of which is un
l Ion knlI Al L..
towards the better keeping of our SUI
gars while in storage. But if sloppy
and dirty conditions prevail in any fac
tory, sweated sugars may be looked for
no matter how perfect the design anc
construction of the warehouses may be
cit should therefore be the pride an,
ambition of each departmental heac
in the factory to Guido his neighbor il
the cleanliness of the special unit he
is directly responsible for. We keenIy
contest with one another to keep dow
our manufacturing expense, each striv
ing to Outlo his neighbor towards tn,
unit cost per ton of sugar manufactur
, ed.
Any manager or factory superin
tendent who tries to economic on hi
manufacturing expense either il
| Scflm ping III dlSlnfectantS or In laDO
in handling mOps and scrubbing brush
: es, is erring on the wrong side of thu
ledger. The fixed stations around
factory are always provided for by tn,
departmental heads; therefore the man
ager or superintendent should see to i
that the scavenger or sanitary crew
is Always able to cope with the work
otherwise he will find that the keep
ing qualities of his sugars are not ~
to those of his more careful neighbor. =
Hind-ogg Dry Plume
The Hind-Ogg mechanical fume re
Gently invented jointly by John Hin,
and James Ogg has been given a thor
ough tryOut at Pahala. John Wat
told the managers that he was presen
during the entire test. "This is tn
best and most effective device / hav,
ever seen for loading cane, - he stated
Renton Hind announced that the Ho
nolulu Iron Works are manufacturing
tweve sets of this dry flume. A demon
stration will be made on one of tn
plantations near Honolulu during Feb
mary and March, concerning WhicI