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fence off and efficiently protect the areas of native forest from 

 which come its supplies of water. From my knowledge of the 

 Territory I am positive that to incur the expense necessary to 

 get such work started is in every case a good investment. It is 

 for your own interest, gentlemen, that I ask you to give these 

 subjects thought. Forestry in Hawaii is not a matter for any 

 one man or set of men ; it is one that in its results affects us all. 

 The purpose of conservation is so to use the natural resources 

 that first and foremost we ourselves may derive the fullest benefit 

 from them today, but also that we may then pass them on, unim- 

 paired, so that those who come after us may continue to enjoy 

 the same benefits. Let us, here in Hawaii, look to it, each man 

 on his own land, but all working together to a common end, that 

 every one is doing his part to conserve through wise use the most 

 important of our natural resources, the forests and waters of 

 Hawaii nei. 



