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water  further  down  the  stream  and  return  it  to  the  land  to  be 
irrigated. 
WHAT  HAWAII  SHOULD  DO. 
If  the  Territory  could  make  a small  appropriation  contingent 
on  the  expenditure  of  a like  amount  by  the  Federal  Government, 
results  could  be  obtained  much  sooner  than  when  everything  is 
left  to  the  Government.  The  appropriation  of  even  a small 
amount  by  the  Territory  shows  the  members  of  Congress  and  the 
officials  in  Washington  that  the  people  here  appreciate  the  work 
enough  to  put  up  money  of  their  own. 
On  the  mainland  in  irrigation  works  where  private  land  is 
developed  the  Reclamation  Service  enters  into  an  agreement  with 
the  private  owners  to  the  effect  that  their  land  will  be  reclaimed 
as  part  of  the  whole  system  on  condition  that  after  the  water  has 
been  brought  to  the  land  they  will  dispose  of  it  in  small  tracts 
to  actual  settlers.  A similar  scheme  could  be  worked  out  here 
to  the  mutual  advantage  of  the  Government  and  the  private 
owner. 
A further  point  is  that  an  appropriation  by  the  Federal  Gov- 
ernment would  be  much  more  likely  to  attract  the  favorable  atten- 
tion of  desirable  settlers  than  if  the  development  was  simply  an 
island  affair.  The  fact  that  the  Federal  Government  had  under- 
taken the  work  or  cooperated  in  it  would  give  the  people  con- 
fidence. Whenever  a new  reclamation  project  is  undertaken  the 
newspapers  are  interested  and  the  magazine  and  other  writers 
come  to  the  Reclamation  Service  for  information  and  photo- 
graphs. The  Service  furnishes  them  with  pictures  and  informa- 
tion in  regard  to  the  project  which  these  men  write  up.  It  is 
good  advertising  and  accomplishes  more  than  would  the  expen- 
diture of  thousands  of  dollars  for  paid  advertisement. 
Hawaii’s  advantages  need  publicity. 
Afs  a matter  of  fact  we  must  not  forget  that  the  American 
people  have  not  yet  discovered  that  Hawaii  is  a Territory.  No 
man  comes  to  the  Islands  without  feeling  the  most  intense  pleas- 
ure in  the  Islands  and  the  people.  The  question  is  how  to  get 
more  people  to  come  here.  As  soon  as  the  people  learn  of  the 
Islands  they  are  coming  here,  and  are  coming  to  live.  But  we 
want  men  who  have  money  enough  to  live  comfortably  for  sev- 
eral years  while  they  are  getting  established  here  and  who  will 
not  have  to  struggle  while  waiting  for  returns  to  come  in.  There 
are  many  of  the  best  kind  of  citizens  going  to  Canada  to  take  up 
those  wheat  lands.  They  have  money  to  start  with,  but  they  are 
going  out  of  their  own  country.  Many  of  them  would  be  glad 
to  come  back,  but  they  do  not  know  where  to  go.  The  problem 
is  to  let  these  men  know  where  and  what  they  can  do  in  another 
part  of  the  United  States,  and  that  the  Federal  Government  is 
interested  in  seeing  them  well  established. 
