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portation  facilities  with  other  lands  and  harbor  facilities  naturally 
fall  more  peculiarly  within  the  sphere  of  the  Federal  Government. 
There  is  within  the  Territory  lack  of  railroad  facilities,  but  per- 
haps the  people  are  not  prepared  to  encourage  railroad  building 
by  subsidies  or  guaranty  of  interest  on  bonds.  The  construction 
of  needed  roads  will  be  considered  under  the  head  of  public  lands. 
The  princpal  remaining  work  in  the  conservation,  development 
and  better  utilization  of  the  natural  resources  within  the  available 
means  would  naturally  in  large  measure  take  the  following  forms, 
to  which  portions  of  the  fund  above  mentioned  might  be  devoted. 
SETTLEMENT  OF  LANDS,  PUBLIC  AND  PRIVATE. 
This  should  involve  much  more  than  has  hitherto  been  deemed 
to  be  within  the  scope  of  the  public  land  office.  It  should  consist 
not  merely  in  the  surveying  and  the  exchanging,  selling  and  leas- 
ing of  public  lands  and  other  incidental  matters.  It  should  in- 
clude the  study  of  large  questions  of  immigration,  industries, 
transportation,  marketing,  water  supply  and  power,  the  best  utili- 
zation of  private  as  well  as  public  lands,  and  the  working  out  of 
schemes  for  execution  by  the  Government  or  private  owners  sing- 
ly or  in  cooperation. 
HYDROGRAPHIC  AND  TOPOGRAPHIC  SURVEYS. 
A bill  is  pending  in  Congress  for  the  extension  of  the  reclama- 
tion service  to  Hawaii.  A topographic  and  hydrographic  survey 
is  a preliminary  to  reclamation  work  and  should  be  undertaken  at 
the  earliest  possible  date  in  order  to  advance  the  time  when 
reclamation  work  may  be  begun.  That  work  would  mean  the 
conversion  of  perhaps  100,000  acres  of  arid  land  into  homesteads 
and  is  probably  the  only  feasible  method  by  which  homesteading 
can  be  accomplished  upon  a large  scale.  Such  surveys  are 
urgently  needed  for  other  purposes  also.  An  appropriation  of  at 
least  $5,000  a year  should  be  made  for  this  purpose  in  any  event 
and  authority  should  be  given  for  its  expenditure  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  appropriate  Federal  officers,  who  will  gladly  cooperate 
not  only  in  service  but  as  far  as  possible  with  funds. 
AGRICULTURE  AND  FORESTRY. 
Scarcely  any  work  for  the  benefit  of  the  small  farmer  or  the 
diversification  of  industries  is  of  greater  importance  than  that 
within  the  functions  of  the  board  of  agriculture  and  forestry  and 
the  experiment  station.  Under  existing  conditions,  the  acquisi- 
tion and  application  of  scientific  knowledge  is  essential  to  success. 
There  is  need  of  additional  money  not  only  for  the  extension  and 
protection  of  forests,  but  for  the  promotion  and  protection  of  live- 
stock and  agricultural  industries  both  large  and  small. 
