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station  and  through  lines  of  scientific  work.  A large  industry 
can  do  things  for  itself,  but  many  small  industries  find  it  hard 
to  combine  and  act  together.  The  government  often  must  act 
for  or  with  them.  A great  deal  has  been  done,  a great  deal  is 
being  done  in  this  respect  through  the  Hawaii  Experiment  Sta- 
tion,— of  which  probably  Doctor  Wilcox  will  speak, — through 
the  Bureau  of  Agriculture  and  Forestry  and  in  other  directions. 
The  Federal  Government  is  helping.  It  contributed  $30,000 
last  year  and  $35,000  this  year  and  will  contribute  $5,000  addi- 
tional each  year  until  in  a few  years  it  will  contribute  $50,000 
a year  for  the  College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts.  It 
is  contributing  for  the  Hawaii  Experiment  Station, — at  first 
$15,000  a year  and  gradually  increasing  it  until  it  will  soon  be 
$30,000  a year.  It  is  helping  now,  as  I have  said,  also  in  for- 
estry work.  It  is  helping  in  other  lines  of  work,  but  it  expects 
us  to  do  our  part.  Hawaii  has  generally  taken  an  advanced 
position,  as,  for  instance,  in  health  matters  and  in  school  mat- 
ters and  it  has  grown  in  political  ways.  It  is  taking  hold  of 
these  scientific  matters  in  connection  with  agriculture,  but 
more  should  be  done.  As  little  as  possible  should  be  spent 
for  the  actual  machinery  of  government,  so  that  we  may  have 
more  to  put  into  these  other  things  which  will  add  to  the 
material  prosperity  of  the  country.  There  is  a great  deal  that 
can  be  done  yet  and  at  comparatively  little  expense.  Probably 
an  additional  $100,000  would  result  in  the  saving  or  the  mak- 
ing of  millions  of  dollars  for  the  small  producers  in  the  very 
near  future. 
I have  talked  longer  than  I intended.  I have  talked  in  a 
general  way.  Those  who  follow  me  I hope  will  speak  in  more 
particular  ways. 
The  Chairman  (Mr.  Shingle)  : Professor  Ralph  S.  Hosmer, 
the  Territorial  Forester  and  also  chairman  of  the  Territorial 
Conservation  Commission,  will  be  the  next  speaker. 
Mr.  R.  S.  Hosmer.  Mr.  Chairman,  Members  of  the  Leg- 
islature of  Hawaii,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  : Governor  Frear  has 
said  that  the  four  main  classes  of  natural  resources  are  forests, 
lands,  waters  and  minerals.  The  investigations  of  the  National 
Conservation  Commission  during  the  past  year  have  shown,  as 
the  Governor  has  also  pointed  out,  that  many  of  these  re- 
sources are  not  inexhaustible  as  we  have  fancied  in  the  past, 
but  that  the  end  of  the  resources  of  the  United  States  is  in 
sight  unless  steps  are  taken  to  adopt  far  sighted  and  compre- 
hensive plans  for  their  proper  management  and  wise  use. 
Therefore,  conservation  has  become  one  of  the  paramount  pro- 
blems of  the  hour,  one  in  which  Hawaii  has  a peculiar  interest. 
There  are  few  places  in  the  world  where  the  principles  of  con- 
