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essary  to  follow  them  up  continuously,  even  ruthlessly,  and  of 
course  without  regard  to  boundary  lines.  A few  good  moun- 
taineers could  finish  this  work  in  about  six  months  if  the 
forest  was  so  fenced  that  no  more  cattle  could  wander  in  to 
replenish  the  stock. 
The  public  owns  two  splendid  forests  in  the  Koolau  range, 
the  Waianae-uka  and  the  Kaipapau  forest  reserves.  There 
are  at  least  a dozen  ownerships  involved  here  besides  the  gov- 
ernment. Surely  in  cases  like  this  it  is  up  to  the  government 
to  undertake  and  carry  out  the  work  of  extermination. 
An  example  of  the  policy  for  fencing  on  the  lines  of  least 
expense  can  be  had  in  the  district  of  Waimea,  Kauai.  Here 
a large  area  of  forest  land  lies  between  the  Olokele  valley  and 
the  Koaie  canyon.  Both  these  canyons  are  natural  barriers, 
and  cattle  cannot  cross  them.  There  are  no  tame  cattle  now 
on  or  near  this  forest  land.  Yet  it  is  full  of  wild  cattle  and 
the  dense  forest  constantly  receding.  The  only  practical 
access  to  the  forest  land,  the  road  over  which  the  cattle 
traveled  to  enter  the  forests  in  the  first  place,  is  over  the  gov- 
ernment land  of  Mokihana. 
The  actual  forest  is  about  thirty  scpiare  miles,  of  which  only 
four  or  five  at  most  are  on  private  land.  The  boundary  runs 
inland  through  rough,  boggy,  inaccessible  country  for  all  of 
eight  miles.  Would  it  ever  be  practical  or  business  like  to 
maintain  a fence  line  under  these  most  expensive  circum- 
stances for  the  sake  of  a small  area,  from  which  the  owners 
make  no  income  from  the  cattle  any  how?  From  this  same 
area  come  the  large  Olokele,  Kahana,  Mokuone,  Waialae  and 
Koaie  streams.  From  all  of  these  the  water  brings  in  great 
incomes. 
By  a concerted  action  all  this  area  could  be  protected  from 
further  inroads  by  tame  cattle  without  the  expenditure  of  one 
cent  for  fencing.  The  additional  expense  to  the  government 
of  eradicating  the  cattle  on  the  private  land  would  be  hardly 
appreciable.  It  would  be  much  less  than  the  proportionate 
amount  of  land  added.  If  the  public  forests  of  Waimea  dis- 
trict are  protected  now  the  forest  will  be  on  the  increase  by 
1920,  when  the  leases  are  up.  If  nothing  is  done  till  then  the 
destruction  will  have  gone  so  far  that  nothing  will  restore  it 
naturally.  What  is  the  use  of  having  men,  like  Mr.  Newell, 
visit  us,  if  we  are  going  to  supinely  waste  what  can  be  saved 
without,  him.  Yes,  if  we  actually  waste  the  resources  with 
which  we  hope  to  get  the  now  waste  agricultural  lands  re- 
claimed from  comparative  uselessness.  The  forest  land  is 
the  only  hope  of  the  arid  lands  below. 
