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local  catch  phrases  is,  I think,  that  of  Walla  Walla:  “What 
Walla  Walla  wants  is  YOU/’  What  Hawaii  needs  is  that  we  all 
get  together  and  work  to  bring  about  such  a condition  of  things 
that  we  can  stand  on  an  even  footing  with  our  friends  on  the 
mainland  and  be  able  to  offer  to  prospective  settlers  an  equally 
good,  if  not  a better  chance  in  Hawaii  nei.  Unfortunately  we 
cannot  do  that  now.  Economic  conditions  here  are  not  yet  ripe 
for  the  immediate  influx  of  a large  number  of  American  settlers. 
But  through  the  intelligent,  consistent  and  continued  application 
of  the  principles  of  Conservation,  backed  up  by  an  ever-increasing 
public  sentiment,  Hawaii  may  one  day  hope  to  be  equipped  ade- 
quately to  play  the  part  that  unquestionably  waits  for  her  in  the 
great  world  drama  of  the  Development  of  the  Pacific. 
THE  TERRITORIAL  WATER  SUPPLY. 
Address  delivered  before  the  Hawaii  Branch  of  the  Woman's 
National  Rivers  and  Harbors  Congress,  September  22 , /pop,  by 
W.  C.  Mendenhall: 
“The  term  ‘Conservation/  unknown  except  in  limited  circles 
five  years  ago,  is  now  on  every  tongue.  The  national  move- 
ment for  which  that  term  stands  was  unheard  of  by  the  general 
public  before  the  Roosevelt  regime.  If  by  accident  its  quiet 
although  sturdy  beginning  came  to  the  attention  of  our  ‘prac- 
tical’ statesman,  it  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  infinite  number  of 
Utopian  schemes  born  each  decade  and  dying  at  birth.  But  this 
movement,  founded  on  a wise  foresight ; standing  for  the  applica- 
tion in  national  affairs,  and  to  natural  resources,  of  the  simple 
principle  which  every  business  rrtan  applies  in  his  own  business 
affairs,  and  by  which  every  wise  housekeeper  uses  in  the  manage- 
ment of  her  own  household ; made  instant  appeal  to  the  common 
sense  of  each  individual  who  came  to  understand  it ; and  so,  from 
an  obscure  movement  without  influential  support,  it  sprang  under 
the  vigorous  championship  of  Theodore  Roosevelt  and  his  friend, 
Gifford  Pinchot,  into  national  prominence  and  quickly  became  a 
great  national  issue.  Five  years  ago  our  lawmakers  had  not 
heard  of  it,  or  having  heard  of  it,  ignored  it ; now  they  recognize 
it  as  a force  with  which  they  must  deal  and  its  supporters  as  an 
active  body  of  practical  idealists  who  will  be  heard.  The  question 
is  no  longer  one  as  to  whether  conservation  on  the  whole  is  wise, 
or  whether  the  movement  is  to  go  forward  at  all,  but  rather  as  to 
how  rapidly  its  tenets  shall  be  enforced,  how  many  of  its  prin- 
ciples shall  go  into  effect  now  and  how  many  of  it  were  better  to 
postpone  until  public  sentiment  is  riper  or  until  business  interests 
shall  have  adjusted  themselves  to  the  swiftly  changing  public 
attitude  toward  the  rapid  exploitation  of  irreplaceable  natural  re- 
sources. The  change  in  sentiment  in  this  respect  is  already  great. 
Certain  masters  of  industry,  not  long  ago,  regarded  as  models  of 
