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the  First  National  Conservation  Congress  held  at  Seattle,  August 
26-28.  Mr.  A.  F.  Knudsen  and  I were  the  delegates.  We  both 
had  places  on  the  program.  Mr.  Knudsen’s  paper,  entitled,  “The 
Waste  of  War,”  was  read  by  title.  On  August  27  I read  an 
address  on  “The  Progress  of  Conservation  in  Hawaii.” 
Being  a newly  formed  organization  the  National  Conservation 
Congress  naturally  has  not  as  yet  the  standing  or  importance  of 
Bie  Irrigation  Congress,  but  it  is  a body  that  is  bound  to  be  heard 
from.  For  this  reason  it  is  of  value  that  among  the  resolutions 
adopted  on  August  28,  at  its  initial  session,  should  be  the  follow- 
ing in  regard  to  Reclamation  in  Hawaii : 
“Since  the  Territory  of  Hawaii  is  approaching  the  limit  of  its 
ability  to  develop  the  natural  resources  along  the  usual  industrial 
lines  and  would  be  enabled  to  increase  materially  the  number  of 
American  homes  through  a comprehensive  system  of  irrigation, 
we  urge  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  to  extend  the  Recla- 
mation Act  of  June  17,  1902,  to  that  Territory.” 
HEARING  BEFORE  SENATE  COMMITTEE. 
A few  days  after  the  Conservation  Congress,  we  were  enabled, 
through  the  good  offi^s  of  Mr.  F.  H.  Newell,  to  appear  in  Seattle 
before  the  U.  S.  Senate  Committee  on  Arid  Lands,  then  en  route 
on  a tour  of  the  West,  to  present  arguments  and  file  briefs  in 
support  of  the  extension  of  the  Reclamation  Act  to  Hawaii.  It 
is  before  this  Committee  that  the  bill  to  secure  this  action,  intro- 
duced last  January  by  our  Delegate  to  Congress,  and  reintro- 
duced at  the  beginning  of  the  present  session,  is  now  awaiting 
consideration.  The  members  of  the  Senate  Committee  present  in 
Seattle  were  Senators  Thomas  H.  Carter,  of  Montana,  chairman ; 
F>ancis  E.  Warren  of  Wyoming,  Thos.  H.  Paynter  of  Kentucky 
and  George  E.  Chamberlain  of  Oregon.  Senator  Samuel  H.  Piles 
of  Washington,  though  not  a member  of  the  committee,  was  also 
present.  In  him  Hawaii  has  a good  friend,  one  of  the  results  of 
the  visit  of  the  first  Congressional  party.  Among  other  friends 
of  Hawaii  at  the  hearing  were  Mr.  Newell  and  Dr.  McGee. 
At  this  hearing,  which  came  on  August  30,  I read  a statement 
of  reasons,  which  was  later  filed  as  a brief,  together  with  Mr. 
Newell's  report.  Remarks  were  also  made  and  questions  answered 
by  Mr.  J.  P.  Cooke,  who  fortunately  happened  to  be  in  Seattle. 
Altogether  the  hearing  was  distinctly  satisfactory.  We  had  as 
fair  a chance  to  present  our  case  as  we  could  ask  and  while  of 
course  nothing  definite  can  be  said  of  the  result,  we  had  reason  to 
feel  that  an  additional  point  had  been  gained  for  our  project. 
What  we  were  able  to  do  this  summer  is  of  course  but  a beginning 
in  a long  campaign  but  at  least  the  start  has  been  made. 
HAWAII  AT  THE  FAIR. 
During  my  stay  in  Seattle  I was  able  in  some  measure  to  lend 
a hand  at  the  Hawaii  building  at  the  Alaska- Yukon-Pacific  Ex- 
