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The result of this law is that after seven years' application 
American steamers are withdrawn from the service, owing to 
their inability, in spite of all the protection, to earn returns 
upon the capital invested. The service between this port and 
the mainland is rapidly retrograding. Steamers flying a for- 
eign flag and taking only the mails continue to make a profit 
and touch here constantly on their way to and from the main- 
land, although deprived of any passenger or freight traffic. 
Free communication between these islands and the mainland 
in every available manner is essential to commerce and trade 
and will be one of the principal means to prevent Hawaii from 
becoming in any way alien in disposition or composition. 
" Another illustration in point is the application of the pure- 
food law, under which honey that polarizes to the right is held 
to be an adulterated article. There is an aphis in Hawaii that 
abstracts juice from the leaf of the sugar cane, and the bees, 
unable to accomplish any such results, steal from the aphis the 
product of its labor. Thus much of the Hawaiian honey (not 
by any means all) when taken from the hive and out of the 
comb — made by the bees themselves — will polarize to the right 
and is therefore classified as an 'adulterated article.' " 
"In the field of positive legislation the greatest needs are 
sufficient appropriations for the Federal Departments in Wash- 
ington. 
"The supply of water should be measured. The United 
States Geological Survey is willing to aid, but its funds are 
restricted and already allotted. 
"We need effective assistance in forest work. The Forest 
Service supplies experts to assist private individuals and cor- 
porations on the mainland ready and willing to devote the nec- 
essary amount of money to this work. But Hawaii, although 
paying her full quota to the Government, is too far removed 
for the limited resources of the Forest Service, and yet in no 
part of the United States is this work of greater importance." 
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"Efforts have been made to induce the proper Federal ser- 
vice, in cooperation with the Territory, to take up the question 
of a survey of the water sources of Hawaii, both above and 
beneath the surface. 
"In islands like these, water limits the production of wealth. 
Practically all the low level land to which water can be taken 
by gravity is in use. To increase population and production 
water must be conserved, its waste avoided, and its most 
economical application provided for. The most intelligent use 
of the land and a wise land policy can only result from the 
study of correct data, and thus the assistance of the scientific 
departments of the Federal Government will prove one of the 
greatest benefits arising from annexation. 
