Pamphlets on Forestry in Hawaii, Volum 1

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1906
 

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Side 93 - We urge the continuation and extension of forest policies adapted to secure the husbanding and renewal of our diminishing timber supply, the prevention of soil erosion, the protection of headwaters, and the maintenance of the purity and navigability of our streams. We recognize that the private ownership of forest lands entails responsibilities in the interests of all the people, and we favor the enactment of laws looking to the protection and replacement of privately owned forests.
Side 91 - Conference assembled, do hereby declare the conviction that the great prosperity of our country rests upon the abundant resources of the land chosen by our forefathers for their homes and where they laid the foundation of this great Nation. We look upon these resources as a heritage...
Side 92 - We agree that further action is advisable to ascertain the present condition of our natural resources and to promote the conservation of the same. And to that end we recommend the appointment...
Side 91 - We declare our firm conviction that this conservation of our natural resources is a subject of transcendent importance, which should engage unremittingly the attention of the Nation, the States, and the People in earnest cooperations.
Side 69 - JOHN D. PARIS. In and for that portion of the District of Kona, extending from the land of Hookena to and including the land of Kaawaloa, TC WHITE. In and for that portion of the District of Kona, extending from the land of Kaawaloa to and including the land of Kahaluu.
Side 92 - These natural resources include the land on which we live and which yields our food ; the living waters, which fertilize the soil, supply power and form great avenues of commerce ; the forests, which yield the materials for our homes, prevent erosion of the soil and conserve the navigation and other uses of...
Side 70 - ... to so use them as to conserve them. No effort should be made to limit the wise and proper development and application of these resources; every effort should be made to prevent destruction, to reduce waste, and to distribute the enjoyment of our natural wealth in such a way as to promote the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest time.
Side 93 - ... fully utilized for every purpose. We especially urge on the federal Congress the immediate adoption of a wise, active, and thorough waterway policy, providing for the prompt improvement of our streams and the conservation of their watersheds required for the uses of commerce and the protection of the interests of our people.
Side 92 - We commend the wise forethought of the President in sounding the note of warning as to the waste and exhaustion of the natural resources of the country, and signify our high appreciation of his action in calling this Conference to consider the same and to seek...
Side 74 - Hawaii of the soil survey conducted by the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture.

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