The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-08-08
Afternoon Session.

Afternoon Session.
The House re-assembled at :35.
Noble Baldwin thought if the section
should be passed otherwise than in the
bill, it would defeat the bill. The inser-
ton OF a provision requiring land owners
to pay for the survey, etc =, it will block
the bill. Large land owners expose
themselves in selling small pieces to the
risk of unpleasant neighbors. The object
of the Government is to promote these
sales and 1t must do all it can. As land
owner on Maui, / have never thought of
cutting up land for homesteaders. If l
did it, it would only be to encourage
homesteading. The Government is not
going to wass money in surveys, but
only to keep pace with the demands for
homesteads.
Rep. Rickard-I don't see how it is
going to block the bill. This movement
comes from the land owners. Ii the lands
will pay to cut up into bomesteads, they
certainly will pay for the survey. l OBJ
| ject to the Government assuming any
unnecessary expense or risk whereby in
dividuals are benefited.
Rep. Waipuilani-rhis idea of having
the survey paid by the land owners may
/ be pretty serious. In Kona a piece of
| 430 acres was surveyed and cut up into
| 90 lots by Government surveyor and it
cost 81 200
Rep. Kapaehaole - The 4th Section
provides the Government shall advance
the cost of the survey, which is charged
to the party when the land is sold. Can
the Government afford this? Then there
| is the loss of taxation. The land is to
| be conveyed to the Government and the
taxes will cease.
Rep. r. Wilcox moved the section be
postponed. The sum of it was that GER
tain large land owners wanted to get
their land sold, so get the Government to
make the surveys, take all the trouble,
etc., with nothing for the land owner to
do but draw his money. There are more
! homestead lots now than are taken up.
1 Noble Cornwell thought the bill was
drawn up to favor the homesteaders and
land owners. He could see no reason
why the land owner should pay for the
survey. know of large land owner on
Hawaii who has offered some land to the
Government for homesteads. But
know he would not be willing to pay fol-
the surveying if the lands are not sold.
shall vote for the section as in the bill.
Noble Crabbe- Is it intended to take
any crown lands?
| President Walker-No.
The motion to indefinitely postpone
was lost.
Rep. Richards amendment was lost
The amendment of Rep. Marques was
lost.
The amendment of the member from
Lahaina to strike out the word Minis
ter and insert land owner was lost
The section passed as in bill on rising
vote.
Sections 5, 6, Z and were passed.
Section was read.
| Noble Widemann-The whole tenor OF
this bill presumes that land is purchased
by the Minister of the Interior in con
tract. The homesteader buys subject tc
it. If the contract is not fulfilled, what
is his title worth? The man has paid
say one half of the price. He can mort
gage, it is said. Who will loan any
money on such mortgage? 1t will not
be worth shucks. The intent of the law
is good, but it will be worthless as it is
Minister Brown moved to strike out
Sec. 8. Carried,
The title was read and passed. The
bill passed to engrossment, and Tuesday
was fixed for the third reading.
Second reading of Bill No. SO to in
crease the duty on coffee from cents to
cents per pound. The report of the
Committee on Commerce, recommend
| ing the passage of the bill with certain
words struck out, was read.
| Rep. Kapaehaols moved the bill pass
to engrossment, as amended by the
committee.
| Noble Widemann moved to read sec.
! tion nv section Carried
| Noble Widemann moved that the
words in Sec. "not having treaty
with this Kingdom be stricken out
also, the exception of coffee plants and
seeds. We do not put duty on the
plants, and it is not worth while to put
the words iri for four or five pounds OF
seed.
Minister Brown supported these
amendments. The Importation OF coffee
plants was forbidden anyway on account
of the leaf disease.
Nep. Nawahi asked if we had such
good coffee here as not to need any i'm
ported plants.
Noble Widemann explained that he
had tried to get seed from Liberia, al
though we had very good coffee here al
ready.
The amendments were carried and the
section as amended passed.
| Rep. Brown moved Section be strick-
en- out, as it is entirely unnecessary.
Carried.
Section 3 was read.
Noble Widemann thought We were by
treaty bound to give twelve months
notice. He would amend to make the
bill take effect in thirteen months.
Noble Muller moved it pass as in the
bill.
Noble WideRann thought we ought to
do it right while We are about it. Any
firm ordering coffee from foreign coun-
try before notice of the law reached
there, could have its coffee introduced
free OF duty. That is either statute law
or made law by the Supreme Court.