The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-08-15
Frrrr,AL IMPORTANCE OF SMALL
uo HOLDINGS FOR THE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
.a,s the Social Science Associa-
/ inn Nv SANFORD B. DOLE
(Concluded.)

~ tOUlANA ANS@''
Instance Of the probable large
on Of arabic lands held by, pri.
ties | will refer to the district of
n the island Of Hawaii. The
S. rent has IN this district, besides
rrps laid out as homesteads,
lalO acres of coffee land, and yet,
mates Of good authority, there are
1000 acres OF coffee land, all OF
mrsde Of the 3 745 acres already
i private and crown land.
1ber parts Of the islands are large
sIyng waste or devoted to grazing
need only the intelligent applica-
lapItal in the line OF the develop
dtheir resources of water supply
opposes Of irrigation. something
he proposed plans of the Oahu
w and Land Company, to have
ngket value, and their capacity
sporting inhabitants enhanced
rbd
aalhe necessary details of a COM
gsive land policy as outlined in
Upper, need say but little. The
Eences Of other countries in this dl-
sa are full Of suggestion and infor-
ea for Us in such an enterprise.
In satisfied that our homestead law
m comprehensive enough for this
q 1t haS furnished the Government
4ae experience, and has provided,
Experimental stage, which the last
aal period may be called, 2l3 per
18th hOmesteads, which numDer is
equally divided between native
'lIans aud foreigners, the latter
'Fsng mainl, Portuguese, and An.
ISIols IN the proportion of three tC
ne homestead law under the vigor.
ADMINISTRATION OF the last bieunia
al has been d ing a work OF meal
que Value and seems to have beer
!! we'll, and ii no advance on it
90 Is made, it will continue to be, i
As'Atly carried out, an importan
Y % the social problems of the fu
II, however, is limited to furnish
s4uiS Oh not over twenty acres in ex
~ Dry land and two acres in we
except In two districts on Maui an,
sl % hawaii, where the holdings ma
"atfeS IN extent, The opportunit
@9alflng possession to a twenty acr
~ IL many parts OF the islands woul
y very strong inducement to d
N pSllg man, especially one with
@pNal, even it the soil was salts
~, aad 1t is desirable in such
s,,n p s.s Is the one proposed to gain a
settlers N''lers Of this class as possible.
49,, %vOaes therefore a serious ouestio
T. I "a, i would be better to make til
III 'iCy an enlargement of the Oh
- ,t " the Homestead act, and
's.sea, 'I ias act accordingly, or to let tt
s6hs iaN remain as it is, to continu
|tr S, uetnSehcent work upon it's som
], Do humble scale, and carry out tt
ssl.ta T., Independently of it and
d v ~SG Impression is that the latt
s3tr i !, ~ Tend to some confusion, al
aey Tou me carrying out of the ne
scv i tba eventually prejudice
Ia, IN aT present one; it might, no
tssir s ";Inout a loss OF the advantas
aa, Ib sa'n e under it. 1t seems, mo
AGcy, s"ot Il a comprehensive la
u !, De adopted, it should Sq rs ins
sabisbs5 uevelopment of the systt
Mn I'D; oy our present hom-ste
s ea The Di n case the work would
qssp u 81 momentum of the " exist
Vi ali r oi =. De its natural outgrov
etadsisdlttss good features presery
hhs r 0Cas approximately cratic At
ahl d ip ID. may be referred to as
Il Sel nj. 'HtCISSL IN IIS t. L. L
sasr Cro, 70 encourage the occupa,
ssps, Ebs 0%9 lands, by settlers in sn
! bas sD59 ss6 an agricultural II, no S1l
saqltfv i ~ rapidly acquired, plac
@aoqiesyI IN mt the healthy political al !,
@a Iarpa TUndltion of a commuI
saagjog 81 ~ Proportion of its menu n
Seas; 10 5o a I;and-owning and cult cult
oaot Say 1b NV, large this proportion
u s"At sb.s o9t = a lew figures will 81
&isd bosa it is, in this par rite, a
seis. IT, S'N New South Wales
aasse colonies have mad,
at thu Of a rural populate II IL
Ssr sv4 isIT In New Zealand, n
=. sriou s'a aS by grazers whose ser !
h. eoaauy, ''"cle TO the best gre
'''''''i'a Of New Zealand