The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-05-20

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pfDTyGes far the G3sk5eSa ssssFTIssyFs u sfss
laf2s sugar Estates into ls&sSsaGiass -
from FIVE ~ sVenty Of thirty aefes
eaEsy, aeeDfaiag ~ healthy. These
leas@fgoiGs are ~ Ds taken up ~ Fss~
sstJas5g;e IztsGFeFs WHIT With ~ make a
home Tor themselves, and ags ready ~
make the letllDQ ~ sNeh home de-
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au1 enterprise. Such le4sEfIolos could
iss leased for a term " five year,, with
pfOpeY conditions that would secure
the interests NJ the company owning
the mill, aud MT operate against the
interests VI the industrious planter.
These leases should he renewable for
Il sect8id term VI five year,, c0ndi-
tf0pai ~ course upon mutual aatlsfae~
lion ~ interested parties. At the ez-
piFatloH III this renewed lease, the
planter becoming attached ~ tbs land,
ana the nilisOWuer recognizing the
reliability VI The tenant, the land, II
owned by the company, could be
decided over ~ the tenant, or IL on "a
long lease, could he released for the
fail term. Whether rental, II any,
should bc charged remains for further
consideration. II would undoubtedly
be wise n fix small rental, ~ be
paid out ~ the proceeds ~ the crop
which SUM could be- placed ~ the
credit ~ the tenant ~ bc forfeited by
him in case lac reiinqnishcd his lease,
snd ~ be returned To him in case bs
remains and becomes ii permanent
settler ON the estate. This would
hardly prove too expensive an induce
menL for tho mill-OWncrg ~ offer r.
planters, considering tho value Of per-
inanent settlers on the land, engaged
IN eanc-grOwing.
Such u system would greatly stimu-
late production and lessen the farming
expenses ON each ton NJ sugar. More
cane would be produced per acre, and
the cane would doubtless yield q
larger percentage Of sucrose. The
planters labor would be more profit
ably aud inteiligently directed be-
cause his interests would be bound up
In two-fOld degree In the results d
e--hil-i tadtIsLru-- Ia would haze eon.
n larger annual income, and Of aT
ownership In the soil. Where plan.
tntiOns own leases Of Crown lands, Il
Is altogether probable that Legislation
could be had that would give tenant
under this system Il quitaclaim dec
~ the land occupied by them up h
"a certain number 0f acres. Thi
might be M outright grant. AS Fl
early days, In view ~ long residene
ON the land, or IL might be Mt pric
equal ~ tho amount ~ tho rental ~
the ten years Of occupancy. The for
msr, IN view Of the desirability Of on
gOufaqing small farmers, might prov
the wiser plan.
IN favor ~ the system, thus brief
simpler aud f1ore permanently adyaf
tage0us 81 the sugar interests, an
more desirable for the country 9
large. IL 10 simpler. Everything
dependent on the industry Of I'll
planter. His own interests are 4
bound up In tho results Of his labor q
10 prove ~ constant spur. The acqu
aiti0n Of home for himself an
family, aud the certain provision Il
old age, Will b8 permanent incet
tive, The plantation company wi
be 80 interested financially In iii
fruits Of his labor as to leave I'll
laborer undisturbed, 40 long ms ii
ndvnntageOusly serves his own II
torests.
This scheme h. moro permanent
advantageous TO the sugar interest
inasmuch M it does away with Oh
unsatisfactory elements In the planti
ton system. The management
labor h reduced To minimum. III
friction now existing will largely di
appear. The financial loss on accotii
of frequent changes of laborers, an
on account Of unintclligent labor,
Of labor not directly Interested In |
product, viii no longer occur. III
manager or cane inspector, who's
being relieved from the haraasing d
tails That now consume 30 mut
Vitality and lend to 80 many compl
cations, could give more attention
scientific farming aud create pre-
tige for himself among the planto
that would advance experiments lool
Ing TO the financial bettorment Of a
concerned
This lonsohold system OF cnnc-gro,
ing is more desirable for the counti
ut large, inasmuch M it would off
attractions To the elements In ol
population which 10 ~ most desirab
To retain among u.s. The family IL q
unit OF genuine Industrial welfare, +
II provides tho clements OF permnt
cuco aud Of rcclperntlon aud of Wit
Helf-interest. The low-class labor III
c0ntcntedly exists In plantation bn
racks and never makes homes, won
loo stranded, and that, too, greatly
tho financial advantage OF our plant
ton Interests, II proper indueemen
should be- offered, and proper proto
ton be guaranteed, to tho Lahore
who want TO mako homes for thef
selves on land that they have n rc
Nonable chance o. acquire and hold
their own right.
That the loaschoid ayatem W
prove attractive 10 the most intel
gent labor In our population there ct
ne but little doubt. Men with Eur
penn blood In their veins have alwa
ana everywhere been willing 10 [,
hnrd aud long to win homes and nj
vision for old uun Tho toko, ~