The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-11-14


- is brighter, step lighter
and voice better. The President and
Mrs. Dole returned on the Kinau yes
terday morning. Miss Dole remains
over q steamer. Curtis 2. Iaukea is
also home again.
The President has spent on the ISL
and of Hawaii seven weeks. During
that time Mr.. Hatch has been at the
helm in Honolulu. The executive
sought rest and had q most beneficial
vacation. Mr.. Dole has really been in
harness all the time. He was looking
into the needs of the big island and
making a practical study of the land
question.
"In some respects" said Mr.. Dole,
sour present land statutes are ex-
tremely faulty. 1t is true that L am
preparing an act that is intended to
be comprehensive. There will be at
least three ways in which settlers may
secure lands. The law will cater to
actual agriculturists and every pre-
caution will be taken to preclude all
opportunity of speculation in Govern
nient tracts.
"First, there will be available farms
OH long lease, with the option of pur-
chase at the original appraisement.
These holdings will be under one hum
dred acres.
"For the especial benefit of Hawai-
ians and of foreigners of small means,
there will be provision for homesteads
that cannot be alienated. These
with a %
long as the family exists, then, or if
abandoned, they will escheat to the
Government. These tracts will be
twenty and twenty-five acres. That
| is ample for a small family. Indeed
| it will afford them a residence, fields
| for cultivation and a pasture as well.
s'The third method of acquiring land
will probably be by cash purchase.
| Small tracts will be offered.
"On all the islands the land is rich
and few acres is equal to large es-
tate i'm any other country. One safe
| guard in the law will be reservation
| by the Government of road rights
| with the stipulation that there shall
| be no claim for damages. Timber
reservations will be established for the
| purpose of conserving the water sup
ply. o.-
'tHawaii," said the president, sis
very large island. 1t is rich IN
resources and Will reach a mar
velous development in time. Its
! opening has been retarded from
| the lack of roads. In this direction
| the island has been neglected. Some
work is being done now and more Is
contemplated. Hawaii is entitled to
/ a greater allowance than an account
ant would give in dividing the fund
for public improvements. In some
places the country is extremely
rough, again the forests are dense as
can be imagined. In many Localities
the lava flows have made travel next
to impossible. One man who estab'
lished himself twenty miles from the
coast paid more for the overland car
lriage of lumber than the first cost
1 f"Settlers are coming into Hawai-
= all the time. Most of them turn theil
Attention TO coffee. Irish potatOe:
are produced extensively on the isl
and. The coffee planters are very en-
thusiastic and sanguine. One of then
said 10 me that he would net $500 al
acre. With the wild trees the bust
ness has been profitable and all de-
clare that with proper cultivation
heavy returns are assured
President Dole was we'll received
every ywhere. At Olaa, Waimea anC
other place, he addr. ssed the native
on their request. He talked to then
of the opportunities of the land an'
of the NV regime III the Govern
> ment The President was asked If i
was true that all who refused TO tak'
the oath of allegiance were to be dis
possessed If their proper ty. The.
have been told this. Some astOniah
ing falsehoOds concerning. polite
have been sent from Honolulu to tn
other islands.
The President attended Cabine
meeting yesterday and was down tow
a few minutes. At his home III tn
afternoon and evening there were
number of callers.