The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-20

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sole object is TO capture the "uneArne
increment should be regarded as q
public enemy-hOStis haLneGRi generiS.
The problem which many have des-
paired of solving is how to attract class
of enterprising white colonists who are
accustomed to do their own work, and
have sufficient capital to establish them
selves az independent farmers. 1t Is this
class of people that has wrought such
wonders in Transforming Southern Cali
fornia.
Inducements offered by Other Countries.
We cannot, as Uncle Sam formerly did,
offer every conner farm. The Mormons
not only did this, but advanced the cost
OF transportation to Utah. Brazil has
employed agents in Europe to offer i'm
migrants lands at a low prlce on long
credits, besides free transportation from
Rio Janeiro to their final destination in
the country.
Some of the states of Brazil have even
offered 20 make advances to the settlers
of cash, lumber, seed, tools, etc., on &C
count, to be repaid in four annual in
StalmentS.
Argentina offers similar inducements,
and numerous colonization societies have
been formed there to assist colonists in
obtaining land and the means of cultiva-
ton.
New Zealand, after having discon-
tinued giving assistance to immigrants
for many years, is now making fresh
efforts to attract farmers with capital
who will be willing to take up and i'm
prove its lands. Arrangements have
Deen made: First, for advertising the
country in the farming counties of Eng
land; and second, for combining with the
I. %, hn rnfn
of passage about one-third.
Conclusion.
The new land law just submitted to
the Legislature, and the admirable
" Report of the Labor Commission on
the Coffee Industry" together contain
the best solution yet offered of the prob
lem how to promote American immigra-
ton of the agricultural class
Upon the solution of this problem de-
ponds the future fate of the Republic,
dom and practical skill on the part of the
as well as the active and
patriotic cooperation of private land
owners and capitalists during the next
few years, to bring it to successful con-
clusion. w. ID. ALEXANDER.
The following are the recommends |
tons of the Labor Commission IN It's re- |
port on the coffee industry:
P. S The Labor Commission strong |!
Iy recommends that Vigorous effort |
be made to induce an immigration to
these islands of farmers now living in |
the United States, who are accustomed
to do their own work, are cultivators of
small farms, and who have means suffi-
cient to tide over the time between
planting the coffee and it's coming into
bearing"
1t is not recommended that this immi-
grafton should be assisted financially by
the Government, but that the Govern
nent shouldsseek out those who may be
desirable settlers, furnish them with full
and advice, and facilitate
their settlement here in every way con-
sistent with their entire personal and pc
:uniary independence. The commission
shows that White men can work in the
ropics," and that there is reason to be-
ieve that hundreds or even thousands
If families will emigrate from the United
States, if encouraged to do so, and that
here are already two hundred intelli-
,ent, enterprising white men, mostly
small proprietors, engaged in the coffee
industry.
1t recommends that an agent of immi-
ration be sent to the United States to
acilitate the emigration of desirable
migrants.
The commission also recommends that
he Government make arrangements to
acilitate the shipment of tropical fruits
o the Northwestern States, by guaran-
eeing freight carriers against Il IS, for a
United period. Finally it recommends
hat such disposition be made of the
'ublic lands that the largest possible
lumber of individual proprietors may
POSSESS it.
The writer would like to inquire what
as become of the Bureau of Inforna-
ion, and to suggest the formation of an
immigration Aid Society.
w. D. A.