Evening star., 1896-09-26
Special COrresIA ndence of The Evenin,, Star.

The Independent. of course, abuses these
men as worthless renegades. animated only
by desire for office. 1t represents that
the large assembly gathered by de-
sire to enjoy the ample hospitality of the
wealthy planter. or drawn In through his
personal influence the man of power in
that region. 1t cannot, however, be doubt
ed that the minds of the native people have
been gradually undergoing a most favor
able change toward the government. They
cannot always be misled by the British
whites, who have been systematically
filling their minds with prejudice. Both
Mr.. Dole and his chief associates in the
government have been long and well known
by the native people as their constant
friends and sympathiZers. The president
has for years given arduous labor to the
perfecting Of homestead system, by
which the now many landless natives
should be supplied without cost with de-
sirable farms.
HOmesteads.
Upon this subject of homesteads the pres
ident makes most of his public discourses
v hen on tours like the present one, setting
forth to the people the system and Its ad
vantages, and endeavoring 10 induce them
to avail themselves thereof. Mr. Dole also
is at pains personally to inspect the tracts
proposed to be set apart for homesteadS.
Last week he visited very desirable dis
trict In kula, high up on the west face Of
Haleakala mountain, where many Portu-
guese as we'll as natives have taken up
HOneStedQS, anu are SucCeSS1ull producing
potatoes. corn. cabbages, etc, as well as
preparing coffee patches. This week tic
president is taking the rugged overland
route of forty miles to Hama across a series
Of frightfu ravines. in order to inspect cor
| tain uplands believed to be desirable for
| homesteads which are in that rough but
| moist and fertile district Roads will have
| to be constructed few miles inland from
| the landings at coveS, where the steamers
will call
That mountain side is steep and inter-
sected by frequent torrents. many OF which
| have worn out deep chasr's containing
| grand cascades. For any che who can
stick the back of 4 mule crawling up
and dowr. the steep, ZigZagging trails deep
| 1y channe!ed and full of rocks. up the sides
| of ravi1es from 20o TO $40 feet in depth. The
| grand and lovely recesses of those noun
| tain depths. clothed in richest verlure. well
| repay all the hardship. TIE president is an
| athletic ,ider and tramper. Accidents oc-
casionally send animals over the prccipices,
usually by mi sstep. but have known ot
! no rider heing killed.
The last casualty of the kind which I Ie-
| mcmba~ was when dozen or more young
men anu women had toured over and
| through the great crater and around the
| splendid ravine region of seventy mics.
| When nearly through. and near the top Ht
| the big Hcnomanu canyon. morse per-
| versely stepped up upon the narrow grass
| ridge outside of the rocky trough of the
| steep trail. The animal instantly slipped.
| ard. after a momentary struggle. plunged
| q 200-foot precipice upon the rocks OF the
shore. The rider was lovely young iaay
The Young man behind her was an athletic
horseman, and sprung his beast forWa ard in
time to seize her by the waist as ne" horse
plunged to his doom. The cavalier had
long bee her hopeless adorer. Her am
| tions had been set elsewher" he Won
gratitude but not love She married an
other-hardly better man. One is glad tc
| know that the young fellow married wei
afterwl ard and Is making his way well up
; ! ward In life.
AS intimated above the great man of tbs
/, | rich East Maiu sugar region Is Henry Z
Baldwin He is now worth perhaps s20n
! COO chiefly in sugar plantation stock Bain
, win is a son of one OF the ahlest OF me oia
missionaries. born and educated entirel!
| here Being poor. he started in at planting
, cane and learning to boil sugar. Like
. Joseph all he did prosperAd. and. afte
! some four years apprenticeship, in 1859. III
went in with his wifes brother. the nov
well-known s. T. Alexander I'm persona
, charge of the then small Paia plantation
, This grew under Raldwin's successful man
, agement and is now a first-claSs affair
, After many years S. T. A. retired from
, active plantation work, and Baldwin tcol
; on the Hsiku plantation adjacent, and ha
, run both for long time.
Irrigation.
Baldwin and Alexander were tn
, pioneers of irrigation on East Maui. Il
: 1879 they constructed the great Haik
/ ditch. which tapped a number Of the copi
| Gus streams in East Hamakua, and led tn
5 water some twelve miles out upon tn
!. ! somewhat arid section of Haiku and Paia
Some twelve ravines were crossed b.
:, syphon pipes of thirty inches diameter ,re
: and from 200 to 1000 feet in length. TIL
:. builders of these came from the Californ
0 mines Several thousand acres of previous
! ly unavailable land were thus made pro
| ductive.
Within two years Col. Claus Spreckei
got possession of the great arid Wailuk
p plains. and opened another ditch OF thric
| the capacity, lower down, ana reachln
| larger streams farther east, as well a
| taking the waste water of the Haiku ditto
= streams. Baldwin and Alexander were tn
| pjoneers and but for their showing tn
-. way. undoubtedly many years would nav
ELAPSED before any capitalist like Spreckel
n would have noted the possibilities of tn
e situation. Spreckels failed TO secure goo
q management, and. while Baldwin flour
o | ishe,l Spreckels' big Hawaii Commerce.
8 Company with far superior conditions ra
Y ruinously behind for many years, and tn
II stock was worth next to nothing. Spreckel
n tried hard at one time to hire Baldwin a
e manager, offering him so5.Go salary. bu
e I'm van. They could not have worked to
= gether.
y Baldwin is a man of very choice spiri
: aud character. Utterly plain and mas
g suming, quiet, pleasant and courteous. 0
1t ahsolut. integrity and conscientiousnes:
e he carries org, clear head. and the grea,
y est steadiness and determination; HIS sue
Y cess has been uninterrupted in all his Srea
IS sugar enterprises. His last one. Makawel
# gave him some trouble. but he pu!le
4 through in fire order. Tslis is about tn
n largest plantation in the islands, intende
n for a l5,uOO-t.n crop Some $i310Oo wer
n expended in conducting the water of III
o great Hauarere stream by heavy engineer
o ing works out upon the arid Makawe
II plain of Kauai. Costly milling works wer
S. erected, and cane grown. Much over
n million had heen expended, vixen the NJ;
IS Kinley tariff removed the duty on susa
N and or planters were I'm the soup" Th
d wss hard on Makawet, and things locke
Ie dark All is right now.
= | ArmleHK.
Baldwin had a strange and somewhs