The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-18
LAND AND SETTLERS.

We have considered the facilities
which oahu might have under "a wise
ly directed lard system FOR the -.ri ,a.
of the small proprietor. but this is nu-
all the story. There are other Islands
OF the group. each one OF them affurding
n most diversified field for the minor
forms Of agricuture-plnces which. Ike
the Kona district OF Hawaii can pro-
duce crops of exceptional quality and
quantity for which a profitable home
market exists. BY no means is all the
land adaptable for sugar. Much Of II
Is good for staples of a widely different
sort. BY changing attitudes the prod
ucts most in requirement here. that is
to say, those of the north temperate
zone. may he raised and there is land
enough in the public domain for the
purpose. All that Is lacking Is the abo-
lition or modification of the baronial
lease system such as has proved to
be the curse of Ireland and has not,
save on sugar lands, been Of any special
advantage to this group; and the open
ing up Of land in small tracts under
some system of pre-cmptiOn We do
not favor competitive bidding on large
tracts with even low upset price to
start with, for ii usually happens that
the rich get the land and leave it in
the hands Of Japanese to cultivate IN
lazy way while the proprietor holds OF
In anticipation of rise of values I'M
der which he Jnay sell. No new coun
try was ever well built W in that way.
The poor but Industrious mar needs to
be encouraged and given a chance be-
fore such a country can prosper-some
10, 4 30.
every inch of It, finally. having com
piled with the usual conditions of resi-
dence, acquiring a patent from the
The good that would flow from such
q policy is manifold:
Frst-Tt would steady the social con
enlarge the responsible middle
class and leaven the electorate, which,
as it stands, is in need Of closer fell
lowship with American ideas.
Second--It would Duild up large
towns on each Island. thus giving peo-
Pile. however far removed from the
older centers of the group, tho enjoy |
nent and advantage Of urban condi
ions.
Third-It would make the cost Of liv-
ng cheaper. Because of thousands
md tens of thousands of upland acres
wing idle or merely used for grazing
he price of vegetables, fruit. eggs. |
poultry and green truck" is from two |
o four times more than it is in San
francisco. The best celc"y my be |
aised on some of the ISLANDS, yet we
import celery at % cents bunch from
ian Francisco. Eggs, poultry. butter.
otDtpaS bhnpp an, fruitc onr,r
rom there: though the small proprie-
or, if given a chance to produce them
n this soil. would do so at n cost that
you'd enable him to make cheaper liv-
ng for others while making good /
wing for himself
Fourth-1t would prepare Hawaii for
tatehoOd. II is the unwrtten law not i
o admit territories as states yhere an
lien sentiment sways a great part OF
he electorate. That IS why New Mex
70 and Arizona, where Mexican 3enti-
nent is yet strong. nave knocked in
ain at the doors of statehood for a
Fifth-Finally white mon of Amcri-
an citizenship are needed 20 nurse and
preserve white American institutions
Iere which may, without them become
in"ed with alien ideas and preiudlces.
Let us not be like the s'outh was be +
ore the war and is to some degree yet
a b.arony of vast estates, with servilc I
abor and the middle class white man
t discount. Let us instead. be lie
he North, where Americanism l. the
ominating note and where the small
ropretor is the most familiar and use
III factor in the common citizenship