The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-20
FOR WHITEMEN
What Hawaii Offers to
Them.
A Magazine Article Full OF Points for
Intending Settlers by a
Former Resident.

3. S. Goodhue. NJ. D., appears in tn
/ Anglo-American Magazine for Janu
airy:
lie inducements Hawaii has to offe
TO a prospective white settler depenC
largely upon the sort of man who il
TO consider them, and upon the condi
lions that surround him where he lives
If his home climate agrees with hin
and his family; if he is satisfied anC
making a living: if. in other words
there is no reason WHY he should 81
anywhere else. he had better STAY
where he is. At least, there are NJ
inducements for him in Hawaii. Blu
if either he himself or a member Of nj!
household suffers from the effects of Z
severe climate; if he is thoroughly
Jred Of long, cruel winters, tornadoes
and various other climatic inclemen.
cIes of his State; IL he is scarcely max
/ ing enough one season to provide fol
/ the next; if, indeed, he is going some
I where, why should he not go to Ha-
wall? 1t is a long distance away from
America, but it doesn't seem far when
you get there.
The lands of the islands are held in
various ways, some being leased out
to private individuals and corporations
for long terms. Many Of these lease
and grants have not yet expired. and
may give the Government trouble Just
as the old Mexican grants did in Cali
fornia. The following land cOnces-
siOns have been made: TO Parker. on
Hawaii, 1888 acres; TO G. G. Harris,
on the same island, 1928 acres: to c.
Spreckels, on Maui, $4,000 acres; to c..
X. Bishop. on MOlOkai. $500 acres.
and to Messrs. Sinclair. on Niihau. 6I,-
O3S acres-an aggregate of 353.714
acres. 4 reckoning of the various
tracts, including those held by the Gov
eminent. former crown lands and so
forth, shows a total of 1000 acres
There are now, exclusive of grants.
about S2S 900 acres of Government
land. Since 1893, there have been some
$4,000 acres disposed of by the Gov
eminent to homesteaders The crown
lands that have become the property Of
the Government are valued at s6.00O.-
600.
The larger portion Of this land is
either arabic or fir for pasture. and
much of it is very fertile. Some tracts
are protected from the wind, like those
or Nahiku and Maui, and are suited to
coffee growing; other tracts are better
tA'AA teNh " SGlt4 dl ldIIIIE. SUEl dS
fruit and domestic produce Again.
large areas are fit only for cattle rang
es. Many Of the gulches which appaar
almost inaccessible are ideal spots for
rice growing or for coffee. water being
easily prOcurable. A time will come
when all these valleys. now so largely
cultivated by Cinnamon. will be open
ed TO white men. In one OF these beau
tltul, sheltered valleys. by his own
vine and hg-tree, the average American /
FARMER would think himself in Para
disc. The largest acreage of available /
land is on the largest island, Hawaii: /.
but Maui IS being surveyed and opened /
NJ. and so are Oahu and Molokai.
The Government tracts on Kauai are
comparatively smau. 1t is hard to get
and there. Plantations and private
individuals own the right of way. and
hold on to il with a tenacity peculiar
o the tropics. Il is virtually fmpossf-
DE to buy there for money. or for any,
hing but influence. The Government
las done all it could for the settler but
{ cannot Immediately undo the re-
suits Of the perniciOus policy Of the
Ormer Government. II is true that
ONE OF the best land is owned by plan
atoms and by wealthy persons. The
'enius of the monarchical native Gov
'rnment encouraged this aggrandize-
nent. For instance, the Waiakea plan
alton on Hawaii has 10000 acres leas-I
a Tor twenty-four years, and not far
rom Hilo is a 54,000-acre tract leased
or four years less.
But lands in some of the best dis
riots in Hawaii are being sold to bona .
ne settlers; to the gaps on the slopes
III H4InQrgla and
eVeraI white residents have already
one. The Lanai ranch IS to be sold.
large estate on Molokai has lately
one TO ruin and, unlike the crumbs at
ne rich mans stable. may fall into the
ands Of the man of small means
ne Is there in time. Lovely ManOa
alley, on Oahu, goes into coffee very
bon. am told that in the KOolau
ap there is an ideal section for coffee, &!
e soil being rich, protected from the
md. and with just moisture enough
resident Dole has taken the initiative Y
nd has set a good example by plant
Il a coffee tract. I shouldn't wonder ii
he would go to Maui and work the
ace himself Like Cincinnatus he
ay want to retire to his farm. There o
no doubt that in time water will
: secured for the various dry sections Y
land situated on the leeward sides "
the islands ~
It is surprising to see throughout tho N
lands of Hawaii what a number OF il
nall farmers there are. INTELLIGENT
hite men who have begun to cultivate O,
cir holdings. They seem encouraged Y,
ideed, the small farmers are the ones n,
ION whom the country will largely de- a,
ma for its prosperity. In every other n,
'untry they supply the substantial 7
'nefits Of the land. while large cor :,
'rations are giving a necessary i'm -
'tus to barter, that is. showing prod
e along. But the corporations are
ally only go betweens, carriers of
from the source of SUNNY ~
the center Of demand. WeaIfbv re
indicates and individuals are indie pr
ndent Of local affairs: they NAV and m
go far of to buy. They can frporf 10
nat they wish TO consume. II tbav so VIC
sire, their business may be carried
by their agents while they them de
ives remain in foreign lands. This Fl,
YES a country a name; it hires men ";
"a pays them wages: il keaps the
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