The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-19
ALLAN HERBERT'S VIEWS.

Editor Advertiser: Now that We have
Jared Smith with us to establish an ox-
pertinent stauon to teach our natives
and others how to plant and what to
plant" 1t is of importance that we
should find suitable and available land
to plant thereon cabbages and turnip-
! tops; or to put our andless people in
possession of their legitimate rights.
1t Is of importance to this Island that
the truth Should he told, and as honest
men we should not he afraid to tell 1t,
as to the opportunities for small indus
tries OF diversified agriculture
Small holdings of land for horticulture
viticulture and agriculture is certainly
matter We are Interested in and upon
which the future of this Island depends
II we desire Statehood.
Were l not from habit of writing and
want of education quite untitled for
writing for the press and public, l might
do myself and the subject justice; but
this is a subject that would almost make
the dumb speak.
l shall therefore have to content myself
with stating n few facts as they have
come under our observation.
In calling public attention to this home
stead matter | desire that 1t should be
known that | lave no private aims to
be affected thereby, nor have | any anil
mus whatever, as l have passed three
score and ten and am amply provided
for. My only object Is to do what little
good | can on my way. l am particular
ly anxious to do what little good | can
for the natives l have nothing but the
happiest remembrances of aloha and
kindness from the high and low during
the thirty years l have lived among
them.
l have for all these years taken n live
ly, and | hope practical interest, both as
citizen and as Government Commission
er of Agriculture and Forestry, and have
introduced and cultivated tropical trees
and plants in ample variety. | have
worked to improve and conserve the nat
ural forest and streams OF these Islands.
Having laborcd for years in this matter,
/ naturally protest against the wanton
destruction of our forest by fire, AK and
the indiscrminate pasturing of cattle. l
desire to make one more appeal to our
people and LeGislature-one more cry in
the wilderness-for If something is not
done at once to preserve the small rem
nantS Of our once beautiful and noble
forest, it viii not be long before it will
share the same fate as the poor natives
who once lived In the fertile valleys and
sea shore of the Islanus!
/ have been a successful cultivator OF
the soil in these Islands FOR the past
twenty-five years, and, Laying had leis-
al observation as well as my enthusiastic
delight in the subject itself, which has
ghtcucd my labors in exploring our ma
tive forests, | may also he permitted to
say that | am quite familiar with almost
every tract of Government land on the
Islands, ana will from time to time try
to describe them, their location, climatic
conditions ana their suitability for va
rlous products
three tracts of Government or crown
lands containing an area of 4L45j acres;
one OF these tracts called "Lualualei,
contains an area Of 14,72 acres. The
present lease expires in August, 1901, or
in less than four months.
As the present lessee has had this land
since 1851, or for nifty years, for less than
three cents per acre, there can be no
Injustice in having this LAM divided mp
into small holdings for our homeless peo-
pie.
This tract without exception, Is one
of the most valuable OF Government
lands on Oahu. and SURPRISES any other
for richness and fertility of soil. Ten
thousand acres or this land should be
reserved hy our present Legislature as
Government forest reservation, and
the other 4,773 acres divided up into
small homestCRds ~ from ten to twenty
five acres each. on this land there are
now five or six hundred acres under
sugar cane, where the Weld is said 20
be enormous. on the remaining portions
would grow almost anything Surface
water can be nad now that the small
Easulrne engine Il SO inexpensive ANA
simple. This land aitoius Wanuae ON
the EVA sid, and has a frontage ON the
sea ~ I'VE and onc-hulf miles. The rail-
road, Government WAGON road ana tele-
phone line run through this land II Il
ono hour or less from Honolulu nv rail:
the sea bathing Il grand We hundred
thousand coronuui trfrH could he plant
cd In the sand on the west side ~ me
railroad which could produce m say
six years 81 each iu nuts Tint n what
lindrrman on Kauai receives from
his curoHnuiH AZ ne Years Old THO
rtony rIdgrs can hr ~ pted with siFnl
aloss ana other flher plants
have uH lime ur SPACE 90 describe
the other tract but Il Is hoped that
enough hnH been said o. form az intsili,
gent Interest what o county Walanas
would make. n wahiaNH las a pnpula-
ii1n ~ cay il. on ito afrrs. Wuianas
county nuHhi 90 have larger shlte
population ihAn li0nolulu
~ vas iAs writer's gooi fortune 90