The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-24

Isur passed increzsfrx the anauuf q lard
Alcn Eaay bg taken I'D u this way frDr
sixteen 20 Effy 4eFES This wiH give g
each hoz1&zres1er eneneh land 20 insnre
hsn q good cToo. s1d perDft tie raising
of fcod Supplies upo1 bis ouE lands.
Marx MS statement and this subiect
Eiii - distressed later fz sBch czses.
lloueveT. ! shall ~ only the homestead
lease fsee1-yezT lzwJ. for IN ny opinion
there i 10 ofber way IN which the lznds
nay - held for the peopie- lWhzf kind
Of peoples1 II there j. an ordinary par-
chase lease only Short tine VIII elapse
before the entire Amount 81 sugar land
vii b in the hands Of the planters tits
there now OF courne the plantations
cannot bold this land in f.. bur there
vii y found many ways 70 get srou1d
this point lIbeAe WAYS have already
been found And men with an interest
IN the estates viii - found ready % Bug
the lands. (TbeT have already hsen
bought ! End thar the Hawaiians
themselves are ready 10 believe that the
form Of homestead lease i the best for
then t1eS. they sometimes wake up
When they get hungry and ind everything
gone III we WHO Is -Ue"Ef gire the
average native man a piece Of land. he
sails II the dav after be secures title.
wis not sell itf He never makes any
use Of Il while he has Il before obtaining
title. It is a nositive injury to him when
be has to begin paying taxes on it, This
Of course. j. not true Of the lafteT-day
Hawaiians. for they are acute in BUSINESS
and are not inclined 70 ALLEVIATE the lands
they NAV bold (Quite different over here
on Hawaii. 1ne old natives are reason
ably Industrious. frugal. and can generally
he found Soler and at home. cultivating
IN a rude way their little fields but these
lstter-day saints are OF no use on EARTH
They have no business or employment ex-
cept drinking sviIes. loafing and occa-
si0nally missing disturbance For this
reason the homestead lease is the most
appropriate at this time. for II the lease
is entered into for family there IS moth
ing in the way Of the heirs surrendering
the same and the purchase lease being
substituted This does not mean that
leases are given only 70 the Hawaiians.
for all are treated alike. and many Amer
leans are taking up the lands"
Stick a pin here. MANY Americans
are taking up the vacant lands Does
the Commissioner undertake 20 tell the
public that many Americans are taking
ND the vacant lands IN blocks of sixteen
acres on the 900 year lease plant On this
I give the Commissioner the allowance
Of being misinformed. otherwise ! do not
believe IT, | viii admit thlt in all prob
ability the Commissioners knows the Ha-
NHllAfir kEtAtt AlALU Ib III III IT,
He may know what they will do and
what they will not do. but on the other
hand I claim to know the Americans
better than he does or ever will and il
he can succeed in saddling Americans on
sixteen or even fifty acres of land in Ha-
waii on the 900 year lease plan / will
take hack all / have said about his lack
Of experience I will admit he is as
smooth as velvet and exceptionally quail
fed for delegate 10 Congress or for ap-
Dointment as the next Governor of Ha-
wall. | will add. in advance, that while
he is demonstrating that it can be done
he will not only earn his salary hut il
should be doubled. IF the Commissioner
can show me an American who has taken
sixteen acres of public land in the last
FIVE months since he has been Commits
sioner. | will show YOU a jay" | want
his photograph. If there is such fellow
look ont for him He is not taking it
for his own use or benefit and to comply
with the law There is some trick about
il or else he is not in his right mind
If I am any good at guessing. there will
be a hot time in the old town" before
oil the public lands are disposed of on the
800 year plan. If Americans take Is
acres for 900 years and have to live on
IL oil their lives as the law requires it
will not be for lawful purposes. No
doubt. il will be for the purpose of salt
ing gold mine and afterward making