The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-06-07

Ipoi',, ~ ibc Government and country VI
(which We have become hu integral part
no q policy dilmetfieniiy opposed to that
which obtained w this community ia the
Ipnst SWING ample promise W future
far this Territory o. the frui'ion 81
which We may al look forward rlth the
most hopeful anticipauons
your committee IL ss,onlshcl 60 hnd
IN this report total absence OF data "
q reliable character relative TO home.
stcada and homcsteadcrs portion Of
our population. In the welfare OF which
the community at large Is deeply inter
ested and which II mnnlfestly within
/ the sphere and in a measure under the
supervision Of the Commissioner Of Az.
riCulture. The only reference to home
stcnds We find II on page .. under the
( head OF diversified industries" where
/ IN a page and half OF rambling disscr-
tation the accomplishments OF the Wa
hiawa colony are set forth II seems tn
your committee that IN matters OF this
character what is needed and essential
to creating public opinion and interest
In any subject. is to direct attention To
liz 10y extended use Of tables setting
forth the various facts IN connection
with the subject
such tables should show the cost of
production, manipulation preparing for
market and marketing These should be
made mp entirely from actual experiences
of homesteaders IN conducting their ag-
ricultural experiments These tables II
systematically persisted In would from
year to year be a reflex of the success or
failure OF homesteaders in various enter
prises to which they have given their
energies such tables would furnish the
legislator with that absolute information
which is necessary properly to Judge of
the requirem .nts of given element In
the community. Your committee has
frequently felt the need of just such in
formation as could be obtained from ia
bles of this character, as no doubt have
other members OF the Legislature. 1t Is
true that in some departments OF the
Government tabulations are a feature or
their reports, but even those that have
been made could well be extended and
deductions drawn therefrom, which
would be extremely valuable to all PEE
rusing the same. That which has been
done merely emphasizes the necessity OF
extending this character of work to ev-
cry department OF the Government As
time goes on statistics covering q period
OF wears become invaluable as an index
to and a reflex of conditions present and
past, and a guide for legislation in the
future.
We find off-hand expressions in the
report under review on the experiences
of Mr.. Long in the cultivation Of veg
etables and small fruits. Also a para
graph on the castor bean cultivation by
Mr.. Koellng, which as indicating the
general character of the report We will
quote in full
AT Kaneohe, over the Pail, Mr.. c..
Koellng has castor bean plantation
and a mill fitted up with the best of ma
chinery and is very busy manufactur-
ing castor oil, said to be very good
article"
We append to this report copy of
communication sent the Committee on
Taxation by this very man. it speaks for
itself
What would interest your committee
would be tables, covering possibly the
following points: Primarily the amount
paid for the land or the rent paid by
Mr. Koelling. as compared with the same
expenditures in adjoining lands, next the
amount of taxes as compared with adj
jacent territory; the cost of clearing per
acre; tho cost of planting of cultivation
and of harvesting; the cost OF the plant
necessary to the proper expression of
oil; number of gallons produced per
day; cost of production, of containers,
of marketing and forth, and finally
the price realized. These as expenditures
and realizations should go with the full
information as to the length of season
between the planting and harvesting,
the amount u. beans per acre by weight
hnd the number of gallons of oil produce
ed per ton of beans. Information cover
ing the various operations as above we
submit would be of great interest to all
residents of the Territory and Of special
advantage to those desiring to engage
l.. iIn,. I,,ri nd mol,
form a valuable basis for the future,
when there would be further tables of
like import.
Your committee quotes from a report
by the Minister of the Interior to the
Legislature of 1890 under sub-head
"Compation and Publication Of Sta
tistics," as follows:
ANY person who attempts any stalls
teal work of this kind, or to draw con-
illusions from statistics, which he may
obtain, Immediately finds that there is a
most lamentable lack of material and
systematic arrangement" Statistics are
frequently invaluable. in deciding public
policy and directing a course Of action
vitality affecting the public welfare, as.
for example. statistics affecting the Chi
nese question; concerning the number
and compensation of laborers; concern
ing immigration. education, health,
births and deaths, taxes, and twenty
other different things: concerning which
accurate Information Is either not OBJ
tainable at all or Is available only after
laborious ana extended preceding search
Almost every nation and colony now
keeps and publishes statistics, and rec
ommend that Bureau of Statistics be
established here and that reasonable
appropriation he made to initiate the
work, to all Of which your committee.
eleven years ago, says a hearty amen!
But why was this work not undertaken
at that time? The truth is the planting
interests of this country do not want
such statistics. Figures do not lie and
the correct statistics, II comparatively
portraylng the conditions of the country,
would long ago have revolutIonized the
conditions which still confront us today.
To proceed with our criticism Of the
matter under review
The report Is taken up in part by sub
reports from the Forestry Department.
from DIR. Maxwell on lands adjacent TO