The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-02-28


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~ the republican party
TIE LAND QUEE11ON
. Judge from tho message that was cent
hy sou Co gonrr,Hs that suu have
rirunE desire 40 bring about "a system oi
small farm ng by Americans, ANA thar
this vii be- Induced 10 extending to lia-
wall the land laws Of tho I'm led statos.
The object sought A. desirable. but BE-
seems o. mo thai the remedy sagsestoa
would. in large part defeat the object
sought
have already iraIoatod a. goa The
experiment made by the Eva Plantation,
and J suggost that s,u con.id. that Boo
connection with this land quest on.
a system 81 laws has Erown ZAP at th"
Islands which al The tiuo ~ annexation
had become well adapted 90 the couGi-
tons there existing. TIE prssnu' system
was passed Boz 1855. largely through tho
lrHtrumC rtality IL the then President nt
the Republic, Mr. Dole. who D. now the
/ Governor 81 the Islands.
/ The difficulty al the Islands o. nor % 4.
lave. but In inducing white people go 81
/ there aud take up land.
The United States land laws ! 10 not
think are adapted TO the Islands. FOR this
reason, among others. Tho lands OF Ha-
wall are IN large part small ana scatter
cd, Irregular In shape, cut up by gulches,
either dry and Incapable of irrigation,
except at enormous expense, or al .e coy
I cred with dense forests and remotely sit
uatcd, thus being inaccessible except at
great expense. To make these lands
[ available the government would first bs
forced TO make roads to the upper lands.
and either Itself develop or aid In deyel-
| the expense would be too great for any
/ individual TO take up. Necessarily this
would be OF slow growth.
| / think that II the Uuited states Ian 2
{ laws were extended 10 Hawaii. the land
would be located by specu ators. and AS
soon as a title could be obtained. IL would
/ be sold 10 some corporation. This Is the
very thing TO be avoided, IL the land is
/ 20 be settled. az ] Judge would be your
{ wish, by small farmers.
Another reason why the land laws OF
the United states do not seem 10 me
] adapted 60 the Islands Is that the Ha-
/ waiian lands now brought under cultiya-
. ton are so much more productive and
/ valuable than a corresponding quantity
| Of land in the United States. Hence, the
amount any individual should be allow
80 10 locate should be restricted 70 a
much smaller quantity than permitted in
the United States, and a higher price
{ should be charged for the land ia order
| to return to the government some part
OF the cost OF roads and irrigation
bitches. The speculator should not be
permitted to get IL mt .l.25 per acre and
/ tiIn II over to some corporation for q
price which ought to go 10 part TO re-
imhurse the government for expenditure
made.
Al present the lands on the Islands arr
thoroughly classified under their land
laws, There are three classes Of agri'
cultural lands, two Of pastoral lands and
different prices are charged for each
class. The forest lands, too, are al
classified.
The Hawaiian law has been framed b,
reason OF the peculiar conditions ther'
existing. and II il adapted to all classes
and conditions OF people who desire e
take up lands.
n any changes are to be made, ] thini
a commissioner should be sent out TO ex
anime the existing conditions before such
changes take place.
The government there IL CONSTANTS
laying out tracts for the settlement oil
homesteads and going to great expense
TO make these lands accessible. Other
lands not yet capable OF utilization vii
in time become available, and IN mean
time the government has found 1t wis,
10 lease these for short terms to corpor
atlons. with provision that the lease car
at any time be cancelled when the lands
are desired for settlement or homestead
purposes.
/ may say in conclusion that It Is nov
my expectation to be in Washington
within the next two weeks. and II ! car
give you any additional information
| shan be glad TO do so.
] have purposely written OF matter,
with which ! am especially familiar anC
have avoided touching upon the politica
situation m any way.
With the greatest respect. remain,
Very truly yours.
y. T.. DILLINGHAM