The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-07

get such a recommendation to Congress
that would enable us to get Il land
law that would be thoroughly salts
factory to the citizens of Hawaii, and
enable US To fairly aud impartally APP
portion the remainder of our public
lands.
ANY land laws that may bc enacted
for us should have special features
looking TO the preservation Of the pres
tnt forest land and the planting and
caring FOR new forests that are So es-
scn,iul to the future welfare and the
development OF the Hawaiian Islands"
ny. Hogs declined to discuss the ru-
mored possible change in the head 81
the Territorial government.
II saw Governor Dole only a few
days before ! departed" he said. land
/ never saw him looking better"
Concerning the general conditions OF
the Hawaiian Islands Mr.. Hoogs said:
We are having a great deal of
trouble because of the shortage of la
Dor. We cannot begin to farm our
lands for lack of labor. Chinese, LAP
anese, Portuguese and negroes, make
up the laboring element Of the Islands
to Il very large degree.
The past year has been a bad one
for Hawaii Probably not half Il dozen
sugar plantations have made money,
owing 10 the scarcity of labor and rain.
1t has been hard to borrow money be
cause of this, and the Territory suf-
fercd thereby. Then the low price of
sugar has had it's effect.
The United States government is
making preparations for great
amount Of work building wharves. The
naval reservation is certainly a credit
to the United States. There are no
finer navy wharves in the world thin
those at Honolulu. which We're con
structed under the direction of Captain
Merry.
THE dredgers fer deepening the bar
at Pearl HarbOr are no doubt at work
by this time. Everything was being
gotten in readiness about the time !
sailed. The dredging is the beginning
of operations at Pearl HarbOr, which
will include the navy yard and coaling
station"
While he was i'm Washington Mr..
Hogs talked with lots OF people about
Hawaiian affairs, especially with men
prominent in public life. He had a
long chat with Commissioner Herman
about the land bill which Mr.. Wilcox
introduced, and learned something of
that gentleman's wishes. Mr.. Herman
is not friendly to the Wilcox measure,
and il is safe to say that he will not
recommend any radical provisions.
In that connection IL Is probably Op
perfume to say that those people of
Hawaii who recognize the impractical
biliiy OF the Wilcox bill, are not help
ing their cause at all by having SO
many fingers in the pie. Land Com
missioner Boyd, who came here under
specific instructions from the Terri
torlal authorities as to his program
and method of procedure, IL working
conscientiously, but IT is no discredit
to him TO say that exactly what his
superiors in office in Hawaii desired
was assured before he came. Often
there is a great deal OF letting a sub
ject alone here in Washington. Agi-
tation and publicity often defeat the
very ends desired. In the view of some
Hawaiian people here, who want ex-
actly the same thing that Mr.. Boyd
wants, he has not been following his
instructions, and has been endangering
the situation. which was secure, by
calling attention To II anew and stir
ring up the members OF the commit