The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-10

Hawaii possesses in being allowed a
Delegate In Congress. Our people feel,
therefore. that they have been treated
In the spirit OF justice by the Ameri-
can Government. and this brings about
n feeling OF contentment among the
people at the new condition OF affairs.
BAD LAND LAWS.
One OF our chief troubles is in not
having a good system OF land laws.
which will encourage small farmers.
Ike the American homestead law. With
US the land question is something like
that In the Philippines. except that the
friars hold the lands in the Philip
pines and the sugar corporations hold
the lands In Hawaii. This condition is
recognized not only by the Hawaiians
but also by the Americans. out of the
total OF 100000 acres OF lands i'm the
Islands. 1000. 900 acres are in the hands
OF about seventy persons. who hold in
zee simple. Even the other 100000 is
under the control OF these seventy men
on long leases. Some of the leases are
about To- expire. and under the organic
net the Governor has the right to re-
lease them. l think IL would be best.
however. To- have n Government COM
mission go to the Islands and investi-
gate the entire land question. and
meantime stop any leases or sales until
the Government expert can report on
the whole subject. What we need is
to have the matter studied by a land
expert. and i have introduced n bill
for this purpose, which / think will
have the approval of the Land Office.
when we get a system modelled after
the American homestead law l believe
there will be room for 2cO0 or 1900
American farmers TO go out and settle
in Hawaii. helping the country and
helping themselves. Now we have no
farmers. and we need them very much.
From the lack OF farmers all farm
products are very hieh-eggs 80 cents
a dozen. butter 30 cents a pound. rice
5 TO 6 cents pound. sugar grown in
Hawaii and then refined. 10 : cents a
pound. This shows the opportunity for
farmers. We have good climate and
the land Is very fertile. Twenty acres
for "A homestead. up to eighty acres OF
The pasture lands would be plenty.
with that n farmer could keep fam
Is better than he could do 50 in one
~ the American states. The profits
made on the sugar lands held by the
'ugar corporations are from $3.50 "a $500
Der acre. This is for the best irrigated
and. some OF IL producing ten tons OF
sugar 10 the acre. ineSe plan ions
lay SIS per month for labor. mainly
isiat!cs-Japanese and Chinese. Even
aging $50 per month FOR labor there
would be a big profit
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
our young American farmers would
10 well In Hawaii. and they would find
he climate much milder and more
Ereeabie than IN this country TheI
rain difficulty - that SO long as Ash
nc labor comes In the large planta-
IONS will employ this class ot labor in
ference 20 white labor. because iii
ants less wages and fewer accommo-
-t-s. The white laborer wants To
ra i7 q decent house. and he likes
ft nix and n cup Of coffee. But
.tr tte Chinese laborer the overseerI
.e not have % pay attention 60 his
rrfs- 10 lives on rice. and four or FIVE
trr-r Chinese 1aborers can be packed
n room. I'm hunks one above another.
., Ir- SUGAR planters like the Asiatics-
rrr t~ow that white labor must hel
-te1 ru-auc'v. while an Asiatic IS
filing rr % kicked and booted around
- on rv--s.sr without complaint.
one or TIE Western members Of Con-