Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-22


in the first case, the principal appli-
cant was a close personal friend Of the |
Land Commissioner; in the second case |
the brother-in-law to one Of the Sub |
agents. employing as the surveyor the |
successful applicant to the first men
was the public made cognizant of these |
projected moves until full consumma- |
ton had been effected. In the majority |
OF cases these Settlement Associations
have gobbled up the rich agricultural ,
Olaa tract. OF which the Olaa planta-
ton forms a part. In not a single in
stance has the residence qualification
been observed. nor do the land off,
Gals appear to have insisted on a COM
pllance with the same.
Exhaustins Supply.
Among the numerous reasons assign
ed by the Territorial administration as
making II expedient to maintain the
existing land laws in preference to the
American statutes, is the specious one
that under the operation OF the latter
the supply would rapidly become ex-
hausted-a statement inconsistent with
facts when viewed in the light of the
wholesale alienation OF the public
lands effected since the passage OF the
Organic Act, whether in response to
the greedy calls OF the sugar interests
on the one hand. or of scheming specu-
lators or irresponsible applicants, OF
whatever race or nationality, on the
other.
Commissioner Attacked.
The statement has been made before
your honorable body by the present
Commissioner of Public Lands. that no
transfers or leases OF government
tracts have been effected except in
such localities where the conditions for
small holdings were unfavoraDle by
reason OF inaccessibility or otherwise.
A mere superficial Investigation, how
ever, will prove this statement to be
false and misleading. As a matter OF
fact, the records will show that bona
fide applications have been pigeon
holed or sidetracked, the impression
conveyed to the public being one OF
collision on the part of the Territorial
ofBciaIs with cartain mo,evsd Interests
Tho ,raouencv alec ui,b which large
blocks OF the public lands have of late
been got anart nv tho TerritoriaI ad-
ministration nj tho sugyes,io, n, tho
planting interests, as so-called water
conservation or forest preservation
tracts and I'm soma instances whom
the leases have but n short perIod IN
run before expiration lands now Ieasad
tn tho nIaptations M rid,cuIousIv lou
rates. remaining uncultivated and nm
productive Though canable ~ the bIgb-
est Agricultural develonment which Il,
every respect are desirable for tho nur
noses of settIemept nIaces tho Terri.
torial administration In tho dubious
lipbt NJ insinceritv In tie nrofsssio,a
and of seeking to further the growth
OF plutocratic interests and ineuepce
while shutting ont the Intelligent and
industrious American white farmer
whose brain and brawn have be,ned m
make our country the most powerfuI
and the mos, nrosnerous conn,ry n, tho
face OF the earth. but who on Hawaii
r fnds confronting him the adverse con-
ditions of n hostile. un-American ad-
ministration. friendly only 10 the ner-
petuation NJ an Asiatic civiIization
AN. NJ the pio,s.r
The axe OF the pioneer NAV not re.
sound through the deptbs of the troni.
cal Jungle for fear that the telling of
the forest NAV disturb the normal ratio
of rainfall. ON the other hand the in
'terests adjacent separated from tho