The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-26
DEFECTS OF THE LAND LAW.

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The Settlement Association admirable but it is sub
iect to abuses theory put the soil who will till it its
practice degree has been place men who merely want 10
speculate with it and who training instinct ambition
are farmers Nor do they their
may take farm member of Settlement Asso
caon under the right to purchase and assuming gets
acres agricultural obligation he fulfill:
Cd of the third he reduce cutiva-
under cultivation and half of land He can
requirement putting potatoes sorghum
letting of themselves
At the end of the fifth he must have FIVE under
timber shade fruit growing the
land agricultural pastoral land he must fence IT. That to say
his of sorghum whatever be easiest to
increased in FIVE from and half acres to
FIVE and he with the timber regulations by letting the
agaroba grow up The time limit of work he needs do is
about three weeks year.
Having complied with these remarkable conditions paid
eight per appraised value of the landwch
Boyd saysand maintained home
Lon the land for FIVE vebch is about the cheapest way known to
get Hawa-he acquire the property the
figure of At after the third Of
occupancy may get simple for the appraised vaua
providing the shorter period he has twelve and oneha
under cultivation The cultivation would of course cover
the production OF easily grown forage grasses.
the specuaor beat the intent of the law
who is in business in fine farm hold Cor rise
fifty say builds small
which he calls his home and Sunday In town he boards
and does not acknowledge the place as his residence lie votes IN the
where his located Each he $40 RENTAL and
Jap that enough land cultivated sorghum
other feed horse sell to neigh
boring dairy aroba forest
years has nothing particular on
the land price ready pays his $500
gets offer the for sale the usual
prices O1aa settlers got much 500 The little
speculation at 500 per acre would net him
put where genuine touch unless the
ultimately buying chooses sell price within his
There several Settlement Associations Hawaii which are
this character and another which
be take large of valuable land in Kau
land which have railroad through in less than five The
other day the of of the settlers the Associations
printed in these columns and they represent those of
farmers would be glad have enough evidence the fact
publish it. People that large of them either
dummies SPECTATORS and that almost the only among them
who showing genuine and capable agriculture
Wawzenitzes Psinovs Nausagoam Foks,
of the contingent of imported aborers who figure the Russian
of Sept. e, 1900
This settle the 0ountry, gentlemen of the
legislature make productive and sefsupporting The
endency operations the ultimately hold
great impossible Hawaii
along traditional American lines The who help
build the Territory unless he colony with the
prepared for him. gets very little show. Is there
farm land for conditions
axes the public agricultural domain than
mall fraction OF it agricultural before he perfect his title
there when land ready for settlement by association
hat be advertised that farmers the mainland
veil here have opportunity it, Cannot the law be
made against the dummy and the pecuaor rather
favor? If the Advertiser foresees time when
states will take the Hawaiian system
do Let the local Legislature avoid amending
that farming land shall SPECTATORS
isgused S farmers