The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-10

result IN the conversion OF TIE A4sVvu
acre plantation of the Kamalo Sugar
Co. into series of small farms.
my plan Is simply this" said Mr..
Edmunds yesterday. The idea is 20
get possession of a large tract of land
which can be divided up into a number
OF small farms, a central corporation
to cwn tn. land and sell it on small
to make start for themselves. The
company is to furnish the land, seed,
tools, etc. and the land to be cultivated
by the farmers on shares. the company
furnishing the capital until the land is
made profit bearing.
Several local men are interested in
the scheme and we expect to organize
company with a million dollars capi-
tai Negotiations are under way for
the acquisition of Kamalo plan .atior.
and If that land can not be obtained
we will try to get some other similar
tract just as large. There are eleven
thousand acres in the Kamalo tract
It's acquisition as also the acquisition
Of any other land will depend entirely
upon its suitability for our purposes.
We are told there is an abundance of
water available and of course this is a
sine qua non. The products for the cul-
tivation of which plantations would be
established by us for parties desiring
same would be all long crops, such as
tea, coffee. cocoa, vanilla Ssisal hemp,
bowstring hemp, Aauritius hemp, rub
Der, cocoanuts, dates, pineapples, lines,
etc, according to suitability of the land.
This proposition is essentially for
the white man. though in this country
other nationalities will have to be en-
ployed in bringing the land under cul
tivation. The scheme should bring
many white men here from the States
and for all such the proposition is that
the company will give them land for
their own as long as they fulfill the !
conditions upon which it is granted |
them. They must begin work on the
AeAlad clS SOO4i ctS tlACs are piclCCG III pOS-
session by the company and must re-
main upon and work it in cultivation |
of crops or in superintendent.
THE company will supply all set
tiers with rations at a certain fixed |
rate to be paid when the crops are
taken of, also tea and tobacco and the |
services of a barber when needed. The /
company will also provide seed. young
plants and trees and whatever animals
and implements are required in the cul-
tivation of the land. The company is
also to direct the manner of cultiva-
ton, provide water, drainage, fertilizer
and such other things as the eolonist
may require. ss7
"The colonists are required to devote
three days each week to labor on the
lands of the company, the remainder
Of the week to be devoted to theirsown
FARMS or-this may he changed sotthat
Instead half the number of colonists
may devote all their time to the COM
pany's land, while the remainder of the
colony can care exclusively for their
own land. One-haIf of the gross pro-
Feeds of the crops raised by the colon
SITS on the land granted them shall be-
ong to the company, the other half be-
onging to the colonists, after deducting ,
he cost of rations. seed. implements. | ,
tic, and a proportion of the cost of
and marketing the crop.
Or l. |
man say after five years work be- S
omes the owner in fee simple of his {
and, and has as well a farm which is
aging him a good profit. The crops o
-hich the laborers will cultivate in q
he own land will be one or more of t
he following as the company may di-
ect, viz: Rice, taro, carrot, sweet po-
alto. yam, squash. pumpkin artichoke $
these serve as foodstuffs for pigs as
'ell as for EXPORT. peanut, .cassava or
ginger, arrow-root, tobacco.
Ute, hemp, cotton, ramie, flax, poppy 5,
for oil or opium, sesame. castor oil O
liant, sunflower, banana, water melon, I
antaloupe, guava, tomato, sorghum, r
Italia, johnson grass or Guinea grass lar
If this plan can be successfully car
ed it should induce large number CT s.
ettlers to come here from the Pacific s
cast or elsewhere in the States for it j.
ill give everyone chance to become .
within few years. Fropi- fe
II crops always pay best and in a few b.
ears under my plan Hawaii should =
ave big export trade. lie
There is a second IroI osition for the Ii
IAN who by the payment of certain e:
xed sum monthly can become the own .
, of a small plantation or orchard.
his would be pIantei To his order in
q coffee cacan. vanilla. cinnatr.n, | n