The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-06
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I'm rN--Ae-AN1
with 1000 acres OF the best land il
Kona ready to be opened to purchas'
ers on leases combining features whicf
should commend the proposals to intel
1izent settlers. the course to be follow
ed by the Bishop Estate promises &c
be of the greatest interest to the people
If Hawaii Perhaps no problem con-
fronting this board has been 50 fuil
of food for thought. and at the same
t,roe so big with possibilities for the
district and Islands.
The lands in question are those which
have been for many years unproduc-
five. Coffee trees cover a large por-
tion of the area. but there is no SEM
hlance of cultivation in most Instances
and the trees are simply growing Wild
their unpicked product falling to the
ground and new trees springing up TO
ana 20 the thicket which exists 1t
xxould be a matter of little exertion for
anv one who could content himself to
live simply. to literally pick up living
until any crops he might choose to
plant are brought to bearing
Applicants for the land there are In
numbers and right there bobs up the
grave problem as to what to do. The
Hawaiians who have the land now
neither improve it nor pay any rental
and Trusts must have revenues. They
do not want TO purchase the lands,
which they now occupy gratis, and
consequently the buyers must be
sought elsewhere. Orientals that want
the land there are in plenty, but the
proposition of opening such valuable
tracts, that they may be orientalized.
Is one which has caused the members
OF the Board to pause.
The first question arising is that OF
the policy of Offering these lands for
sale. If there was no question but the |
realization upon holdings of realty IT
can be imagined that the sales might
be made without any question But
there is a duty to the land which is
recognized. Would it be wisdom to
pass into the control Of aliens section
Of the best agricultural land on the ISL
ands? would the result not return to
vex within a few years2 Would it not
result in the taking over Of the ten or
twenty acre tracts by orientals, who
within FIVE or ten years, would have
earned the competence necessary for
them to go home. which they could do
all the better since their realty hold
Ings would certainly return them suf-
Recent revenue, to keep them in affiu-
ence during Cheir lives.
Then again the tracts in question are
the very best arabic land; the cream
of the district perhaps. but not all the
acreage Owned by the Estate Mauka
,f the farms lie great ranges where
:attle, horses. sheep and goats would
.arn good dividends for the grazier-
These are not now in demand but the
line when they win be sought cannot
,e far away. To build for the future
hen VIII mean that conditions must
,e such that prospective purchasers of !
.razing lands will find the neighbor- !
loods attractive and the local market
. feature. VIII this be the case II the
rable lands are filed with Asiatics?
5 Il not safe to presume the contrary
Given a large population, and the
roper opening OF these lands should p
esult in the placing of $50 families up
n them, families at the head OF which
re citizens, and the value of contigu-
US grazing lands is greatly increased. Il
hose citizen farmers would mean q
zeal market and as well conditions
-hich would make the neighborhood an Ia
ttractive place of residence. perforce u
Increasing values.
All Of these conditions make the out Ia
'me OF the present consideration all
ie more interesting to prospective ~
irIhers and the citizens of the Terri =
Try alike. p'
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