The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-02-24
TO DRAW
SETTLERS
TO LAND
Work Needed in
Interest Of
Hawaii.

THE land department OF the oahu
Railway & Land Company is disposed
to cooperate with any plan to get set
tiers on the land" said George b. Nc
Clellan, land agent OF the company,
yesterday. We are, first, in the bust
ness OF transportation. The man who
produces Is the man who creates busi-
ness for us. And we are in sympathy
with any movement looking to the set
Element OF the country and to the
growth of by-products by small farm
ers. There is nothing truer than that
settlers invite settlement. The presence
of one settler, favorably located and
making a success of his venture, is sure
to draw others into the same field. We
want to put the settler on the land, and
not of necessity on our land.
"The railways OF the mainland of the
United States have recognized this fact.
and the result of their efforts. and par
ticuarly of the efforts of the great Bur-
lington system, has been to build up
great farming communities on lands
that few years ago were little bet
ter than barren deserts. The railways
have reaped the immediate profits Of
this change in the physical condition Of
the country, but the farmers have like
wise profited, and so has the whole
country. This work has been done sys-
tematically. tirelessly, and great and
prosperous commemorative have grown
up as a result of it, There Is no way
in which these islands can be so quickly
AmericaniZed, no way in which their
rich natural resources can receive surer
and faster development. Every farmer
who comes here. every man who raises
his family on the land, becomes valu-
able member of the body polite. He
has a stake in the country. and II Is
to his interest to see that the country
goes ahead in the right way. Also, in
time, there Will come to the most re-
mote settler the means of getting his
crop to market, provided he grows the
crop. Settlement and development keep
pace with each other. The railways
have followed the farmer all over the
west.
THE man, J. w. White, whose ar
rival on the Miowera was noted in the
Advertiser the other day. is of precisely
the class we want to attract. He is a
practical horticulturist. level-headed,
what Is here and what can be done by
a man with a little capital who wants
to make his home in the country, and
who will do so II he finds that produce
ton will pay here, and that the condi-
lions are such as TO make the venture
reasonably sure of success. We have
given him every facility for inspecting
the country. He knows what he wants,
and has intelligence enough to recog-
nize 1t when he sees 1t. A man OF his
class, fortunately located, will draw
many more, with the result that they
will be put in the way of worldly pros
perity, the country will be built up.
and the railroad will be assured of it's
legitimate profit in the venture. The
more products there are to be trans
ported, the better 1t will be for us.
That Is business, and common sense.
II is to our interest, as much as to the
interest of everybody else in Hawaii to
attract the right class OF settlers here.
Systematic effort in the right quarter
VIII do 1t, too. We have that to offer
which the settlers want, If we can bring
the man and the soil together"
AS showing how much in earnest are
both the Oahu railway people and Mr..
White In the matter, it may be stated
that the railway company has furnish
ed the intending settler with Transport
tation to enable him to see whatever
desirable land may lie along its line.
Mr.. White, on his part has gone up
into the Pearl River country to make
thorough study of soil. climate and
conditions. with a view to the pros
poets of success in the growth of pine
| apples, vanilla beans, strawberries.
sisal or whatever products the land
may be best adapted 90. He viii make
thls study so thoroughly, 10 see for
himself. that after he has ridden over
the rPilway 1t is his purpose to walk
across country and thus get the quality
or the soil at direct first hand.