The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-01-09

mix with them Anglo-Saxon lepers
would mean disorder. even riots. all
the time They would be dlssimilar In
tastes and habits. and there would be.
as a result. continual trouble
ION the subject of the lands, can
say only that | endorse everything tina;
was said before the committee by Gov
ernor Dole. The system Of land laws
here. IL seems to me, has grown up
under conditions which have rendered
them necessary and they cannot be
wiped out without producing great dis
tress. There would be much trouble in
adjusting the country TO conditions
such as obtain in the United States.
and / fear that it would cripple che
main industry of the country.
ut is gratifying to hear that the
committee favors the payment of the
fire claims, for was exceedingly care
full in submitting the testimony desired
on that point. The other recommen-
dations would tend to improve the con-
d;tions here very much"
w. NJ. Giffard, of Irwin & Co., sail
that he had pronounced views upon the
matter of the land system. Il believe
that the recommendation for investiga-
tons of the land and forestry questions
in the Islands should come first, and
l am sure that committee sent
here for simply that purpose, without
politics entering in, would result in
satisfactory solution. The carrying out
of the plans of the committee rs to the
lands and leases would seriously Grip
pie the sugar industry, which is the
leading one of the country 1t would
be fatal to some Of the plantations ami
the lands would be Of no service to
settlers, If they should be cut up.
1.-The proposal to bring lepers here
would be an outrage upon The commu
nifty. The people do not want it. They
have spoken, and the defeat of Wilcox
was due in no small part to his advo-
cacy of this very plan. 1t would bring
discordant element into the settle
ment, and the result would be far from
satisfactory. The bounty for Hawaiian
coffee would result in stimulating the
industry, and the provision for harbcr
improvements and the Federal control
of lighthouses would mean a great deal
for the shipping interests. In general
the recommendations are for the good
of the people, but the two mentioned
Offset any other possible good that
might come from all the Others"
81 cannot discuss the subject at
length until l have seen the report"
said F. M. Swanzy, "but l Cannot feel
that the recommendations as now CIV
en- are very much at variance with The
opinions expressed by the members of
the commission while hero. / think,
in general, the recommendations for
the fire claims, the coffee bounty, the
lighthouses and harbors are in the
right line, but radical changes in sys-
TEN, like those implied by the taking
away from local control of the LANDS
and the cessation Of the lease system,
would work i'll to the interests of the
business community"
Alexander Isenberg, president Of the
Sugar Planters Association, was Of the
opinion that there could be no good
from the land and leper recommends
tons. He said, on the latter subject:
"There is feature which must not
be lost to sight. There would be no
tourists come to Hawaii, If 1t 'Jas
known that lepers were being
brought down from the mainland. The
people who travel would avoid lines of
transportation which were even sup
posed to carry lepers. There would
have to be special ship to bring them,
for the regular lires could not do Sc.
The knowledge Of the fact that Hawaii
had been turned into a lazaretto would
work incurable harm. / cannot under
ical recommendation as to the land
system, as it would work injury to
every vested interest"
George B. Robertson, manager of
Brewer & Co.. said that the two points,
lepers and lands, were to be regretted,
as either one would mean troubles for
the Islands. The transfer of the land
system would result in much hardship
to the plantations, he said, and, the
bringing of lepers here would result in
the branding of the Islands as leper
settlement, and this would be extreme
ly detrimental
Henry Warehouse said he thought
there could be nothing but harm from
the carrying out of the plans for land
and leper changes, and he was hopeful