The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-01-16
MITCHELL'S FULL REPORT
AGREES WITH FORECAST
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vang among employees sugar plantations They were well
The Senators also found that uned Ia
borers receiving than
paid years ago They the prevailing wages
field labore from $40 to $50 month"; rent OF houses and fu
Following abstract of the report on different topics
public lands the Senators that after
very exhaustive the recommends
wholesale leasing of lands cassed agricultural for long
OF from ten to twenone years at low rentals oud De
meay suspended by act OF Congress and that leases OF agriculture
homesaders reasonable corresponding in principle to
the management disposition the public lands in Hawaii
be transferred to the Interior Department OF the United States
for Hawaii recommended such officer to
appointed BY the President and have the authority
exercised by the surveyor general of New Mexico
LOCAL LAND OFFICES.
the two land offices in the T0 @ @ Tege in on
should include the island of Hawaii alone with the land
tory with the land office at Honolulu An appropriation $4,000
regulations Hawaii all
ing agriculture and forestry and public roads
THE LAND LEASES
Regarding land leases the subcommittee
individual for 300 the annual rental of SIS for
cud covering $3.50 acres aggegatng $3.50
or little over three cents per acre per anum Many OF ese s
being leased for low three and oned mills
facts illustrates pressing necessity
for calling sudden halt in the of leasing the public domain
lease corporation the only being as to time
rentals sold under
other @ OF the 4a G Land act m and nnu Ga
pnde of sIoo clear sold from So $I2
purchases are effected The committee received numerouy signed
Pet @ a Hs Ut the e G 90
lands and 80 of the inferior grade
SALARIES.
receipts expenditures of the Office
the Surveyor
General that single year the from all
amounted SI76I while the largely salaries amounted
to 492 or more than 42 per cent OF the entire receipts Attention
expended single with receipts OF the Office amounting but
THE LABOR QUESTION.
The Subcommittee Of divided opinion about labor, Of the
Senator Burton Kansas vorng admission Of the
the sole iondoH that they are to % labor IN
Chinese e b 9 aa e d o p now T en to %
labor; they closed Chinese They hold that the best interests
people including sugar planters
crease the immigration cheap Chinese labor into Hawaii
MAY EVADE FARM LABOR.
Statistics gathered by committee show while there only
about 5000 Oriental borers the Hawaiian plantations there
about 868 Ornta in the Islands OF these 276 Chinese
the rest japanese The natural conclusion is drawn that either the
1888 Oena who employed in field work employed
merely laborers but in which skilled labor
e we abo eF b s s e Ro % Bo om e
Territory and that this being done large today
any question Governor Dos report 1901
borers the plantations Many OF them engaged business
and the negroes
NOT DESIRABLE CITIZENS
simply long enough to gather
together limited amount which will be sufficient maintain them in
their native country when this obtained they return to their home
them accumulate the funds in comparatively
years the opinion of the that although temporary
benefit might result from an increase OF cheap labor to those at
engaged IN developing and operating the plantations of Hawaii
this benefit would be only temporary and in the end such policy would
that would eventually the great etrment of the ver best in
erests OF the nterpsng engaged this great industry
LEPROSY.
The control and management per settlement on the Island
OF Mookai the committee thinks should be transferred
be
IN immediate charge OF the marine hospital service The committee
ed as location tor national eProsaria which might be transferred