The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-02-27
DEFECTS or THE LAND Law.

DEFECTS or The LAND LAW.
The Settlement Association admirable but II sub
ice, TO abuses Its theory is pa, the soil who will I'LL IL Us
practice degree has been place who merely want to
speculate with and who neither oy training ,d I~s ,S s %Ir a o b
leases may take farm member OF Settlement AsSo-
cation under the rich, to purchase assuming that he fifty
acros h e' is ali the agricultural obligation fulfill
a. Before the the third year he must reduce to euiva-
ton cultivation and hall OF land lie can
meet this requirement putting sweet potatoes or sorghum
or castor oil letting them take of themselves
the fifth he must have hve acres under
cultivation hundred timber shade fruit trees growing the
land agricultural ii pastoral land he must fence mat is 10 say
potatoes sorghum or whatever may De eaes.
increased in five years from two ana nan acres
five and he may comply with the timber regulations by letting the
agaroa grow up The time limit of work he needs to DO
about three weeks year.
Having complied these remarkable conditions and paid
rental eight per appraised value of the andwhch
merely Commissioner Boyd saysand maintained home
get awae lessee acquire the property at the
nominal figure of appraisemen At any time after the third year 81
providing the shorter period he has put twelve and oneha
under cultivation The term would OF course cover
the production of easily grown forage grasses
Let us Spectator beat the intent of the law
man who is in business fine farm hold for rise
He takes tv acres at say $40 builds small
calls his home and Sunday In town ne ooads
acknowledge the place as his residence ne votes inc
precinct located Each year he pays $40 rental and
Jap who that enough land is cultivated 10 sorghum
dairy and who down agaroba or forest
Government and gets offer the tract for sale at the usual
retail ps 1o aa ner ncr would net him over
put the genuine small farmer cannot toch sS
There are several Settlement Associations Hawaii which are
believed to this character and another one is forming m @
or NAV not be genuine large tract OF valuable no III
land which NAV railroad through it IN less tah nve
er dav the names of the settlers the new
Ga, we're printed columns and II they represent os
farmers we glad have enough evidence OF inc
hh # People say large percentage of them are en
dummies or spectators and that almost the only ones a h
% are showing genuine capable interest IN agcuIre arc
Wawzentzes Prusnovskis, Nausagoams ana rio1us
~ Of the contingent imported abores who inquire III the
Settlement of Sept g. 1000 , . ,temer of the
This is poor way settle the country gentlemen Oh Il
eqisaure and productive and e. h,d
nJrcv o operaion law ultimately inc l @
Of the great and make Impossible 10 80 en
traditional American lines The immigrant VINO cohes ~, E
,e Territory unless OF colony VIII" le
@ nrenared for him. gets very little show Is there no way
80 ,, land for farmers; make the conditions such lal - m
e an area of the public agricultural domain he inus use G ,
u teton Of il in an agricultural before he can
Sha NV nav when land is ready settlement by an
that it cannot be advertised that genuine t the law be
u ne here can have opportunity to get 7 L .tar in
o r. onerate against the dummy and the h Limited
h iavo II not Advertiser oresees the 'e @ hands This
t,le the Hawaiian land system into its own he
~ 40 not want local Legislature aVoio W snocrlators
law so that farming land shall go TO ia''e anu "
faruer