The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-23
To DRAW
SETTLERS
TO LAND
Work Needed in
Interest of
Hawaii.
Railways Have Built Up
the Great
West.
Systematic Effort win Do as Much
for Territory 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. I'VE are, first, in the bust
ness of transportation. The man who
produces is the man who creates bust
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
ticularly of the efforts of the great Bur
lington system, has been to build up
great farming communities on lands
that a 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 profted, and so has the whole
country. This work has been done sys-
tematicaIly, tirelessly, and great and
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 it 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
nave followed the farmer all over the
vest.
THE man. J. w. White, whose ar
'ival on the Miowera was noted in the
Advertiser the other day. is of precisely
he class we want to attract. He is a
PRACTICAL horticuIturist, leveI-headed,
md he has come to see for himself
What is here and what can be done by
man with a little capital who wants
o make his home in the country, and
Who will do so if he finds that produce
ion viii pay here. and that the condi-
ions are such as to make the venture
easonably sure of success. We have
iven him every facility for inspecting
he country. He knows what he wants,
nd has intelligence enough to recog-
ize it when he sees it. a man of his
lass, fortunately located. will draw
lany more, with the result that they
ill be put in the way of worldly pros
Gritty, the country viii be built up.
nd the railroad will be assured of it's
eSltlfnate prOnC IN the venture. Inc
lore products there are to be trans
orted, the better it will be for u.s.
hat is business, and common sense. T
is to our interest, as much as to the
lterest of everybody else in Hawaii to
tract the right class of settlers here.
SYSTEMATIC effort in the right quarter
ill do it, too. We have that to offer
hich the settlers want, if we can bring
lie man and the soil together"
AS showing how much in earnest are
9th the Oahu railway people and Mr..
White in the matter, it may be stated I
nat the railway company has furnish
i the intending settler with transpor-
alton to enable him to see whatever
esirable land may lie along its line. :
Ir. White, on his part, has gone up
ito the Pearl River country to make
thorough study of soil, climate and 1
onditions, with a view to the pros
ects of success in the growth of pine
pples, vanilla beans, Strawberries.
sal or whatever products the land
lay be best adapted to. He win make
MS study so thoroughly, to see for =
imself, that after he has ridden over
lie railway it is his purpose to welk
cross country and thus get the quality
h.a a. =