The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-05
(staff Correspondence.)

(Staff Correspondence
HoNoKAA, Jan. 3o.-A rousing pub
lie meeting and visit to the coffee
lands and homesteads above Honokaa
were the features of the day spent In
this village, the largest and probably
the most progressive so far visited by
the Governors party. Honokaa is the
metropolis of the Hamakua district ana
its people are well organized. Han
a dozen large stores, a number or
smaller ones, and several hotels and
eating houses give the town a fine ap-
pearance of prosperity.
VISIT TO COFFEE LANDS.
Leaving Maunoloa's house at six in
the morning Gov. Carter, with Secre-
tary Atkinson and Forester Hosmer
visited the homesteads above Honokaa.
being met en- route by Manager Gibbs
of Paauhau plantation and Guy Gere
of the Public Works department.
The homesteads seem to be prosper
Gus although many of them have been
deserted for the time being. 1mpas-
sable roads are held responsible for the
disinclnation of the homesteaders to
live on their lands but this obstacle
Will SOOn De ItluONtu ''N bo''N
steads will be occupied again. The
road to the three lots of homesteads
was planned in straight line, without
regard to mountains and the path leads
I'D an almost perpendicular precipice in
places.
COFFEE CULTIVATION.
Nearly all of the twenty-acre home
steads have been planted in coffee ana
the trees presented a fine appearance.
The cane is ripening rapidly and In
few weeks will be ready for harvesting.
Some of the homesteads are also plant
ed in cane which Is doing well. The
cane is sold to the neighboring planta-
tions.
THE LOUISSON PLACE.
A brief stop was made at Louisson's
coffee plantation where the party en-
joyed some of the finely favored coffee
raised there. Altogether there are 100
acres in coffee which Is fast ripening.
Seventy sacks of green coffee have AL
ready been picked and cleaned and
shipped to market. Mr.. Louisson eX-
poets to take off 5000 bags of clean
coffee this season and the chances are
that it will not be marketed at loss
as has been the case often in the past.
There is possibility now that the War
Department may take portion of the
Hawaiian coffee crop and with the rep
utation the local product Is making on
the mainland the demand for it is
growing rapidly
THE TOWN MEETING.
Returning to Honokaa at ten o'clock
a town meeting was held in the Ly-
ceum which was attended by about
hundred citizens, the whites predomi-
mating.
Mr.. A. Lidgate was chairman of the
meeting and introduced Governor Car
ter to the assembled citizens. AS few
Hawaiians We're in attendance no in
depreciation was necessary.
Mr. Lidgate in introducing the Gov
ernor said that it was the first time an
executive had visited Honokaa and
they were all pleased to meet him and
to get an expression of his views.
Governor Carter said he was cer-
tainly pleased to see and meet the peo-
pie Of Honokaa. II am certainly glad
to meet all you pioneers, the men who
have been foremost in building up the
wealth and prosperity of Hawaii, the
men who have done so much to raise
the standard of living in the Islands.
/ admire greatly the way you have met
the many difficulties which you have
encountered. / hope to make this
visit an annual affair and to see you
every year (applause) and I do not
want you to be afraid to come and
meet me, and point out any mistakes
that make and to offer your advice
and assistance. One man can do little
alone but with the support and assist
ance of the people a great deal can be
accomplished.
what i have already seen has con-
WINGED me that there is a great amount
of work to be done in building up the
government and in changing the condi-
tions of the past. II seems that in the
building of roads in the past a good
deal of money has been wasted, the
money put on roads has flown into the
sea. We want to change all that-for
every dollar spent we want a dollars
worth returned. We don't want any
money wasted through graft or fraud
and We don't want any money expend-
ed honestly and allowed to run into
the sea.
'In the political field stand as a
Republican (applause) like our grea,
President, for / believe that no gen.
tleman has ever occupied the executive
chair more fearless or more honest
than President Roosevelt. When l &c
out among the people and say these
things I know ! am opposing the tradi-
tions of the past, but I believe alsc
that no government can be successful
without the support of party organiza.
tion. And ] propose to give to Re
publicans positions at the disposal OF
the administration, BY this dom
mean to make positions. do not
mean that politics shall be the frs
consideration for efficiency is always
counted first and politics second. but
politics will not be entirely dsre,
garded."
Governor Carter said also that h,