Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-30
WHITE MANS HAWAII
GARDEN ISLAND TAKES UP
the EXODUS OF SETTLERS
CAN'T STAY IN HAWAII BECAUSE
THEY FIND LAND OFFERED
ON MOST UNFAvoR-
ABLE TERMS.

Under the heading Homes" the Gar
den Island publishes the following on
the immigration question:
For many years the discussion Of
how we are to attract a desirable class
of emigrants to our shores has been
standing theme as well In the news
papers as In the different bodies that
are trying to promote the welfare Of
our Territory, but as we all know.
these discussions have not brought any
tangible results. On the contrary. the
conditions remain very much the same
as they always have been. and as a
consequence we see people crowding
the outgoing steamers, anxious to get
to a place, that will offer them actual
inducements as settlers, and compare
lively few arrivals take their place
From such a small place as our own
district there has been OF late an
exodus Of families with from four TO
ten children, large enough to set ev-
erybody thinking Of the reason and
the remedy for such a state Of AFFAIRS.
These families, for the most part OF
German origin, were all Of the stock
that have been Of very material assist E
ance in building up the western states
and bringing them up to the high
standard Of prosperity, that they now
possess. Most Of them have been liv-
Ing In the Islands for many years.
striving for that goal common to ev.
erybody: a home and living in old
age and prospect for the children t0
attain the same.
The home In which man is his
own master and can arrange every
thing for the comfort Of his own
family has always been and will always
be the principal aim Of his efforts. In
the past the realization Of this dream
has been we'll nigh impossible for any
body but those blessed with respecta.
BILE fortune, and the annexation Of the
Islands by the United States was there.
fore hailed as godsend by the many
| who now thought that there would be
. chance for even the poor man to &C.
Quire a piece Of land that, in time, he
could call his own. He was. however
doomed to disappointment. The years
went by. and although occasionally
small tracts Of land were opened fol
settlement. these were for the mosi
part In inaccessible parts OF the is.
lands, without roads. and the leases OF
sales burdened with SO many nearly
prohibitory conditions that the In
tending settler as q rule gave up II
despair. The majority Of those. whit
did not. had to give up after a few
years struggle with the loss Of tn
savings Of lifetime.
To those sitting at their ease in Ho
, nolulu and. directing this land polio!
these disasters to families meant littl,
or nothing: in many cases they profite'
by the spending Of the settlers har,
earned money. Neither did they seen
to realize that the ruin OF the citi
xens could have a wider influence thar
in the immediate vicinity. Each o
these families had their ramification
In the States or In Europe. however
and the report OF the difficulties throw
In the way OF settlers were spread b.
them wherever they had relatives o
| friends.
To these circumstances we can easi
ly trace the lack Of result once ex
pected from advertisements, promotion
committees and what not.
The same conditions are also tn
) cause Of so many families leaving tn
Islands. We have In mind several fami