The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-09-28

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than of land Senator
sbe this provision says that felt that there ought to be
some limit to corporate holdings OF land He himself did not pretend
know conditions sufficiently give well founded Judgment
what that limitation should be But else whether bet
ter informed than he made any suggestions to what the
limitation should be he suggested 900 acres eeg that that we're
proper limitation friend OF Hawaii better informed, would
suggest proper limitation.
However apparently proved either the
venience the difficulty thought would be The eNpedient
to meet the situation however, yet prove all that has
The same sort effort to protect us from ourselves to save us
from exploitation said have been very disastrous Porto
Rico At least this is the tenor of postumou article by the late
BrgGen Stone in the North American Review Gen Stone is
scrbed expert Porto Rcan matters The Literary Digest
thus summarizes the article
We opening Mr. contribution that
value merchandise exported from Porto Rico for years before
American occupation $6OooOoo while the for two
after occupation $17oooooo Americans will find hard
read Ito realize that all their good intentions people
Porto co have SO utterly tailed OF accomplishment rue we have
given them good government but still PortoRcans wondering
why part appendage of great rich enterpsng
nation they should be poorer than and why they obliged to
Choose between starvation and the distant exile which many thou
sands have actually been driven to make living"
What then do the people OF Porto Rico Lack And why do they
lack anyg In answer we read that they have been literally and
Gle to illustrate this point.
Porto Rico had no railroads but fragmntarv belt line which did
the districts, about
of road Fruits roted where they fell only crops
could be transported Some transportation
and greatest need but the military government
scandals regarding franchises discouraged all
read was nothing the paazg obstruction
posed by the Congress United
antitrust act This measure drawn the time when the For
aker Act became law April 1900 when thousands Amer
the island
ISIS also turned their attention that
for investments which seemed indicate bright future the Porto
Rcans Then Americans that the
the rush immigration and the land
and business taken by Americans
selves told had such fears Nevertheless members
House proceeded to protect the ISLANDERS What happened told
IN substance follows
Senator Foraker had introduced and passed through
joint resolution saving the army commissions
military government whose appointments had been held The
resolution went to the House and the Committee nsuar Affairs
which proceeded to tack this harmless, simple
pete code of regulations franchises and of restrictions upon
imposed any State or Territory in the Union
Some of the features OF this amendment which pac-
Cd for the conditions Porto Rico follows corporation
can buy and sell real estate tee Rico
control over five hundred land agricultural purpose
whateve no member of corporation engaged agriculture
be wise interested any other corporation engaged agru
ture"
AS result of these restrictions
built on the island We read further
The Council obliged by the amendment
chse 1t grants that the shall be subject
ment alteration and repeal that shall enable the
erty by the public authorities, and the effective
charges With these powers the local foreign and pos
sby hostile legislative body the capitalist
The island should produce afmon sugar annually but
only reaches about much less than in pamiest Spanish
Gays. 49,.
The conditions obtain all other lines business and the
commerce of the island is actually much less American I'M
Spanish rule thought of that with increased
with free trade there.
SIS strange the island growing Jungle
and the hearts of the people filled would have been
to remedy all this by simple of the
ogna purpose had been served that wonders why has
been done long The people friends have be-
set the committee for asking its repeal of the
Modes and Persans mmuabe this uncon
sdered enactment"