The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-30
SETTLERS
AND OUR LAND
POLICY


The the Garden Island published Lu Kauai
contains the following discussion Of the citizen population and public
lands question:
For many the discussion Of how desirable
class of emgants theme
me welfare OF our territory but as we all know these discussions have
mot brought any tangible results On the contrary the conditions
main very much the they always have been, and
quce we see people crowdmg the outgoing steamers anxious to get
place that will offer them actual inducements settlers and
cur own district there has been OF late an exodus Of families with from
to ten children large enough to set everybody thinking of the
reason and the remedy for such a of affairs.
These families for the part Of German origin all of the
stock that have been of very material assistance in building the
M that they possess Most Of them have been living the isl
ands many years striving that goal everybody
home and living in old and prospect for the children to attain
the
The home in which man is his own master and can arrange every
thing for the comfort his family has always been and will always
be the principal his In the past the realization of this
dream has been we'll nigh impossible for anybody but those blessed
with respectable and the annexation of the islands by the
United States therefore hailed godsend by the who
thought that there would be chance even poor acquire
piece land that time he could call his He however,
doomed disappointment The years by and although
ona small OF land opened for settlement these for
part inaccessible of the islands, without roads, and
the sales burened with many nearly pohbtory cond
tons that the intending settler rule in despair The ma
or OF those who did not had to give up after few years struggle
with the loss OF the savings OF lifetime
10 those sitting at their ease IN Honolulu and arecg TINS anu
policy these disasters families little nothing
they rohed by the spending Of the settlers hard earned money Ne
timer dd they seem to realize that the rum OF the czens could nave
wider influence than in the immediate vicinity Each of these families
lad their ramcaons in the States Europe however and the
report difficulties thrown the way settlers spread by
them wherever they had relatives or friends
expected from advertisements promotion committees and what not
The conditions also the of families leaving
in mind several families that have lived here
moved the within the last two
themselves there Here they the
mpossby of acquiring and Tor their children no hghe
respect their lives luna plantation In
this prospect fade when they
noticed plantation arrangements gradually adopted the policy
replacing white with cooe, trained for that purpose
be that the authorities unacquaned with these crcun
They what the policy of the past has lead to
continuance will produce the results in
We only hope that the administration will show the
declares itself anxious to promote
immigration of desirable settlers by adopting policy when
dealing with homeseekers.
Within there large of land this island that
will revert the expiration of the leases under
the Makee Sugar Co. 1t is only natural
thing plantation desire retain possession OF this valuable
renewal Of the lease if should be
veear AS very sagaciou business man the principal stock
holder the company has doubt long begun mendng his
early for those who believe more general DIS
hbuton the land work and for the hight that is
bound
held four different leases of which the Kama
covering $500 terminates March, the
Kapaa and Anaoa both May together these
comprise about $4,000 and finally the lease OF the Oohe
the Maee Sugar Co. had planted 20
rice land and used SUCH 1906 utilized
described This
Of the land by the Sugar company ITSELF
idea of the adapaby of the SOIL unduang rising
comparatively sharply KamaomaOo and AnahOa flat and low
Kapaa
take great imagination what differ
Continued