The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-02-23

labor IN man, ~ ths plantations iis
repeated his We've on the pfactlcabiiiiy
a buying land Tor the Immigrants
Thla board u not importing iahorefa.
% is importing SETTLERS" hs observed
with smphnFls Then he asked about
hawaiian Commercial a SUGAR Co
"Th0y WIN take LOO families" Mr.
Cooke replied.
Mr. Ciaig said we went an over
t when you were away Some planta-
ticns offered an acre. but others dil
not. Some are not IN "a position TO 10
l believe that some ~ the Portu-
guese would not accept an acre Of land
" there Is s. a month more In sight
without II. We have failed with some
plantations who have not the land to
offer These should be encouraged to
give leased land. Let us make every
effort TO get thousand families. II
we succeed then try for more Leases
expire on 100000 acres OF government
land this year Cut up some Of that
land into l0-acre lots for settlers
MIR. Atkinson expressed his disagree
ment anew with the views OF his col
leagues and Consul Canavarro. He
could get ten men to talk differently.
1T is no use for us to act as agents
for the planters in getting laborers."
PRETTY HOT TALK.
Mr.. Garden was not looking at II In
that way Some OF the plantations
had been little slow to dole out one
acre OF land
1t would not hurt many OF them to
give ten acres" Mr.. Atkinson re-
marked.
Mr.. Garden believed there were lots
of American farmers who would be
glad to come here and settle.
II don't believe in being dictated to
by outsiders" the president observed.
1T is you who Is debating" Mr.
Cooke replied. 1.-The Planters Associ-
alton is not debating"
II did not say planters" the presi-
dent corrected.
You have mentioned the planters
several times the secretary retort-
ed. "Kahuku would be prevented
from getting any of these people,
owing to it's having no fee simple
land. How is the Planters Association
going to keep on contributing to this
business II some of its members are
going to be shut out from getting
iabor?"
THAT is their misfortune" Mr. At
kinson replied But unless the LAM
is given we can not get these people at
all. That is what the officials in
Washington say"
Mr.
the Alexander & Baldwin plantations
as being shut out by the condition.
regulations AT STAKE.
Mr.. Atkinson confessed that he did
not think 1t was an easy matter at
all. He had just as much reputation
at stake In the matter as any Of them.
You know the difficulties at Wash
ington and we know them here" Mr..
Garden ventured.
Il know the difficulties here as we'll"
the president responded. You don't
suppose l have been loafing here the
past week"
Mr.. Craig thought the planters could
not he blamed for looking at things
their own way, while Mr.. Garden re-
marked that they had no heart in it.
I'VE want to build an electorate in
this country" Mr.. Craig concluded.
Mr.. Atkinson said custom of the
planters was to put the camps where
the land was no good, where there
was no water. The boards RESPONSE
bility was only to get settlers here.
IF the planters can get labor out of
the business well and good. II not we
can't help It,"
Mr.. Cooke at this stage read from n
schedule the offerings made by differ
ent plantations Mr.. Atkinson remark
ed on one large house that offered no
land, with the comment, "They are all
very willing to let the people have gov
ernment land"
Mr. Cooke. mentioning w. G. Irwin
Co. as offering to take 500 people,
said Mr.. Giffard was very earnest in
the matter.
COOKE DISAGREES.
Mr. Atkinson. taking a turn at the
list, noticed many plantations Offering
land. you have done wonders" he
said I'm compliment To his colleagues.
II do not see it," Mr.. Cooke pessi-
mistically rejoined. IF you insist on
an acre Of land in fee simple we can
do nothing"
I'VE know that i'm the past they have
not succeeded In keeping their labor"
the president resumed. I'VE know that
whenever they have had a chance to
get cheap Asiatic labor they have
crowded out their white labor"
Every able bodied Portuguese in
the country today" Mr.. Cooke an
swered. 'can get s26 month. That
doesn't look like crowding them out"
"Domiciling is what we want" Mr..
Atkinson laconically commented.
Don't you think that u 35-vear
lease is domiciling?" Mr.. Garden
asked.
mo, l don't" the president replied.
"I look 20 the future. We have no
right to leave problems to our success
ors. If we don't get settlers the plant
ers will fill the country up with some
cheap Asiatic labor. like the Filipinos
for instance"
Mr.. Cooke did not wish to be inter-
preted as saying that those down on
the list as offering leased land would
not give fee simple land.
WANTS FEE TITLE.
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