The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-24
PLANTATIONS
ARE TAGGING
The Board of Immigra-
ton Insists on
Acreage.

The Territorial Board of Immigration
held it's regular weekly meeting yester-
day morning at 9 o'clock. 1t was a
lively meeting, and the comment was
made by members that some of the
sugar plantations were not displaying
sufficient enthusiasm in the matter OF
importing 1000 Portuguese families to
settle on agricultural lands in the is
lands
Commissioner J. P. Cooke expressed
the opinion that some of the planta-
tons had even taken advantage of the
Board of immigration, and he believed
that the sugar plantations, besides the
very few which had already showed a
willingness to enter into the business
of getting immigrants here, should GER
tainly come forward and do their part.
The commissioners, generally, were
of the opinion that the tagging plan
tations should fall into line.
In connection with this matter, let
tiers were read from Secretary A. L. c.
Atkinson, who is to go to the Azores
and Madeira to see whether such agri-
cultural families as are desired can be
obtained. Mr.. Atkinson confirmed the
cablegrams sent him by the Board rela-
Work. Mr.. Atkinson said that he was
looking UP a steamer for the trans
portation of the immigrants across the
Atlantic, and was getting information
concerning Portuguese, Poles, Italians
and others. The secretary cautioned
the Board to be very careful in offer
to the islands. Much will depend on
the report of the first batch of immi-
grants as to the complete success of
the present venture. 1t was stated
that the cost of transporting an adult
via the Tehuantepec route would be
about $50.
The secretary made complaint of the
non-receipt of his letter of instructions
until several days after he should have
had it in his hands. Mr.. Cooke stated
that any delay occasioned was at the
other end, not in Honolulu, according
to Postmaster Pratts records
Mr. Cooke announced that Waikiki
plantation was ready to accommodate
fifty families. He also stated that a
man here named Hutchinson had re-
ceived a cablegram from the Azores
stating that Portuguese laborers could
easily be secured.
Mr., Tenney said Eva plantation
could take 100 families but would offer
them no homes. Eva had no land to
convey to immigrants, not owning any
in it's own right. He stated also, that
Waialua could take $50 families and
would give them homes. They could
raise cane on the share system.
Mr.. Cooke stated that at least one
acre for each of the thousand families
must be supplied by the plantations.
Mr.. Tenney remarked that Waialua
plantation had constructed thirty new
houses for Portuguese families in the
past year at a cost of 1882 each. He
thought that if better inducements
than these were offered the new peo-
pie, those already taking advantage Of
the present inducements, might be-
come OISSdIlS1leu. he SIdlGu l1ldl II
would entail an expenditure of about
$50 600 to install a hundred families at
Eva. Such an amount of money could
not be carelessly spent. There must
be an assurance that the experiment
would be successful.
Mr.. Cooke said that one plantation
man had told him his plantation could
accommodate about $50 families, but
would give no lands. When asked for
a guarantee, he would not give it. Mr.. /
Cooke said the land inducement to the
must be made in all good
faith.
He thought this was a lack of CO.
operation. The Governor, he said, felt |
very strongly OH the point of an acre
per family.
Mr. Tenney declared that whatever
promises he had made would be car
ried out. Mr.. Garden remarked that
the plantations which We're the first
to cooperate with the Board should
De the first to select the families they
desired. Mr.. Cooke said that the i'm
migrants must suit themselves on ar
rival
1t was shown by figures that all al
otment so far received from planta-
ions will accommodate but 525 fami-
les.