The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-02-23


Cooke SAID there were aame rihnta.
o. HesuminE. the presideni said the
ioard would never have been rna.nist.
hny moncy by the planters n there
unF uOf te1aHn fnf Do
Nr Co1Ea here attempted 90 form "a
hss of decision saying You wnnt
us 90 say that We are not satisfied
with the terms offered by fhe r.anta-
tlons and that We viii not DO any
thing further until the condition 81 fee
simple land h metz"
THAT IL a mean way TO put IT," Mr
Atkinson responded what ! ron-
tend for Is tina; we viii do nothing be-
yond bringing IN people for whom land
s offered. when the people are land
ed on the wharf here this board has
nothing further to do with them"
"The money paid by the association
is In a pot" Mr. Garden objected.
Let me take you up right there"
Mr.. Atkinson interjected 1T is not
In pot. II they didn't want the peo-
pie they would not have put up any
money"
Mr. Cooke said he would support a
resolution saying that the board was
not satisfied.
DARTIAL AGREEMENT.
Mr.. Atkinson would agree with the
secretary partly There were lots Of
people to go ahead on. IL the others
did not come up to the condition, let
the board get round 1t. II they gave
up leased land give them an acre
somewhere else. There was no reason
for quarreling with the planters, but
the fact remained that they had not
treated the Portuguese well in the
past. You know that"
Mr.. Garden said they had not asked
for land.
Haven't they?" exclaimed the pres
ident. II have heard them asking for
land for fifteen years. The trouble Is
you have herded with the rich. If you
had mixed with the poor you would
have heard it,"
Mr.. Craig said that all he was afraid
OF was the blocking of the whole move
ment.
IF we are going to kick, the time
to kick is now" Mr.. Cooke said
We'll. what have you been calling
all this talk Mr. Atkinson queried In
tone of surprise. "As long as there
was any chance Of getting Chinese Or
japanese here he went on, do you
suppose they would have given up
$500, 900 or s5O0,00O?"
THE TINE TO KICK.
Mr. Garden swung around on Waia-
lua again, elicitlng this query from the
chair:
IF they can give 5000 house away,
can't they give a $50 lot?'
They haven't got it," sang Garden
and Craig in duet
Mr. Atkinson wanted to know, also,
where the acre lot was to be-on the
side of a cliff?
Mr. Craig reminded the chief that he
had spoken of that very thing six
months ago and was laughed at. Il
believe in going right ahead" Mr.
Garden continued, "and bringing the
people here. We can fix up details
IN the meantime"
Mr.. Cooke was not satisfied with the
offers in all cases, however, as to
wages There was no Uniformity. Mr..
Giffard thought this feature unbusi-
nesslike. There should be a uniform
agreement.
Mr.. Craig thought 1t was up to the
board to adjust all those things right
away.
Mr.. Atkinson said he could not bind
the government. They had nothing to
go ahead on.
Mr.. Garden feared it would break up
the whole arrangement to proceed
without a complete understanding.
Not IL Mr.. Atkinson's belief is
right" Mr.. Cooke said, that once they
are landed the board has nothing
further to do with them"
Then II was agreed to have another
meeting at the call of the chair.