The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-01-26
PLANTATIONS
ARE TAGGING

The Territorial Boari of Immigration
held be- regular weekly meeting ycstcf.
day morning al O'Clock IA was q
| lively meeting. ana the comment wa
made by members that some OF th'
sugar plantations were not displnyinl
| sufficient enthusiasm in the matter oi
importing 1000 Portuguese families q
settle on agricultural lands in the H.
lands
| Commissioner J. y. Cooke expressed
the opinion that some Of the planta'
tions had even taken advantage Of the
Board OF immigration, ana 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
ters 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-
tive to his trip. Writing from New
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
ing inducements to immigrants to go
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 1t in his hands. Mr. Cooke stated
that any delay occasioned was at the
other end, not i'm Honolulu, according
to Postmaster Pratt's records.
Mr.. Cooke announced that Wailuku
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
rio Ctn oil haf
! 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 IL better Inducements
than these were offered the new peo-
pie, those already taking advantage of
the present inducements, might be-
come dissatisfied. He stated that it
would entail an expenditure of about
100000 to install a hundred families at
Eva. Such an amount of money could
not De careleSSly spent. Thefe 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 250 families, but
would give no lands. When asked for
a guarantee. he would not give it. Mr.
Cooke said the land inducement to the
immigrants must be made in all good
faith.
He thought this was a lack of CO.
operation. The Governor, he said, felt
very strongly on 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
be 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
lotment so far received from planta-
tions will accommodate but 525 fami-
lies.