The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-30
SOLID MEN FOR
SMALL FARMS
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ers upon the lands of the Territory.
80. That we repudiate and deny
| the truth Of the suggestion, from
whatsoever source arising, that we de-
sire to fill this Territory with cheap
| labor to the exclusion Of American
citizens, and as earnest of our good
faith in this respect we pledge our
selves to use our influence and efforts,
so far as lies within our power, to
secure the accomplishment of the OBJ
| jects above set forth
| The above resolutions were signed by
the officials of the Planters Associa-
| ton. one of them being W. o. Smith.
| We next come to an extract from
| recent letter to the New York In
| dependent written by the Rev. Serene
| E. Bishop, d. D., who was born here
over 20 years ago and is one of the
best trained observers of things Ha-
waiian. His s. fawning sycophancy to
President Roosevelt" as local paper
describes it, is expressed as follows:
s'There are on these islands as much
undoubtedly as 500 square miles of de-
s1rable agricultural lands suited to the
needs of enterprising American farmers,
which are now unoccupied by any till
age, and are capable of handsomely
supporting twenty civilized families to
the square mile. Very little of this
land, however, is at present open for
purchase, being in good demand for
sheep and cattle pasturage. The larger
half of such lands are subject to private
ownership, and much of the rest is held
in long leases from the government.
AS such leases fall in, it is understood
to have become the policy of the Ter
ritorial government to put homesteads
upon the market at moderate prices to
desirable American settlers It is also
to be expected that some landowners
will exercise a generous policy toward
such settlers.
There are also in the hands of the
large sugar estates many excellent
tracts of the lower lands, which would.
from fertility and climate, be very
desirable tor farmers From these
owners also generous policy is de-
sired and hoped for. There is thus
much ground for American rural popu-
lation during the next decade or two.
such an addition as should establish
our American character upon a solid
basis.
Leading indications, however, of
the near future point to a very differ
emit source of change in the status of
Hawaii. The early future of these is
lands seems likely 60 become over
wnel1ningly commercial rather than
agricultural. Being the central cross
roads of the North Pacific, all the great |
commercial routes of this ocean seem
necessitated to converge here. Great |
steamer lines must very soon cross the |
Pacific from Panama to the Orient. /
carrying a traffic which will outdo I
that now crossing the Atlantic Ho-
nolulu lies midway exactly in the path |
of that colossal traffic route which is
nearly 10000 miles from Panama to
hIany large freight steam
ers daily must call here to replenish
their fuel supply. Both Pearl Harbor
and Honolulu will become crowded
with those freighters and fuel supply
ships. They will in a few years be-
come large commercial cities.
The immense commerce thus Great
ed here will call for food supplies
from teeming back country of busy
and prosperous farmers. The agricul-
tural resources, not only of Oahu, but
Of all the islands, will be heavily
Drawn upon, and capable American
farmers will flock there for profitable
employment. One may well anticipate
that not many years hence the twenty
i've thousand acres of crowded cane
ields along our Oahu shores will have
and given place to produce
farms. And the mighty pumps which
1rive two hundred million gallons of
artesian water daily over the broad
fields will nourish the tillage of a
thousand produce farmers instead.
Hawaii may, therefore, well be re-
sarded as now only in embryo. A popu-
Gus, busy and wealthy State looms up
n front of us as dwelling here in an
,ther generation. This new and giant
,uture Of Hawaii needs to be well pro-
md spiritually. America should at once
fortify Hawaii, not only
trategically, but in all respects. Ha-
vail IS early destiny is to be the great
Headlight of Americanism and Chris
,ianity in the Pacific
From some hundreds of testimonies in
'avor of diversified agriculture here I
given by DR.. Jared G. Smith, Director
# the Z. S. Agricultural Experiment
Station in Hawaii, we take this most
'ecent one touching specific farm
,rop, Il
6 People have said tobacco could not
De grown in Hawaii, just as they have
'aid about pineapples, and a good
many other products which have now
come to be important crops in only a
few years, said DR.. Smith. That old
dea that there is an intangible and
mysterious something in the soil or
climate which no one knew about. and
would defeat all efforts to produce GER
tain crops is slowly being exploded
There is absolutely no reason why TO-
bacco, if grown under proper condi-
tions, and properly handled, should not
be very profitable crop in these is
lands -