The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-01-04
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at is not the policy OF the Govern
ment TO strange the sugar Industry
Governor Carter enunciated the fore
going doctrine yesterday while casual
" talking about some recent sales OF
land which had been adversely criti-
cized.
Replying to questions the Governor
stated that all of the remnants of land
sold to the waianae Company were
below the fume line. There were other
remnants above that line, including
cane lands, which would be available
for settlement.
mo, the plantation has got nothing
It did not have before" the Governor
said. Then he added the disclaimer OF
purpose to injury the sugar industry
where already established, which Is
quoted above.
The alternative of selling the Waia-
nae lands, Governor Carter pointed
out, was the necessity OF setting the
lease thereof up at auction every five
years. AS a result OF that alternative.
If 1t had been taken, the development
of the plantation would be brought to
a standstill.
At the same time, there was no as
surance of any such early settlement
OF the lands as would be compensa-
ton for Gripping the established plant
ing enterprise. No applications for
homesteads on those lands had been
received.
There is no use in pressing the open
ing of lands ahead of the demand" the
Governor said. TT would only mean
that the public lands would fall into
the hands OF SPECTATORS
He instanced the sale of the Olowalu
lands as being in similar circumstances
to that of the Waianae lands. Those
who found fault with these transact
tions could never have fully understood
the conditions. AS they lay and in
their relation to the water problem the
lands in question We're not in demand
for settlement.
There was another case in point, on
the Island of Hawaii, where a planta-
no desiring settlers had made them,
selves known.
Reverting to the Waianae matter,
the Governor stated that a reservation
had been made for village, and 1t was
the Governments desire to have a viii
lage of Independent owners arise there.
Instead of putting the lands up for
lease Of five years, with the necessity
of repeating the operation at the end
of the term, 1t was deemed better to
convert them into ready capital where
with to pay interest on the Territorial
debt.
Governor Carter, in the course of
conversation, expressed a feeling of
satisfaction in the belief that the De-
partment of Public Lands was making
good progress in the opening Of lands
Tor settlement This was in accord
ance with his expressed desire for prac-
teal results when he resumed the du-
ties of office after his absence on nc
count of illness. Yet, as already shown,
he did not see the wisdom of rushing
ahead of the game. In other words, IL
the public lands Were indiscriminately
distributed, wi hort the safes Yards
ha f,li
into the hands of specula,o.s instead
of bona fide ttlers, a succeeding adj
ministration would have neithc.' PUB.
lie domain nor any thing tangible in It's
place.
The Governor stated, p N ter of
particular int. est, that in rort of
The Land Commissioner o. the UnitSd
States, a borrowed copy of which he
had just been peru4ing thee We're sug-
gestions of Federal land policy which
were identicel with pr ciples OF the
land settlement regulations that had
for SC ne time been in creation in Bn
wall. 1t was matter o, qualification
TO him thGt Hawaii should thus be
found leading the way for the nation
in practical measures of land settles
ment.
In connection with this subject, Land
Commissioner Pratt is quoted as want
ing an increase of appropriation for the
survey department, for next period. to
enable 1t to make surveys of lands
under expiring leases a year before the
respective terms expire. The appropri-
alton for expenses of field parties and
office work, for the current period, is
s25oCO, An increase of this amount to
$40 900 is wanted for next period. BY
enabling surveys to be made a year in
advance, through the additional means,
II is represented that the land depart
ment will be in a position to deal
promptly with lands whenever they be-
come available for settlement