The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-30

For want of an argument, the re-
mark has been printed that the people
who are sustaining the idea of Amer
lean farm development here, and the
creation of a substantial middle class,
are doing so with the idea of getting
political favors from President Roose-
velt. It may interest visiting Congress
men to know who the people are who
are thus described. First we give an
extract from the inaugural address of
Governor Dole, Hawaii Is first citizen:
s'The pressing demands of the agri-
cultural corporations for cheap field
labor, together with their great infiu
ence, will continue as in the past to
be an obstacle to the development of
such citizen population as shall safe
guard the political future of Hawaii.
The two enterprises are mutually hos
tile. The one is interested in men as
machines; the other as factors in the
development of the State.
'sAs the control of such corporations
gradually passes into the hands of
those who are without the restraining
influences of local Or traditional as
sociations, and are not interested in
the social growth of the Hawaiian
community, this danger may become
more threatening than before.
ssEvery one who is resident here,
not merely to amass wealth but to live
and perhaps to bring up. children who
will necessarily become attached to the
country, its climate and It's social life,
is most vitally interested in having
this matter rightly solved. This means
that it shall not only be possible but
settled beyond all question that no
moneyed interest shall be allowed to
stand in the way of the development
of pure family life in any part OF
the Territory of Hawaii; either by the
enforcement of unfavorable conditions
upon the field laborer, whereby family
life is made morally impossible or only
immorally possible. or by opposing the
settlement of the small proprietor. In
difference Of government or employers
to the inalienable rights of men,
women and children to an ideal home
environment must result. sooner or
later, in the reprisals of natural justice.
offer fertile soil and an infinite varl-
ETY. of landscape, sufficient and suita-
BILE for the homes of such citizens and
enough of them as shall assure honest
capable government and statehood In
due time.
ssThe land policy of the republic Of
Hawaii, whereby public lands are open
for settlement in small holdings, should
be continued by the Territory, with
such changes as experience has shown
to be necessary, and carried on with
vigor and earnestness in the hope that
many Americans may be led to trans
fer their homes from the mainland TO
Hawaii
Here is the testimony of the plant
ers themselves, given on January IA,
1905, in the form of the following reso-
iutions:
Whereas, Statements have been
made to the effect that the sugar
planters of Hawaii are inimlcal to the
immigration of American citizens TO
Hawaii and to the policy OF establish
ing diversified industries here, ana the
settlement OF American farmers upon
the lands of Hawaii and the employ
ment of citizens in the skilled labor
positions upon the plantations; and
"Whereas, Such statements are IN
correct; and
ssWhereas It is proper that the posi-
ton of the sugar planters OF da"ai1
upon this subject should be so clearly