The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-31
DR.. RAYMOND
ON R0MEsTEADs

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with the government for lands at Ulu
palakua, he made the following state
ment. the Maui News says:
Governor Frear has thus far shown
himself to be a man of sound busines
sense, and in the management of tn
affairs of his office he appears to b.
intensely practical.
He is the first Governor of the
Territory who has ever at any time
been on the lands of Kanaio and Ka
hikinui. He is the first Governor whC
has thoroughly looked over the land
ernment lands in that neighborhood
areas of waste lands that run into the
thousands of acres.
Thus ii can be easily seen that he
is pursuing the same careful methods
in ascertaining the assets of the gov
ernment as pertains TO public lands, as
a shrewd business man would natural
ly do in the requirement of mer-
camille business, in that he insists
upon taking an inventory of the stock
of goods offered him by the seller Of
the same. and by SO doing he ascer-
tains definitely the exact status of
the business; knowing the same, he is
prepared to act intelligently.
THE Governor, on his tour of in
spection, has learned the truth, and
he now knows that the bona f1de agri-
1ondc Of this Tprrifnry-
those lands that are now in use by
the sugar plantations, are by far more
limited in area than any previous ex-
ecutive officer has appeared to know
or would admit. if they did know, and
by far less than the great majority
of the people ever had any idea of.
Exact knowledge of conditions is a
most important factor in making a
proper classification of public lands
for future use and a most vital neces-
sity in the formulating of a sound land
policy.
Above all things the Governor has
learned for himself that lands hitherto
lauded by the public press and sup
posed by the majority of citizens TO
be agricultural lands, are, in fact,
waste lands and only a portion of
toral lands.
with an exact knowledge of land
it becomes comparatively
easy for the Governor and individuals
to arrive at an understanding, and
where the individual landowner has
in most every instance thoroughly un-
derstood the conditions as they exist
ed, and do now exist, the trouble has
been in the past that the officials have
been ignorant, hence meeting on a
common ground has been almost i'm
possible in these land exchange cases.
THE proposition to be submitted to
the government by the Raymond
Ranch is to turn over to the govern
ment a large tract of agricultural land
that was formerly used for the culti-
vation of sugar cane by the late Cap
tain Makee at Ulupalakua, the very
heart of the once famous Makee plan
tation, in exchange for certain ira
of pastoral and waste lands now in
use by the Raymond Ranch.
IL IL DtlitNOu ny illC anu lllOSS as
sociated with me that, despite strong
advice to the contrary, the said ex-
change will not only open up to some
fifty families homesteads upon which
more than a living can be made by
the homesteaders, but that a step will
be taken towards Americanizing our
islands and in time produce results
10 will than nc for thaI
sacrifice at this time.
These lands have produced large
crops of cane. They have produced
everything in the way of agricultural
and horticultural produce that can be
found anywhere in the world. Corn,
potatoes, apples. tobacco, pineapples
and other crops have been successfully
grown there.
The climate is ideal. The roads
are good and the wharf within an
hours drive, with great rows of ma
tured eucalyptus trees growing there
by the roads that add toward max
ing the place an ideal one for home
steaders. There is a sufficient rain
fall for pineapples and for all domes-
I'VE are cognizant of the fact that
the area of agricultural land is very
limited and that these lands are now
in demand by Asiatics who have made
application time after time to rent
them, also that they will necessarily
Increase in value as the available
lands of the Territory are taken up
and enhanced by the natural progress
that will be made in the country in
the future.
I'VE want to do all we can to aid
the government in securing settlers
for the country, and our policy Of
ourselves strictly to the cat
tie business is by no means prompted
by selfish business principles I feel
sure that in the end we would make
more money by holding our agricul-
tural lands and perhaps grabbing
more, but 1 believe it is the duty of
every person here to get in and work
for more people and by so doing ensure
permanent prosperity. Every single
acre will be given up for agricultural
purposes if the land can be used as
such. 1t is a business proposition to
do it."