The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-10-23

Where Republicans Stand.
The Republican party takes differ.
ent position on the land question. The
Republican party, as has been said, is
one of deeds, of progress, of action;
it is the party that does things and gets
there. 1t does not dream dreams or
build air castles, neither, on the other
that we cannot, because we had them
amended last session. Congress is ready
hand, does it hold back and fed- TO /
20 ahead. 1t doesn't take the position
that because things are not just as we
would like them that it will take any.
thing that is offered in hope of bet
torment. 1t looks into the situation,
studies the possibilities and then pro-
ceeds to get what it needs. The Re.
publican party recognizes cold, hard
facts. In the first place all the public
land of Hawaii, including the frigid
areas at the tops of the Hawaii and
Maui mountains and the arid lava
| fields, is small in amount. 1t starts out
to get more land for the public.
"There are several methods of ac
complishing this result, some of them
being studied at this time, one method
being studied by the man best fitted
in all the world to look into the ques.
ton. l refer to Mr.. Newell, of the
Reclamation Service, who is now in the
Islands, the first fruits of the visit here
of Secretary Garfield. He is studying
what arid lands can be reclaimed
through irrigation. Private enterprise
has already done much to reclaim our
arid lands. Half the sugar lands have
been made productive through the ex.
penditure of fifty million dollars put
into great bitches, reservoirs, pumping
plants and other means to get water
on to the arid plains. Two-thirds of
all the sugar raised on our lands come
from the reclaimed arid land and the
\ problem is now for the United States
government to do the same thing in
retaining lands for small property
holders. These arid lands with water
are twice as productive as our other
lands.
''This is one way that the Repub
lican party proposes to increase the
area of the useful public Iands. We
propose to get the Federal government
to spend here from five to ten million
dollars in irrigation works for those
who would like to own small pieces
of land. Again, we have small tracts
of land good for special purposes, for
rubber, sisal, tobacco, pineapples and
such, and if by careful study of tho
soils we can find that certain lands are
adaptable for certain things, we will
. increase our area of frst.class agrieul.
tural lands from what is now second
} class pasture lands and this means that
we have more good lands to offer to
the small farmers. Through the Board
of Agriculture and Forestry, the College
of Hawaii, the Federal Experiment
Station and the Planters Experiment
Station we are trying to learn what are
, the best crops for our lands
"More than this, learned while on
my trip around the Islands that all the
farmers didn' u know how to farm; that
they were using the wrong kinds Of
4 seed and other things. Now we pro
, pose to have local experiment stations
, on the different islands and to have ex
{ perts go out and instruct these farmers
Then we propose to investigate and fine
, the best methods of marketing the
We propose to build rail
r roads and encourage steamship and
{ other manner of quick transportation
Q If railroad. encouraged by us, goes
/. into a district, it brings more land into
) use and makes more available for home
steaders. We propose to see that al
lands available for homesteading will
= go for that purpose.
: 81 claim that this is constructiv,
g policy, not destructive one. What W.
, propose TO do is to make the land avail
able for settlement and then to settl,
Q it. We are not asking that the Fedora
: land laws be applied here to make mat
{ ters worse.
II Invites Comparison.
n 81 invite the voters to read CAREFUL,
the platforms of the Republican am
u Democratic parties, study the situation
u earnestly and then determine which o
OIL the platforms and which of the partie
q is the better TO support. We want
businesslike and an honest administra
4" ton. / have a great respect for tn
Democrats. / consider that they ar
g just as good and just as honest as W
q are, but they are on the wrong track
"We want a business administrator
. in our government, not only in tn
y Legislature, but in the departments a
d well. We want to work together. A
y present the executive of the mainlan
is Republican, the Congress is Repull
u lican, just as in Hawaii the executiy
g is Republican, and the Legislature ha
Is been Republican since the end of tn
r. first session. All the branches of tn
government are working harmonious
- together at the present tirle. Do W