Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-22

brals were put In tight place. They
didat know what TO do. They
scratched their heads and finally
drew up memorial stating that al
though they didn't want to dispute
with GARFIELD, but they thought the
American laws should be applied
here, and afterwards amended. The
people of the United States have been
trying to amend those laws, but they
haven't been able to do 1t. and what
could little Hawaii do? 1t is all Ha-
wall can do to amend her own laws,
but the United States would sit back
and laugh when she tried to change
the Federal laws.
Nov have spoken Of the Dsno-
cratic position. The Republican patty
follows a different policy. The Repub.
lican party is a party Of deeds. acton,
progress; It does things. 1t doesn
dream or try to exist on air castles.
nor does II hold back or fear to 20
ahead,-at looks over the situation
and picks out the needs,-and then
proceeds to get what 1t wants. The
Republican party recognizes cold
facts; II recognizes that all the land
taken together In Hawaii Is very small
In area, and that the agricultural land
Is especially small In area. So II has
started out to get some more, ard Is
doing this by several methods. Along
these lines we are studying at the pres
ent time with Mr.. NEWELL as indeed
we are taking up every question with
the man especially fitted for concisely
grasping the situation. Mr.. Newell.
who is now In the islands as the first
fruits of the visit of Secretary Garfield
here, is the man best fitted In all the
world to study the situation with re-
gard to the reclaiming Of arid lands
by irrigation or other reclamation pro-
jects. Private enterprise has already
done vast work for the Territory on
reclaiming land that otherwise would
have been waste. One.half Of the
sugar land Of the islands has been re.
claimed through the expenditure Of
SIS 900, 900 in constructing irrigation
bitches, taunnels. etc. Two-thirds OF
the sugar raised here Is produced on
land that. because of its arid nature,
would have been gone to waste had 1t
not been for irrigation. This shows
what the wealthy men have done for
lion dollars from the Federal govern
ment for purposes OF irrigation and re.
claiming arid lands for the small pro
ductor. OF course, there is much land
that II not good for the production OF
one special agricultural feature, but
there is a great work to be done, and
It is being done by our different agri-
cultural and forestry boards. In the
adapting Of each branch of work to
the land that It suited for II. There is
much land that is suitable for the Gull
tivation of rubber, pineapples, sisal.
and tobacco, and by studying the soils
We will be able to discover which one
will produce the best on that partic.
ular piece OF land. Some of this land
Is excellent for certain purpose and
for nothing else, and when we have
discovered what that purpose Is, we
have gained Just that land for the
country, and the small man. We are
finding out what crops will produce
the~best on certain lands"
"ln travelling around the Islands,
have found out that great many peo-
pie really did not know how to farm,
and It is proposed that our local exper.
iment station. as well as our various
Board OF Agriculture and Forestry, go
out ana teacn tnen ,ne pest Ilahner y.
wnlcn 10 utii,he 'nei, iana, Wha' soeu
W use, anu wnere " pes. nIaIhe. ,heu
prouuc.s. lhls 10 an inipor.ant Ieac
ure'-no" 10 set 'heir proaucts 10 mar
ke, we propose 10 secure t,ahspor,
'aioh iaciules' pu'iu raiiioaus, s,ar'
steamship mes anu .nls ~ poulu W
ACT rs great ehcourasement 10 'he
homesteaaer' clam tnat this Is
CONSTRUCTIVE poncy anu NOT "a ues'ruc,
i've one, one wnere new iahd VIII
constantly ne oRfned up 10 the nome
seausr. ihose constituting the ne.
puphcan party secured the passage Oh
tne hrst Homestead law, ana III 1893
.ne present iahd laws were passed
ms was 'heh decided step III al.
Vahcemeh'' ana the hepnohcah party
Is now convinced that the time mas
again come wheh radical change IL
again 10 DC desired. WIN the chahge
IN ADMINISTRATOR SO are the land laws