The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-10-22

VINO would like to own small pieces
of land. Again, we have small tracts
of land good for special purposes, for
rubber, sisal, tobacco, plneapples and
such, and if by a careful study of the
soils we can find that certain lands are
adaptable for certain things, we will
increase our area of first-class agricul-
tural lands from what is now second
class pasture lands and this means that
we have more good lands to offer 10
the small farmers. Through the Board
of Agriculture and Forestry, the Col
lege 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't know how to farm; that
they we're using the wrong kinds of
seed and other things. Now we pro-
pose to have local experiment stations
on the different ISLANDS and to have ex-
perts go out anG instruct these farmers.
Then we propose to investigate and
find the best methods or marketing
the products. We propose to build rail-
roads and encourage steamship and
other manner of quick transportation.
If a railroad, encouraged by us, goes
into a district, it brings more land into
use and makes more available for
homesteaders. We propose to see that
all lands available for demonstrating
will go for that purpose.
Il claim that this is a constructive
policy, not a destructive one. What we
propose to do is to make the land avail
able for settlement and then to settle
it. We are not asking that the federal
land laws be applied here to make mat
| tiers worse"
Governor Frear invited a compari
son between the platforms of the Re-
publican and Democratic parties. The
Republicans wanted a businesslike ad-
ministration, the legislature working
with the executive to that end. He
commended the work of Delegate Ku-
hio at Washington, adding:
IF a Democratic Delegate were sent
| to Congress and were to put in bill to
| amend the land laws, and it was re-
ferred in the regular way 10 the Sec
rotary Of the Interior, do you think It
would get very much consideration?
Hardly. But if Republican Delegate
puts in bill conforming with the ideas
of the Secretary and of the party, he
will get it through.
I'VE have got things on the run;
things are coming our way. Shall we
now affront a Republican Congress and
a Republican administration, and they
have opened up their heart and their
purse to us, by electing Delegate
opposed to their policies? Not if we
are wise.
There are many important questions
for which we will have to go to Con-
gress for a solution, but there are
too many important questions that we
will have to settle here. Our Repub-
lican Legislatures have made records
of which we may all be proud. 1t is
necessary that we have Legislature
in harmony with the Executive so that
the cooperation of the branches of the
government may be business like and
effective. We want tea mplay and ac-
cordance in order that the most good
may result"
A. D. Castro preceded the governor
making an able speech on the Republi-
can legislative record and the platform
of this campaign. He denounced the
opponents of the party for trading on
the miseries of the people in opposing
health measures.
R. w. Shingle followed the Governor
in a candid and outspoken address
pointing out some defects in the land
law. While giving the Governor and
the Superintendent of Public Lands full
credit for attempting to administer the
laws fairly, he agreed with Governor
Frear that in amending these laws and
in working out the land problems a
Republican success at the polls was
necessary to attain the best results, and
pledged him his best efforts if he was
elected to the House.
w. T. Rawlns related the fine record
of the Republican party in the last le-
gislature, telling how its members
signed away their claims on seasonal
pay conditional on the work not being
completed in the sixty days necessary
for securing the Federal subsidy. BY
redeeming the sacrifice they saved the
territory 100000 in one lump.
John A. Hughes made an address
|. full of humorous hits which evoked
laughter and applause. His best sally
\ was when referring to the leader of the
local Democratic party, and the wings
, that had been nailed on him by the
Democratic orators he said that he re-