Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-04
H. P. BALDWIN WRITES
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palakua to Hama that will produce
prontably all the above products, and
that will be opened up for small
farmers when the right time comes.
These tracts of land are not suitable
for raising cane profltahly, both on
account of soil and rainfall, but are
M.tlble for pineapples and other
.'rrming products. Cane requires
from as to so inches rain per annum,
failly we'll distributed through the
yc1r, and we are not sure of that
amount of rain in that region; where
~ pineapples. and other farming
products mentioned, will do very well
Il the rainfall is from 80 to 40
inches per annum. All the land to
the east of us, above say 200 to 500
feet elevation, is sure of that amount
of rain. To homestead these lands
does not interfere with the cane bus
colonies furnish labor.
I have always strongly favored di-
viding up lands suitable for farming
purposes for bona iide" citizen set
tiers, and for those eligible to be-
come citizens, but in my opinion IL
would be unwise to do so to any ex-
tent before good roads, or railroads,
are constructed to the country II Is
proposed TO open up, and good har-
bors are constructed, so that the
farmers have every facility for mar
keting their products, ana at reason
able cost.
Again. II is unwise to cut up land
for small farmers to raise certain
products before 1t has been reason
ably demonstrated what can be sue
cessfully and probably raised. II
attention is not paid to the above
points in cutting up lands for set
tiers, the farmers are quite likely to
find their farms improbable, throw
them up, and the object of the Gov
eminent to establish citizen settlers
is thus defeated, and the lands pass
into the hands of Corporations or to
others who are not citizens. This
has been the case in more than one
instance where the Government has
prematurely cut up lands for settlers
In such instances IL would have been
| better If the lands had been leased
for reasonable time, rather than
have them pass out of the Govern
ment's control altogether.
! have no doubt the Government
Will open up the Government lands
between here and Haiku and beyond
as soon as II is demonstrated what
can be raised profitably, and the ia
cilities for marketing the farm prod
ucts are perfected.
For the above reasons there may
be some delay in cutting up lands for
homesteads at and adjoining Keanae.
and along the slope this side of Kea-
nae, owned by the Government and
other parties.
Now In regard to the proposed ex-
change of Haiku land for the Govern
ment Omaopio land, from which the
Government has never obtained a
cent OF revenue. The Haiku land is
the best of pineapple land, and the
pineapple industry has got beyond
the experimental stage and is PROV
ing profitable business. We are 80
well satisfied that this industry will
grow to be large business in that
region that the Kahului Railroad
! company viii soon extend its road
/ across the deep Haiku gulch to the
pineapple cannery and tap the farm
ing land beyond.
We have already leased and sold
portions of the Haiku Sugar Com
pany's pineapple lands to American
citizens, and have proposed to lease
other portions to bona iide" settlers.
we wish to establish a prosperous
colony In that region of citizen farm
ers who mean business.
wish to say word In regard to
the Baldwin" who Mr.. Irwin said
In his article objected to furnishing
land to Portuguese who applied for
land, ON the ground that the Portu-
guese would steal away his Japs.
! presume the Baldwin" referred ia
Is the Manager of the Maui Agricul-
tural Company, although | have not
enquired of him in regard to the
matter. ] would like to say this, that
the Maui Agricultural Company's
Manager employs a larger proportion
OF citizen labor and men eligible to
be citizens, than any other plantation
on the Islands.
remain,
Yours very truly,