The Washington herald., 1908-05-15
HAWAII WANTSHOMESEEKERS
By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

price of this commodity a very attractive
proposition TO the planter But rubber
growing Is a business which requires
scientific knowledge, and which yields
slow returns. 1t is not inviting 20 the
small farmer.
Experiments with tobacco show that
grades which compare favorably with
the best that Cuba and Brazil have TO
ofTer can be grown on Hawaiian soil
Hawaiian tobacco can come into the
United States duty paid and therefore
has an enormous advantage over that Of
Cuba and other countries. With this ad-
vantage. and an equally good grade OF
leaf to offer, Hawaii tobaeeo-growers GER
talnly stand TO win big returns from
their labors
Hawaii IS not the place for the money
less man who expects TO grow rich by
tnling the soil. The farmer in these
islands faces vastly different conditions
from those he encounters il the cotton
fields OF Texas OF the corn fields Of Iowa.
This Is a semi-tropical country, and the
methods OF agriculture differ as widely
from our own as our climate differs from
that Of Hawaii. The settler who comes
here must have enough money TO buy
his land. 10 emplOye his labor and to
live from two to four years while waiting
for his first crop There are a hundred
little things he will have to do which
require that patience which comes only
with the consciousness Of balance in
the bank On the other hand, he who
comes here with the necessary capital
and the required patience. lnds await
ing him an opportunity that is probably
not eaualed by any spot on the globe.
And II he be a citizen Of the United
states he will receive welcome from
his compatriots here that viii warm the
cookies OF his heart
Hawaii needs farmers. She must have
American citizens. She wants some OF
that eonquering blood to which our West
ern prairies and mountains have yielded
their treasures Of mine and neld and
forest In the language OF Gov. Frear.
The policies OF small-landed proprietor
ships and diversified industries are not
necessarily antagonistie 10 the prosperity
Of the sugar industry Probably nowhere
are business enterprises, large and small,
conducted more generally under corporate
forms, but probably nowhere are they
conducted more honorably or with less
abuse OF capitalistic power. The suger
industry is that from which. directly or
indirectly the Territory and It's people
derive their main support. But Il viii be
conceded that the Territory should not
keep all its eggs In one basket. especially
when that baskets upset is threatened
by probable tariff revision. The high in
terests OF these Islands require them 10
be popped as far as may be by small
landed proprietors."
Not even the solid phalanx CT the beet
sugar interests OF the Northwest can pro-
teet Hawaiians from seeing the ghosts
OF tariff revision. Philippine free trade
and Cuban annexation. Some OF the
Hawaiians are already at work heaping
their eggs in baskets ether than the one
OF sugar. They have blazed the way and
opened the door OF opportunity for the
American who has youth. industry, and 2
few thousand dollars. All who desire 70
turn these assets into wealth and happi-
ness, the while living In veTitable para
else should answer the Turing call Of
Uncle Sans little ocean gem-Hawaii.
Copyright 1908, by Frederic J. Hasldn)