Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-09
immigration and Conservation Find
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practically made farming new
thing. l
The work of our Federal Expert
ment Station is solely for the benefit
of the Territory.
There Is much to be done with
live stock industries, in breeding new
kinds and experimenting regarding
folders. There is a great deal to be
done by the station in preventing
the diseases of pineapples and in inn
| proving the quality of taro and its
! output.
! Then, again, there should be a
thorough agricultural survey OF the
| Territory
Now. all these lines will take only
$4,000 year
. From $4,000 to $500 should be
devoted 10 a photographic survey. In
these islands water is all-important,
and IL is necessary to know how
much we can get and where we can
get 1t. We know what the planters
100000. We need to know more
for the purpose OF developing the
arid lands. On the unirrigated
lands we have two or three times
as much area as We can cut up into
homesteads at the present time.
Z Two or three thousand dollars
could be expended in developing the
marketing facilities of the Territory,
in bringing the grower and consumer
together. Some money might be eX-
pended in aiding the chronological
work of the Bureau of Agriculture
and Forestry.
This question OF immigration is
all-important. The other questions
are equally important though per-
haps not so Immediately pressing.
What the Planters Think
! Il. ID. Tenney was called upon,
Chairman Single stating that the
Labor Committee OF the Planters As
ISOLATION. consisting of Messrs. Ten
ney, Cooke and Hackfeld. had been
asked to be present. Mr.. Tenney read
his address, as follows:
The question before this Legisla-
ture of providing funds to promote
immigration to this country, Is one
which vitality affects the Govern
ment, and, directly or indirectly, at
fects every business man and labor
er RESTING within this Territory.
II is not new problem which Is
now presented, for II has been before
this country ever since our agricul-
tural enterprises developed to such an
extent that the native supply of la
Dor became insufficient to carry on
those enterprises.
! From 1852, the date Of the first
immigration of laborers to Hawaii,
there has been no cessation OF the ef-
forts of the Government, and the az
,riCultural enterprises of this coun-
try, to procure settlers and laborers,
and only at rare intervals have we
been free from anxiety and worry on
this account. Hawaii is country
that invites no immigration other
than Asiatic. We are isolated, trans
portation from Europe, the only 9th
or source from which laborers may
be drawn, is expensive, and the ex-
tent of the country Is not great
enough to attract attention or create
any extensive European immigra-
ton. without artificial stimulus
and financial assistance the influx OF
any people other than from Asia
practically would be nothing.
The problem we are now facing Is
5 therefore. only the same question pre-
( sented In another form and under
/ different circumstances.
r This country is dependent upon III
$ agricultural enterprises, and what
: ever may be the outlook for the fu
n ture development OF diversified in
t dustries, II is no exaggeration to sa.
that at the present time, and certain
Il ly for many years to come, the Terri
4 tory of Hawaii is, and will be, Who'll
t ly dependent on single industry
6 not only for its economic prosperity
n but even for the actual living o
y nearly all of its population.
The custom house statistics of i'm
8 ports and exports show this fac
O conclusively; for the fiscal year Q
t 1908 the total value of exports froI
e Hawaii was $4l,640,505, of whic
s. sugar was valued at $39,S16,0S2.
n With very few exceptions ever
o business enterprise in the countr
x and every person employed by sue
enterprises, is dependent upon tn
u sugar industry, and II that languisl
IF es through any cause, whether II
l. legislative action or an insutficiei
70 supply of labor to carry on the ope
Iy ations Of the sugar plantations, Il
At result is felt by every one who ell
deavors to make living within tn
I'd Territory. 1t will be felt very grea
OF ly by the Government through an |
IL mediate and substantial decrease
G. revenues, for the revenues of Il
ha Tarritory are largely deriyed fro