Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-20

Torrance OF certain conditions for six
years under a certificate of occupation.
The land Us inalienable. This was in.
tended mainly for Hawaiians, who re.
quire only small area. and who un.
less restrained from alternating the
land are often inclined to mortgage II.
make no provision for payment and
then lose the land under foreclosure.
There is no objection to this method.
~ The right Of purchase lease, by
which one may obtain larger area
under a twcnty-onc.year lease. paying
s per cent per annum on the appraised
value, with the right to obtain patent
at any time after three years, provided
he has resided on the land two years
and reduced to cultivation not less
than 25 per cent. This is the usual
method by which land is taken up by
others than Hawaiians. The objections
to 1t are that the residence require.
mcnt is inadequate and Is SO wordcd
that It can be evaded In large meas
ure; that the cultivation requirement
Is inadequate. because only 10 per cent
lneed be cultivated for a long time AMI
a patent may be obtained at any time
within twenty.onc years II only 20 per
cent is cultivated for even a very brief
period, and there Is no provision
against subleasing with the result that
by .subleasing the holder may obtain
enough in rents to pay for the land in
a short time. The consequence is that
land Is sought under this method by
mere spectators. (3) The cash free.
hold agreement. which Is much like the
right OF purchase lease, except that
the land is sold at auction and must be
paid for in four installments, the last
becoming due at the end of three years
(D The settlement association, By
which group ofhot less than six per.
sons may take up land under either
the right OF purchase lease or the cash
freehold agreement, the members of
tho association being the only ones
who can apply. The object of this
was to enable groups of Americans to
take. up adjoining lots, so that they
might obtain the benefits of congen,
ial community. The object has not
been accomplished. and this method
haC been made the means of the great.
est abuses.
The proposed amendment while not
abolishing the other methods. which
are still suitable In some cases. except
the settlement association, which is
abolished) permits the sale of land In
lots OF such area not exceeding 100
acres as may be deemed requisite for
the support of a family and upon such
terms Of payment, residence, and 9th
or terms as may be deemed proper for
the promotion of bona ade homestead
Ing on the lands in question. This pro
vision Is similar to that in the recla.
nation act on the mainland. The lands
of Hawaii are more like those re-,
claimed by the Reclamation Service
on the mainland than like other public
lands on the mainland. They require
much capital for their development:
they yield heavily and command high
prices. Moreover, the conditions OF
| ''"'"''' amman, crops popula'
tloh' e'cp vary greatly in Hawaii and
.he available ar9blo area OF public land
70 so'"para'lVely small Consequently
II mas seemed pest that wide scope
should be given for the settlement OF
''oSc 'th's ZOE homestead onrposeo
J"s' US Is done under tho reclamation
act me intention Is to make. condj
,'o'S VI reS,uehce ahd cultivation SUI
"oiu"''S sulc' ana terms OF payment
"n'e'ei''y easy 10 accommodate bona
nae "o''ieS'eauers ana discourage spec
r'"'ors' III othcr words 10 require whal
we UNA nue. nonieSteadep would wish
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