The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-08-27

lIlUutA Win lUN aMfaIe OF AELAlN
government can only be got by bring
ing white men onto the land as pr
manent settlers There are in Hawaii
considerable areas Of public land that
with irrigation can be made available
for settlement Nr Newell estimate
that there are over 100000 acres. cap
able Of supporting 5000 families This
land Is not suitable for sugar cane. bot
is admirably adapted for a variety Of
crops that il has been demonstrated
can be grown and sold az good profit
There is no disposition on the part 0t
Hawaii 90 shirk her duty but this task
is TOO big one for that small com
munitv 10 tackle alone Figures have
already been quoted 10 show what has
been done by private enterprise -1
develop the sugar lands The time has
now come for tie development o. other
lands. Adequately % DO tins worE tine
assistance OF the Federal Government
is required.
IN her support Of the Fedora COY
eminent. Hawaii is no iaggard Ere-
Since annexation Hawaii has made ful
and regular contributions 20 the fed
eral revenues Last year over q MI
lion and q third dollars were turned
in as customs receipts and pract callv
every dollar worth of the articles inn
ported was used locally Unlike most
Of the ports having large customs re-
ceipts, Hawaii is not q distributing
center. What is imported Is for loeal
consumption. For the year ending
June 80. 1908. Hawaii customs re-
ceipts were greater by over ha- 2 mil
lion than those Of Portland. Oregon
and were within 100000 OF those o.
the Puget Sound district The DIS
trict Of Hawaii ranks twelfth IN the lis-
Of the sixteen customs districts where
the annual revenue exceeds million
In the nine years since organization OF
territorial government the customs re
ceipts Of Hawaii have amounted 20
81, 683,3s0.3T. The geater part Of this
amount is a net profit 10 The GUEeru-
ment. for the receipts in Hawaii from
internal revenues collections and from
other sources beside customs duties are
nearly sufficient to offset the operating
expenses Of the local branches III tbe
several federal departments But the
Territory does not stop here.
At the session Of the Legislature re-
Gently closed, a special tax Of per
cent, in addition TO an existing income
tax of the same amount. was lad on
all incomes over $1,000 70 provide
fund "to promote the conservation
and development Of the natura re-
sources Of the Territory thr0uEh i'm
migration and other means Thls law
was enacted practically At the request
of the larger corporations on whom
its burdens primarily fall The fund
is to be used in assisting desirable I'M
migrants and for photographic. forest.
experiment station and her eOuserra-
ton work. Following visits 70 Hawaii
in 1908 Of James r. Garfield. late See
rotary Of the Interior. and Z. Il
Newell, Director Of the Reclamation
Service. cooperative work has already
| been started between the Territory and
the U. 5. Geological Survey IN meas
uring the streams and aseertaining
definitely what land can be reclaimed
for homemaking through irrigation.
The logical eOrrollarv Is the extension
to Hawaii Of the Federal Reclamation
Service and il Is 10 this end that Ha-
waii appears TODAY in this Congress.
A bill (House Of Representatives Is
l4l-January 4, 1909 has been intro
duced and is now pending before Con
gress, in the House Committee on the
Irrigation Of Arid Lands. This bill
contains provisions for securing the re-
payment 70 the Reclamation Fund Of
all expenditures for irrigation projects
made in Hawaii. To secure its enact
ment into law Hawaii seeks 70 obtain
the influence Of this Congress
Let me sum mp the argument Ha-
waii is a fullhedged territory q the
United States From its stategie posi-
ton its protection. development and
prosperity affects directly the pr0tee-
ton and prosperity Of the mainland
particularly Of the irrigation states. It's
citizens have already expended large
sums in developing he sugar lands bus
the point has now been reached where
in order 10 create homes on the public
lands private capital must be supple
mented by governmental aid. The moss
practical way in which such assistance
can be given is through the extension
to Hawaii Of the benefits Of tie Re
clamation Act. A precedent exists ia
the extension OF this act 10 Texas Ha-
waii is Of right more directly III line
because the lands 10 be reclaimed
would be turned over by the Territory
10 the Federal Government for ailot-
ment and sale, thereby making the
lands to be reclaimed federal lands.
Like all reclamation projects the ex-
penditure Of money in Hawaii would
be a profitable investment. The money
is not merely paid out It IS a loan
repayable after a term Of years. and
in this ease a loan secured by land Of
far greater value than the amount au-
yanced. The money Is not FOR tie de-
velopment Of additional sugar land. II
is for the making Of homes. 10 do
rs full duty IN the task that tie ma
ton has put upon il 70 perform the
Territory must have an Increased white
population. The only way that such
people can be secured on q sufficient
scale TO produce the desired result Il
through the extension 10 Hawaii ~
the Federal Reclamation Act Hawaii.
tue youngest Of the territories. ap1eais
io her sister states 10 support her lust
claim that she receive the benefits "
this law
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CONTEMPT CASE rs
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