Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-08
LAND SALE
DISCUSSED
Manila Times Gives Another
Version Of Martin
Statement.

pines and the reply of Captain
Charles Sleeper, Director Of Lands, to
these statements by Martin.
The Representative claims that the
land leased by Executive Secretary
Carpenter was so leased after the
massage of the Payne Bill and other
charges which those who are ac-
quainted with the conditions know to
be wrong.
In his interview In the Times Di-
rector Sleeper points out that Agui-
naldo leases a large tract of land on
the same condition as Carpenter as do
also provincial officials:
The Times story follows in part:
These aggressions on the part OF
the criminal trusts of the United
States marked the beginning of the
stroke which will eventually prove
the dcath-blow to the prospective in
dependence of the Philippines
81 know that the sale of the Tala
Friar estate to the Executive Secre-
tary of the Philippine Government,
Mr.. Frank w. Carpenter" said Mr..
Martin, Is the capsheaf of official tur-
ing for several months to ascertain
who got the Tala estate and | am not
at all surprised now mt the delay In
securing the information. Gen. Ed
wards, chief of the lnsular Bureau.
must have known that Carpenter had
this estate when he answered my first
resolution of inquiry, but care was
taken not to give It out.
"In the report just received the sale
of the Tala estate to Carpenter Is
spoken of as a lease, the lessee bind
ing himself to rent all the vacant land
on the Tala estate and all lands now
occupied which may become vacant.
The fact Is, as shown by another re-
port in my possession, that this was
progressive sale OF the entire es-
tate. Carpenter gets the land as fast
rs the tenants are dispossessed. They
will go as fast as he wants tn take 1t
over.
Furthermore, until such time as
the final certificate of sale Is execut-
. ed. Carpenter pays only 6 cents per
acre per annum on uncultiyated land
and only 30 cents per acre per annum
on land from which he produces Il
crop that pays him a net profit fixed
in the contract of sale, while the ma
tive tenants pay sl17 per acre, hit or
miss. How does that strike you as II
CinCh?
81 have letter from former Off
cial of the Philippine Land Office stat
ing that a number of the officials In
the Interior Department and Land
Office bought themselves choice lOca-
tons In Baguio, the summer capital
of the Philippines, and at choice
prices. This summer capital was To-
Gated up In the mountains for the
benefit Of the Philippine Commission
and others high In oiiicialdom. A
million dollars were squandered on
forty miles of wagon road to connect
} Baguio with the railroad.
"On August ., 1909, the present law
providing for virtual free trade with
the Philippines became effective. II
I was since the passage of that act,
: within one month in fact, that the ac-
quirement of the various plots of the
Friar lands began. These aggressions
on the part OF the criminal trusts of
/ the United States marked the begin
ming of the stroke which will eventu-
{ ally prove the deathblow to the pros
pective independence of the Philip
| pines"
In II report sent to Congress by the
War Department at the instigation of
| Mr.. Martin, mention Is made of the
/ sale of the San Jose estate to Mr.. Il.
l., Poole. who, Mr.. Martin alleged
represents Mr. WEIGH, an associate ui
Mr., Horace Hayemeyer of the Ameri-
! can Sugar Refining Company, and al
so mentions the special lease of 1860
hectares OF land on the linus estate
to Emilio Aguinaldo which Mr. Martin
asserted are really options to buy
without fair competition.
Captain Charles II. Sleeper. director
OF lands, was interviewed this morn.
ing with reference to the statements
made by Mr.. Martin. lie stated that
the Tala estate, which was leased by
Mr., Carpenter, contained much arid
lands and for this reason the price
was small But the lease, he said
was according to law, and drew atten
ton to the fact that Aguinaldo pay,
oven less for his land.
As to the disposSession OF tenants
NJ the will OF Carpenter. he said THU
could not he done under the law. an,
that Ms long as tenants paid thei
. rents they would not be molested
During i've years, he said, only Nv,
tenants were dlspOssessed for thi
reason, and they were but small hold
ora,
Former Governor DanCol, he sale
has leased ooO hectares on exactly IN
Same terms as Mr. Carpenter lease
tho Iu'a estate, and Aruinaldu6 lrls
was also made under the same ,ermI
Tho lulN estate, said captain 3Ioel
rr comprises HUmr Nuy poor laul
hrluF mostly ruy Huil ana rplliug !
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