The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-10-07
MAN THE LAND"
PLANS DISCUSSED
important immigration and Land
Conference Held With the
Governor Yesterday.

ne eAFenhluu u Une immigration
policy of the government, marked by
the appointment of an expert whose
whole time is TO be devoted to ,immi-
grafton and settlement questions, to-
gether with the great enlargement and
extension of the homesreading policy of
the government, made possible by the
amendments to the Organic Act, result
ed in an important conference in the
Office of Governor Frear yesterday, at
which matters dealing with immigra-
tion--voiuntary and assisted-and land
were discussed. At this conference with
the Governor were Doctor Wilcox, of
the federal experiment station; Mars
ton Campbell, commissioner of public
lands; L. II. Wodehouse, chairman of
the board of immigration; Doctor Clark,
superintendent of immigration; G. Fred
Bush, chairman of the promotion COM
mittee, and II. z. Wood, the committee
secretary.
At the present time, and for some
time in the past, the various organ
izations represented at this conference
have dealt officially and semiofiicially
with matters of land and immigration,
but never so far along any systematic
lines of cooperation. That some def
mite line of work might be laid out
and that each of the various organiza,
tions might direct its particular work
toward a common end, for the better
ment of the Territory as a whole, was
the reason for the gathering, and,
as a result some definite steps are
to be taken to ensure uniform
ity of the work among the organ
izations for the development of the
Territory and to begin on the compile.
ton of the work carried on by Doctor
Wilcox to bring the local producer and
the local consumer closer together, for
the mutual advantage of all concerned.
The first thing that is to be done will
be the preparation of a booklet in
which will be given in an understand
able way the general land and home
stead laws of the Territory. This is
to be prepared by Doctor Clark and
the booklet will be available to send
out to all enquirers from abroad, to all
residents who would like to know just
what the land laws of Hawaii may be
when stripped of technicalities and
verbiage, and to anyone else interested
Accompanying the precis of the laws
will be items of general interest to
homeseeiers, prepared in such shape
bhat the truth will be presented in
plain words.
Another important result of yester-
days conference was the naming of a
committee to go ahead with plans for
the establishment in Honolulu of a
clearinghouse for agricultural prod
ucts, to be conducted under government
auspices and to which farmers of the
outlying islands can consign their prod
ucts with the knowledge that the agent
in charge will dispose of them to the
best advantage in Honolulu. This Com
mittee will enter into q discussion of
freight rates with the Inter-Island com.
,pany, viii plan for the establishment
of standardization in products, in pack
ing the same for shipment and for
market, and will also plan for sys-
tenn of cooperation whereby the supply
and the demand can be made uniform.
In this connection it was Intimated
that the Inter-Island company is con-
sidering the fitting up of its new
steamer with coal storage rooms, in
(which fresh meats could be shipped to
Honolulu instead of sending live cat
tie, as at present. 1t was also stated
that the probability of special, fast,
fruit steamers being put into operation
between the Islands and the mainland
was coming close to a certainty. AT
least two large fruit importing com
panies of the mainland have their eyes
on Hawaii as a source of supply and
correspondence with their officials has
been exchanged by government officials.
Later on, as soon as there is money
available in the conservation fund for
the purpose, the demonstration farm"
idea of the Governor is to be carried
out. and it is suggested that these
farmers can be made outside agents of
the Honolulu clearinghouse.
The ones present at the conference
yesterday got so far in their talk as
to take up the question of inducing
the private owners of large estates to
throw open parts of their lands for set
Element, while the demonstrating and
agricultural possibilities of various
sections of the public domain were dis
cussod.
Taken altogether, the conference yes
terday was of decided Importance,
marking long step forward in the ul-
innate realization Of the plans of the
to man the land and
to make it not only possible but proht-
able for the man to stay on the land
after he gets there.