The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-08-04

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81 am satisfied ihat you have 40
lived VIZ 20 yulf agreements With abe
government Ne fnf o. yonr leases are
concerned. and an willing, and hetchy
agree % pay The above price for the
lands ns above stated II you will
Fuamntcc 90 uell me the lands ~ the
above price, IN writing, I win have
Mcssre. q. Brewer 4 Co. our agents,
ueo their influence with the Governor
70 grant the tiles 20 the said land at
tho expiration Of the throw years an
provided by law. AZ evidence Of good
faith, i will place the purchase price
IF the aforesaid lands In escrow, 60 So
cure the payment Of tho price as
above Your truly,
Z" Mgr. Hutchinson Sugar Plantation
Mr., woItors' Offer to purchase was
answered the same day, by or Exeou-
tive Committee as follows;---
&C. Woltcrs, Esq.--Mgr Hutchinson
Sugar Plantation o., Naalehu, Kau,
Hawaii.
"Dear str.-Sour communication of
the 26th inst to hand When tho
the uembers of tho t. S. A. applied
for the Kaunamano lands, they did so
with the intention of making their
homes there and cultivating the lands
TO best advantage to themselves, and
consequently can not entertain your
proposition; b1t if you have any cOun-
ter proposition, to ours made on the
2sth of Jan. this year regarding the
lands from Which the cane has been
harvested, the association will give 1t
its best consideration. Yours very
truly,
(sig.) L. S. THOMPSON, Chairman.
| (Sig) w. II. HAYSELDEN,
Executive Committee T. S. A.
| Mr.. VOTERS attitude in the matter
is further described in a letter from
Waiter II. Hayseljen, one of our mem
bers, written April 8, 1911, to Senator
Hewitt at Honolulu, from which we
quote.
"Shortly after Mr.. wolters' return
from San Francisco following the pro
posal of planting contract which we
submitted to the company at that time
l asked VOTERS why it was we were
not accorded at least. the courtesy of
an answer to orr proposition. He re-
piled at first that the plantations had
agreed not to go above a certain limit
and so he did not want to take the
responsibility. Then he said the direc-
tors of the company were afraid about
planting some variety of cane that
wouldn't prOdace high amount of
sugar, that plantations on the other
side had run up against it by plant
ers planting "WoolS famboo'' where
in it took sixteen tons of cane to pro.
iuce one ton of sugar. replied that
had no doabt the t. s. A. would be
willing to stipulate to plant any good
cane that the company planted. Then
he made minor objections to poor quail
ty of juice at some seasons due TO dry
weather conditions. replied that the
T. s. A. lands were not situated in the
dry belt. Then he finally concluded
with saying the matter was out of his
hands and in the hands of the agents
and directors, and further stated that
there was no use talking about a plant.
ing agreement, the only thing to do is
to sell OF lease. To quote about his
own words he said: You folks better
get your titles first then we will talk
about buying or leasing, you people
ought to be satisfied with a couple of
thousand dollars a piece. My only re.
ply to that was, 'That matter is ont
Of the question
q In a later conversation held In Miss
Taylor's field on or about the first
week in March this year he reiterated
the uselessness of talking about a
planting contract, that the managers
on the other side of the island were
paying too much for cane and were
! fighting among themselves in COMPETE
ton for cane and they were not max.
ing anything ] suggested that a bet
/ ter plan was to sell the standing cane
and the company to harvest so that
the planter would not interfere with
the company's labor, as it would take
small amount of labor to prod1ce the
cane as compared to the amount re-
quired for harvesting and keeping the
mill supplied. We'll, he said, You
people get your tIUles first, then you
better sell or lease He has told me
this ON more than these two occasions.
81 have among my papers, but which
can not now put my hands on, let
ter from the II. s. p. Co. signed by Mr..
Wolters, similar to the one that each
and every member received, offering
me, I think, $3.50 per acre per year
as rental for my cane land. If l can
find it will forward TO you by first op-
portunity.
~ cannot think of any other i'm
portant matter that you are not fami
liar with. Trusting this may be Of
service, beg to remain, Yours truly
(Sgd.) WALTER II. HAYSEADEN. .
1t is our opinion that the Governor
Is uniformed of some Of the most i'm
portant of the features above set forth
AS above, we have faith in the SINGER
ity Of his desire to do us justice, and
we are unwilling to believe that he
would have taken the stand he has TAX
'en against us, In the article referred
to, If his information extended to all
the facts Of the case We have a full
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