The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-12-08

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AoY. BE NOT REQUIRED AS a QU
TO HAWAII sl =
disposed of. The necessary changes in
the law were accomplished for the most
part by the amendments Of the Organic
Act above referred to, and important
changes have been made in their admin
istration, both before and since the pas
sage of those amendments.
V'The exercise of much sound discrer
ton is required in the administration
| of these laws because of wide varia-
| tions in physical conditions OF tempera]
ture, rainfall, water supply, and. soils
in different localities, and in thesneeda
! Of different races, great differences in
/ the values of lands as dependent upon
transportation facilities and the degree
to which they have already been ims
proved and other conditions, and the
different degrees of suitability of the
four methods Of homesteading IN any
particular case "a lsRner public; senti.
ment in support of bona fde as against
| fake bomesteading seems to be develop.
ing, With a view to ~cultivating such
sentiment as we'll las to lassiHting an the
determination, of. the best, administral
tive policies for the future, the admin
istration has recently had d Thorough in
vestigation made by the attofneygen-
eral g, deRart5nont of a. large numben iof
/ cases IN which -homesteaders on inns
proved sugar-cane lands have applied
for patents, and several test cases Will
| probably be- brought to settle the law
on disputed points in these cRses. s27o
' Suecula&iye Evil ns
e 'eThe speculative evil naturally APP
pears chiefly in the ease of improved
lands, generally sugar cane lands The
best course seems to be to confpe the
l taking of such lands az rule to one
method, namely, that of the special
homestead agreement; 9and to require
adequate conditions, Of residence and
J cultivation. and reduce tho areas and
increase the prices sufficiently to pre-
Event the taking OF such lands with the
intention either of selling or leasing
them to others or of retaining them fog
I mere pastoralsor other,inferioI purposes,
but at the same time, to make the terms
of payment easier. There is compare
\ lively little arabic public land and it
should not be wasted. 1t should be
lhomesteaded successfully or kept and
w JASAaf W .LlC EOHtInr
ment by leasing it until it can sue
1 cessfully be homesteaded. Conditions
lshould be imposed which NO competent
bona fide homesteader can complain of,
hut which will not prove attractive to
lspeculators or. incompetents. Unim-
proved lands may still be disposed of
by other methods with safety in most
cases. Many believe that the remedy
for the speculative evilyin the case Of
4 improved lands lies in tying up such
lands absolutely under leases for d long
period instead of permitting, as at pres
emit, such lands when leased to be with
drawn when desired for homestead pur-
poses, but that view seems to be
prompted more by the Thought of bene-
fitting would-be lessees than of insuring
ultimate successful hOmesteading. The
true remedy would seem to be to ad-
minister the homestead laws in such a
way as to permit such lands to be home
steaded as rapidly but no more rapidly
than that can be done successfully"
Transportation Assets and Debts.
Governor Frear has dwelt much on
the question Of transportation facilities,
besides his Recommendation for a sus-
pension of the coastwise shipping laws.
Enlarging ON the latter point he says:
Hawaii 3 location, while it has been
lmuch of drawback, is becoming more
and more of an asset. Although the
Territory has the disadvantage of its
remoteness in the mid-Pacifc, it has
the advantage of it's position at the
lcrossways of transpacife commerce,
which, with the increase Of that COM
1, rhefce, is giving it IN larger and larger
measure shipping facilities. out of all
proportion to its own, individual inns
portance. This has been the case here
tofore especially as to mails, but only
to limited extent as to passengers and
freight, because of the American navi.
| CATION laws, which prevent, excepting
under penalties, the carrying of pas
/ sengers and freight on foreign vessels
between Hawaii and the Pacific Coast
, States, and because the through Amer
lean steamers are often nearly fuil be.
fore they arrive from the Orient.
During the year an additional
American steamer was added to the run
between Honolulu and San Francisco,
and new British line was established
between Europe and Pacific Coast ports
by way Of HonoluluI the Japanese and
CanadianrAustTalian through lines to
San Francisco and Vancouver, respec.
lively, are gradually replacing their
smaller steamers by larger ones. The
passenger traffic between IIonalulu and
San Francisco, however, keeps pace
with tho increasing passenger facilities,
and therefore the long'felf need OF sus.
pending the eoastwiso navigation laws
, AZ 10 passengers between Honolulu and
lhe mainlaEa y pgaetieally 40 great ~
ever This Il desired, not aa a special
: privilege, bat a. d relief from 4 special
, burden, inesmueh ~ there h no alter,
} naie possibility ~ travelling ~ rail-; 4
} n desired aih0 AZ q matter Of national
Importance Tor tho po0plinR 81 this
! Territory with Americans. ~ fhe cas-
~ irpleht ihaff "a not ihr aame neees
~ 20 lhal iayolyes mei9ly 3 cues