The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-17

IIaHIiI INhH fUfIEfIfl iH fHN HH
Ntalt. hostile i6 tnHgsitsis nHf sNtll
bonfs. particularly ~ tff flau ehlsh
ffaHltes t0 become ltdfrfnifhi of their
foaifol This b. naiafihut tttH uh ihe
part ~ rlahiailoha ierfhient nn ihtI
enpdeiii of she government ln ihf way
0f lfatinr auVtmmvut lands J charge
that 0otHfnof freaf he's practically w
norrd md ctrnsed ihif cunduci and
this phnsc Of loeai cnniitiuns and n
sure ic continue that policy N giFcn
smother four years in oniee
transportation Monopoly.
Z. There 10 a large ares of land suit
able for homes IN Hawaii, the use 81
which hs such will not interfere with
the sugar estates az ALL but when such
lands are cot up for homes the matter
Of transportation and n market are left
ir such condition that men taking up
these lands without means are often
compelled through sheer inability 20
maintain themselves upon their hold
ings for the requisite time, 90 sell out
10 the plantations or other large laua.
holders, whereupon they are declared 10
be faithless and fraudulent grabbers Of
public lands.
3. The sea transportation Of Hawau
is in the hands Of monopoly, the his
tory Of whose dealings with small ship.
pers within the past ten years would
furnish much light on the question way
small homes and small industries ms
whole do not seem 10 thrive in Hawnii.
| confess myself unable TO suggest just
what ought 10 be done, but / am
| thoroughly satisfied that no real solr-
tion of the question, no real start in the
/ .ls -. "A. .ls.,rs
administration such as Governor Frcar
has given MS. He is too strongly affil'
lated with the plantation interests Ia
ihe able TO see through them and to deal
| with them as an outsider, and the plan
tation interests, as long as they Gni
themselves permitted to discourage ana
kill, directly or indirectly, the upbuild-
ing of homes in Hawaii and thds CON
tinue their hold upon land and labor
in their own way, will continue to oper.
ate along the same lines. They are
not likely to adopt any new policy ex-
cept by determined pressure from ont
side and Independent sources. l do not
ask YOU to take nv word for It; let al
independent commission investigate &c
conditions in Hawaii and determine fCf
themselves whether actual conditions
are not far different from the natural
differences to he drawn from the Gov.
ernor Is speeches and reports, not that
charge bad faith or Misrepresentation
on the part of the Governor in his state.
ments. hut the other side of the story
the story from the other point of view
is not fully disclosed in them.
Fears Debauching Campaign.
.. 1 myself have been supported by
/ A l.. a. u l.. f..
delegate in the past elections, but
have also been supported of their free
will by the mass of voters at large.
had hoped until recently that those in
control of the industrial system of Ha
waii would of their own motion and
by the pressure of changed conditions
conform to the new demand upon them
and that their protestations of good
will to homesteads and a permanent
: home population would result in an up
building and success of movement II
q secure such results; but successful home
: steading is confessedly at a standstil
in Hawaii today. and the true attitud,
) of the local administration and tn
plantations today seems to be that the.
> want homesteads to succeed, if they ca
= succeed so as not to disturb them o
! their profits, OF their domination owe
affairs, which in its final analysis. {
u all practical purposes, means that the.
l do not want homesteads at all or
population attached to the soil. Unde
J. these conditions and with no promis
u even of change for the better in tn
: future, | do not care to run again a
i delegate, relying upon or asking for tn
;, support of the local administration o
plantation interests. If consented t
u do so. | feel that the people at large
who are looking for some relief in tn
premises. would repudiate me, and
,F would have to be a party to an eN
n tensive, coercive and moneys spendin
10 campaign on the part of the plantation
N to secure reelection. do not care {
n RIM under such conditions and upo
Is such terms.
1t Suggests Investigation.
4 10. In conclusion, ] challenge GOV
ernor Frear to an investigation of coI
!, ditions in Hawaii under the charge
e made, and if only that investigation b
:, thorough, searching aud made unde
% conditions so that men will not fear {
,s speak their minds, there can be but on
: result, namely, that Governor Frea
A. with all fair concessions to his abilit
IA IN handling the detallS OF ms once an
y other matters, will he found not. to b
m the man TO guide Hawaii in the statu
n where she viii naturally begin develol
a ment as a self-governing commonwealth
along traditional lines. Hawaii
n. capable of developing thousands {
n homes. There were thousands of sue
lg even under ancient hawahan rule; u
~ plantations of Hawaii, cut off from ge
Niufv lah NariH hanaRAu nd Il
OF lands, except ny making success
he homesteadS and nome building, VIII ia
e. INTO line al rlght, ana with snch pen
he fetal results to themselves, as we'll
he the State, that they will wonder
their former hostility TO home. buildii
in Hawaii as they now wonder thu
ever could have stood for the pen
n contract system But under existiI
llh ncnlilinI.n L. L. ....ilnI.a lLnA .i.nL n.