The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-09-13

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without regard 10 The small
iarmer suppose the plantation owned
'lf plantation owned N, ! think
10 wDlln be more profitable "a raisa
cane.
(" Won think that sugar under thoA
rifcumsi lnors would be the more prof
table cropf' i
"Yoa. ="
Pineapple PTohts.
"Wo win assume that the plhnta
tion has 1000 or 5000 acres, said the
Secretary, "and h IN business 20 make
money VIII that land make more
money "a put u into pincupplcs than
20 put " into cRnci Under those con
dilions, which would be the more
proGinblei"
rhoy make q claim that pineap
pies are the most profitable crop,' re-
pliod Mr. Aiken. ~ have not made
np my mind myself whether IL is or
not II would depend great deal
upon whore that land was, With our
| Haiku lands we get a very good yield
of pineapplca, probably double that on
Onhu.
"it has been suggested TO me that
there Ia very large amount Of cane
| land now being used for that purpose
which would bc equally, or more
profitable W turned into pinenpples. ~
"Thoy never would know, Mr.. See
rctary, unless they tried H. Now
light across the gulch from our pine.
apple land, pinenpplos were tried, and
were nm absolute failure. we have
fields right side by side; on one field
the pines grow fine and on the other
ihry don Z grow NJ ALL
''rhcn lind which is very fertile
md produces cane very successfully
mny not bc adapted TO pincnpplcsi'
"Thnt IL true.
why Homostoadcrs Fail
"llnye you any other particular ox
porioncc IN homcsteading that you
could mcntioni"
! Mr. Aiken replied that his idca of
The constant failure Of homcstcadirg
experiments that have been made hetG
hns been b"onusc proper thought has
rot been given TO the adaptation of tho
Ipnfiirular lnnd 10 the purposes in view
There has been u tendency TO yield IA
pressure bccnusc applications have beer
made for thr land, without considering
: whether or not homcstcadinR would bt
I aucresYful on II or not. Only one re
gult could come from that.
Tbo Secretary asked II there was nnl
government land under lcnso In Mau
now falling due that can be proiitnbl,
homcstondcdf
3 Mr. Aiken said he did not know o.
| L.. La 90 IA.
+ lnhninn side, but he was not sure.
"Nlr. Ashford, do you wish TO sa.
Y anythinRpp inquired the Secretary.
I "Mr. Aiken, what Of the district o
Hama; IL that within your jurisdic
tioniu
4 "Ycs.o
"Arc there not government land
there which are susceptible TO home
n sicndingfn
"'rhcrc Is tract at Hama"
Il How larRci"
~ have mover seen the exact are
c Of II, but probably several hundrc
d ncros- probably more. There are tw
trncis there that were originally j
m cnncb
"Did nny parties come TO you NAL
ing nm application for the opening {
nc "No, my duties begin after the Ian
In opened up"
~ understand from you that II
10 original applications do not come
YOU but that your duties begin aft
bt the applications are received Mt u
Of mnin office, they then are referred
% youO
,d ~ have no control Of the lands o
6cially until they have been suryoy'
aud ndvortiscd.n
"Now concerning this Haiku G
IA change and It's devotion TO homestet
mn purposes.-y have been familiar wi
TINT from the start, have youf'
mo- ayes, siT.'
~ "Can you sny whether or not tho
~ was plan TO have that land devote
wi to homestead purposes In order to d.
pose Of n 10 my particular people,
se class Of people, or group Of pcOplci'
"Do you know of any plnni'
H.. nYos.b
=, nSimply NJ tho time this exchan
Iu was talked nbout-tho original neg
ia tintion was made with II. y. Baldwin
u,, ole was the owner wns hei''
"nb nYcs, sir. AZ that time n plan "
w. then on foot 10 extend the railroad
,o Haiku. ! believe Mr.. Baldwin ma
'" the statement that II we succeeded
plncing u successful and deSlraDc eli
Of h0mcstcaders upon that land
would see TINT the plantations the
selves homostondcd n thousand ncl
mOTc.p
d. owns there any talk mt that time
,n placing that land at the disposal OF n
y" particular group Of personsf'
A.. None that ! know off,
~ GLOW did II happen that this Ga
u'u fornin Settlement Association v
W. formodin asked Mr.. Ashford.
y" ~ don't know, except ] bell,
y. through the efforts Of Mr.. Stnrrcti
w "Tell us who Mr.. starrett h."
"'llo is in charge Of the marketing.
vision Of the bureau Of agriculture.
WV "Wns there any understanding "
-, Mr.. ainrrott that " the land was
'"' auired he aud his friends would sci
40 upon iti'
,Gud "a "No, the land had already been
IN quirod,n
]" "Tbcro wns no understanding ns
tho members 10 whom II should be