Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-13
governor, answering KUHIO,
CLAIMS HOMESTEAD PROGRESS

genuine hOmeSteading. SuCh land
should neither be put beyond avail
ability for that purpose by the dispo-
sitiOn of large areas for other than
homestead purposes. nor he wasted by
disposition In small areas to mere
spectators or investors under the
guise of hOmesteading.
Referring to the charges Of q sea-
transportation monopoly, he says:
Transportation between the islands
| Is conducted chiefly by the Inter-Isl-
and Steam NAVIGATION Company. Per
haps the best way for regulating this
would be through public utilities
commission, but bills introduced in
the Legislature. not. however. at my
instance, for that purpose have thus
far failed of passage. | understand
that II Is against the policy of Com
gress to include steamship companies
of this kind under the Interstate Com
merce law, but when move to secure
1 that was made some time ago the
complainant cabled To the business or
ganization In Honolulu for advice AMI
was advised not To proceed. which ad-
vice he apparently followed. hope
that the marketing bureau of the De-
partment of immigration. above re-
ferred to, with the establishment of
which have had much to do, will sue
coed In obviating some Of the difficult
ties hitherto said to be experienced by
| small shippers. Another partial rem
edy Is the construction of a good har-
Dor on each island so that shipments
may he made direct to other countries
without transportation Ia Honolulu
and transshipment there"
OF street railway transportation he
says: There Is only one street rail
way In Honolulu. A little more than
| Ono-third of the thirty years of its
franchise has expired. At the last SEES
sion of the legislature bill was pass
ed granting an extension of twenty
years and changing the franchise In
other respects. Perhaps the hardest
thing | had to do during that session
was to pocket-vetO that bill. II came
to me too late to be vetoed satisfaC-
torily In the usual manner The COM
pany by reason of its good public ser
vice was entitled to much considerl-
ton From it's standpoint the changes
In the franchise would enable II Ia
| give better service and build extern
sions for which there Is considerable
need. On its face the bill appeared
fair. but careful analysis of it and
the original franchise showed clearly
as II seemed To me. that II was not IN
the public interests. The Legislature
also passed a bill granting. subject, oI
course, to the approval Of Congress, q
franchise for a street railway at Hilo
| Many amendments were made In thi:
on my suggestions in the public inter
ests, and since then ! have insiste,
that the grantee consent to further
amendments In the same direction by
Congress as condition of Obtaininl
| license to use certain water for gen
Grating power for operating the rail
way"
i Concerning the progress of home
stealing, he claimed: since tn,
amendments Of II year and half ago
about 500 homesteads have been Op
ened and nearly 800 more have beeI
surveyed aud are about to be opened
There are now open and ready to b,
|, taken Immediately upon application
more than thousand homesteads
some of which are on cane lands an,
others on other lands.
THE public land question, whicl
had long been one of the most disturb
iEg political issues, was PRACTICAL
eliminated from the last election cam
+ paign in consequence Of these amend
ments.
= Proper homestead laws and thei
5 proper administration are not, how
> ever, the only essentials to successful
, homesteadlng. There is the matter q
| transportation facilities, which will b
n considered under another headins
/ financial aid in view OF the larg
, amount of capital required to cultivat
r and the length of time required ia
. crops. A partial solution of this prof.
:. lem Is one of the incidental results {
4 the amendment to the land laws. Tn
p plantations find that they can no Ion
= ger collide, whether willingly or III
1 Willingly, with fake homesteaders"
a OF the Delegates own motives, h
makes this statement:
q Two things stand out strlkingly
A. the specifications: first, that the con
4 plainant has indulged In a rockies
T. disregard of the truth In what h
4 states as facts; and, secondly, that tn
!, facts are as rule matters of recor
ana so beyond dispute
~ az the general charges have no be
a ter basis than the specifications. the
n must he the product of either inexcl
- sable ignorance or audacious insince
:, ity."
nj On the Hilo wharf matter he states
ssFruFn .,,natH.