The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-10-01

given y monopoly you might say. ~ I'm
corresponding number ~ inir w any
block and the, that Is. no one olss
could apply for those lots. They could
control their own neighborhood. rhas
was intended particularly In order 70
encourage Americans from the main.
land TO come here; because of the loeh
racial and other conditions II waa
thought that mainlander ne rule
would not care TO come and settle 40
the only white settler In district pop
ulatcd by other races.
Now, the particular homestead con-
ditions are those of residence and cui-
tivation. While the statute in itself
made provisions provided under these
methods, at least one Of them, that n
person could maintain his home on the
land for certain number Of years,
there was an. alternative provision
which seemed TO destroy that in large
measure, which provided that at anr
time after .hree years, the homcsteader
could obtain his patent If he had resid-
ed on the land two years, and the Su-
preme Court held that resided meane
a very different thing from maintain
ing home. That for instance, "A per
son might have had his homestead siH
or eight or ten years and spent his Sun
days on it or perhaps some other days,
If when he applied for his patent the
sum of all these short periods of resi-
dence amounted to two years, that was
different.
Real Cultivation.
"Then, on the subject of CIVILIZATIONS
Under the right of purchase lease n
person was required to have FIVE per
cent, of the land under cultivation at
the end of the third year and ten per
cent, at the end of the fifth year, with
tho proviso that he could obtain HE
patent at any time so far as cultiva-
ton was concerned, if he had reduced
to cultivation twenty-five per cent. oe
the land. In other words, u person
could work to the end of the third year.
and allow the improved land to go te
weeds and still before the expiration OF
the third year pillow up five per cent
of the land, plant something perhaps,
and let that go to weeds; just before
the end of the fifth year, he would de
the same with ten per cent. of the
land. Or he might perhaps do even
this: Ho might have nothing on the
land by way of cultivation for twenty
years and then have plowed up twenty
llNt NtI NNllb.t uuiNHh bHt ihuu
sioner got after him earlier and al
tempted to force forfeiture.
EVEN then, perhaps after the for
fixture proceedings were begun he may
pillow up twenty-five per cent. and get
patent. Or, again, ON the subject OF
leasing the law was somewhat uncer-
tain. Lawyers commended, believe,
that in the case of the right of purchase
lease at least, there was no provision
against suhleasing-in other words,
there was provision against assigning,
but no provision against subleasing, ant
consequently that the homesteader ne
soon as he got his land, could lease it. -
"You mean as soon ms he enteref
it9' inquired the Secretary.
'When he entered 1t, yes, he mig&
execute lease either to an alien or
to corporation or to anybody else +"
replied the Governor.
" For instance, in the matter of resi-
aence, the person need not begin until
two years thereafter or begin to gea
his homestead ON paying basis II
requires large amount of capitdl 10
get the first crop. Then, again, on
the question of residence, we allowed
six months at a time. The aggregate
to be five years during the ten years,
with the alternative of continuous rea-
idence for three years at any time.
Thus, so far as residence is concern
ed person may obtain his patent in
just as short a time as he can in any
other way
hen You say improved land, you
refer to cane ands,' said Secretary
Fisher. "For instance, do you open
pineapple lands under any one of the
four forms7''
"We have been doing that partly,
was the Governor s reply. awe have
been opening some of them under the
settlement association plan, and uhder
that we can not use n special home
stead agreement. wish the organic
act could be amended 30 that the home
stead agreement plan would be avail
/ able under the settlement association
| plan.''
"Do you think the people would like
thatf'' asked the Secretary.
| 81 think some of them would re,
piled the Governor. "For instance,
those people are only likely to colne in
as bona fide homesteaders. In the sec
ond place, pineapple lands require real
homesteading work. There is not the
same opportunity DO lease them and
turn them over to others as in the case
of cane lands. In the case of some
| pineapple lands, those ut Kappa. on
Kauai, the special homestead agreement
plan has been used. -
Kauai DISCRIMINATORY
Il would like to make some inquiries
in that connection" said the Secretary,
81 heard that some Italians on Kauai
made an attempt and failedAthat they
have difficulty in disposing vof their
pineapples to the cannery, and that
some of them are of the opinion that
the. company has been arbitrarily re
fusing to take their pines in order TO
get their lands-getting them back into
the holding of the plantation. / have
also heard that the Portuguese home
steaders have made no complaints. {"
The Governor said this was news to
him, while the Secretary afterward
said it was Spaniard and Italians he
had heard about.
The Governor then took up the sub
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