The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-10-01
THE HOMESTEAD QUESTION.

OF homoseaderi Arc energies 4Amercana
which whi farmers here from
anything devote the public land
propeor adunes to the labor
The third alternative which until the present has been the aoe
the cutting the lands enable thosd
patents plantations
control.
and points being
of mannng the land by giving Omeste'des small tracts of land from
which settler sdene his
plantation annery appear satisfied
,h t 10 being oered NV the plantations in the neipbbood In many
approval SYSTEM commended by the coffee mill popetos
Of Kon Those with practical experience agree that one man can personally
the land the home
family ultvang stripping irrigation and such
afford keep outfit
the blowing and planting must be done
by small must
depend also outside help for harvesting and for the transportation OF
maured the mill Independence not be secured in any way
by such a planter.
majority plantation they desire
practical that the
one hundred fifty any given
mainland farmer order him living for himself
t have ] na of from FIVE TO ten thousand dollars with which
quarters
his labor payroll until his first natures He must
have some capital probably
will Hawaii labOrer,
plantation Fisher the
advanced sound to those who know Hawaiian field
demonstrating on such scale attempted
has been made the several islands but in the belts
likely much
substantial backing both here and from "asngton than he has
that this the only logical method of homestead
building independent estab
middle Glass; deemed but unfortunately,
considerations politics
Fisher to today that he was endorse the one
plan
the eappohmen of Frear such policy,
opinion
through
reelection would dare openly himself in favor of such policy
support administration attempting such homestead plan
plain Secretary Fisher perfectly plain
to lived here the
what the political circumstances against which the
onndg these very
that the Delegate hopes be waited back into his seat and he
that it be the only for homteadng
advocate general policy bringing here American farmers occupy the
government lands
today openly plan
did he would hostile Legislature deal with his appointments would
&c t,S % h 1ot5 cfni d % threnstnt his teUnre
diplomacy the Governor succeeded in
opening Haiku Hawaiian filed with
denOuncing of maEns and the
include this discrimination what he signed
his against the Governors reonmen The investigation has
Governor wise
his Maui the strength of his against the
investigation of shown clearly thai
cultivation makes the settler
upon plantation the planting
to the harvesting of the with the plantation mill the only available
produce
fair their dealings with these small land but the system not
the hOmeeade
diraband the idea make steady labor supply the
small homestead the But this the idea
If So where do the AmeeauzatOn and the independent middleass
in9
On the other hand if the consensus opinion expressed to secr
Fisher be formulated into policy lands dde
up white farmers
going necessary upportG picn
benefit the Ameranon be served if only three
There
land of
until the better anthOe adapted homestaded there will
stealing leasing the line
Frehd before hOmesteader will be
mauka land the ungated especially pineapple
''fake homeng huhed popular
majority doing "dummy
easy money homsteadmg had his
opportunity desired by Kuhio persons
suggesting
settlement of the land question settling
protest The protest question principally
andq / the 70 it.