The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-09-13

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ard ths homesissds near tht McBfydt
plantation On Kaasi ~ examples Of
legitimate homesteading helped on gen
tIously - ne sugar men NJ Pastor
made an excellent witness hii state
ments beins clear and 70 the point
Especially emphatic vas be on the
proposition 81 on amendment 10 the
Organic Act whereby Governor Of
Hawaii might be appointed from the
mainland. Secretary Fisher suggeatine
that such solution Of the governor
chip might some time be deemed ncccs
sary because the leading men 81 ia
vail, capable Of assuming the position.
are more or less associated with the
leading industry Of sugar production.
And Why shouldn't he boz in
quirod Mr. Paxton, "Will he not make
a better Governor by knowing what
the Territory needs7'
Nothing that bore the least color Of
standardization Of the charges" OF
the Delegate was brought out at yester
days session from the three wit
nesses" who appeared-Mr. Paxton,
representing the plantations; J. B.
Dole, representing the pineapple can
ners, and Louis Ginaca, REPRESENTING
the pineapple growers and the white
homesteaders who are actually cult
waiting themselves the lands they have
acquired.
The latter, speaking also as heavy
shipper over the o. r. q L., stated that
he had always found the transportation
rates perfectly satisfactory and had
never heard any complaint Of them.
Who Kinney Did 1t for.
Attorney Ashford opened the pro-
ceedings of the day by having it en-
tered ON the record that w. A. Kinney,
when no forced the arrest of certain
F1lipinos as witnesses in the S. $. Sen
ator labor raid, two years ago, was re-
tanned as attorney for the sugar plant.
ers' association, although the state.
ment that he had acted in this partieu.
lar instance under instruction of the
planters was denied by Elmer II. Pax
ton of Alexander & Baldwin, who was
a member of the labor committee of
the association nc the time. " Mr.. Kin
ney was the attorney of the associa.
ton" he said, "but in the arrest of
the laboTers he acted on his own judg.
ment and not under orders The com
mittee of which ! was a member dis
claim any responsibility for that par.
ticular action.
Mr.. Paxton was then asked To make
a statement of his views as TO condi.
tiOns in the Territory with respect 10
the administration Of Governor FreaT,
the disposition of the public lands and
the demonstrating policy. He stated he
had been connected with Alexander 4
Baldwin for seven years and before
that was private secretary TO b. II,
Dillingham;, and was in close touch
with sugar and transportation prob
lens, the latter so far as they related
10 deep sea and railroad Transports
ton,
The land question is, he said, a diff
cult one TO solve, although the company
with which he is connected IL not
brought face TO face with the diaposi-
tion of public lands, all the plantations
of Alexander 4 Baldwin being on land
leased from private owners or other.
wise in fee simple. There was tTemen-
dons difference between the proposition
of homesteading public lands in the
Hawaiian Islands as compared with
the taking up of tracts in the Middle
West OF the mainland. He knew some,
thing of western demonstrating ms much
of his boyhoOd was spent on farm in
western Kansas. The rnilr0ads there
furnished transportation facilities very
soon after the lands were taken mp,
and communities and schools were es,
tablished simply because there were
suitable tracts Of land for building mp
homogeneous communities,
Conditions here are different, largely
from Typographical standpoint,
Homestead lands extend TO different
elevations. The lands nre cut up by
deep gorges, and II Is expensive TO ex,
tend railroad facilities for such home
stends,
The cost OF railroad construction, ms
for instance on the new line Of the IIilo
railroad, Is very high-S75,000 per
mile, with some Of the trestles 225 feet
high.
transportation Problems.
owe are brought face TO face with
the same difficulties the chief exeeu,
wv VI lH'h i'lllbOIy mttLhb hhln MI
Paxton, in explaining that his firm en-,
couraged homesteading, "Tbere ~ the
question Of transportation. il Is ride.
ulOus to place the bOmesteader on lands
In the back districts, far removed from
transportation facilities, 10 say you
can legislnte the IntcrIsland Steam
ship Company TO provide low rates "
ridiculous No steamship Is designed
to go up a mountain 10 homesteader "
door to carry his freight.
lyon must have terminal facilities,
then railroads, then roads from home
stead TO railroad. When tho United
States took the Islands over every
harbor was An open rOadstead, except
Honolnlu's barbor, and that was much
smaller then. Its cnpacity has doubled
and yet 1t Is too small for the Increased
commerce we hope 10 get with the
opening Of the Panama Canal. Our
Delegate has done good work In got.
ting appropriations for harb0r develop.
mem, which ! believe total AZ, 100000,
"Tbis Is the first step In the Trans
pOrtatiOn problem. II shows you that
IL takes time to bring about conditions
on these Islands 30 the homestead pro-