Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-08
In his Annual Report
Governor Deals
Hard Blows at the
Dillingham; ---Bur-
nett Measure now
Pending Before
COngress--Takes
up Many Other
Matters I


Hawaii's reason for opposing the
l:teracy test proposed in the Difilng-
ham-Burnett immigration bill, now be-
fcre congress are set forth mo
strongly by Governor Frear. in MS
ANIMAL report to Secretary OF the H.
terror Fisher, which was sent to Wash
i,.gton some months ago and has just
recently been released for general pub
Heation. -<--
The entire report Is much larger aud
mere comprehensive than any ever be-
fore made OF the territory progress
Curing fiscal year, and covers 1ol
rages. exclusive OF maps and pictures
t,ompresensive tables, reviewing al
idost every line OF commercial and
governmental endeayor are given. but
two features, which stand out with
pre-eminent interest at the present
time. are the Territorial Executive .
recommendation concerning immigra,
tion legiflation and his table showing
tho finances sof the counties. The table
for the litter ID shown on page II.
under the head syNeeded ,Legisla-
ton, ON page . OF his report, Cove,
nor Frear tass.
sheelu Exci0ps t3kNsIi
= 1seeislatiohs II any should be ea.
acted imposing literacy test upon
Immigrants, SHOULD except from the.
test Caucasian immigrants to Ha-
waii, with appropriate provisions to
prevent Hawaii from being made a
stepping stone for the migration of IL
literates to the mainland. The. same
reasons that are deemed to make adj
Yisable a literacy test in the case OF
Immigration to the mainland call for
the absence OF such test i'm the cate
or Caucasian immigration to Hawa !,
immigration from Europe to the main
land is largely OF self-selected single
men, while that to Hawaii Is almost
exclusively OF government-selected
agriculturist families, whose child
ren. as experience has shown, QUICK
Iy become educated, worthy American
citizens. Local racine conditions al
SO in Hawaii differ from those on the
mainland. and IL only illiterates could
be introduced the Americanization of
the islands would not be as rapid as
would otherwise De the case"
Taking up other matters on which
the governor thinks legislative action
should be had, he continues:
To Amend Land Laws
The land laws should be amended
I'm several respects Settlement asso-
Citations should be permitted to take
homesteads under special homestead
agreements as well as under right-of-
purchase leases and cash freehold
agreements The special homestead
agreement Is the best form Of agree
rnent for the. homesteading Of improv-
ed and other highly valuable lands.
and II is those kind of lands that are
most sought by settlement associa-
tions. The list Of enumerated objects
for which sales of public land may be
made for ohter than homestead pur-
poses Is too limited and should . he
extended so as to include other OBJ
jects, such as hospitals, telegraph
lines, etc, of a quasi-public nature.
The provision that upon the applica-
ton of twenty-five persons leased
lands shall be withdrawn for home
steading as soon as the then-growing
crops have been harvested. should be
modified so as at least to make Il
discretionary to postpone the with
drawal until the first rattoon crop of
a then-growing crop shall have been
harvested, because, in some cases, Oh
account of the amount of fertilizer re-
quired, the profit Is chiefly from the
rattoon crop and unless this can be
secured to the lessee the land cannot
be leased at an adequate rental until
II is desired for homestead purposes.
THE provision that the proceeds OF
sales and leases Of public lands shal
I've available for surveying and openinc
bomesteads should be enlarged so tha'
such proceeds may be available also
for the construction of homesteaS
roads.
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