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

Hawaii's reason for opposing the
l.teracy test proposed in the Dining
bam-Burnett immigration bill, now be.
fcre congress are set forth mo: I
strongly by Governor Frear, in mis-
arnual report to Secretary OF the In
terror Fisher, which was sent to Wash
isgton some months ago and has just
recently been released for general pub
lloation.
The entire report Is much larger and
mere comprehensive than any ever be
fore made OF the territory's progress
curing q fiscal year, and covers l01
Eages, exclusive OF maps and pictures.
rompresensiye tables, reviewing al.
most every line of commercial AMI
governmental endeRyor are given, but
two features. which stand out with
preeminent interest at the present
time. are the Territorial Executive s.
recommendation concerning immigre-
lion legiLlation and his table showiny
tho finances Of the counties. The table
tor the latter n shoMn on page IL.
Unier The head Needed LeGisla'.
tion, on page 9 sof his report, Goveie
{.
should Exelaos Hawaii
"Legislation Z any should be en-
acted imposing q 1iteracy test upon
Immigrants. should except from the
test Caucasian Immigrants to Ha.
waii, with appropriate provisions TO.
prevent Hawaii from being made
stepping stone for the migration Of IL
literates TO tue mainland. The same
reasons that are deemed to make adj
yisable q literacy test In the case of
Immigration to the mainland call for
the ABSENCE Of such test in the ca: G
OF Caucasian immigration to Hawaii.
Immigration from Europe to the main
land is largely OF self-selected single
men, while that to Hawaii is almost
exclusively eof government-selected
agriculturist families, whose child.
rem, as experience has shown, QUICK
" become educated, worthy Americas
citizens. Local racine conditions al
so in Hawaii differ from those on the
mainland, and II only illiterates could
be introduced the Americanization OF
the islands would not be as rapid as
would otherwise be the case.
Taking up other matters on which
the governor thinks legislative action
should be had, he continues:
To Amend Land Laws --s
"The land laws should be amended
in several respects. Settlement asso-
Citations shonld be permitted to take
homesteads under special homestead
agreements as well as under right-of-i
purchase leases and cash freehold
.z-.-...,xo3 u THE anaoial hauanofaod n
agreement is the best form of agree
ment for the homesteading of improv-
ed and other highly valuable lands,
and IL 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 puf-
poses Is too limited and should be
extended so as to include other OBJ
jects. such as hospitals, telegraph
lines, ETC., OF 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 ii
discretionary to postpone the with
drawal until the first rattoon crop of
a then-growing crop shall have been
harvested, because, in some cases, on
account of the amount Of fertilizer re-
auired, 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
il is desired for homestead purposes,
'The provision tnat the proceeds o
sales and leases of public lands shal
lie available for surveying and openins
homesteads should be enlarged so tha
such proceeds may be available also
for the construction of homestead
roads.
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