The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-05-13
Governor Frear Explsins
How Homestead Lands
Are Being Opened.
Territory Not Encouraging
"Makeshift" Farmers,
He Says.

at seems to me the trouble on
Kauai, over the settlement association
question raised by the Garden Island,
said Governor Frear yesterday, "is that
those who are dissatisfied with the set
Element in question are those who failed
in having one such association formed,
whereas another was. favored in this
particular instance"
The Governor was asked if he had
anything to say in regard to an article
which appeared in the Kauai weelty Of
substance.
Governor Explains.
The editor wrote me nm the pr p.
sitidn and | replied, Int | do not know
if he received my letter before the
publication of this article, - continued
the Governor. 'In opening this tract
of Kappa lands, about 20O9 acres all
told, the government is DESTROYS of ere
ating a homestead section and com
munity of real tillers of the soil, peo-
pie who will go on the lands and make
their living from the same.
"'The land is admirably adapted for
pineapple culture. Arrangements have
been concluded whereby a large factory
and cannery will soon 90 up on the
land. The company has secured five
hundred acres for its own use, ms the
peoIe interested felt they would do
--rufttvTtfng themselves in order
TO bess st,pfeA ~ rop as soon as the fac
torySyas mt nm.
HThe company app,icd-for A site aud
wantsd Kap:m Park, for, the purpose
hut th;sJMas nDt,aDprovedl nv the, Tor
ritory. and il was given n site further
M and aboyestheo town. rwhere IL will
not possihy tlsatber the ttaynssppople
with. such ismet3s ssqusuatlyn emanate
from factories of this ulh,rssn,q ,,,og7
"Tbere was a good deal oStaik some
time ago over, the settlement sssoeiatior
end of the dealv and Mt ia.meetina held
in nv office some weeks asouit, WIS tbs
consensus of opinion that part of this
tracts sbouldSbs thrown ,.opcpe to an sas.
sociaties while the balance of Tho land
should, l,e mt I'M. for sale to the zen.
eraI nubl.c i'm The manner providcd by
law ana as now advertised, The asso
ciationh Was favored because. under the
law. the ypeo1jre forming il can 60 righ,
on The land nnnnd get to work. while 9th.
erwfse months must necessarily clapsc
with fhh pni lfcation Of the notice and
drawing 81 lots before the homesteadcI
can do so.
'The cannery people were anxious
for the association to be given the land
for two REASONS. First, they wanted to
be sure to get a limited number of men
,hn Nd AnI hn Inn ~
would be able to get started In buSl
Eess Immediately. Secondly, the can
merry wanted crop ready to harvest
Just as soon as the factory was put VI
and ready Tor operations.
Inc cahnery people, AT my request
worked on Tue FORM Oh yon'Iact "
oe enteheu in'o ue."'e ~, thI 49, w., !,
uhu ithS Eo"SatfaHe, s ns :, ~.
apprp,su. ~ oan .an''o ''u ;"
'oi1pe ~ wy pan' .to. al,
M.La, 81 So, ao Tnmnpnu oxtendod II,
,a;i,osa I;,o ~ Ian5s In question
md nj, handle al, tbo freiobt tn and
from Tho section at very reasonable
rates. which ;s another noipt in favor
of the homesteader.
"Altoeether. think the Kappa land,
will furnish a fnc onnortunitv far .
colony of industrious farmers and will
be the means of creating community
which will be of great interest and i'm.
portance to Kauai in particular and Ha.
wan IN general
ihe poition OF inc hapaa ianas SET
apart Tor tne settiemeht association. II
sumeieht ior from seven 10 Ten nome
s.eaue,s VINO cons'i'u.e .ne nucleus o.
the community ana around wh'ch the
"ho,e ss.s.en a,,.. WI, Su,,u up.
Hseinse aA1'is aihieis.
Somc.ilhe ago .hc gosernhe"t Turn
Gu uowh an app p.r ior ,ne iorii "a.
I,oh OF one seltieineht association AZ
haiaheo, 1or several reasons. one rea'