The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-04


plant cane when Lihue undertook to
; build : railroad, and they aligned az.
teen4ysRr coptrntts, about which the
1 Governor once wa en- hnsiastie, but HIS
enthupiAsn has Vahed. He has not ap.
proved the contracts, although he
promised that be would.
Tons spf pines gotted 10 the fields lasi
yeasl beeanse they could not be moved
70 the canhsFy, hut this was not 30
bad rs the urgent necessity for cane
Contracts d "a & hnshsrtati ton DULY ~
men are under contract % Eihue now,
Of almost fifty signed year OF 50 ago.
Their cane Will De- ready for cutting
in b year. COLONEL Spaldin9 will make
no contracts. Lihue virtually has been
eliminated. \. ~.
Perhaps some light viii be given by
the following formal statement by Al.
fred Horner, president OF the Hawaii.
an Cinneriss association, which has o
plant Ut Kappa. Mr.. Horner was q
prime mover for the Lihue railroad.
His account Of a conversation with
Governor Pinkham two weeks ago fol.
lows the Governor being quoted d.
rectlyi
Governor Not Responsible u
~ 1.-THE GoveTnQr) am not RESPONSE
BILE for the settlers being down there.
Besides, I am against the government
lands being taken up ~ homestead.
ers. demonstrating Il not n snccess,
Win newer be a success and You know
II damned well. Il
81 am going down TO Kauai soon
and settle the whole business. am
going to settle that side (meaning
Makse) |hrst, and then II the others
want anything they can come to me
~ am going to make those fellows
sign up (meahing the homesteaders,
but he did not say with whom and
after they have signed ! am going to
make them sign another paper stating
they are satisfied. 10y ~
Gan the cane lands Of the govern.
ment shouH remain In the ownership
of the government and be leased to
the sugar plantations. ] delfbera. ely
planned to let this, (the Kapaa ,pilikia)
drag on and wear those people out
down there, and / have about accom-
7 phshed my purpose. Now 1 am going
down to Kauai and ret this thing Ak.
ed up 70 snit myself. - e.. ...
Conyersation II, Detail ,,,s ,,-
Thes4irst statement, that the Cover.
nor was not responsible for the home
steaders being on the lands was pre-
coded, Mr. Horner said, by this con.
vetsation: g'E,''; Y.
~ Cove nbr--You have everything you
want What are you Kicking aboutf
Horner-lt seems to me that the So
: called government railroad shoifld not
ouly syan up to the h0mesteads 10 ae-
comm0date them, for which purpose it
issupposed to be tii1t, bnt II should so
run to the cnnnery 30 that their pine
applies conld be delivered there without
putting, them to the unnecessary ex-
pense Of transferring them To, a truck
Mt Kapaa. st'EE ~ ~
Governor Is a thing have
nothing to do with; that Is between
You and the Makee Sugar company
Horher-It has nothing TO do with
the cannery. Our company is not in
the transportation business. II IL up
to You and the homesteaders to deliver
pinenpples to thel factory. That Is
what the railroad was for. .
G0vernor---I do not know ANYTHING
about that. What / do know is that
am not responsible for the settlers
being down there. ~ .....i
Thereupon the Governor continued,
as given. II, . ,..
Explanation IS Unique Il,
y This Abatement, for the accuracy of
which Mr.. Horner youches, Is O unique
explanation as to the attitude of the
Governor as "a. demonstrating.
Sentiments similar to those Of the
Ioyernor have been expressed by Col
onel Spaldlng, There IL a striking sim.
harhy between the old Views Of the
colonel and the present ones Of the
Governor. Hig, = 1slF. 80 = =
: Colonel spalding is reported to have
said that white mem, were not want
ed ON Kauai hcmesteads, because IL
they Were ANY good = they woiaA NOT,
be there, but that IL would be all right
to tnrn over the lands ito Japanese or
Portuguese or others. .. = 4
Explaining WHY Governor Pinkham
wishes 70 keep the government lands
~ Rovefnmeht ownership, Mr., Horner
said that he took the stand that more
revenues could be obtained and the
holders OF TERRITORIAL bonds would have
more assets. Mr. H6rner expressed the
belief that the Governor was attempt.
ing to tie up the land and tond ques.
tions together. ! b 3 :.
Governor Wants run Control N
Two months ago, Mr.. Homer contin.
ned In an interview, the Governor said
that he would try to get Congress- to
amend the Organic Act so asl to pnt ali
Povernment lands within the control Of
the Governor, repeating the provision
that Twenty-Five men may petition FOR
ana force the opening Of public lands
Another statement that Mr.. Horner
said the Governor made was that there
were only three tracts Of government
lands remaining: Kapaa, Waiiua and
kekaho, Kauai, and Waiakea, Hawaii,
aud that he had asked where the Terri
tory would be when they were divided
among homesteaders. 80 - W
Finally Mr.. Homer asserted that the
Governor said the reason. he had held
up the Lihne railroad project was be.
cause Hans IsenBsrg, president Of IA.
hue, wished 2 yight'of-way across Ma,
Denounced To Gotsrnor,S Face ~
a Lih4e representative, who heard
81 this statement, dehdpnced 1t, 20 the
Governor's face, al false. 1900 = !,
History. OF the railroad negotiations
and Of the water company follows.
There are many other fhfereatinv mn