The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-11

I, IL ABOUT SetIleu everything.
particularly last fall and winter thus
delaying investigations.
when | assumed office, it ives plan
ned that ms soon as possible your af!
fairs should have attention and | have
hastened to the degree, pressing cir
cumstances will permit, this day being
the thirty. 6rst working day occurring
since L assumed charge.
All Invited TO Talk
Il have prepared list of questions
which 1 ask YOU to individually reply
to, and the sooner | secure replies the
more speedily other subjects can be
considered.
Then the hOmesteaders were invited.
one by one, to go before the commits
siouer to answer these questions:
Give your name.
Give the number of your home
stead and series.
3-What is its areai
What area is cuItivatedi
What area is planted to canef
6-What area is planted to pineap-
pies!
What area is planted to other pro-
ducts!
S-Does vour land require irrigation J,
AT what time or times OF the
year
lO-Have you made any provision
for water If 80, from what sourcef
ll-FrOm whom do YOU expect to OBJ
tain water for irrigationi
12-Have YOU arranged for transpor-
tatiOn by wagon or rail of your pro
duets to market?
l3-With whom have yau arranged
your rail transportation
14-DO you require financial assist
anceI
lJ-lf YOU are willing to so state,
please name the maximum amount you
think YOU will require.
l6--Havr YOU any loans MT PRESENT.
l7-HOw Ito You expect to repayf
lS-Are the prices and terms offered
for YOUR pineapples and cane satisfact-
Dry!
Replies Kept Secret
l9-Would an agreement covering
money and labor advances for a term
of five wears be satisfactory to yous
2O-Are YOU aware the government
has never approved agreements cover
ing a period exceeding Eve years and
that the great majority cover but two
to four ycarsi
One Of the hOmesteaders, glancing
over the questions. said that he had
already answered all the essential dues,
tons three times for the government.
Th" replies to that questions are to be
private, Mr. Rivenburgh assuring the
hOmestcaders that this is a question
between the homesteaders and the
government
There was no excitment at this meet
ing, except when the auto, with the
bunh arrived from Lihue. Colonel
Spalding sent over word that he would
be delighted to send over lunch for
the party, which generosity was stern
ly declined by the Governor, and lunch
from the hotel ordered instead.
There probably will be. some exeit-
mcnt at Ilhue on Tuesday afternoon,
when the KauaI chamber OF Commerce
will hold special meeting. II is pos
sible that the whole controversy will
be settled before then, but, il not, the
Governor will probably hear some plain
words. Lihue is looking forward to the
meeting and seating accommodation IL
already at premium,
The l.hue plant alton, the In 1jks.
the Governor reached the island, signed
an agreement with the six homesteaders
who still hold their Lihue contracts to
transport their cane under the terms of
the contracts, Installing q wire cable
line across the Wailua guleh and put,
ting down portable track on each side
of the gulch. The agreement also pro,
vldes that the Lihue plantation will ad.
vance funds to pay off any obligations
the hOm"stralers have contracted with
keHla.
Plantation VIII Stand Loss
It ~ estimated that this will cost
L.lhne up to 81 30 a ton, while the con
tracts only ohligate the hOmesteaders
to pay about twenty five cents. The
plantation will stand the loss.
Cost Of the trolley may be as much
as %@N,o"U. lnc tentative method is
to NOV" iOn,Ird rars across il and an
other to take the cane in bundles
llomesteadrro we've delighted at the ar
rangpments
Llhue plantation will I've UP to
the spirit of its agreement with, these
hom"stradrrs said Han Isenberg
president Of the Lihue Plantation Com
ranN Who sI2nrd the new agreement