The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-08-29

Igoyerument should be required 10 re.
pay their passage money IL they leave
the Territory for the mainland within
three years. g., RI. 10
tho reverence has been made to pro
noting immigration from the Pacific
Coast, because, the extent and success
Of such Immigration depend upon other
lines of policy. which must precede
such American settlement. There are
now two or three white boniestead
communities in the Islands, and there
have been others in the past. Some
Of the earlier homesteadcrs have be
come wealthy men, developing into
large planters. others have 1ecorne
discouraged and have left the country
Or gone into other cupations. Com
paratively few have remained small
farmers. 1
Ono race worth bringing 10 the Isl.
lnds will be hontent to remain perman.
Sntlv with its only prospect a life
lived at the end of plantation hoe.
opportunity muFt be given those who
save money to buy small farms. The
present homestead policy is not "a sue
'ess. The TERRITORY ought rot to
ALLEVIATE valuable cane lands already
'nder high cultivation for the profit OF
few spectators and at the expense
# all the people There is no more
"stifcation for this than there would
Ne for New York City to subdiyide
Central Park and rafaS>jt of for a.
fraction of its value to few lucky
ticket holders ia
"Unimproved lands. however. should
be homesteaded under conditions TINT
will make IL possible and necessary for
the homesteader to reside on his land
and 20 cultivate II successfully. Pub
ic cane lands might be leased 10 citi.
zeus not connected with plantations
nd having enough capital to operate
heir holdings Independently in, tracts
large enough 60 support an ambitious
citiZen.tenant farmer. condition Of
uch leases might we'll be that only
'itizen labor should be employed on the
land. A.#..s,r
Water Source Of Trouble .ssr-sI
1.-THE water rights of the Islands
constitute q patrimony Of the people
which should never have been aiiehat 4
3D. Water as one OF the component
,afts Of q farm is quite as essential
as land. Tt is unfortunate that all the
water sources IN the Islands are not
'wned and administered by the gov
,rnment. - sN
$50 long as private companies con
rol the water, supplying any district
,apable of being settled by small farm
-rs, there will be quarrels and bicker.
ugs over water rights and water
wrongs in that district. The individual
'wnership~Of water rights is incom.
latible with the development of small
farming. Before a large rural citizen
population can be created in Hawaii
his question must be agitated and
fought out until rigid public regula.
ton or outright public ownership is
occurred. A well-plnnnrd scheme for
Utilizing all the GOV ernment owned wa,
er supplies that can be made available
or irrigation and definite policy for
controlling oil water rights would
greatly encourage independent farming
I'VE may view labor conditions in
Hawaii under two aspects. If we re
yard them solelySas present conditions
II employment, as topic exhausted
when we have tabulated wages and
earnings, hours of labor, industrial ae
idents, and other matters pertaining
o the present condition of laborers
he subject might be closed with ref
renee tU-the tables in this report.
rhe tables show, considering the kind
# labor used, the service IL renders
md the history of the laboring popula-
ion of. the Islands, a satisfactory de,
gree of progress.
"In contrast with most tropical
ountries the people. who control the
nd ~ -
the country and take neighborhood
interest in the welfare Of those who
work for them. But if we view labor
conditions in Hawaii us primarily i'm
,Ortant because they win dctcrmin
he political future of the country an
he character of its civilization. the
these other questiOns--of immigration
md race control, of land and water
policies, and the civic development
lre logically parts of the subject
From the standpoint of our national in
crest in Hawai-, which gives occasion
o the law calling for this report thes
IRE the questions in relation to which
ahOr conditions are to be cOnsiderc'k
"From this broader viewpoint tn
increase of resident laboriIrg popula |
ion, the fostering of industries Othe'
than sugar making, the rise Of middl
lass derived from the people who work
With their hands, and the increase il
small holdings, are all hopeful symp
roms of progress toward true rivi
community, organized to secure tn
welfare of all it's members. The fedora
government, in every policy affectin
he Territory, should strive to foste
such a community.n
The remaining one hundred pages-o'
Doctor Clark S report are purely stats !
teal.
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