Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-28
congressman EXPRESS VIEWSON
ISLAND PROBLEMS AS They LEAVE

prepared to say just what should be
done or how much of it should be
done, but the roads should be built so
as to make the islands impregnabIe
to all attacks.
| LAS to the visit, it has been the
most delightful time have ever had
And not only will | remember Ha-
waits problems, but memories of the
kindness and hospitality of her peo-
pie will abide with me forever
REPRESENTATIVE HENRY w.
1 TEMPLE of Pennsylvania-The Terri
tory of Hawaii should have its fortifi-
! cations complete in all respects and
whatever roads, forts, naval stations
are needed should be built at once is
the opinion expressed by Congress-
man Henry W. Temple of Pennsylva.
mia in an interview yesterday. Speak
ing OF the problems which have been
set before the members of the visiting
congressional party he said: .c..
A good many problems have been
| brought to our attention. The most
obvious thing about them is that they
all fall at once into two classes: those
that are purely local in their nature
and those that are as vital to the peo-
pie of the mainland as they are to the
people of this territory. .~
I'm the second class are all those
matters that have to do with the forti-
fication of the island and the de-
Velopment of Pearl Harbor as a naval
base It is a mere commonplace TO
say that the possession. of Pearl Har.
Dor, when the harbor has been prop.
| erly developed, will be of incalculable
value to the United States for the
| defense of the whole Pacific Coast.
! We used to hear men say that the
world had become too highly civilized
to tolerate war, but If any living man
can be found who entertains that
opinion now he must be very lonely.
With the world as 1t is, we must never
again permit ourselves to be defense
! less either on the East or on the West
Whatever additional Notifications and
military roads may be needed to place
| this island in a condition Of perfect
safety ought to be provided withou:
delay. -
"As for the other questions which
have been presented to US Or discus
sed in our presence, they are of very
/ great Importance to the people Of
! these islands, but in their nature they
are such that they must be settled
! largely by the people of these islands.
i Your public lands, your home
stead laws, your problem Of education,
both in the public schools, where all
races are taught together or in the
/ separate schools maintained for any
distinct nationality, the people of the
| islands have to deal with questions
that they know great deal about and
! that no visitor to these islands can
i solve in the short time that we have
! been here, even If he had been able to
! devote his whole time to uninterrupt.
/ ed study of any one of these ques.
! tions." #...
! THE constitution of the United
States makes it necessary that some
of these questions be dealt with by
| the congress of the United States, but
we must get our information from the
| people of the territory and it is alto.
gether probable that every fruitful
! suggestion concerning the solution OF
these problems will come from the
same source. -:
Il believe that We nave had unusual
| opportunities for making the acquaint-
! ance of influential citizens of the ter
ritory. We have enjoyed their hospi-
tally and particularly their compan
ionship in our visit to these several
islands. | am sure that we can trust
| the wisdom and the craftsmanship of
these men to solve their problems
| and to furnish us whatever informa-
ton we may require to deal with such
! problems as must come before con-
gress," he concluded
REPRESENTATIVE L. q. GOOD
ALL Of Malne-Hawaii has Europe
beaten all the way" as a tourists
paradise according to Congressman
Goodall. Il have been to Europe seve-
| raj times but this country has more
scenery than any country in the en-
| tire continent of Europe"
! On the topic of Hawaii's land prob
lens Representative Goodall after de-
claring that the questions were pure
ly local ones warned the people of
the territory to "go very slowly solv-
| ing the homestead problems"
1T is big problem he said, "and
it's problem that the people on these
islands should solve themselves. II
the land is given out in homesteads
the first thing that will have to be
done is to provide the farmers who
take up the land with cash to enable
| them to work the hemesteads. It
wouldn't be worth while putting them
on land without capital because the
land would simply go into the hands
of the big plantations and that, as J
understand it, seems to be against the
wishes of the majority of the people.
INSTEAD of giving out government
| land as homesteads my idea is that
the lands should be leased on long
|