The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-30
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AGREEMEMFORM
S[IGHTLYCHANGED
Only One Important Modification
Made AtConference Between y
) Sugar Men and Governor !
heMEStEADlNG PLACED H..
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Small Farmer is Assured Of Mar.
Ret For His Cane As PIanta4
tons Are Required To Buy Il


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After having Under consideration for
more than two weeks the sugyesvsdl
form or aRTeerhsnt 10 be entered into
I betYeen the Cover ment and the plant.
ers for the continued cultivation Of
lease-expired government cane lands.
representatives. of the sugar. Ilnnta.
ti0ns, at q Conference with the Gov.
ernor in his office yesterday morning,
accepted the form Of agreement with
but a few minor changes and one i'm
portaht change. ....
This important amendment, which
was suggested by the planters and
agreed to PROMPTLY uy the Governor.
related to the amount that Is to be
paid the government In the case Of
the continued cultivation Of lands that
are not homesteaded. In the original
form Of agreement presented it was
provided that in cases where the land
Is mot hOmesteaded, the planters NAV
carry on cultivation and harvest and
market the crop. Out Of the gross re.
turns there shall be paid to the govern.
nient FIVE percent The original form
Of agreement called for ten percent.
but this the planters thought too much.
Governor MCCARTHY offered no OBJ
lection to the reduction to FIVE percent.
The ten percent, suggested was only
tentative, anyway, he said, and he was
entirely satisfied with five percent,
which will yield the government an
approximate rental of $3.50 an acre
per annum on land producing five tons
of sugar to the acre.
Honiestsaders, Not Rentals
Anyway" said Governor McCar.
thy yesterday afternoon, "a don I fig.
ure that II will make any difference,
for believe all the lands win be
homesteaded. And that's what we
want. We want homesteaders, not
rentals.
Regarding statements made last
week and published in The Advertiser
to the. effect that the planters win re-
fuse to enter into agreements for the
cultivation Of any except the best
lands, Governor Mccarthy said TINT
while that matter was not discussed
at the conference yesterday, he did
not believe that any serious difficulty
would be experienced. A good home
steader, he said, could take care Of
his land and cultivate his cane himself,
except for the heavier work, such as
harvesting. It was only for harvest.
ing, the. crop that the plantations
would be called upon to supply y large
number Of men. - - I
Standard Contracts
A decision was reached at the con.
ference which will have, an important
bearing upon homesteading, inasmuch
as it assures the homesteader a mar.
ket for his cane. Under this decision
the planters are to be required to en-.
ter into contracts with the homestead.
ers to buy their cane. These contracts,
it was decided, shall be standardized.
Governor Mccarthy proposed to exam!
inc all the various forms of contract
used by the several plantations of the
Islands and from these will evolve
standard contract which shall be used
in all cases by the planters and the
homesteaders. These forms will be
printed, as they will all be alike, it
will not be necessary for the Govern.
or to scrutinize each one closely be.
fore approving it.
Those present at the conference yes.
terday were Governor Mccarthy, Dep,
uty Attorney General Harry Irwin,
Clarence Cooke, Richard A. Cooke,
Charles R. Hemenway, Z. H. Wode!
house, Frank Z. Thompson, Alonzo
Gartley and j. N. s. Williams.
Form Of Agreement
Following is the form of agreement
approved:
This agreement made and entered the
day Of July, 1918, by and be-
tween the commissioner of public lands
- H.
suant to the powers conferred upon
him by Section 70 of the Organic Act,
by Chapter 80 Of the Revised Laws Of
Hawaii, 1915, and any amendments to
either; and by the proclamation of the
President of the United States of Am
erica dated June "a, 1918, and herein.
after called the Commissioner, party of
the first part, and------
hereinafter called the Planter party Of
the second part,
WITNESSETH
That whereas, the Territory Of Ha.
wall is the owner or has the possession.
use and control of that certain tract
Of land, to wit:------------
which tract is now partly under cult.
walton in sugar cane and which is
about TO be opened, for omesteading;
Now Therefore, in consideration of
the premises and Of the mutual coven-
ants and agreements herein contained
the parties agree with each other AZ
follows:
l. The Planter agrees in so far
as may be practicable TO cultivate
and or to replant in sugar cane any
available land in said tract not now
under cultivation; to continue to cult,
vate the suOar cane now growing on al
of such land, which sugar cane will not
be harvested before June ---, l9l9j
and to fertilize, strip, tQPi and other.
wise cultivate to maturity and harvest
the present and any successive crops
of sugar cane during the term of this