The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1918-10-22


of Commerce at Lihue on Thursday
afternoon was an unusually well at.
tended as we'll as an unusually inter
esting session.
SUGAR CONTRACTS
Mr.. e. M. Cheatham reported for
the committee on sugar contracts
that a deputation of the committee
had interviewed the Governor in re-
gard to them and had received a very
favorable reception from him, though
somewhat less so from the attorney
general. In some important particu-
lars they came to our point of view
and the final contracts will be modified
accordingly. They assured us that
this particular form was designed for
Waiakea and would in any case be
modified to suit the conditions on
Kauai. Our protest at any rate has
had a very salutory effect in that it
has walked Waiakea up so that they
themselves are taking action in the
matter. On the suggestion of Mr..
Crawford the committee was continu-
ed with the addition of the members
of the homestead committee to it's
number.
Mr.. E. A. knudsen reported on the
apportionment Of the Y. M. c. A..
drive which, at least in the early
stages when he represented the Is
land gave to Kauai $4,000 as her
share.
MIR. Crawford said that because of
the pooling of the budgets of the
seven societies this quota would be
raised to $4,000 or $4,000, just the
actual amount had not been settled on
kOkEE SUMNER CAMPS
MIR. Brandt introduced the matter
of the Kokee summer camps by saying
that in view of the well known liberal
policy of the Government elsewhere
throughout the country in regard to
summer camps, no one dreamed that
any such mercenary policy as that
proposed by the Forestry Department
with regard to Kokee lots would be
imposed on the public In order to
get the matter before the Chamber in
something like a concrete form he had
formulated a letter which the secre-
tary would read.
This letter, which was couched in
forcible, though courteous terms,
protested among other things, at the
eXOrbitant rental of the building lots
and the annoying and humiliating con-
ditions of the permits.
Mr.. Moragne said that when in Ho-
nolulu recently he had seen Mr.. Arth-
ur Rice in regard to these Kokee
prices, and that gentlemen had indi-
Gated that the Forestry Board would
be willing to reduce the rental to SO
an acre, but that it would be we'll for
the Chamber to take the matter up,
and make some kind of a recommend
alton in the premises.
TERMS OF THE PERMITS
Mr.. E. H. w. Broadbent called for
reading of the contract, lease or per-
nit, or whatever it was.
The secretary then read the form
of camping permit.
Mr.. E. A. knudsen said that they had
| been occupying a summer camp in
that country for the past sixty years
or so, and that in all that time they
had never realized how exceedingly
valuable? that country was. For
many years they had got the whole
of it for the nominal rental of 500 per
| year, and it was considered to be
more than it was worth. 1t was not
only the high valuation placed on the
lots, but the conditions imposed there
with.
That single item of the sanitary,
fly-proof privy vault; why that would
use up the whole of the hundred dol
lars that you were required to put on
the lot, so you would have your vault
and nothing more"
II looked to him like a deliberate
effort on the part of the Forestry
Board to make it difficult for people
to go there, and thus defeat the
scheme.
MIR. e. n. w. Broadbent thought
that one very Objectionable feature of
the permit was that it gave the per
mittee no fixed status, no assured
rights and continuity of tenure Just
when you had got things fixed up to
your satisfaction you were liable to
be bounced, or have the rent raised