The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-07
SUSPEND
| HOMESTEAD|NGl IS
| Opening OLD sore
Hawaii Wants To Be Patriotic
and Produce All Possible
But People Want Lands

II
to stir mp the old question Of home
stealing and to once more open up
sore spots. There Is q consensus Of
. opinion that 1t is the duty Of Hawaii
to produce all the food that il can,
more especially nor to permit falling
| of In sugar production but there are
many, many persons who do not wish
70 see Fhonesteading suspended com.
It Is pointed out that only one,sisth'
of the land used for raising sugar is
public domain and that BY no means
all Of this Is land leases upon which
expire in the near future. II is also
said that even II such land were home.
steaded sugar production upon IL need
not fail as the nearby sugar companies
could make arrangements with the
homesteadeT to continue its cultivation
| for sugar and could, where occasion
ed demanded, make contracts which
would enable the companies TO general
ly supervise the work of cultivation and
production.
On the subject Of homesteading
Chairman Dole Of the food commission
said yesterday:
Food Commission Stand
| 1.-THE food eommi ssion Is naturally
interested in continuing food produe-
ton to the greatest possible extent,
and il would be a grave matter it any
land in the Territory was allowed to
go out Of cultivation for one, two OF
three years, and especially that land
which 10 now producing crops.
"The Governor has stated that un.
der present conditions there would be
a delay of probably two years in get
ting certain lands homesteaded and
under cultivation, due to the difficulty
in obtaining surveys and the necessity
of constructing roads. The Governor
reports that the local government Is
powerless under the Organic Act to
take such action necessary to keep
these lands under cultivation and pro-
ducing food crops.
"The territorial food commission il
taking no stand against homesteaders
aud demonstrating, and is inclined ia
leave the question Of the disposition
Of the land with the proper authori'
ties who should determine in each case
whether the, maximum production OF
food during the war can be best OBJ
|
steaders or by some other disposition
"If the homesteaders can show thai
they can produce as much, or more
i foodstuffs from the land than the plan
tations, there seems to be no reason
} lwhy the homesteaders should not have
1.-the band. In cases where leases expire
\ If the plantations can keep on produe
/ ing sugar, then the authorities Should
have che power to take such action
as would make for the production o.
the maximum amount Of foodstuffS'
Mccandless Speaks Out ,'' "@
E J.. L., McCandless considers home
lsteading policies just as big a problem
, now as they have ever been. He say
he Is as much in favor of homestead
ing now as at any time and that h
has always favored a distribution o.
the public lands among people WHIT
would use, them.
"Of eouse, it has been plain to ever
. one that Pinkham was double crossing
the hOmesteader at every turn and wa
not following out the law. We know
r how he felt about demonstrating ant
r the man who tried to make ivinl
from the ground before he was nance
1 as Governor. However, have Away
q wondered how much of his policy IL
this respect was his own and how ia
= he was following Secretary Lane il
Q opposition to a distribution Of the pub
lie lands. l am confident that Lane
s like Pinkham, is an enemy of home
Q stealing in Hawaii.
a 81 favor stealing but not t
o persons who will let the land lie idle
J. / favor a distribution of the land bu
not at the cost of reducing produc tiOr
I claim the credit for the Twenty fv
Petitioner clause in our land law.
I Portuguese Depart
4 Hundreds of Portuguese have com
a here, worked, saved money and the
!. gone to California to get land bt
n cause they could get no land here. w
have lost them as citizens because O
A the course pursued in this Territory o
q demonstrating
r "There is no use giving land whic
n is without water and expecting a SUI
h cess to be made of it. We have niue
D land that has rainfall and that Is goo
n for agriculture even IL not for suga
The Waimea lands have shown thi
a with corn growing. There are othe
a similar lands. On such lands succel
N can be had.
A "Homesteaders should pay IA
70 return for the land, say 800 an acI
a for sugar land. On five perceI
u, basis, 800 where IS is paid for rental
this would seem fair. a..
70 Pfofit On Leases
d TThis year 3 sugar crop will probabl
y sell for about 10000, 900. We hay
% been told in Newlands report that on
# about a sixth or a seventh Of our publ
3. land is used for growing sugar. Thu
8. means that Of the present crop betwas
le 81, 000, 900 and $4,000, 900 Of the sugi
d was produced on land that brought in
3. rental for the year of $4,000. Is
to be wondered that people, who a
al producing between twelve and fife
~ millions of dollars OF sugar or lar
y for which they pay Grental of $?73(
"a want TO have hOmesteading suspendt
~ now and at any other time and II
as long a time as possiblei"
- On the subject of hOmeFteading caU
" lands of the Waiakea plantation aW
% the interest taken In the matter b
a. the bOmestPadeTs' association M
y others. the Hilo Tribune of last Wee
v, pesday published the following: