The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-06-11
THE HAWAIIAN GAZETT
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Aloha Nui


Edgar G. Bradley and Lathrop Brown, the former
being especially in charge Of matters affecting
these Islands The people Of Hawaii are cordially
pleased that Secretary Lane and his bureau chiefs
are able to make this visit to see for themselves
the situation we confront and to be able to arrive
At their own solutions of the problems that have
Ivexcd US for many years.
| Hawaii has done a good deal to AmericanHe
herself and at the same time has been forced into
! doing much that has orientalized the Territory.
1--we have been producing sugar in competition
with all other cane producing countries with our
cheerfuIlv accepted handicaps OF Chinese EXclu-
sion Act the Contract Labor Act, the Coastwise
Shining Act and other laws framed for mainland
conditions offset only partially by the tariff pro-
lection on our product. We have striven to man
the land" with population capable OF acquiring
American citizenship at large expense bringing toI
Hawaii Portuguese, Spanish, Russian and Porto
Rican laborers only to have our supply tempted
away Nv mainland employers. The Chinese Elk
y cluson Act forbids the securing OF Chinese, the
/ Gentlemens Agreement torbds the securing Oh
more Japanese the war interrupted the plans tor
the securing OF more Europeans and only the
Philippine Islands open to us as LABOR re-
cruting field.
,, Hawaiian sugar planters have been liberal IN
their treatment of labor. In no cane producing
land is higher all-the-year around scale of pay
lair share of increased prices. Under present con
dit;ons of increased and taxes, labor in these
Islands TODAY is more than literally treated III the
matter of bonus In addition to good wages, the
E tour Secretary Lane is expected to make OF the
plantations will show him that the plantation man
e ayers take very human interest in their employees
Good living quarters, good hospitals community
= halls Fairgrounds and such are part OF every
: plantation with only very few and notable ex-
IL
f good public Schools while plantation contributions
e support in addition many private schools and
S numerous churches and temples.
e Hawaii has no need to be ashamed OF her labor
record Such articles as have been written OF these
Islands BY men like George Creel, now head OF the
:. Bureau Of Public Information, are hbelS perPe-
trated in gross ignorance Of fact and despite what
v The writer's could not help seeing for themselves
II is the matter of public lands that holds prob
ably the most interest for the secretary OF the in
terror and the investigating members OF his party
h I'VE do not believe that Secretary Lane Will IND
v one dis;nterested man here who will not declare
v himself in favor of the honest homesteadlng o.
le such lands as we have Left nor will he md one
70 disnterested man with knowledge who Will no.
X saw that the greater part Of the homesteadng tt
II tdate has Seen lamentabe failure. There are
l. hundred reasons available and undoubtedly th'
visitors will hear them all.
h. .ical All that is required to settle the land ques
ton Of Hawaii is common honesty applied undl
"a tinted 1t should first be settled definitely whethe
n or not the cane lands of the Territory belonging
70 the public are to be hOmesteaded or not. Ono
as that is settled least fifty percent OF the recurring
~ trouble will be over and there will not be re
ed threshng of the situation every time plantauo
,r- lease apses 1t will take the matter ont OF polite
at to quite an extent, for one thing.
h., Laa, tod hnt m
n handling of the public lands of Hawaii be take
over directly by the department of the interior
IN and an agent of that department stationed here
les to be responsible to the secretary alone. lha
VS. plan has much to commend it and Secretary Lane
he after he has looked the situation, may cor
Of slider it as one way out Of the local tange OF cor
1t hictng interests 1t certainly would be cuttln
ne OF the apparent Gordian knot.
NO 1t would be a great aimphhCation of the lmmt
ZEN date issues if Mr.. Lane would make it plain thu
Hawaii requires only one Governor and that IN
, a one last commissioned Governor Pmkhams we"
rec on most things and on the land question partcl
M larry, while undoubtedly interesting very Il
ALL from edifying or clarifying and this stage OF tt
md game are quite without weight The Advertise
OF voices the opinion Of practically the entire TER
We tory in expressing the hope that Governor NJ
Carthv will be instructed to take Office within II
has next few days and that under his guidance II
eek tour of the Territory may be made and the ma
ps ters OF land water labor and federal parks inve
art tigated with him on hand in his official capacit
lips We trust that Hawaii will appeal to the dist
lily guished maEhinis we greet today and that Il
can visit OF Secretary and Mrs ane and those acCOr
rer panving them will be pleasant one establieh1
ing an acuuantanccshp and interest that will brir
ety them all again as candidate, for our most famo
pet institution THE Come Back Club. These a
kindly islands and ours is d happy people, deSpl