The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-08
BACK TOFARMIS
H0LSTE|NSCALL
Speaker Of House Wants More
demonstrating and Condemns
Policies 6f Present Day

former Governor Frear did more fol-
the homesteader after the Fisher in.
vestigation than any Of his predecessor.
or his successor, and the homesteadcrs
lost good friend in Governor Freai
when he retired, " said Speaker H. Lin.
coin Holstein yesterday on his return
to Honolulu from Kohala to resume
his duties as administrator Of the es.
tate of the late Queen Liliuokalani
Yes, 1 fought him rs Republican, "a
did others, to make him come to time,
and when he did, he was the best Gov.
ernor for the homesteader and home.
seeker that Hawaii has had" II
Likes Farm Bert fr..S ~.
The speaker of the house, who spen,
the holidays on his farm in Kohala, whs
full of farm and homesteading yester,
day, and expressed the opinion that the
best home u man can have is on a farm
saying that the cutlery just now is fol-
homesteads where homl.farms may be
converted out Of government lands.
al appreciate the home life Of q
farm every time / 20 upon my farm, d
said the speaker, waxing eloquent upon
the advantages Of farm life. There
10 no place like home, particularly If II
is on farm. Under proper conditions
nothing can be more beautiful, or more
attractive, than farm life. You are
Under your own vine and fig tree, and
surely the lord of all your survey
whether you have ten or 100 acres, In
eultivating the land, all of the moral
qualities are stimulated, as we'll as in
dependence, self reliance, initiative
courage, honesty of mind.
In working on the land a man Ii
able to provide his own comfort; he
can build his own house with his own
hands; he can supply every article OF
Food he needs, and create q surplus
sufficient to buy other things. He re,
eeives nothing for which he does not
give an equivalent; he promotes his
wn comfort. his own self respect and
his own dignity.
4 armer vNn hmployer
1.-THE greatest men of the nation
have come from the farm. The great
est men of Hawaii we're taro planters
more or less, in the days of Kameha
meha. The man on the farm who il
cnltipating q small piece of land of hii
own need have no fear of being sud
denly discharged by his employer and
left with family on his hands 10 feed
and no means to buy food or pay rent
until herfinds another job. On the farm
there Is no danger in losing his job
This gives courage, self reliance anC
those good qualities which 60 to make
UP good citizenship. Without the pri
waite virtue of the individual eitizor
our country can not rise to its great
and honorable destiny. Let us gel
back TO the land.
my only hope Is that the Hawaiian
who is wavering between city and
farm life win make resolve to 90 or
the land and surround himself with the
fragrance and the blossom, and fruit
Of plant life, where he might raise
healthy, happy children.
What can be more beautiful, OF
more valuable than well kept vege
table garden, filled with all kinds OF
foods of every fASor, filled with Der
ries and fruit bearing trees, bananas
pineapples, grapes, and ornamented
with the endless procession of flowers
each advancing season affordsf What
more attractive than to be surrounded
by the young and cheerful life of the
farm-young chickens, ducks, turkeys
calves. lambs, pigs and pigeOnsH The
companiOnship of all of them makes
you look, up to the blue-vaulted dome
to thank the Almighty for the re-
splendant elements, which are necessary
and essential to your peace of mind
and to the prosperity and happiness OF
the farmer. D..
"There is no place but the farm
where peace and quiet and sound, re
freshing sleep follows happy labor
where we can hear the birds singing
their songs of Thanksgiving in the
early morning among blossoming trees
where homely joys can give life OF
happinessj where men and women
grow sound of heart and strong OF
limb. %
Place for Hawaiians
81 would like to see Back to the
lnnd' be the bugle coll to the youth OF
Hawaii, and instead of our government
trying to make lund Office business
from our government lands, help and
assist the homeseeker for all that
awaits him when he is on the land
And then again the plantation corpora
tons ought to help, II they desire to
make of Hawaii land of homes.
"But what is the use of talking pnd
pleading Nothing will be done, fear
from q government which has placed
homesteading on its bad edge"