The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-09-24

Peacock, Miss Anne gillilaPd, Mrs. F.
+. Lyman. Mrs. !. II, Kctchesnn. Mrs
4. T.. Davidson. Mrs. F.. Hons. Mrs
Small Mrs. Ste"rc and Mrs. Matthew
Graham doing the cutting.
IHl,er Is seeking election for the upper
nOuSc ahd the utner speakers nave As.
pIrat cons Tor the lOWef house
IEaIIy uIcSsUn, wno rs running for
tao ,U"cr mouse irom the FIILn District,
tO'u ma audience in both Hawaiian n
ahd EhgllSh that he VAS responsible
for the passage Of the Workman 8 Com
pensalIOn Act in this Territory and
that il elected he would WORK Tor tnr
uPhft of the workingmen in this Ter.
rltOry first, las, ana all of the time.
j. K. Mokumaia, the IMAM with the
iron Jaw" as they call him out kaIfhI
way, injected much comedy into his
brief but vehement talk. He told his
audience a few things about bananas
and the banSna campaign, carried ION
years ago, which brought him rounds
Of loud and hearty laughter.
Raymond INTRODUCED
Dr. James u, Raymond was thon in
ttoduced by Mayor Fern. Senator r.
II. Makekau, from Hawaii acted as his
interpreter. He announced in unmis.
taxable terms that he had made his
cahfpaigh so far and would continue
to do SO on the principles embodied in
the Democratic platform Of Hawaii.
He said that in all of his meetings on
the other islands he always asked his
audiences what they were most in,
terested in and what they Wanted him
to dw6ll particularly upon. The answer
had Invariably come back" Land!'
Therefore, he said that at this meeting
he would devote most of his remarks
to the land question Of this Territory.
He said that it would be futile to
open up the public lands of the Terri.
tory under existing conditions as the
men who were wanted to 90 upon the
laud we're in no financial position to
take UP homcsteads and take care Of
them once they became settlers unless
financial aid was given them.
"Kuhio will. tell you that he has
made every effort possible to get land
legislation for you," said Doctor Ray
mOnd But I maintain that he has
not. After your special session of the
Legislature refused to pass an alleged
equable land bill, he was given the
document and had it introduced in
congress, Senator johnson, from Cali
forHia, reviewed this resolution and
after he gave it a thorough investiga
tiOn. turned it down. II was finally
buried somewhere in Washington and it
is still there.
Financing HomeSteaders
Representative Lyman Of Hlo in
trOduced a Bill in the last regular ses
sion Of the legislature, which had pre-
visions in 1t for the financing Of home
stcaders This measure failed to pass
in your legislature. Under these con
dItiOns it is obvious that the only re
lief we can get along these lines is
from the federal government.
In 1916 the congress of the nit
ed States passed what is known AS
the Farmers Loan Act. This act pro
vides for the financing of homestead
ers and it has worked out so satisfac
torily that thousands of productive
farms are dotted oyer the Uuited status
FROM Maine to california as the result
of this legislation.
While this act was pending and
being discussed in congress whore was
your delegate that he did not sec to
it that the Law, even in some modified
form, was not made to apply to this
Torritoryf This Act in any form dors
not apply here and have yet to learn
why some effort was not made to get
some sort of Legislation along these
lines for Hawaii.
"They will till you that the Ha
waiians win not wOrk--that they are
al indOIent people and will not 90 on
the lands. That is one of the argu
mehts you will hear in high p,acrs
But want TO say that ! have employ,
ed Hawaiians for a number of years
on my ranch In Maui and / can truth
fully asAeft that there is no better
class Of labor any provided that
YOU pay them what they are worth.
See To Future -
"Secretaty Lane told you when be
was down here that he was going to
hurry back to Washington as the Am
erican government was about to pre-
pnre legislation which would open uu
$4,000, 600 acres OF land in the United
states, which will be given to the re
turning soidietSk Money will be appro
pri"ted to N94tcs these new home,
stcaders Al ~ tyA assistance will be
given aTls9aking this venture a
practical sitscN,, When this IegisIa
tioh comes h3 ! soB want a represem
t"tiVe - RfOlr1s to work for Won,
IN get YOU Ss.-IJf the benefits of-this
proposed legislation OF would you pre-
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