The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-06-18
.II0MES7EADPLAN
TO.SDLVE.PRODtEM
'LA|DBEFORE'tANE
[iwin C.. Moore, Haiku Small
Farmer In Letter TO,SeCretary,
Outlines His Proposition
INCLUDES, ACQUISITION vi
OF THE SUGAR MILLS
Present Land Laws Not len,
forced; Any Successful Settle
ment Must Bar Out Spectators

Edwin c. Moore, formerly employed
at the agricultural experiment station
who has made n close study of the Ter
rlt"ry's land problem, believes that the
YolutiOn Of the problem lies in chang
ing the manner in which lands are
turned over to settlers by the Terri
tory, and in line with q general plan
Of action he has worked out, he secs a
way in which omesteadPrs may ac.
umrr not only the land, hut also the
sugar mills.
Moore points out that present land
laws are not enforced and he contends
that any plan of settlement to succeed
must bar out the SPECTATOR and insure
that bona fde hOmesteaders will set.
tie on the land. He asserts the pro
POsals he has worked out will accom-.
PGsb these ends. These proposals. are
set forth in a communication dated at
Haiku, Maui, JNpe Is, which he has
addressed to Franklin K. Lane, secre.
tary of the interior. 1t is as follows:
Proposals Advanced
For over two years, while in the
employ of the I. 8. Hawaii AgricuI-
tural Experiment Station, | made n
study (while about my other duties) of
the land question and homesteading.
As a result of this study | came to
rortain conclusions, which | wish to
lay before you. l write in my person.
al capacity q am no longer connected
with the station as white small
farmer DESTROYS of helping, if can,
in securing the establishment Of a con,
tented and prosperous citizen rural
population in the Territory--nn end
W" who have our homes here most ear
ncstly desire.
-. The present land laws are, not
enforced. 1t is well known throughout
the Territory that one can fulfil the
DEMONSTRATING requirements in. a per
tunrt"rv way, and it will be passed
There Is no efficient inspection Of what
- going on on the hOmostcads. The
now IcdEo that this is 50 encoura res
Spectators to take up hOmcsteads, and
encourage large land owners and cor.
partitions to ignore the third para graph
Of the Organic Act, See. -. | men.
ton this in the hope that. YOU VIII
hnd some way to require the enforce.
m"mt of whatever land laws we do
have.
80. The residence requirement is
too short. 1t is an initiation to spee-
ulators to require but two years resi-.
''n " genuine residence were
remedy mus H. Is. ,l2H,
,",H'"n '''' was passed ny the terri.
''''"' mousse OF representatives en-
'"H' cory me whole OF thus. Piu
."h'n from IN" existing laws ok.
,rP. &C. l. REVISED Laws Of llaYaii,
l"lj, Chapter 80, Part &. sections, 3S8
AMI fbll"wlng.) u. h. l2S would have
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an ,nnmol r.nt.I e. J" I'qulr'ng
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requirement that h, ,,,,;,',,ii Nv Nv
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he docs TINT auyhov nnI ho y, 1' tH'o
70 ,"II ont # hr wants TO Ira,r us INV
either farmer. thr nnI. ,Iirnran.o Ln %nS
that iu,trnd of ,cljin, tho Ionj he
SELLS his imp,U,rmrut, ~, tbn ion'I
and Ne must sell 10 = ,,,ilru oI;n;hIn
t. tukr Il humcStrad
Shows Advantages
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