The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-08

Ahnericah Defense Society In Its raeen
requsst for action by the goyernfnen
the government land
used by the WRiakea plantation 70
kBepihR up the sugar production a.
war measure, while George r. Carter
head Of the Vigilance Corps, says III
Nigilance Corps declines to get into o
argument, bnt asserts very positiyel
that few Of the four hundred member
OF the corps have any interest wha,
ever. In the Waiakea plantation or par
tation interests looking 70 "workin
for their pockets. -. rE9
Last Friday evening the waiake
Homestead League adopted resolution
IN Opposition to the Vigilance Corps
request to the government, and fol
tSafded a long ieablegtpm to Delegat
Knhio at Washington, asking him I
oppose the Vigilance Corps proposition
the cablegram, signed by D. y. Met,
ger, presidents Stephen Desha, saniC
vice president, and NJ. de =. Spiholi
secretary, being as follows: O.
'F'Report spread that Waiakea
intends abandon fields now being
cut, notwithstanding right 20 har.
vest any crop growing at expiHg.
ton lease June first. Plantation
aud territorial administration az.
parently trying 70 force renewal
lease for six to ten years by, Presi.
dents Withdrawal and defeat OK
istiRg honest cad rights OF citizees.
Move has enlisted support and ef.
forts Of Vigilance Corps. headed
by George Carter, on theory that If
lease agreeable to plantation not
made, win result to curtail sugar
rEodnetion.
'cEaets are that nine-teRths plan.
tation now subleased to Orientals
at $5 year acre. Company paws
$4,000 rent, receives over $40. 900
rent. Last crop l4.799 tons yield:
ed $3.50 ton net Of shipping and
marketing Paid Oriental sub
lessees for cane, $34.29 for eaDh
ton sugar. Milling costs about 80.
Control company stock owned by
alien n0n.residents.
"About ninety bona fide home
steadets have already applied for
these lands. Many will follow,
once opportunity made known.
FIVE hundred eleven applicants for
seHeptsep small honest eads opened
Hakalau last month. Authorities
can, as IN past, have small neces-
snrv care given ratoons in interim,
adding cost to appraisal value. No
need confusion or Loss In bone
stsading this land il good faith ac-
kNR.
ers pfoduction always greater than
under plantation. ~ I.
tHThis league over 100 citizens
asks your immediate help before
food ADMINISTRATION, President and
interior Advise Senators Myers,
Jones' and others. Letter follows"
Refuses 10, Argue
"Ip regard to working for our pocl
ets, aSswe are, charged" said Mr.. Ca
ter, yesterday whom his attention WI
called to the action Of the WaiakG
league III Hilo on Friday, al guess Il
400 members who are contributing
the work cannot be placed in that cat
CORY. :, a..
II don t. believe one percent Of Il
members are Interested in the Wal
kea plantation, and don t believe al
1T them believe their pockets will
benefited. o.,
1.-THE Vigilance Corps Of the Anne
Jean Defense Society declines to G
into m argument. If the small holde
will produce as much as the plantatio
it is up to- our officials to support theI
II they would produce more sugar th
is what we are after.
"Glancing over the items of the q
rument Of the league have only to 81
that q representative of the Waiak
NH Company said to me on the dav
the meeting that Waiakea would
glad to grind all sugar on that land
question, at cost, as its bit, during Il
war.
Fortunately, am not in polite
and can take an individual attitud
which, perhaps. some others cannot.
dom know that hOmesteaders ca
make. better profit than others.
"On the homestead question DO
tried his plan and we got rid of &C
tGin government property but withO
making appfeeiable gains in the pr
duetion1 Of wealth of the Territory
increasing the population.
Unsuccessful Experiments
~ thought, during nv administr
ton us Governor, l could succeed
building up u middle-class, so.callC
believing that IL homesteading W
only pEaetisad under equitable and re
s0Rable conditions, il would be a Su
cess. too, passed part Of the publ
domain out of the hands Of the Poop
oaly to find 1t now abandoned in sor
cases by the hOmeste aders., or in q
hands OF corporations. SO far as
know, Frenr.f tiied it, securing aOT
amendments TO the Organic Act
handle the question. l don't knO
what the present administration is d
ing. but I only regret that the poop
If the Islands, or the community as
whole, 10 not seem to gain or beAet
by the experience of Zach administr
ton. Every one as it comes along, b
to try some experiment at the expsn
OF the people.
~ know OF no way to cure this.
is our system Of government aud I q
convinced that Fairehild' propositi
Of segregating the cultivated from I
uueultivated land comes. nearer to I
ferilg the solution than anything ell
1T is ono thing topeaeOurage m
who takes the Wilderness and turns
to use, aed another thing to encoura
man who wants To take all the kia
wood and sell II of the property a
then abandon the property, or take
the crop growing on it that some G