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THE GARDEN ISLAND
UKSDAV OCTOBKR .51 1911
Issued-Every Tuesday .
Entered at the post office at
Lihue, Kauai, as second-class
matter.
f,ynscRirri.N 'V
Year, 51.50 nm six months.
IX AOVANCli j
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Ax Inch Pick Month.
Front Page Advertising
ates $3.00 Per Square Inch
ach Insertion.
li. lJRinc.KWATKK,
C. llorriiK,
Epitok
Manager
I n case a special session of the
,e'-;islatiire is called the first mat
r to receive attention should and
ro'uMy will be, a reconsideration
t the Teachers' Schedule.
Tin: November term of the Cir
lit Court of the Fifth Circuit will
e convened by Hon. Judge llardv
iiimrrow morning. The docket
. larger than the last and sonic in-.-rcsting
cases are to be tried.
Tin- failure to secure jurymen in
ae MeXamara trial is not a sur
rise as the particulars in the deed
vhich the brothers are charged
:ith committing, have had such
.ublicity that few there are within
he bounds of the States who have
lot learned enough concerning the
-ase to cause them to form an
opinion either pro or con.
Should yellow fever get a foot
hold in Honolulu, there is no doubt
ait that the Hoard of Health would'
e able to successfully manage to
tamp it out. However individuals
.ho have objected to destroying
. heir mosquito brooders, would do
.ell to ponder awhile on the im
ossibility of successfully mixing
.ullheadedncss with common sense
;.nd an appreciative regard for the
af'ety of the community in which
.iiev reside.
Those responsible for survey of
he Hanalei Bay for the new wharf,
certainly understood just what was
vanted as the troubled condition of
ihe water within the last few days
ias shown. As the survey was
uade during a perfect calm, it was
lifficult to know without a perfect
knowledge of the bay just where to
uii the line. Now if the Board of
.'ublic Works will get a riggle on,
'.t might yet be possible to complete
he w h a r f before the continual
.ough weather sets in.
liiK revolutionary leader in
Jhina undoubtedly struck the right
ue when he issued that order com
pelling all his followers to sever
Lheir ipieUes. Besides an ingeiiius
linloinatie move, it is said that the
iffair is lookeil upon by the Chinese
lovernmeiit forces as being too
'(pied" for anything like safety.
"Why children, our room is so
nice and quiet, that I really think
,ve might hear a cough-drop," said
a prominent teacher in one of the
lower grades the other day. "May
let the class hear the water-fall?"
continued the witty school inarm,
"Please Mirs Blank" piped up an
observing little tot, "more better
we hear one dew-drop. " "Xocan
lo," came from another source,
and the tinkle of the recess bell
rescued the teacher tl'olil a contest
of wits a continuation of which
would have proven the youngster-
winner by hi;.; odds.
' Tk' i mi (Ti. n w ithout addition:!
nioiiet.il comm. K-ration ,' ' sa s a
prominent MilM.riber. "can onlv
be realized when a fellow dies ami
is promoted t o heaven."
The tcach'-iV schedule committee
slightly variei from this view, as
indicated by the numerous promo
tions anions the teaching staff of
the Territory. A body of men who
leliberately infix their signatures
.o a law whcriby a lat year'-. Nor
mal graduate might --tep into a po
sition at a salary equal to that of
in experienced teacher, is certain
y far from being on the right road
-0 "heavenly promotion."
Tiikkk may be no graft in the i such enormous profits, would not
administration of the Department ' these same states, which are with
of I'ublic Works, but there are : in an hour's ride of the best markets
things connected Tith the Ilanalei'of the world, plant the bulk of.their
wharf contract which would be j land in vegetables instead of the
improved by an explanation. For : standard crops? Does not this ar-
instance the failure to advertise for i
bids in a local paper, thereby doing j
as little as possible to aid local
...
contractors in competing for the
work. If the Hoard of Public
Works is so verv sensitive as to!
i criticism of its administration, it j
I could do much to prevent further j
injury to its seiisitivenes by de
livering the goods" in due time
and doing away with this everlast
ingly mystifying method which
naturallv creates a feeling of
disatisfaction w i t h the Public.
Again, a public official isresponsible
to the people and if such official is
so satisfied with himself as to feel
above criticism, it doesn't neces
sarily follow that others should
share his opinion. Kauai stands
ready to back a clean administra
tion, and will challenge any other.
We will hew to the line, let the
chips fall where they mav.
Ki.sewiieke in this issue is to be
found a communication from
"Small farmer," in which a severe
calT-down is administered to ye edi
tor, due to an article on "Diversi
fied farming," appearing in our last
issue. Among his various charges
is to be found one referring to our
not possessing the progressive spirit
usually found in a successful
paper, etc. We will viewhischarges
as of no consequence, and pass on
to a suggestion of a policy which
we think would work satisfactorily'
both to "small farmers" and plant
ers alike. First of all, our corres
pondent has sized us all wrong in
regard to our ideas on small farm-
- r i i r
nig. u e lavor sman tanning, mosi
emphatically, b u t when we say
"small farming" we mean a farm
of sav thirty acres, tweutv-five of
which at least should be planted in
cane, the rest to be used for pasture, ; part of the world, lecturing on suc
uarden and buildine nurnoses. 1 cessful diversified farming in Ha-
Our reason for suggesting cane
is that it is without doubt, the surest
and most profitable crop known to j
the islands to-day. To further
illustrate our views, let us take a !
trip through the states and in so1
,i.,;.r i,..t;m(, ,..,;,;;
.' . . .
crops in ciiiterent sections anastates.
In Missouri, for instance, farmers
plant the bulk of the farm in corn.
In Minnesota thev plant all but a
a small acreage in wheat, because
wheat is their staple crop. They,
in each instance, plant a small vege
table garden which produces vege
tables for their present and future
needs; they keep a few pigs, a cow
or so and raise a few chickens, all
on the few acres not devoted to the
main crop upon which they must
depend for paying taxes and put
ting aside something for rainy days.
Xow another point is t h i s : if
vegetable raisingcould be done with
If you are athirst for
a real good glass of
beer, ask for
You'll pronounce it
the finest beer you
ever drank. It's
brewed especially
for this climate.
gument apply to the sugar-cane in-
dustry in Hawaii? There is this dif
ference the vegetables raised in
Hawaii are inferior to those, im
ported. Again, our potatoes are
put on the market and are hard sel
lers at two and three cents, while
imported potatoes, sell at four cents
per pound. It is a 1 s o a known
fact (tho' sad it is) that our home
grown spuds have not the keeping
qualities that are possessed by the
imported potatoes which is another
draw-back to growing them on a j
large scale here. j
As to the policy of the majority j
of plantations, there is not one of j
them but would be perfectly willing i
to assist me sman piaiuer in raising
cane and to give him a liberal price
for it at the mill. Some are doing
this at present, with very satisfac
tory results to planters and planta
tions alike. Let the government
kick the present land policy over
the pali and present homesteads of
not less than thirty acres and in ad
dition to this get water turned in on
them. Show the people that we
really wish settlers and give them a
chance to make a living and to lay
away something for a rainy day
and there will be no difficulty in se
curing a class of labor which is so
eagerly sought and so vitally neces
sary to our sugar interests. What
can a man do on a five-acre lot?
Under the present conditions those
under which Starret will dilly-dally
and try to fool the people we will
say that one hundred men take land
in one vicinity and that Uncle Sam
opens up a water system for these
hopeless farmers. Bye-and-bye, the
question of who should have water
first, will result in a squabble which
will probably culminate in the
entire settlement wanting it at the
same time, and in the mean-time
the valuable? crops of onions, pota
toes, etc., are burning up and the
experts who have gotten these un
fortunates to fritter their time and
money away in this manner, could
verv likely be located in some other
wan.
But how different would the situa
tion hp tvprp tbcsp snmp inon nrn-
vided whh homes of from 30 t0 40
acres each, with all but a few acres
planted to a crop that has made
Hawaii what it is; a crop to which
the city of Honolulu to-day as well
as everv other important center of
these isiandsowes its very ex-
istence; a crop which makes the
maintenance of the Honolulu Iron
Works a firm which feeds thou
sands of our Hawaiian families year
in and year out necessary; a
crop which amounted in the last
year t o 552,000,000. This crop,
as we all well know, is sugar-cane.
Let the experts brawl their heads
off; the diversified farmer advocate
turn(i)up and preach onions,
potatoes, etc., from beet-tops, but
any one who has a reasonable
amountof common sense will see
the advantage of planting a sure
crop, over that of following the
advice of an expert whose real
knowledge of the conditions here
i wouldn't last him over night.
Fhc J5eer Thct!s JJrewcd
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