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mid the heavy rainfall (especially
on the wind ward side of Hawaii)
the lauds are, nt times, almost in1-
accessible. The only way to reach
them at best is over narrow and
precarious trails, which greatly in
crease the cost of living and de
crease the profits from the crops.
4th. On the mainland the
public lands are in large tracts
and arc so compact that com
munities are soon built up, with all
advantages that communities afford,
such as schools, churches, stores
and other factors of development
and civilization; in Hawaii the
lands are generally in parcels too
small for thegrowth of communities,
schools are lacking, and settlers
arc deprived of the civilizing and
humanizing influences that com
munities exert.
We have heard the astounding
statement made that Hawaii does,
not want settlers; that wb are not
ready for immigration, and that it
would be suicidal and unjust to
bring settlers here.
We concede that under present
conditions the country can offer no
inducement to white settlers, but
we believe that conditions may be
so changed that within n few years
Hawaii will offer a very inviting
fleld for immigration. If Congress,
for instance, should enact a law
placing a bounty of four or five
cents per pound upon coffee grown
within its possession, it would be
sufficient to offset the low wages
paid in other coffee-prcducing
countries with which Hawaii has
to compete, and, under such a
stimulus, Hawaii might yet become
an an important producer of the
higher grades of coffee. It must
not be forgotten that every child of
an Asiatic born within the United
States will become a citizen of the
United States upon reaching his
jnajority, and witnin a generation
there will be a large number of
American-boin Asiatics here en
titled to all the rights and privileges
of American citizenship, among
which is the right to acquire land,
and unless the public lauds in this
Territory arc disposed of to white
settlers before these Asiatics be
come eligible the lands will pass in
to their hands, for they will be able
to comply with a residence con
dition which it is impossible for a
white man to fulfill. Large tracts
of public lauds on all the islands,
much of it suitable for growing
coffee, will be available for settle
ment within a few years by the
expiration of the leases under which
it is now held, and with a liberal
land law and improved social con
ditions large numbers of desirable
immigrants would then come to
our shores. These leases should
not be renewed, and the policy
should be inaugurated now of
throwing open these tracts to
settlers as fast as they revert to the
Government, and at the same time
efforts should be made to so change
the economic condition of the Ter
ritory that American settlers will
be induced to acquire the lauds.
The amount of public land, hith
erto classed as Crown land, which
will be available for settlement upon
the expiration of existing leases, is
as follows:
scarcity of business opportunities,
while every white man who leaves
the Islands 011 account of existing
condjtions and the obstacles put in
the way of his making a living,
constitutes an active anti-promotion
committee for the dissemination in
his neighborhood of information
harmful to the Territory.
We believe there are very many
defects in the present land law be
side the residence clause, but we
do not think it wise, nt this time,
to discuss that subject further, for
the reason that we are opposed to
the extension of the federal laud
law to the public lands of this Ter
ritory, mainly because the revenue
derived from the laud would then
go into the treasury of the United
States instead of into our own, thus
materially cutting down our terri
torial income, already to small for
our needs. Nor do we favor the
passage by Congress at this time of
a new land law for this Territory,
because wc fear that, the great
majority of the Congress being un
familiar with conditions here, they
might impose upon us a land law
still more uusuitcd to our conditions
than the present one. The Organic
Act, in Section 73, prohibits the
legislature of Hawaii from chang
ing the present laud law, io that
our only remedy seems to lie with
the Territorial administration. We,
therefore, recommend and request
the Kxecutive lo change the blank
form of "Prove-up" and "Testimony
of Witness," substantially in the
manner indicated on the annexed
forms, omitting the present
searching questions regarding-actual
and continuous residence, while
insisting upon full compliance with
the "cultivation chuse," and to;
permit those who have been denied
patents on the present form of
"Prove-up," or who will be denied
patents under the existing ruling,
to make new "Prove-up," on the
amended form.
K. N. HOWIKS,
President.
II. VICARS,
Secretary.
Hilo, Hawaii, November 25, 1904.
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Yt'OUM) NUT 011KY SUMMONS.
Islands. No. of Acres. Value.
Ilnwuil 642,852 f 992.3"
Maui 69,121 180,500
Molokai 20,892 25,000
Lanai 7.36y 17,000
Oiihu 66,593 5IH.450
Kami! 154.636 581,000
Total 971.463 S2.314.250
Hcside coffee and sugar cane,
bananas also offer a hope for the
future prosperity of the country,
and every inducement should be
offered settlers to take lands and
plant bananas, where conditions
are favorable. Pineapples also
offer a field for the energy of future
settlers. We do not believe that
the future should be judged by the
present or the past, but we should
strive to produce such conditions in
t1u future ;m will nirp ttir illu wn
r testimony is material tlie prosecution
have heretofore suffered, and make will be compelled to admit asset forth
tlu mmitrv attractive to spMIpix '" the motion that such facts are true, or,
the country attractive 10 .settlers. x U(. rL.flISU, of Uje .)rosi.clUion so t0
We are striving now, by means of Inuinii, the jury will lie instructed to
a Promotion Committee and other
bodies of enterprising men, to bring
tourists to the Islands, but very "
few of these who come to our shores! Subscribe for the Tkihunii. Sub
'remain with us, because of the scription $2.50 a year.
(Joveruor Carter Refuses to Answer
Court Subpoena.
Honolulu, Nov. 29. Instead of
the citation for contempt issuing
against Governor Carter for his
refusal to obey a subpoena as a
witness in the Mahaulu embezzle
ment case, Judge Gear changed his
position and tave a written opinion,
which makes it incumbent upon
the Territory to admit the tacts or
evidence desired from Governor
Carter as a witness or suffer a dis
missal of the proceedings against
Mahaulu. Governor Carter says
he does not believe it comports
with the dignity of an Kxecutive to
be at the beck and call of a Court,
which is a co-ordinate branch of
the government.
Today, after hearing the Attor
ney General on the position of
Governor Carter in regard to the
authority of the Court to subpoena
an Kxecutive, Judge Gear delivered
his ruling, which is in part as
follows:
"Never before in this Territory, so far
as the court knows, has any Governor of
this Territory refused to comply with a
subpoena aid this question has not
therefore arisen here. He certainly is
not exeepled by the terms of the statute
which makes a subpoena obligatory upon
the parties actually served. No martial
law has been declared, as was the case
in IVnusy'ivnuia, am', the court is unable
to find a substantial reason for the Gov
ernor's refusal to become a witness in
this case.
"As to the materiality of the evidence
Fought to be obtained, that question is
one for the court to pass upon. However,
understanding clearly as I do that the
chief executive has refused to obey the
subpoena I am yet averse to having him
brought into court to show cause why he
should not be committed for contempt
ami will therefore order that the citati u
do not issue. In so doing I do not over
look the right of the defendant 'to have
produced all material evidence for his
defence. When the proper time comes I
shall rule on the materiality of the testi
mony which it is alleged the Governor
would give. Should 11 be held by the
court that such testimony is not material
the matter will end there. On the other
hand, should the court hold that the
testimony is material the prosecution
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