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    • Upcoming Events
    • About hakalauhome
    • Contact Us!
  • Yesterday
    • Timeline
    • Camps
    • People >
      • The Ross Families of Hakalau
      • Satoru Kurisu
      • Toraichi Morikawa
      • Waichi Ouye
      • Aigoro Uyeno
    • Schools >
      • Hakalau School
      • John M. Ross School
    • Churches & Cemeteries >
      • Churches >
        • Hakalau Jodo Mission
        • Honohina Hongwanji
      • Cemeteries >
        • Honohina Cemetery
    • The Voice of Hakalau
    • Sugar Production >
      • Hakalau Mill & Other Buildings
      • Wailea Milling Company
    • Infrastructure and Transportation >
      • 19th Century Hamakua Roads
      • Bridges
      • The Railroad
  • Today
    • Hakalau Farmers Market
    • Hakalau Jodo Mission Today >
      • Newsletters
      • Obon Festival
      • Memorial Day
      • Celebrations at Hakalau Jodo Mission
    • Honohina Hongwanji Today
    • Hakalau Reunions
    • Wailea Village Historic Preservation Community >
      • Cemetery Stewardship
      • Reviving Hakalau School
      • Senior Luncheons
      • Mochi Pounding
  • Tomorrow
    • Arsenic Remediation
    • Cliff Failures
    • Hāmākua CDP & the CDP Action Committee

Support for Homesteading

Hawaii Herald, Thursday, November 23, 1905    
Mr Atkinson, Acting Governor of Hawaii, responding to the petition of the first homestead-seekers in Hakalau and the opening of the “Kaiwiki-Wailea” tract:
“…I shall only be too glad to co-operate with you and your Association in having these lands thrown open to public settlement. I believe that wherever possible, and without too great a sacrifice, all public lands should be settled, for it is the homesteader that will be the foundation of this country.”
 
The Honolulu Advertiser, Monday, November 27, 1905    
An editorial in support of Hakalau homesteader-seekers:
“Whatever sort of a case the Osorio Settlement Association may be able to make out on its own behalf, there is one proposition which must stand out clear and be firmly maintained in any question relating to the public domain. This is that the Territorial lands should be protected from both land-grabbers and petty speculators. Colonization by citizen cultivators is what is wanted.”
 
Hilo Daily Tribune, Tuesday, January 2, 1906
Manager Ross was favorably disposed to the [homestead] movement, which would ensure a permanent laboring class for his plantation..”

The Honolulu Advertiser, Monday, July 22, 1907
Another supportive editorial:

“The strong competition for homesteads in the Hakalau tract sale may be regarding as one of the best signs of promise of a new era of development of Hawaii along American lines which has appeared in a long time.”
 
Aside from their obvious opposition to independent homestead mills, Plantation Managers were inclined to support various actions that addressed the problem of an unstable workforce. From the Hakalau Plantation manager’s point of view, homesteading was one way to promote a more permanent labor force:
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For the Hakalau Kuleana, our responsibility is to care for the land, the people, and the culture. We are guided by cultural values of YESTERDAY: Engage in collective effort. Look out for each other. Honor hard work. Show respect for those who came before us. Aloha and Mālama `Aina. In 2021, Akiko Masuda added two more values to the list: Consistently show up. Whatever has to be done, jump in and do it!