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:
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: