The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-05-25

desirable accession % Our population. For railroad
r~uItiihg. a- well "a for certain rural and the more
ueuial kiul- u -ervic. they may answer very well.
.ut with the deep selrel prejudice AMI some mot en-
fgely empty reasons for complaining ~ their presence
among u. II i not 70 he Supposed that the A-iatic or
any other Il tire inferior races can become our ziain
dependence for supplying the great want that l. how
expressing California.
:. We must look elsewhere for immigration. AMI in
the present juncture il might b. well To inquire how
far the plan adopted by other States similarly stu
atsl 10 our own. might De worthy II imitation.
Texas, suffering from want If population. caused 10y
tire desast1tiuus IF war, and possessing. like u. a
vast uniHhabitel domain, l. now receiving through
an agency established Tor the purpose, considerable
numbers OF NoTgegianS, a people notorious for their
iuciity. hue health and steady habits, and who,
when they come Ia America, generally 10 - with a
view 20 acquiring lanl and making II their permanent
home. The agent employed III the business Of Undue
ing immigration, being himself II native Of Norway,
proceeds To- that country and there engages robust,
young or middle aged persons, both men and women,
To- embark for Texas in such numbers ~ he may have
orders for, reference being had in making selections
20 the kind Of work required Ia be done, which Is for
the most part Of an agricultural character. En-
ployers are required to pay in gold. or its equivalent
in currency, for the first year to the agency -OJ, and
so, with food and clothing, to each laborer, men
and women alike; for the second year 500 TO each
man, and SO To each woman. all To he supplied
meantime with suitable food and clothing, at the
employers expense, the labOrers not to be bound for
more than two years. After that they are free to 20
where they viii, and engage in what suits them best.
Under this plan all kinds of wOrbmen are brought
out, whether farmers, gardeners, mechanics, or wo-
men of all work, according rs may he demanded,
skilled labor receiving slightly advanced wages. 1t
is said that these Norwegians manifest the greatest
Willingness To eInigrate To the United States, it being
as easy To obtain many thousand as II few hundred,
or a less number; wherefore it would seem as If this
might be a most eligible country to which to direct ut
least some portion of the effort about to be made in
this State to induce immigration hither. These are
undoubtedly among the best people in the world with
which To fill up the country, being i'll every respect a
most desirable class of laborers, as well as supplying
an excellent element for future settlement and citizen
ship; and although 1t might cost Il little more 10
transport them To California than to Texas or other
parts of the Atlantic States, there IL no question but
they would prefer coming here, were proper efforts
made to acquaint them with the inducements held out
by this State over all OtheAs to the Industrious and
permanent settler"
Thus it will be seen that by the above estimate,
the cost to our planters of two stout healthy la
bnrcrs-a Norwegian and hS IriIe, Injured to the
hardest kind Of agricultural labor, for two years,
would amount to the sum of $500. exclusive of
board and clothing VIZ to the agency 500, for
passage, &c, and To the man and woman, each
$50, making 500, or $l25 for the first year.
The second year they receive SlIj, making $500
for the two years.
Now what l. the cost Of Coolie labor? From
one of our most successful planters who has kept
an accurate account u expenditures incurred by
him, we have obtained the following data. He
has twcnty-Onc men and four women, for which
hc paid $4,000, engaged for five years. During
the year under notice they performed BIOS days
work sn1 rho items IF eyrcndirurc yDcrc those