The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-09-05


the force Of Law throughout the Kingdom, and all
the Courts are summaTily ordered to take due
notice thereof. In order that there may be no
misunderstanding Of this arbitrary c-oIic prOyi-
sion. we quote the law
SEc !. IL shall be the duty Of the Minister Of the
Interior, with the assistance Of the Committee o:
Priyy Council. constituting the Board Il I~mmigra-
ton, a. soon a. convenient after the passage of this
Act, TO devise aud recommend, for the adoption Of
His Majesty the King in Privy Council. such rules
and regulations - may Le deemed necessary for tire
good government and control OF immigrants that have
teen brought or admitted into this kingdom, a. Serv-
ants ~ !abOrerS. under license or permission from the
Bureau Of Immigration, or contract with the Minis
ter Of the Interior.
SIC. =. Such rules AMI regulations ss shall. FROM
time to time. be adopted by His Majesty the King ia
Priyy Council under the provisions Of this Act, shall
De- embodied IN ordinances OF the King IN Council.
aud the some shall he published in a newspaper pub
lIshel in Honolulu.
SEC 3. Al such ordinances shall specify the PEN
aliies for violation Of the same. and shall have the
dicial notice thereof
SIC. 1. 1t shall be the duty Of the Police. and OF
the Police aud District Justices. 10 enforce the rules
aud regulations that may lie adopted aud Published
IN accordance with Sections / and > Of tbs Act.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect and become a
Law from and after the date Of its passage.
Approved this 23d day of June. 1868.
Here Il n provision for special laws and regula-
tons To apply only 70 coolies and other imported
La5OTTS. And row VIC ask, under what color OF
truth the official organ dnrcs to say that e no cOolie
code singles him out for particular surveillance
and regulation or that the native laborcrs hold
no superior position?"
Tie whole article IN the Ministerial organ APP
pears to have been written for tho sole purpose of
misleading foreign communities or individuals for
a purpose not yet apparent. 1t is the belief of
many that the cnuiie system stands in the way OF
tIie Reciprocity Treaty, and that it has been used
by the opponents OF the Treaty abroad against the
Government. No reasonable man objects TO tire
introduction of enigrants from China, japan or
elsewhere, il procured under a fair system of con-
tract; il is only tie fact that the Government is d
party to it that constitutes the objection. The in
PRODUCTION OF cnigrants or lab0rers should be q
purely commercial transactiOn, entrusted to res
p~Oasible and faithful persons, vino would have an
interest in seeing that satisfaction was given to
both parties, and VINO should be held fully res
pOnsibie. Tie position which the G,vernment
should occupy i only tiat of guardian OF protector
of the rights Of servant and mastcr-,o see that
each performs his engagements to the other.
We need labJrcrs, We must haze them, from
China, from Japan, from Southern Polynesia,
from Ea~rOpc--irom wherever they will come aud
fulfill tie terms they enter into. But tie Govern
mcnt Is not the party to engage in these spcculu-
tons when private parties are ready and willing
to do the service. The odium of being engaged
Us principal in this Chinese or japanese collie
trade, however humane the Intentions may bc,
will damn this or any other government ;hat en-
gngcs in 1t.
Swcde5, Germans. and other Europeans of the
lower labOring classes can be engaged, under con-
tract, to serve for five years as field labIrers here.
and afc said to be willing to come. The same
with South Sea Islanders, if fruSfy agents are
sent who will satisfy tie natives and their mis-
sionaries that no injustice will he allowed. The
advantage attending the introduction of these IL,
that on the expiration of their term Of service,
tic South sea Islanders will amalgaInate with the
n~bOrigincS, while the Europeans will form an in
~tciligcEt and useful ciaSs OF citizens, which can
not be claimed u the same extent for either the
Chinese Ur Japanese, who wien their term OF SER
vice expires are q useless class.
This subject is by no means exhausted. aud we
shall refer again to it and endcavor to point out
the best mode to adopt t. procure immigrants
from Europe and Polynesia.