The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-09-12

III" tDt 'DltAHAN VI AhT haiEh- t' "es-'
ship Of the eoolie law ON the Peoples Party, and
asserting that the Ministers opposed its passage,
when every one Of them voted for it.
The eOueiu.ion arrived al by the 1sr,Tfi.er, that the cure
Or the evils. ~hieh { sets Guh, &. that, 70 pirate eHfeTEriss,
should Be eanmiited. the iniroduetsn q hh"rens Is most sur
In, , ~ y, bf5l-,i"a I - a. "a Sav-nnsn IN nav : ~
taken the supplying g labor wholly into their own hands, OF
consequ-aees q private greed AID selfish emoum-ntn
We admit that So far as the .. coolie trade " is
concerned, governments have generally taken it
into their control, but mainly for the profit con-
nected with it. This is true of Hawaii, Tahiti,
Peru, India, Slauritius, Cuba, and wherever else
the c,olie is employed. On the other hand, wher-
ever free emigration is carried on, 1t is generally
not by governments, but by individual enterprise.
The Chinese Immigration Society of San Fran
cisco imports immigrants, and the only stipulation
ON the part of the latter is TO refund the adj
vance for passage and expenses The same of the
California Emigration Society, which was estab-
lished to encourage immigration from Europe.
The labOrers engage TO refund all advances for
passage, &c, and are free TO select their own en-
ployers. The same system prevails in New York.
\ considerable proportion of the immigrants at
that port have their passages prepaid in Amer
lea, and these advances they have 10 work out,
but the state or national government has no
part in the business, unless 1t be a general super
vision. In Brazil, a different system has quite
recently been introduced, and the Government
takes the lead and furnishes the assistance re-
quircd by immigrants.
Now we are placed, in regard to a deficiency of
labor, in the same condition as California and
some other countries and we must 90 to work in
the same way to procure it, By Altering sufficient
Inducements. The experience of the past fifteen
years is not favorable to the introduction of
Chinese labOrers. Very few of them ever renew
their service on plantations, and when their term
expires, they scatter over the country as hucksters
and dealers in opium and other contraband.
They are, with few exceptions, no real acquisition
to the moral, physical or social Improvement of
the Kingdom. Therefore il is evident, we should
expend our efforts and resources where more
permanent good will result. Of the japanese we
shall have something to say in future.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Wilder at the last
session authorizing the importation of Polynesian
free immigrants, men and women. who in consid-
Grafton of their passage and outfits would engage
on plantations. was u very good law, and one
which, if its provisions are rightly carried out,
will result in permanent good In doing SO, per-
haps the name and prestige of the Government
will aid in the success, though we believe that ii
the work were entrusted to private parties it will
be better and more cheaply done than by Govern
mcnt, which should lend itself only as a guardian
OK patron. If the services Of a person of the
character of DIR. j. W. Smith of Koloa, or Mr.. o.
III. Gulick of Waialua could be secured to go and
explain the nature of this emigration scheme, and
satisfy the people as to what will be expected of
them in their new home, and assure the missiona-
rics near them that the transfer was designed to
re-peoplc the islands as well Us TO supply laborers,
and that only the most humane motives prompted
this scheme, and the most humane regulations
would govern it, it may prove successful.
But If a novice or advcnturer is to be engaged
for this service simply because unable or unfit for
any other, If the plan is 10 burden the Immigrant
a load of advances in the shape of passage,
outfits, bonuses, &c, &c, which will take him
years To cancel, and for which he has derived no
benefit, then the scheme will utterly fail.
Better TO land these immigrants free Of one dollar
10 themselves, and let them commence
their service in their new homes free from all pc
cuniary embarrassment.
There Is another limited source of supply. In
and Oregon there are from three to five
hundred liawaiians, generally able-bOdicd men,
who are engaged in mining and in various capac-
tiles. Many of these islanders would return, if
they could do so. Let special efforts be made to
induce them to come back To their native land,
by employing a reliable agent to visit them and
the matte- to them. Authorize the Ha-
waiian Consul at San Francisco, or some agent
who will take 4 special interest in them, to pay
~. .x,.ua nF fb.ir fr,n.Cr r-,u, ,,Io-o ,Io.. H.
to this port. Some of them are married to Indian
them all, men, women and chill
dren, to return to the land of their fathers, and
provide the ways and means. We may not sue
coed in inducing even half of them to come, but
all who do 80 will be just 80 much added to our
material, for they are generally strong
and healthy.
But if we are to be governed, in our immigra-
plans, by a desire to furnish a better social
and moral element, and the most productive labor,
We must look to the redundant populations of
Europe to supply in part our necessities. The
of Europe can and wilt furnish n large
portion of the labor of our plantations. Immi-
grants from Europe are waiting for offers to
migrate to these Islands or anywhere that they
AN find means to save them from starvation.
Only n few weeks since the Gazette published the
letter from an e~migrant agent in Swe-
len, who WAS seeking a home for the starving
people Of that country
LuLE., SWEDEN, March !, Is6s.
4. PFLU0ER, Esq, Swedish ConsaL,
Honolulu. Sandwich Islands.
STA In consequence q continued famine Ia the northern
art ofSwel-u. a company % about I've hundred respectable
er.1n. fs a5Sut being formed fr emigration % some other
aountry. where they may procure land for agricultural purposes
M Tor raising q stock. etc, as Their agent respectfully re-
luest you % answer the fitoWing questions. viz
l. Ifou thu Saniwieh Islands an uncuityated tract 81 land
G ahlut 10000 or l5DpJ acres, suitable fr cultivation. IL Is %
: had and GA what trrmsf II Il can b. obtained BY yearly
aym-uts o. the government, and la that case, the amount 10
x paid yearly.
: What = the tcmFeraturc, AMI does The climate seem to
ave any bad iniu-u-- on an European.
=. What products th- land In IT. natural state brings forth,
thu ANNA AMI vegetable Kingdom. z
! What are it, communications with other Countries, and
s-uy, what =
5. The government q The country, its religious creed. etc.
I h1f-, sir, that y0u a. swedish Consul viii h. Kind enough
o give me The above Information, fE which | will he under
many obligations