The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-11-24
Hating Industry.

The most extensive ship-yard in the city.
well found in every facility for ip-buildlug,
having ways, steam mill, wharf and yard,
room enough to put half a dozen ships on
the stocks at once-is for rent. Two foun-
dries are idle, one or more shoe manufactures
have stopped work for the present. And not
more than one-fourth of the building pro-
Jected early last spring will be executed this
season There has been tightness of the
money market to be sure; but the market is
becoming easier, and the returns of the bar
vest ought to make money reasonably album
dant.
A persistent attempt has been made in this
! city during the past few months, to create as
many antagonisms as possible between CAPT
tai and labor. a few small demagogues have
thrust their heads above the surface for
time, and have ridden the labor question,
not because they cared anything about labor
ing men, but because this was a convenient
hobby to ride. A strong appeal could be
made to class prejudices. II made little diff
ference for the time that these leaders were
obnoxious to the people, or that they were
the veriest drones, hating work with the pc
culiar aversion of very shftless men. Not
new industrial enterprise could be started
| but they eounseled an impudent interference
and construed every new investment of CAPT.
tai, as in some way, they could not tell how,
/ arrayed against labor. Now, what has come
of this senseless crusader Are the times any
better for the laborers or the capitalists than
they were one year ago? 1t is convenient to
say just now that this or that branch of bust
ness is overdone. The truth is, this business
OF believing and running to and fro to array
labor organizations against capital, at time
when the latter was being used beneficially
and not oppressively-is over done. And so
we now have the first signs of reaction.
There is now danger that very soon eight
or ten thousand artiZans and laborers will be
wanting work in this city. A deliberate at
tempt has been made to destroy the mutuali-
~ of interest between capital and labor
Even the Fourth of July was, in a measure,
captured for no better purpose. 1t is time
that some plain truths were told. Very
much of this stagnation of business in the
department of building and construction, is
due TO the hue and cry and stupid onset
which few hobby riders have made against
the use of capital in the direction pointed
out. When the chances between profit and
loss are about even, it requires but little
weight TO turn the scale against venture
And SO it happens that blocks of stores and
long lines of private dwellings are only on
paper, and laid away on the top shelf at the
rooms of the architect.
There has been more vexation and trouble
to be encountered in carrying forward work
of this sort within the past year than was
ever known before; and these last consider
ations have been enough in many instances,
to turn the scale unfavorably And these
antagonisms have been created at a time
when there was no pressure OF capital
brought to bear against labor, and when
working men of all classes were better paid
than in any other country in the world. We
favor any right effort to tighten the burdens
of labor. Some men will work eight hours,
and some will work ten, because their in
terests will be promoted thereby; and there
never can be any rigid uniformity established
in this respect. This brow-beating, plotting
and running to and fro with windy denuncia-
tons, have borne no good fruits common
surate with the evil that has been done.
What We want, just now, is a restoration of
confidence, the free employment of capital,
and stronger mutually of interest estab-
lished between employers and the employed.
If, to accomplish this, ii is necessary to hush
the clatter of sundry small demagogues, let
1t be done by all mesns.-lS +. Bulletin.