The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-07-21

The table (of the Collector General Of
CGSsouSA exhibits about the usual vari-
alton shown in the half yearly statements
heretofore published. One thing. however,
appears to BE established, which is, that our
sugar manufacture has probably reached the
highest fgure that Il is likely 10, SO long as
our labor system remains as AZ present, aud
lSoorerS and immigrants are practically for
hidden the privilege Of settling here, always
excepting the few which the Board Of Immi-
grafton may choose 10 introduce, 10 show
that II Is still in existence, and to stock the
ranches Of Crown Minister'S
The above is from the commercial column
Of the 4sss-sSS- Of the 18th inst. Il is the
sage comment of that paper upon the table
Of Exports for the half year ending June
Ssh. II is no, Of the slightest importance,
either Ga account Of the authority from which
il enl2nSies, or in relation 10 the alleged facts
Of the statements made, 1t is simply curl
oSity, as being a new phase Of the labor
question which is being constantly presented
by that paper, in different lights, AT first
We have presented TO US, through the edito-
rial columns. the awful wiekedness Of intro
duciag labor at all; then VIC have touching
appeals as to the injustice Of preventing
" Private Enterprise from engaging in the
business, In the meantime, il is intimaied
that We have labor enough Of our own, If
We would only employ it. Now, we are
startled by the information that the Board Of
Immigration IS specially engaged in import
ing laoorers for the purpose Of showing that
it is still in existence, and to stock the
ranches Of Crown Ministers would like
to ask who has been desirous Of engaging in
the business Of sugar manufacture, and has
been preeluded from doing SO, because he
has not had the privilege of procuring his
own lzboreTs frOm abroad, if he desireds Also,
what Crown Minister'S "rSnch" has been
stocked" on terms different from those
upon which any other ranch" is stock
ed in the country. This ides of stock
ing ranches with immigrants, is an entirely
new way of putting the engagement Of Ia
borers- In this instance, it is, undoubtedly,
; playful allusion to the fact that a portion of
the recently arrived immigrants, not being
willing to leave this Island, or to be sep
Srsted TO considerable distances, have, after
waiting three weeks, and not finding employ
ment 10 suit them, gone 10 Kaneohe, where,
IS stated in the GAZETTE Of last week, anyone
wishing to engage them, and able to persuade
them TO 90 with him, can have them, on the
same terms, IS Others have had them. 1t
looks very much as though these immigrants
were sent 10 Kaneohe TO save expense 10 the
Government, BY giving them an opportunity
to earn what they are psid for.
Alternating the remarks fyour neighbor,
shove quoted, the reflection is forced upon
me, that however much he may have tina
tured" in philanthropy and few sister viz
tues, be is still in the bond Of iniquity," in
asmueh as he is As malignant, unreasoning
and perverse as he was before those great
changes were made in he condition Of so
many OF our race, which We are told has bad
such an effect in advancing him in the scale
Of Christian philanthropy. CD.