The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-01-19
Cooperation of Capital and Labor.

and Labor" But for pressure of labor and a main
ed hand, would copy and send You the entire ar
ticle which hope to see in your paper. On read
ing it, ! said why cannot an experiment something
like this he tried here Sunny islands, for who
Of US foreign residents cannot and does not say,
our lines fallen unto in pleasant places; yea
we have a goody heritage - and it becomes us to
pray and TO labor for the highest good Of the Ha-
waiian race. And what We do for the physical and
the moral benefit of the people, all see must
be done quickly; for the decrease of the native po
pulation is certainly very apid 1t is one OF the
greatest trials have experienced since l took up
nv residence these shores, March lS2S, TO labor
for the temporal and spiritual good Of chiefs and
people to witness the steady and OF late, the in
creasing wasting away Of the Hawaiian nation A
few years of the ravages Of sickness and death
will leave our congregations the SABBATH
meager indeed; will nearly break up our native
schools; and deprive families of native help so
that we shall be driven to the necessity of employ
ing coolies, or doing own work in the cook
house, at the wood pile, and in the garden sym
paihise with my fellow citizens from Hawaii TO
Kauai in their perplexiy, their great pilikia,
expressive native word arising from the difficulty
of obtaining labor OF the right sort. say oftle
right sort, for after having read all that has been
written Of late, all the discussions al your citizens
meetings in Honolulu, respecting Chinese laborers,
and the natives of islands TO the South of US my
thoughts fall back upon native Hswaiians male and
female, as the most desirable labOrers in our fam
lilies, as mechanics, and on our Sugar plantations.
have objection TO the employing Of such la
borers already here whether Chinese or from
the islands farther South Butts decided preference
would give to the natives of our own group And
.ls yf- Ill
chanics, and planters prefer native help and would
joyfully employ it, could it be obtained. But here
is the rub the difficulty; such help is so scarce so
iificult to be obtained. What be done in the
case admit the difficulty is great, and fear it
will be greater il is removed, even lessened.
Still it may not be found insuperable. Al any rate,
the object at which trust all good men and true
among us, aiming is of so much importance,
that as il seems to me- other efforts should at
be made This object is 10 arrest the waning popu-
lstion, to the wasting race and thus preserve
the Churches that Rave been planted on.this soil,
the congregations which have been gathered here
the last fly years, and are now worshipping in
pleasant and commodious houses from one of the
islands TO the other, the day devoted the ser
vice of the living God; preserve also the Schools
where children Of both sexes now taught to
read and write, and think, the Seminaries and re-
form institutions likewise, where youth, young men
and maidens may De instructed in the higher bran
ches Of learning may be taught TO work and acquire
industrious habits that in good time they may
90 out teachers of schools, engage in the
vice Of government, acquire skill as mechanics
aud in various ways render themselves useful TO
society and the world. And is not this an object
worthy Of deep thought, and strenuous effort on
the part of foreigners now engaged in business You
see that speak only of labors and enterprises
Quoted on the Hawaiian soil. II has been to me s
matter of deep regret ever since took up my resi-
dence on these islands, that so many Hawaians
have engaged in labors which have taken them away
from their own homes, either as seamen on board
whale ships, laborers at the Guano islands.
If it be true see l. stated and know of no rea-
to doubt the truth of the statement, that one
out of every twenty of the native males of this king
dom between the ages of fifteen and forty, are thus
engaged the fact is astounding and an alarming
one, and calls loudly for Legislative interference.
Could all this labor be saved to the islands, would
not the difficulty experienced by all classes
among Us, the question of help be measurably
obvirated! So it seems 10 me- But on other grounds
than the connected with dollars and cents, do
Ideprecate the practice now common of the young
natives of this group leaving their homes often
their wives, and sometimes young children and en-
gaging not unrequenty for years in foreign service
abroad The evil resulting from this practice is in
expressibly great. The great day will show the
amount of loss which has been sustained by this
practice; not pecuniary loss only or chiefly, but
moral loss the loss of happiness, of the soul, of
heaven
cannot in this Communication say all would
gladly say this subject, and may return to it al
some future time ] write chiefly TO refer YOU and
your readers the article on the 'Co-operaioh Of
Capital aud Labor greatly desire that the bust
at the islands should see it, 'read and in
wardly digest it," Who knows but some one may
try the experiment with his labores and succeeding
ere long be followed by Others aud thus be instru
mental Of elevating the remnan, OF the people, and
perhaps saving the from extinction.
During the sickness which prevailed in my dis
trict in 1869, from Huelo Keokea and Kalepolepo
of which hope to give a full and correct account so
soon as all returns made am happy to report
that very few plantation hands have died This ex-
emption from death in the case of the natives of
seven plantations including that at Ulupalakua,
Waikapu, Wailuku, and Wahee, attribute to the
blessing of God upon the means employed by plan
tiers and their wives in administering TO the wants of
the sick on their plantations 1 know this is true
hood, aud believe II to be true at each which
i have named. Why should not these employers be
awake 10 the Of each and every of their
poyers, at time like this when the cry for help is
so loud aud dressings Self interest alone would ae-
count for the fact, although this was not the only
or chief motive which governed them trust they
were Influenced by considerations of humanity.
May We all in cur intercourse with the Hawaiians,
have in daily exercise that love which worketh no
i'll to its neghbor, "but which is the fulfilling of
the law"
Yours with respect J. 6 GREEN
Co-OPERAT1oS OF CAPITAL AND LABoR.--It is
now more than twenty years since NJ Leelaire-an
extensive house painter in Paris having in his en-
poyment some two hundred workmen-adopted /
plan BY which they were TO share with him in the |
profits Of his business He assigned TO himself /
certain rate Of interest the capital Invested and
fixed salary for bis time and services and also paid
his employees the full market rate of wages for their
labor At the end of each year the surplus profits
of the business were TO be distributed among the
whole number, himself included, in the proportion
of their wages or salaries In this way be proposed
TO admit labor to joint partnership with capital in
the profits resulting from their combination
The experiment, which has now been ia operation /
for more than twenty years, has proved e complete
success in its effect upon the wOrkmen, and in the
improvement. of their condition N Leclaire in /
forms us that the increased zeal of the workpeo-
pie continued to be full compensation to him. even
in pecuniary sense. for the share Of profit which
be ren0nnced in their favor" His example has been
followed with similar by large number Of
employers in Paris
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