The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1870-01-19

several among them speak English. French. Span
ISL and GermAn with great haency Can snch
people be an injury to any oountry~ 1wssh also
to call the attention Of ypur readers. to letter
Published in your psper Of December 18th from
Chinese Sunday School Superintendent to the
( \. Y, Ecmso'sS The farmers say they can
no, raise wheat to export /, il they have to pay
I 81 per day for s hours poor work
Now is there anything Ike slavery in allowing
the Chinese to come TO California as they dos
and Il they come freely to better their condition.
though they must come under obligation TO the
Chinese Companies who have brought them all,
would ii not be tyranical anu oppressive to close
the door to their hopes Of improvement , So it
seems to me. So have reason to believe il
does aud viii seem to the r,ss' s'.iority Of good
aud thinking men. 10 not ahrSiye human free
dom and cut of the hopes Of even the poorest.
the most unouluvaied Of men, BY placing difFcul-
ties in the paths Of their efforts. as in effect to
their own good in the only way that seems open
to the masses. Open wide the door. bat guari
them by just laws from abuse, aud sustain them
and all Others in every reasonable exercise Of free
dom. but no, 6centiOasness.
To aid needed and needy emigrants the Board
Of Immigration here offers one Of the best agen-
/ cies Of which | can conceive. They have no pri-
vAte interests to promote such as must enter Into
all private enterprises. not excepting the San
T Francisco companies, and it was created express
lr nv tia I-sSlatr-, q, ssa sneh -
the circumstances Of the coantry nigh, be found
trOm time to time to require without the tempta-
ton to which the most unexcepiionahle private
enterprises are in the very nature Of things subject
Whilst no human foresight can guard against all
possible abuses, yet, the principle upon which
this Board is formed seems to guard as much as
possible against any Of the evils OF what i; called
I ~eooleyism", which in the nature of things have
grown out Of private labor enterprises. oqsanized
/ for making money. Like the L. 5, laws reqnir.
ing the examination by the Consul of every Chi
nese emigrant, for the United States So after
the selection of one Of our most honored and up
right citizens as agent, every man brought Is this
country. selected by the assistance of a highly
esteemed missionary. who had by long residence
and lsb0rs secured the confidence Of both the
Z Chinese and foreigners. Was examined twice in
( the presence Of the Agent and missionary by the
British Emigration Commissioner. appointed ex-
preSsly for this purpose by the British Govern
ment- the last time on shipbOard when they were
told that if any wished TO leave and Dot 60 they
could do so what possible further precautionary
,raas,raS 20 s-,ar, s-a;ns. 1scarttnD and rrr,nsr
could be adopted. do not mean to imply that
there is integrity in private enterprises and al
though the abuses spoken of in this line have arts
en- chiefly and believe wholly from such enter
prises, yet the middle men who must aid in the
work do deceive at times. undoubtedly. without
the knowledge of the principal. The Chinese
missionary Aheong told me, that when he had
complete his literary course. on account OF the
civil war he could not return to his hoEe and
hence contracted for limited service. FIVE years |
think. but was told BY the middle man who hired
him. that our years were but eight months and
cur months, twenty days, but be did not think
Mr. Graves. the principal. knew any thing of the
representation made to him.
Now under the United States usage and ours.
unless the Consul or Commissioner are corrupted,
the examination before them. mast almost newt
ably detect such deception. As officers of their
respective governments it is their interest that
things should be done uprightly. but the fact,
that there are corrupt officers and Judges to be
found almost every where to pervert Judgment
and turn away justice is no reason why salutary
laws, instituted for the public good and adapted
if executed to promote it, should be swept away,
and these provisions to supply public want, by
Official action where no private interest can law
fully be introduced TO influence 10 wrong action.
are certainly better than to intTust it to any pr-
vate enterprise. some of which have resulted in
evil and might do so agaia. Like the California
farmers the planters cannot advance the wages
much beyond what they now pay, without giving
up their enterprises. The income Of the planta-
tons Is now about 100000 per year, nearly
every dollar of which goes for skilled and unskill-
ed labor on the plantations stock. tools, machine
~ freighis merchandise. mechanical labor Of all
kinds interest for capital used etc Advance the
outgOes. but little and the plantations must run
aground. As you remarked in your Editorial of
last week there has never been. probably, as ma
~ Haxaiians at work on plantations as now.
Probably, never as many engaged as seamen and
Guano labOrers, notwithstanding the decrease Of
the population. as now, and some of the planters
and managers on other islands inform me that
they have never had as free offers of service as
the last Autumn. The Hawaiians are willing to
labor as planters or seamen, but there are not
enough Of them. The large demand for Hawaii
an seamen and the large advance paid by agents
and shipmesters compels the planter to pay ad-
ysuces to his labOrers if he would have them.
Ii is bad system, but one forced BY the prac-
tice of the shipping. and one which will no
doubt be corrected as soon as the United States
correct their system Of advances to seamen. Till
then there is but little chance 70 remedy the evil
here. Respectfully Yours
S.N. c.
M EDrroR II do not understand just what the
Adse4iser and its correspondents mean by q free