The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-09-07
THE PACIFIC
SATURDAY. SEPT. :.
A Visit TO Maui-No. 4.
tBr Our own coRHEsPOSDEST.l


\. lBI Our owS cORREsPoSDENT.l
TIRE are at Makawao two important Institutions
Of learning. being
BOARDING SCHOOLS FOR BOYS AND Girls.
They are situated within about a mile OF each
other. and with their sIZeable white buildings. and
the trees and shrubberry and cultivated grounds
With which they are surrounded. form a prominent
feature in lhe Landscapes. The school for boys -
under The charge OF u Mr.. kavauagb. formerly OF
HiO, assisted by Mrs y o.. Ihurstou. aud con-
tzius about twenty youths, natives pcve aud half
whites. \ stock farm and dairy ate a psr. of the
establishment. and the boys are learned that labor
j. the inevitable lot of al, and TO regard IL as q
duty to be performed with pleasure rather than 4
curse To be borne cOmpiainingly- | have heard
s0Hie parents OF children IntiTnating that this school
partoOk somewhat 81 the character OF a D0theboys
Hail. inasmuch as the children were made 10
wash milkpaIs. and do the like drugdery. and that
they were also made 10 catch and drive and take
care Of cattle AS to the Hrst, there Is surely moth
ing degrading in the employ ment, and the boys
would not accomplish much IN the way OF manag-
ing cattle Ian accomplishments thai might prove
useful in after liie) il they were not big and strong
enough TO take care of themselves, The girls,
boarding school Is under the charge Of the Rev.
Z. L. Andrews. and contains i am told, about ibir-
ty-siX pupils. ! did NOT visit the establishment,
but was told il is in a fourishing condition. q
In the course Of my horseback rambles through
his district, | followed a road that led mp noun
iain-wards, through pretty dense woods Of kukui
and kUa, with q thick underground Ot guava and
ferns and running vines About a mile from the
main road I came upon
a.r..r. ~ OLD Aw-HIL e
Living deep in a circular glen, wild looking and
picturesque enough TOR a poets fancy. that had evil
IDENTIFY once on a time, a good many centuries ago,
been the crater Of a volcano. for the rocks on It's
sides still carried the unmistakable Il races of ancient
tires. On one side Of the glen was the bed of a tor
rent, now dry. aud oyer II stood a long pdndanls-
tbatched binding with q huge water-wheel by its
side. now silent and mOtionless, aud within ON the
sliding frame was n twelye-foot log OF ko'. through
which the saw that still hung in its place had cut
several Journeys and then ceased 10 make boards,
for want of water. Near by lay several immense
segmenus of the trunks OF whilOm lords OF the for
cot, moss covered and mOIldy with the accumula-
tiUns Of years. Below the mill building were the
ruins Of u number OF watts of a long since abandoned
iannery. leaps Of mouldering sawdust, piles OF
weather-stained chips and broken bark lay scattered
about. One or two broken cart wheels aud AN OK
yoke. with some links Of an OK chain lay in one
corner. All was gloomy and silent where once was
the busy scene Oi enterprise, thrift. and cheerful
labor. But the old mill Is not SO very old after all
something over a dozen years old having elapsed
since il was in the full nde of successful experiment.
The original owners have long since abandoned the
lumber business for more profitable pursuits, and
now a party of those patient, slow and sure people,
the Chinese, have squatted in the glen, and are busy
making koa chests with their antique looking tools,
surrounded by native women and Acknowledged half
whites, quietly waiting US they told me. for the
rainy season 10 come when they would set the old
saw agoing once more. Thus are these Asiastics
everywhere throughout the Islands succeeding the
Caucasian and the Hawaiian, and by %plodding IN
dustry making ! proGt where The others cannot get
u living.
Most emphatically, throughout Maui. Every other
pursuit or occupation by foreigners is in one way
or another dependant on sugar, and it affects the
natives by attracting them from the avocations
usually pursued in other parts of the islands and
tying them mp to plantation contracts. Without
discussing the good OF evil OF suck = condition OF
things, L am simply stating the TACT. The natives
quite neglect and desert ibeir own houses and ku-
leanas, which are seen in all stages of ruin aud d-
lapidation, while the owner and his wife are away
serving out q longer or shorter contract 10 labor on
a plantation. Tue result of this monopoly vi labor
By The plantations is that it is extremely difficult
TO hire any body for a chance job, where formerly
the men were TO be had in plenty. House servants
are scarce and demand high wages. In the streets
OF Wailuku or about Makawao, one misses the
small seller of produce-of vegetables, fowls. eggs,
fruit-and in fact the natives pay but very little at
tention TO raising anything to sell, for they are all
busy raising cane for the foreigner. Poi comes in
Ddidi from long distances, Except the supply 10
the plantations from Mr. Armstrong; poi mild and
potatoes are brought from "kuia,' twenty-five
miles away, where there are no plantations. There
is no cabbage, salad, radishes, or other garden
sass to be had, except what the planters grow for
themselves in their own kitchen gardens. Fresh
fish, beyond the repulsiye looking squid. IS a great
rarity. In time, the coming Chinaman will prob
ably supply all these wants but the native vi the
soil, so long as be lasts, will continue 10 be the
subject of King Sugar. --. y.sE (. 30
INtNtIlluR u q SupltGb AAUOu III my las
the large extent OF valuable lands lying waste in
this sectionfoT the wantOf waterfall I constrained
TO believe that they must be brought uader cult
walton ere long. Here is room for
.T,a DOZEN PLANTATIONS,
Within a radius of n few miles, that would represent
an active capital Of about a million of dollars, and
give employment to between 5000 and 1000 men.
But the grand opportunity is not improved, and the
beautiful lands lie idle, all for the want Of apprecia-
ton on the psrt Of those at the head Of government.
In the case of Japan, we remember, il was strongly
urged by some, a few years ago, that she had no
right &c keep up her system Of non-intercourse with
the civilized world-thats she ought to be compelled
10 open her ports TO foreign commerce. Similarly,
on q more circumscribed scale. it may be asked what
right have we. by our stupid, dog-in-the-manger
policy, TO keep these rich sugar lands Of Maui,-that
ought 10 be producing from COCO TO 10000 tons of
sugar a year,-in the condition Of a barren waste?
Fifteen miles only of ac9ueduct are acquired TO
bring the water from the gulch of Halehaku, on the
east side of Haleakala, down on TO the rolling plains
of MakaWao; and thence to So the commons is easy
enough, and will be inexpensive. Suppose this now
drouthy region was in California, and gold was dis
covered in paying quantities, how long, think you it
would be before the miners would lead the water
there from the mountain And l am confident that
the men and the means will be forthcoming ere long
TO accomplish this enterprise. IaI
But then, when We have more plantations, we
want q --.. s
..- GREAT DEAL MORE LABOR
To carry them on than can be obtained in the Islands.
Amy considerable proposed increase in our agricul
tursl enterprises. brings as face to face with the
labor question. Where are We to look for laborersf
Various are the ideas expressed on this point, but it
seems, on the whole, that opinion preponderates in
favor of Japan as a source of supply. About all
who have tried them fairly, agree that the Japs. are
patient. Industrious, and reasonable men on a plan
tation. At home, they are essentially an agricultural
people. They are of a cognate race with the Hawai-
ian, and affiliate very well. At all events, they are
preferable to the class of Chinese that ~emigrate.
Proper measures taken on the part of this govern
Inent, would doubtless secure for our planters all
the Japanese we shall need, who would come here in
an uudoubted legal manner, under the sanction and
supervision of their own enlightened and liberal
government. | heard of one planter whose hobby