The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-29


This influx Of immigrants at once developed the
sugar producing resources of Mauritius. In 1912
the product was 5000. 600 pounds in 1870. $780,
760 pounds. and in 1859. il bad increased 10 III
6l3.oo0 pounds. Solid capital at the basis Of the
plantations, this extraordinary immigration, tho fer
ulity Of the soil moistcncd by abundant rains. the
genial climate and favorable situation Of the land for
cultivation. were causes which led to this great pro-
duction of sugar for 80 limited q territory. GGsno
is not used except upon some Of the exhausted lands.
which have been under cultivation during aud since
the French occupancy Of the island. But even II Il
was the case that guano was used on all the planta-
tons Of Mauritius, il is a strong argument against
the positions assumed by viridis II the plantations
on Maari,ius can AiiOri TO pay annually for mannr-
ing their land with guano. how is il that they can
make money and prosper. by cultivAting and making
sugar At Eve cents per pound. while the Hawaiian
planters are getting poorer every day. with fertile
soil that does not need guano and with sugar even at
the average quoted rates at nine cents per poundf
would advise yiridis to write to tho editor Of the
.N&hoH informing him how M~auri,ius got near three
times as many immigrants as there are people ON
this group in three years. And more especially give
the reason for their introduction when the soil is 30
poor that it has to be MANFRED with guauo to raise
cane. Probably II We were to commence manaring
our sol. with "decomposed coral. sir" we could in
duce the Hill coolies and even the Malsgassars to
i~mmigtste here by the hundred thousand.
The great cause Of the prosperity Of Mnuritias. In
addition to soil and climate, is the fact that the plan
tat;ons are not started on fictitious capital. They
have been commenced with o each capital. Many Of
the plantations have some of the richest commercial
houses in London aud in India interested in them.
There is no payment Of - per cent compounded
quarterly. They deliver their sugars in Port Louis
or on their plantations and know nothing OF agents
and commissions beyond. They ara fortunately sit
uated as il regards immigration. aud must certainly
have held out inducements which we have never
done, and proceeded in the right way about Il, which
We have yet TO do.
When we take into consideration the fact that
Mauritius when discovered was wholly uninhabited,
that ii now contains a population Of over 5000
whites and more than 800, 900 Africans and Asiaiics,
and produces such a large amount Of sugar, thcro
must be elements and causes for its development
which have never operated here, or which we do not
possess. We must also take into consideration the
important fact that hIauritius has been settled by q
civilized people for more than O century, and that
the cultivation Of sugar has been the principal In
dustrial pursuit of the people during most Of that
time. There is no parallel to be drawn between the
few plantations here OF recent growth, most Of them
started on an insubstantial basis, and those In
Mauritius commenced on n solid basis, and where
that particular industrial pursuit is the growth Of n
century.
There was no native population TO displace by
flooding Mauritius by immigrants and extending
sugar plantations. When an acre Of lnnd was plant
ed in cane, il did not deprive a native Of his kuleana
his only means of subsistence. There were no ma
tives on which to fasten the bonded labor system,
with penal endorsements But they introduced Hill
coolies who subsist upon rice aud currie, and from
their caste are born to a life of servitude. When
you introduce these and flood the country with them.
when you establish sugar plantations on all the rich
and valuable lands Of these islands, then the native
population viii be displaced. deprived Of their coun-
try, their means of subsistence, will be Migrants and
outcasts in the land Of their nativity, aud as a peo-
pie they would be soon known no more, while sugar
plantations would flourish greenly over their neglect
ed graves. The extension Of sugar plantations and
an influx Of coolie or any other immigrants would be
the ruin Of the native people of Hawaii. Their only
safety with the few plantations now in existence.
would be to induce them TO cultivate their kuleanas
in cane and pay them honestly for II. Many Of them
contiguous to the plantations are now doing this.
They thus ward of for a time the deadly evil that
is impending over them. ISDEPEEDEScE.