The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-06-27
Supplement- to the PaCliCCOmmerClaI AUVPTIISFT, juno G7TI, 107F

Incidental expenses and that may be engaged on arrival in this com-
with food and loigig Tor males, ana 81 for females" But IT must be
borne IN mma mat " : PToPo-Enon H.. 10 t . 1mRo5'e o, -aoo5 IA m a o..
iu>uIes of the coUuuy have suffered q serious decline, 80 much so that
not encourage INN grafton to the extent then intimated. SILL, making
large allowances fl financial depression, it may be assumed that the
least 500 Asiatic aborers male and female, if now brought into the
country, on terms and under conditions as above stated, 50 that the
planter could be assured Of steady labor for a term of years at about
the present cost The planter now pays an average OF $ per month
with food; or say sl2 Is the whole average cost OF every plantation
hand in the country, which IS somewhat more than the price OF labor
ducing countries. We ought by the exercise of a proper diplomacy to
obtain access to labor markets, which viii not only supply our planta-
anu p orrosion9 gm;nes mong nortionS Of its dense ponHIation. would
seem to offer a favorable opportunity 10 recruit this archipelago with
people for labor and increase.
Nc doubt increase is our most vital question as a nation, as we can
not hope to maintain an Independent organization, unless W e have sut-
fcient population to supply a basis OF means to maintain an efhclent
internal organization OF government that vii guarantee an enlShF
ened administration of public affairs, perfect security. to person and to
With whom we have intercourse. In comparison with any other recog-
nized independent state in the world, it may now be urged that our
able bodied men, is entirely too slender a basis for an absolutely indie
pendent national status; but by the generous recognition of great
powers, the courtesies and diplomatic privileges Of such a status are
fully accorded to us. And therefore, it behooves US all the more to en-
deavor, IN the spirit OF enlightened n honorable statesmanshlP' 10
make such an effort in the way of increase Of people and consequent
less and less the concession of a charitable and kindly permission on
the part of great powers, than what it is now. g,
the whole country must be fully aroused TO a contemplation of the
lamentabe condition d Gai PoP u .hnon iHa reSPec' "oo rG %| p tPPs rpn.
sus of 1872 there are 6,4O3 males in excess Of females, in a population
re regarded oT6G' as a depIorabe state of Society among the most enlightened
and virtuous races in the world, what must be its results with a race
whose standard of virtue must still be depressed by the influences OF
its former savagery This sad deficiency OF the weaker sex among
n people unframed TO habits of confluence, must unquesuonably lead
to results morally and physically deplOrabe, and which must be dlsas-
trous in the extreme to any future increase of the Hawaiian race
This subject should occupy most earnestly the attention OF every
thoughtful person having any interest or influence in the country; and
its consideration should lead to efforts that would arouse the attention
of christian and phianhropic nations. which command resources and
populations that would enable them, without any sensible sacrifice on
their parts, to make concessions in behalf of this poor and isolated
country, which would enable it to relieve its present depressed and most
unfavoable moral condition and in 50 doing these great, and enlight-
ened states would but fulfill that which the principles which regulate
their societies would impose upon them IS a duty.
WALTER MURRAY GIBSON,
Sccy Harm I'm. Society, Honolulu, H. L.
TABLE OF STATISTICS Of Sugar Cane Plantations o n the Ha-
uuiiuR Islands.