Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-12-18


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"A. L. carter we publish very valuable paper
writtcn bv tbo Roy N U;,,,h,,, Goyo,,,o,,
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Visitor and Protector of South Sea Immigrants
all, Ill ,:,, .,
80 ' mo F'P'' 4" 10" Minus w '"'P'ole'"
OF this class of laborcrs. In reality however
II il , mos, ,b,o aud ox, ,s,;,,o r,; r. ~, -
- 10 ''oo' "o'o an" 'A"""s'No ie'ic" vi the
position of these Islanders in their own Islands,
, no ;;, IN
an" "s '""' S'a''ts III t"cse' anu 10 iui' Oh ex-
celent advice and philanthropic reminders to
80,
employers. Inc paper speaks Tor itself and
needs no comment from us, but we earnestly
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io'o"'"oh' IL " 'iio oaieiui cois'ueratih Oh all
who employ these Gilbert Isl,nders in onv
'
capacity Whatever
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~" ''','' y 'fe'''' ,'". " "'e ""oe'. 1S
dhders to such planters nd other persons, as hap
ina in their eup,oy his class of Z,bor,rs ma, car.
IN reo5 ,bss. h;,ts
As ono for nearly quarter OF century &C
quainted with and aboring for the good If the
Gilbert islanders, am DESTROYS of giving you here
kind friends, few hints which trust may prove
mutually beneficial to yourselves and the Gilbert
Islanders III your employ.
You will of course remember that the large ma
graded heathens, of the depth of whose ignorance
it is difficult even for one we'll acquainted with
them to conceive. They are but children, and for
civilized ways and customs. They are not China
men nor Portuguese nor Hawaiians.
we do well to remember that in making their
contracts with the agents of the Board of Imm-
grafton i'll the South Seas, probably not one in
fifty had any correct idea of the value and amount
of the service to be daily rendered of the conse
quence which would be sure to follow in case of
the failure on their part to perform their portion
of the contract and that had they been possessed
fniiy of such knowledge an almost unpracticable
supposition under the circumstances, very few of
them would ever have contracted, excepting those
of scarcity of food to seek an alienation
of their condition.
The testimony of nine out of ten of these people
now in these Islands would doubtles, be to the ef
feet that they were misled by or at least. that
they misunderstood those who were the direct
agents or interpreters in securing their services
Doubtless nine out of ten would return mt once
to their homes if an appropriate opportunity Of
fercd and of course such ones ara now i'm your
employ not from present choice but Inv com
pusion.
Now if to these facts we add tb. copsidera
ton that they doubtless soon come to Know that
their own countrymen now endowed on these Ia
lands, who have been several wears here are in
many cases receiving double the WAGES which thew
receive for work which thew imagine they do IA
well, we are not to wonder that in their GREAT To-
norance, they easily take ofrense with their en-
ployers or oyerseers and nr,, led In imagina that
at times they receive from them rouoh USAGE as
pecially when claiming TO be iii and unable tn do
a full DAVIS work " Wv
Again, planters do not need to he reminded that
the Gilbert Island race have never been trained 10
long continued severe labor In harvestino their
crops of the pandanus or screw nine Wawa;;an
hala they are IL is true their own carriers To a
large extent but they often rest ON the road ston
ping for a smoke and Inoer M their honses aTtar
arriving with their load before settino ont aaain
for another. There are no nlantat,on beiis tbcra
and even the slaves are not driven To- work Ths
cocoanut toddy- patherers climb THAR trees morn
ings and towards evening and rest more or iesa at
the uoond ay honrs Mnltitud.s snend ,nuch 81
their time fishing i'm their canoes. smoking while
they wait for n bite from some distant Gsb |
Sprghtness is not eharacteristic of the race They
are habitually slow I'M their moyements The nroo
and canoe cirpenters sit at their work as do The
sewers of thatch for their houses and the ho,sa |
builders in their adzin1 and flashing. The women
abide very much In tiieir houses SITTING almost
the day long while they braid their MATS mr. si;t
their skirts or pound their preserved pand,nns ar
rub the pandaus leaves for thatch or twist their
cocoanut fbre twine or Tend their babies
Such being their habits from childhood we can |
not expect them To compete al once with China. |
men, Portuguese and Hawaiians in work where they |
are the entire day on their feet and lscome very /