Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-01-29

duplicate receipts for the money they have paid
are entitled to go free The Hig'fyer has taken
There was, indeed, space for fourteen more that
we could not provide in time. Those passengers
who have paid have not therefore interfered with
Emigroafs.-Those whom we have despatched
per H,ghfyer are all Of the most desirable class,
and have been more carefully selected than those
respond exactly with your requirements. They
are, in the proportions Of sexes, in the Limitation
tracts, term Of service and wages precisely in nc.
cordance with your extreme wishes, and we have
no doubt they will give, you the most complete
satisfaction. The men have contracted to labor
| for term Of five years at Is per month"; and the
women for the same period st o. per month. and
there few minors below fifteen years of age who
have signed contracts. There are 40 men and GO
women, making two Of the latter less than the pro.
portion demanded. Some eight or nine single men
failed US at the last moment although we had paid
| their expenses for passports, etc, thus reducing
the favorable proportion Of men we had counted
upon. To 90 married couples there are only 81
| of two to each couple. You will notice from the
ages the list Of passengers sent you that they
ee Thpsre are few peaer but these baSe o only
been accepted after careful observation that they
were strong and sturdy laborers, with every APP
FOR number of years. There Is not to nil appear
ances, single decrepid or useless person amongst
them.
Gratuity.-we have not found II necessary to
cessor, the. Hon Mr.. Wilder. placed at our dis
posai, gratuity OF slo to each iaborer who
vice at the lower rate of wages, and whilst we de-
sire to this discretion in case oI need, We
do not think that IL will be requisite, more ~
sexes is relaxed for the future. In any event. you
may rely uson our employing II as sparinely rs
possible: Some dissatisfaction has naturally been
caused In G. nsequence of our exacting longer
term OF service at lower wages than in the of
those who sailed in the Hglfyer last year, but ex-
| in future the conditions which have now been
established will no doubt be accepted without de-
| n.ur or question.
to comply with the limits imposed upon us in the
| present shipment, and may possibly succeed in
doing 30 Tor yet another vessel, We are convinced
that 1t Will be impossible to continue in the
| proportion. We must therefore ask your Excel
| lency to be good enough seriously to reconsider
this important point and consent to some modf-
cation. We have already in our previous letters
dwelt upon this subject, but since the writer has
been here 1t has been made clearly manifest TO us
tions we cannot hope 70 get the people as you re-
| quire them. The inhabitants Of these islands arc
essentially q marrying. people. As soon as their
least the best Of them, get married. The few that
| remain single are generally not as worthy class
Or to whom the necessity 70 smigrate presses So
single man earns about 70 cents per day, and can
live upon about half that sum ; and IL he wants to
emgrate, generally prefers Brazil, which is nearer
| and where he is more at home; and having
care for wife and children, is content to risk the
unhealthiness Of the climate and country. The
passage to the Sandwich Islands, and the plan
which our agent, Mr.. Seemann, has adopted in the
present case Is to impose upon married couples
srs TO o. hns
ceeded 30 far but with evident difficulty, tue
ried men being compelled in most cases to pay
single men to accompany them, and who by we'll
! known rule of human nature are more reluctant to
go the more they find they are sought after. Per.
Indifference, they would more readily come for
| ward of their own accord. But the plan will not
last. Even in the present shipment per Highdyer
about half score Of single men failed us at the
last causing the loss Of their passport and re-
cruitng expenses and the advances. 1t will there
fore be impossible to continue sending about three
men in the proportion OF one woman. To meet
this difficulty, several plans have suggested them
| selves to us the married people with families
10 8. aten Yoa nS %ss s o
husbands the duty Of paying a certain sum on ac-
count Of the passages Of their wives extra chill
wages, or to pay for tho maintenance of their
| wives either continuously during the period
when the wife performed no labor from any cause.
idleness. II a condition is made for the continu-
GUS support of the wife, 1t would OF course be
necessary to consider the rate Of wages, you
would not require man to comply with condi-
ton which would impose upon him additional,
expense without some compensation.
at has also occurred To us that IL might be n
desirable plan, in view of what you have previous
y written concerning the extravagant expectations
Of the laborers with regard to their food, to offer
When V he planter To eed them
they naturally look for more than when they have
to- s T
wages for self maintenance could easily be put
down at an amount less than it would cost the
planter and would no doubt still be ample for
them. In case Of such an arrangement, we would
suggest that it be made to commence in few
months after the laborer's term of service COM
hat hn
himself In the way OF 'provi ling for himself and
family, and II it were possible TO give him small
patch Of land or 70 sell It 70 him with power Of
purchase, from which he could extract little pro-
prospect would be an additional inducement to to
excellent effect, and Il would probably save the
planter more than the cost Of the land, either in
maintenance or in wages. We take the liberty Of
You will best understand how far they may be
adapted TO the conditions which exist ana how
best to overcome the difficulty under which we
find ourselves Obliged TO ask you to modify the
conditions imposed upon M in relation TO the pro-
portion Of sexes, which We find great stumbling
zee no iicuity In continuing this enisrst @s
movement for 1t least considerable period to
your satisfaction. The moro we Of these Axorean
class, eminently we'll adapted 10 your require
ments they are essentially agricultural they arc
hard-working, ino6ensive and docie, aud trouble
accustomed 70 the simplest and most frugal habits
and are very temperate. This island IL estimated
70 produce surplus population Of at least two
thousand souls per aunum, and we have little
doubt but that the Sandwich Islands will become
the favorite place for emigration, II some mutually
satisfactory arrangement can BIZ made TO relax tho
present restrictions. Al present. the price Of maize
being exceedingly and Exceptionally low, they are
not 10 eager TO loave, but even nov hundreds have
been turned away ineligible under your require
ments. We can quite understand that it Is more
profitable, in ons senss, for planter 70 have q
laborsr without incumbfapce, although In another
sense the family Of that laborsr must ultimately
become beneficial TO him tn many ways. but we
venture 70 think that the question " susceptible
OF larger views and that your Excellsncy, an an
snighlsned and spirited Minister will con.
sdsr that thsre 9 large element Of public policy
involved which deserves considsration We need
hardly point out that IN new countries women and
children are dssasahle e1ements az population.
Married couples arc Tor many reaaon1 the best
ssttlsn. The same cannot always b. said Of angle
meu. From thess islanAa IN particular tho mar
~ psopls ars immeaansahly ~ bet class, aud
~ eoo6oe psrmAleqt aotllers and vheu the i'm
De1n1e intsfeets q ~ plaloDss can b, 10 great
e11erA seenneiled b. eodi1inne 70 which tho mar
ned poue Win b villinN - aehsnribs We venture
preseet soeditions, 49, s1and In The way Of
considssable s0i0rati0a lBan hsncs 70 your cour-
try Of really valuable ela0D q people, We do not