Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-23

TINS Labor Question - has not been
answered yet. Immigrants from China.
Portugal, Northern Europe and their antip-
odes the South Pacific Islands have been
brought here, mostly at heavy expense.
aud, as regards the Chinese. with the aiilic-
tiouof q deiih-ical ing epidemic. Employ
ers differ in their reports as to the relative
value ot the different uatiunalites. The
Portuguese unquestionably stand highest in
the estimation OF their employers; hardy.
sober, thrifty, they succeed alike as domestic
servants, mechanics, field hands or indvpcn-
dent traders, and there is a practically IN
limited supply To- be had OF the south Sea
people, those from the New Hcbridcs arc
most highly spoken Of, and we hope to sec
some more OF them by the St0rRlbirR The
immigrants from the North of Europe do not
seem TO take kindly TO their new country, and
after all the Chinamau rules supreme. lie
reminds us now OF something which an
English humurist once said of an old servant
OF his " For the first period" he said, che
was an excellent servant, for the next A
tulcruble companion, but for tho third an
abOmiuably bad master"
The stray Cinnamon who came here five
and twenty years ago and entered Into con-
tract service at five dollars u month made as
good servants as those We now have ut five
times the wage. There are now some 75O
Cinnamon awaiting permission to,and, but no
written security as TO their state of health or
anything else is available: meanwhile wages
remain pretty much as they were, when less
than half the present number OF Cinnamon
were here. There is one important aspect of
this irresponsible, irrepresslble Chinese i'm
migration to be considered, and that is. how
do our neighbors like it ? California and
British Coumbia alike are opposed to an over
howlng OF low-class Cinnamon. Suppose these
latter were to take it into their heads TO
journey hence. Norihwards and Eastwards
there might be an angry correspondence,
possibly threats of interference between those
governments and our own. 1t is true that
some sort OF treaty with regard to Chinese
Immigration is supposed to be in its initial
stages at the present moment, but in the in-
ierval, are we able to restrict, or in any way
regulate the influx of Chinese, or il it pleases
themselves their eltiuX North eustwards His
Maiesty's Emigration Commissioner seems TO
have begun some sort of arrangement with
tue chinese Government, disurgInlzed as it is
bl me iact OF minor on tie throne, and
Regents disabled by ili-hoUlth and unequal
To the business demanded of them As TO
British India, whence so large number of
our employers were in hopes OF securing i'm
migrants. not only male laborers, but families
OF coIonisls, we have yet to learn that any
attempts towards attaining this result have
been made His Majesty and 4is Emigration
commissioner passed through India at a pace
winch precluded any possible idea of mutual
explanations OF understanding with the Anglo
Indian Government on the subject
Here then we are. We cannot refuse that
Chinese may import themselves. we cannot
refuse that they may export themselves, and
between Canton, Macao, and Hongkoug, we
may get into disagreeables. Both Canadian
and United States authorities look with
suspicion on the unrestricted Importation of
Chinese into this Kingdom, and i joint or in
iivIdual note from one or both OF these powers |
might pull us up with jerk.