The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-06-29

cattle The Chinese waste nothing They use for
manure the refuse from the villages and import
large quantities Of bean cake. The land saw was
OF poor quality and the canes were small. But
near Canton ] saw some fields of really fine cane.
growing tall and straight. To obtain this thew
had placed rows of tall stakes at short intervals
IN the nelds TO keep the canes from fallinc-fhev
also earth up. All their fields are kept very clean
no land Is wasted or allowed 10 lie fallow They
hibernate crops and use every effort 10 return 10
tue soil what has been taken from il bv each SIC
cesslve crop. Even the richer portion of the soil
that Is washed away during the rainy season and
deposited al the bottom Of the water channels Is
dug out and distributed over the poorer portions
q their fields These people are very poor. but
they are most thrifty and do not suffer from want
II was cold weather when was there and / es-
peoially noticed that all were comfortably clad
even the children of the poorest looked comfort
able and healthy.
The condition Of the Chinese peasant working
on ms own little plot Of land with his family
around HIM, even the little ones helping 70 sup
pori the family offers a most pleasing cont -ast 10
the LIE OF the Chinese Coolie working on the foreign
plantations These men are Just as fond 81 home
ano chiioren as We are, and viii work honestly for
Their support; but once you sever a poor ana is-
Iforant man from all domestic ties YOU take from
MN every chance OF developing ms better qualities
lie becomes drudgery and be breaks the
monotonv hy seeking the excitement Of the cam,
ing table or the dreams of the opium smoker
On my way home touched at Saigon Sinrapore
and Penang. AT the latter place / STAYED a few
days 10 visit the sugar plantations in province
Wellesley. This is q British rsolorv s,,i = l.ir,
worked with care. but the soil Is no; GOOD. BEING
mangrove swamps and reclaimed from the sea.
All the cultivation has to be done bv hand and a
greater number OF field hands employed to produce
a given amount Of sugar than IN any cs1yrtrv
know Of. The canes hook very well ana are well
cared Tor, but they 50 thick rs like 10 See
About two tons Of sugar per acre NAV be con-
sldesed the average yield The only new process
saw was their system Of clarIhcation.
A QuaUfffN Of clay * rNtsix -rrh lima aud
stirred I'D IN the clariter: no scum Is taken of.
but the juice boled up for a few minutes in order
% mix up the impurities with the clay and lime.
II Is kept boiling while being drawn OF when in
shorf time all the impurities settle to the bottom:
the Clay being heavy carrles down the hight stuff
the clear liquor Is then decanted OF and the water
evaporsted without any Swimming. The juice has
the appearance Of being well clarified In a clari-
her Of $50 gallons three pounds Of lime and
twelve pounds Of clay used as temperate clay
was ground up tne and mixed into a soft paste
without grit All these plantations the vacuum
pans ana fr0dIce very high class sugar. but
these canes give very much LANCER proportion Of
molasses than yours do. The labor for these
plantations comes from two sources the native
Malay and the imported Coolie from Southern
india There are also Jew Chinese, but they
mostly work on their own account and soon inter
mix with the natives Of the country.
do not think that either the Hindoo or the
Malay Is as good laborer as the Chinamsn. and
/ gather from inquiry among people from lndis
thar the Hindoos are altogether averse 20 emigrs-
ton and although the British Government still
looks after them and gives them ample protection
wherever they 40 sun they require much euticing
before they can be induced 10 leave their native
land.
This labor question is always beses with Difficult
ties No matter from what country YOU import
your men 50 long YOU want kG,tds olly YOU viii
set the scum Of the population. fellows very low
down In the social scale q their own people. men
long addicted TO idleness. There are ALWAYS had
cases % deal with, bad children 70 educate. but it
must be done. II your planters want really good
servants, they must educate them up 10 their
standard II YOU would have faithful men re-
move as much possible the brutahzinc in
1uences and try TO make s1icu of these fellows l
know that this NAV not be the best way 10 Get the
biggest crop OF next year; but YOU are not work
ng for next year alone but for tie future of
HAWAII, Are there not children growing Up
about Won 2 Do not be satisfied with any tenn
porary remedy. as the bringing Of lot Of men
families Of working people 10 settle Your estates
Make them feel they have howe. This may re-
quire time and patience, but fer the man who has
} large estate IN the future. il VIII Pgy. We are
al responsible for higher and more serious things
han the amount Of sugar per acre. and our duty
10 our hands Is not finished by the payment Of
heir wages OF course know that the man who
starts plantation for the TIrpose Of improving
he morals OF the Chinese viii soon become bank
-upt and hold that the first lesson in morality Is
10 teach laborer TO do an honest days work: but
much can be accomplished by not treating man
Is a mere machine and driving him al we can.
md bv irving TO oountsrbalanoe the brutalizing
tendencies Of plantation life Il should lie on
Every mans conscience 70 do al he can for the
men In his employ. Yours very truly,
RoRERr CoIIARp.