Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-07

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The billions system ~ tho CIyosg,l,
appears to have exhausted itself n, !, i.
but rarely that IL gives why 10 ono ~ i,s
: weakly doses ~ Spleen regarding Ua-
waiinn affairs IL il possible thnt tho nn,i
! Reciprocity element bas become tired ~
lubricatinR the CAronic,, machinery ma n
bad JOB, M the respectable portion Of tho
.altorhia and Eastern press has not sccn
ntp iali INTO line by doing the dirty
WORK OF Tn" New York sugar clique. In
stcad OF the local press exhibiting any
sympathy for the Ciroaic,e, pitifnl whine
Tor assistance in It's miserable efforts IN
interfere with the business interests ~ tho
port, 1t has on several occasions received
severe snubbing This " the view OF
VIC VIZ 1GW on the subject: The
,hron,de, for some time past. has been
lhboring industrionsly 30 convince Tho
public that the labor contract sys,orn
whlch prevails in the Hawaiian Islands
rs the most horrible type Of pconagc. and
thht every contract lnborer there is
thousand times worse of than VIVA tho
much-abnsed man and brother who
wore the yoke Of slavery in the so called
halcyon days Of the South -befo, tho late
nnplehsantness, sahl And that for all tbis
me reciprocity treaty between the United
States and the Hawaiian Islands and
Claus Spreckcls, sugar reiiner. Of tho
city and county u San Francisco are
wholly responsible. n there was ever
any doubt that the Ch,onic,e stories woro
untrue, the statement made in this CITY
dhy or two since, before the Conyrega
tonai Club, by the Rev w Frear. Tor
many years pastor OF the Fort Street
Church, Honolulu, relative 10 tbe contract
system in the islands, clincbes the mil
Mr.. Frcar says the contract system differs
very materially from forced servitude.
contracts are legitimately entered into
between tho employers and employed
thaI lhese contracts are not transfarrnIlo
bnt when concluded, the law strictly
enforced them; that the law specifies the
rights Of both, and in no case is tho
laborer deprived OF the common and ordi
nary rights of hunanty that the con
tracts specify the character and quantity
Oh ,he iood, and the number of cubic feet
Oh Dreathing,rootn each laborer is entitled
70, and the hours OF work per day. that
nine hours is the ordinary DAYS work.
and II any OF the provisions are broken Inv
the employer, the laborcr has n ground OF
acton against him, and can bring him to
justice; and that for any violation of any
clause OF n contract, the one so guilty 10
liable to fine Of not less than five nor
more than one hundred dollars. and in
default, imprisonment. There il no donbt
the tev. MIR. Frcar tells the whole trntb
Ihe fact is, the Chyoniele is not honest IN
us ngnt; ana further, its returned con
tract laborer.' has been interviewed az
often, and under SO many oiiose,. that there
has got to be painful sameness in bis
statements, which is not hatterinp TO the
ingenuity OF the horrible outrapcs re
porter or calculated to inspire the ayeraoe
reader with the truthfulness of his stor;cs.
and Just now it looks very much ms though
the bottom is about ready to drop ont of
the scheme, and that when it does tho
chro"tele will not be either richer in repu
tatlon or money The reciprocity treaty.
mus =, lar, mas been OF more benefit to San
francisco than to the Hawaiian Islands.
and so long as the people of this Coast arc
the gamers, there is no reason why thew
should complain. Like the average Irish
rpAp. t54o Gh1sr miserable
Another well-conducted weekly called
Public Opinion, which is thoroughly familiar
with the workings of this mud Throwing
machine, gives the following hard hit
which has been copied into f. G. Macfar
lanes bright and spicy illustrated journal.
the Wa'p, and a dozen other papers
throughout the State:
1.-The Chroaicte has for weeks been in the
fearful mood over the sufferings of Clans
Spreckels' alleged Serfs on the Sandwich
Island Sugar Plantations. Canning's ten
der-souled Philanthropst weeping over
the woes of the needy knife-grinder was
not half so sad and sympathetic as Mich
ael de Young when contemplating the
misery of Sir Claus poems What
touching spectacle Yet why this reck
less expenditure of crocodile tears over
such remote suffering Why is there no
commiseration for victims right under
MichaePs well developed nose There
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serfs and poems in the Chrontete office
who witness the approach of the holiday
season with anguish and dismay The
weeper has in his own employ host of
over-workcd, underpaid drudges who are
not whit better off than the laborers on
the sugar plantations. The intolerable
nature OF their bondage is attested by the
amazing alacrity with which they quit the
Chron'ote the moment any other chance of
earning bread and butter is offered them.
1immins went off to the Hammer soon
after Charles de Youngs death Hender-
son, the city editor, speedily followed, and
found the CAL Office heaven as comnared
with the Chroateic hell. Townsend, one of
the most brilliant of the local staff. was
the next detection. And there is not now
man in Michael's employ who would not
desert with rapture upon an offer from any
other quarter"
What with its vain efforts to bull-dose
Spreckels out of the usual "buy-off." and
the discontinuance OF any further subsidy
from the Eastern sugar ring it is evident
that the Chronicle is tired OF receiving such
knocks rs these, and is gradually retiring
from its unsatisfactory fight
MINOR MENTION
Lieutenant Colonel w. H. Dimond. of
Governor Perkins staff, has been appointed
Brigadier- General of the Second Brigade
National Guard of California, vice Gen
eral John McComb, who is placed ON the
retired list.
An effort will be made in Congress to
place General Grant ON the retired Army
list with his full rank
ID. w. Haskell, who was one Of the
founders of the pioneer banking and ex.
press firm OF Adams a Co. in this city,
and at one time was the possessor OF an
annual income OF $4,000 year, died i'm
the Aim House Saturday afternoon at the
age OF Is years