The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-02-08

TIE labor laws Of this country arc ike
" 70 occupy considerable share Of the
attention OF the next legislature The
contract system VII naturally have much
sid both for ard against Ia Very few
people Ike the contract system --lost plant
ers would get nd q 1t Il they could. but
1s long = the labor supply l. what II Is. i
VII l,s impossible 70 DO without contracts
Tie man who experds large sum Of
money N cash 70 brlng 8 laborer here 20
DO a specific work- must Be protected
against the Iaborsr's whiIus and fancIes:
It must be out Of the power Of thel1b0re-
70 swiDdle his employer by waking q 10
some other more ooDgenl2l employment
before be has refunded the money that
has been laid out on him. OF worse sui 10
leave him II the iUrch iJst when his crop
: coming II and Il l. utter ruin 10 leave
II ungathsred IN the fed. II nay be
taken for granted then, that the contract
system. pr =. cannot Be done away With:
No sensible or calm tempered man VII
dream q such q thing under the present
circumstances q the nations but there
nay Be sCne notifications made II tle
present labor laws. which VII make them
yFurk better. % this work the Legislators
Of ISS2 VIII have 70 address themselves
very thoroughly. L is a great pity that
N the late elections such men q M J.
O. Carter. Mr- Sanford Dole. 3ir. Cecil
Brown and Mr. Adams were rejected:
the opinions Of I'll n matters q this
KIND would hive been veTy valuable. the
latter has : practical knowledge OF the
necessities OF the planters he has given
practical illustration q his cspzhlLity q
making his lzbo-ers happy and coutenteCi.
a. the sane tine be : working his plaIIta-
ton uro1izbly: his views. put before the
house. must have had considerable lntu-
enoe upon It's Deliberations the electors
Of Hanalei and KIauea certainly uzzde e
mistake n nos sending him 70 HC10lulu
q Their representatives, none Of these
gentlemen VII now b II the hOuse. how
eTe-. and Ii VII be the more incumbent OF
the members who are there, but who are
not a practically acquainted with the
question ss they are 10 study up the matter
thoroughly and see that 10 foolish MS
takes are made when dealing with o1es-
ton which ! really vital 10 the prosperity.
and even to the independence. of this
kingdom
Since tie present Civil Code vas passed
n 1S59. there have been various amend
ments passed affecting Charter zxI- OF the
code. and It may be Useful Al this 5uncture
10 recspitulate the p-lncIrzl Of then
Tne frs vas II 1850. and amended Section
1421- this section enacted that On q con
tracted persons refusing to work he
should b sent 70 p-ison % Be kept q hard
labor until he chose 20 fulfill his contract.
the amendment gave q penalty Of not
more than three months should the PER
son again v7Ilfully absent himself from
service after he had been once punished
No further legislative acton took Place
I'll the session Of 1858 when an act ru,u-
lzting the contracts between masters and
servants Ezs passed, tins Law enacted that
contracts mus Be n The two languages.
Hawaiian and English whenever one Of
the contracting pzrdes vas Of Hawaiian
b1rth-
In 1872 when Mr- J. O. Carter WIS II
the Legislature. he interested himself very
much IN the natter. and brought forward
several measures three Of which we're passed
and became lzE- Tie first was Chapter
Il SESSION laws Of 1s72) Fox the proteef50n
OF parties to contracts authorized b. sec
tons 1z1T Of tie Civil Code and made
any contract invalid which was not &C
kngEledged before properly authorized