The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-10-25


gement California The Portuguese aoer on learn
ing anerOus reports been circulated respecting
planters fastened deny these
reports letters published select few which
viii be found in the Appendix marked g B"
The labor country Modification the indenture
and in compiling them the trainers of
appear guided entirely that State
language being used in some instances in both cases To Illus
this Appendix the chief points each
given will be there Observed that the aborer rights even
carefully guarded in Hawaii than in the ibeyovns Empire
State proud our birthplace and
copy printed Hawaiian labor contract is also
given n Appendix D."
intelligent person Hawaii and the
labo in which they provided for can
equal than that Of the class in other
countries some gladly exchange places with
plantations they could Our hborers provided with
houses, family having house, while plantations
hospital where medical attendance given free of charge to any
disabled Each male from forty seventyfve cents day
lodging, pay
plantations, allowed field hands which they perform in
from i've eight hours having the of the day themselves
required Sundays Those htorers who desire furnished
with plots cultivate and them quite indus
,rous add, that the thrifty and fu
gal have deposit accounts employers savings ranging
from twenty seventhve dollars year. can any flr-nded person
question condition Of the IIaan boer equal that
countries excepting America and England?
repea strong possible that the existence Of
slavery in the Hawaiian Islands in any any gu
figod worthy of the from which enanaes The labor
country thirty and only changed
protection around the hbo and to
define well restrict the of the employer These laws have
people, native and foreign bat of
with whom
and challenge to show the least sebane between the con-
dtion of the m Of other
country with for their Labor under
tuItons and conditions agreed upon presence
appointed by that the aborer properly
understands this official be paid by
employer charged the boer If either party
agreement fails keep the conditions thereof the only
remedy appeal to the and the employer Is found to have
subject fine and imprisonment The contract
cqRsd discharged from any Liability under the
But if the b have refused or failed to execute the od
of
employer than the law him. must perform the service
you the OF the atorer to obey
the court Is punished by imprisonment
reference has been made the Courts of this country itma be well
state here provided people judicial system
any country and that her civil and penal
codes framed far applicable after the admirable codes OF Mass
achu~etts Court for many
years presided over by H. the Hawai-
ian Minister Washington position filed by Chief
Justice \ Judd Hawaiian American parentage and
graduate College and Harvard Law School, His associates
Lawrence IeCuy Benz AUSTIN natives New York
Lawyers ability or the four judges presiding
Circuit Americans and two Europeans We take
pride Judicial system, American and English law and
practice prompt equitable administration Of justice among
bot foreign aboriginal population OF this
The foregoing apply the magistrates presiding at the
Courts complainant first appears As rule these
magistrates have but rudmeutary knowledge principles of law,
comprehension of the statutes Of the Kingdom They
poorly paid position they hod but amply if
requirements They therefore open to
temptations inscriptions place before them and
Is feared that in too instances the trouble between masters and
servants may these the action of the
Legislature taking Supreme Court the
ponent giving the appointment to the
Governors most with evil for the future
A grossly have been published abroad respecting
the plantations here, zone writer putting at sO may be
well to furnish following respecting the interest OF this
Kingdom January 1882 fyeight mills
planters plantations bengomewat gerno far from
owned and carried
by companies remainder by private parties firms
one MIL often grinding planters About tvots Of
machinery manufactured in the United States and
Hawaii Scotland The capital invested
in the business twOhirs of which is owned
furnished by Americans the By English Germans Hawailn
owned By Chinese The number OF aheFs EN-
comprising chiefly Hawailn Chinese and Pou
gue found in the Appendix marked E showing their
number nationality employment of Chinese here has been
forced on Us BY necessity that compelled their service in the
construction Raiadbuse other class could be
obtained the best for field work, but the
supply limited been obtained show
the area of land planted cane estimated that 25ooO
acres Of cropped 1881 and this embraces the
best sugar landson Islands 200 elevation
have abundance of capable being irrigated
The annual crop these islands since the treaty
went into effect in September 1876, from the following official
data showing he exports five past
saCzr exported
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