The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-08-02
An Open Letter to the San Francisco Bull
letiu
We have been permitted to copy the following
letter. which We present TO our readers:

W nave Dttn permitted TO copy the following
letter, which We present to our readers
Editor Sq, Fraasisco Bl,i,tir
II Is highly amusing TO note the tone OF certain
newspapers whose violent opposition TO the Reel
prUCty Treaty prevailing between the United States
and the Hawaiian Islands, is known. who blind TO
the mutual commercial advantages gained, the
cementing closer of political relations between the
| two governments, and guided by prejudice,
| whether The result OF convection or 4 zeal based
! on pcCmary benefits reapcd by them, known best
| to themselves, pursue a course modern journalism
now seldom avails itself of, and vaging agrees
/ siyc warfare with only such weapons calumni-
! ating VcnOmous tongue. scandalOus use OF truths
and wilful Misrepresentation Of facts Can or
! Will any sensible Intelligent man for a moment
! entertain OF gINC Urcdoucu to such charges
| slavery starvation Of laborers. defEudiug them
Of their wages, The separation Of families, sale of
| females, and the thousand and others reiter-
ated over and over again in your contemporary
with such rclcntlcss luminosity though triyialty of
afgumenE HE serious dlinlnutlOn IN tile influx
! Of Chinese laburCrs to these islands towards the
fall of 1873, together with the daily termination of
existing contracts, neccsstated those planters and
mill owners DESTROYS of avoiding bankruptcy. to
cast their eyes around elsewhere for the source of
labor supply, some hy recruiting from the South
Sea Islands others from the Portuguese posses
sions had their pressing needs satisfied though
the number was insufficient TO meet the demand.
Among other meetings held for the purpose men
toned was one attended to by Mcssrs. Alexander
and Baldwin of their respective plantations, L. q.
Hitchcock Of the Hitchcock plantation, a few
Others represented and the writer. One Of the |
gentlemen present narrated his experience as an |
employer of scandinavian labor the willingness Of |
the people TO work and obey, neutrality-suspicious.
though at the same time laying great stress on this
remark, namely that they had been dTarH from /
me agricultural tiegieHt and not from the cities,
and that he strongly recommended the immigra- |
ton of the former. The conference then broke 1
up, with the understanding to meet again in order
TO devise methods and means for the immigration |
Of Norwegian labor.
An agent properly accredited by the Hawaiian |
Cove dIgunfrbofl tftN prvraV there in
the course Of a few weeks, he secured a full COM
plement for two large ships, single and married
men with families, and single women; but not fran
The interior or gqgfradfHJUi elass with few excep-
tons, and those few fully coming up to the antici
patiOns formed Of them. Docs California owe its
agricultural development and supremacy TO the
rOwdios. tho hOJdlums that swarm along its
wharves or infest its dives Who would expect
from gamiu other than gamin's tricks! Just so
has been our experience with these people. No,
the majority were drawn from the rough stuff the
low element of the seaport town Of Drammen,
rubbish whose country considered themselves we'll
nd Of and who themselves admit that they were
glad 10 get away. And the women, they, with few
exceptions, must have been emptied out Of the
dens and brothels, TO judge by their debauchery
and lack of virtue among US, all Islanders can
testify. STILL whatever they were in their own
mother country they read the terms of contract in
their own tongue, with their own eyes, and those
suited with its terms, signed it of their Volt
ton, IN their own hands in the presence of their
gOyel1ments representative. The men that have
come 10 us from your own State have never had as
favorable
The complement secured for the Hitchcock plan
tatlon arrived IN the roadstead time in Feb,
1881, they were Immediately landed in the compa-
ny boats, their luggage following, and assigned
TO quarters expressly built for them at expense
Of over $1,000 to the plantation, very expensive
stable indeed, u your contemporary is 10 be beey
ed. taCh family received It's own suite OF rooms,
4 large dining hall built, also an extensive !
kitchen thus necessitating outlay Of capital,
before any return IN labor was achieyed.-Of over
S2.Jn.
Your contemporary observes that the very next
morning they wero ordered TO work under the
charge Of a brutal kanaka oyerseer. though the
truth Is that they were allowed a weeks vacation
during which their time counted; further that they
were forced TO tramp over six miles of rough lava
road 10 their work, and the remark may not be ,
miss to state that If such were the csse Should
retire our incomes. the cultivated lands do i
lot extend outside Of three miles from the works :
llong smooth ferruginous clay roads, and further ,
more, il deemed unnecessary 10 place any :
mn over them, and they were simply initiated
ntO their duties by the head Uyerseer with one Of
heir number 10 keep memorandum. of the !
mems names. At i've O'Clock they discharged.
Inhappiiy for the experiinelters in Norwegian i
abor their hopes we're sOou dashed TO the ground :
nd their EYES opened 10 the terrible mistake they
ad made. MuttefIngs became audible all sides,
a most instances. however, with the endeavor 10 -
yado the spirit of the contract whose Legality they y
ave Intellectually attempted 10 contest, time and ii
gain. and IN spite Of the rumonstiances Of their n
0veume1t with all the pertinRcity that only T. h
ORANGE Is capable Of. Ihc were 20 receive =
9 per month"; their food their lodgings, taxes to n
be government, medical attendance and medicine, =
the case " married men with families tho plan n
alton undertook the support Of the children an !;
utlay per month Of about 81 per man. 70 the 4;
lailtatlun- comparative easy tasks To perform, III
I'D then compare their lot with the condition Of !,
nc farm or hired hand in our oEn United States. !,
nd these are the people, whose hard fate your | -
aed, 1nat INC re- Lar is slaTiahEes which mis- :.
.Ees ne desire q mar fo- knowlssigs Of 1is -
ov- -ael-cz something % % sni=rsprasE1tad, n
.Tius o5J5ltuziiti1g for q Kind q daIaEing DC -
IN f0- Z yiIliul r1TFarEiol Of t-uth and urging =
Others 10 = spirit oi insabordina.i5n AID crinai-
Il laulessness who read sch articles like those In
e 5. T. { hgDnirle. a Half Starved Norsemen. salt
,rk and POI would cause even grin 10 arise on
e stolid countenance Of the bold NOrse1nan- =
Apply and c0ntented would be many a harder NJ
orking laburer to be ASSURED for esch day Of th