The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-02-01
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WEDNESDAY. FERRrARY :. lssa.


EprrcR 6AEErre lis il certain that no
more Chizsss laber : Is be i@POrsed here's
Before We are cut eE eptirely frcn such an
important source CT suPPly, cannot scus
attcuipt Be made to r-gelate i 50 that We nay
have plentiful cheap lsbcr v5sheVs the dis
afvzutsses HAT have hitherto accompanied IL
At present * Is ecahtfrl whether ws can
ebtsia anything Ike tie sHseons ct labor we
require. frcn Other sources and certain, that.
+ We do. Il vii be dearer thar We can get it
from Chf1a. The Portuguese areNf course
mere Intelligent ard skillful. and can be put
e. better sorts CT work thsn the Chinese, but
We have cnly demand for very limited
uaHter Of men e this kid. ard for most Geld
work The ChiuaHszn 5 undoubtedly the cheaper
- ths two. say sothiag sbo1t the PoP1la-
ticn question. as that does BOT eoreern rs
planters directly. II the government can ofisr
Is labcrsrs q ! race that answers It's regaire-
merits with regard to population, az such RATES
that We can Prv6iably ezPloy them, well aHd
god We pay cur share Of the Importation CT
population By taxes We CaR hardly be
s1pecled to psy i in extra wages too
l assume that noboSy objects &c tie China
men Who cuufe here g work steadily, save
mccoy ard g heule- But everybody does
nioss properly Cbiect 70 the men who, when
they have served their 6-st contracts, or even
without ever engaging On any plantation at
at, set up IN vliskeY OF opium pedclins,, and
sna profitable means Of livelihood IN i sys-
te-lztic breaking q the law. Bat 50 long a.
this can &c tele With iupuaity, the vaSrant
ant criminal Class Ct Chinese vii abound and
the amount Of available labor be gate dispru-
I pcrsicirate . the uEEibcr OF men IN the eoun-
~. But # the government u0ul3 make these
men silber work " cave the country, the
diEcuIty would be At N end; i there tsea
pruvzi % be fever men here lhzn We wasted,
We coull 90 10 hArui ~ importing more and
W should have labor Sowu 70 such prices that
even without the Reciprocity Treaty ~ sacGld
have chance.
OF course great deal Of good could Be done
simply By sgppressiBs the Chinese hqu0r
traflc bCt l doubt If tlIat would entirely meet
the case, 5s Cbinaman can make enough IN :
Gsy % Keep hin honestly supplied with the
uscessaries OF life Tor three OF four days mUrvs
ard Under these circumstances the present
laws cannot reach hiEl- We want 70 be able
70 saw 70 him Is long Is you stay here you
must work; when yUu have made as uruch
nicuey as yUu want, you can 70 hume TO China
ard spend Il; bat y0u musSu'J lille here II
the open importation Of cases o. cheap llquor
into The country districts were abolished; If
the crowds OF idle Cinnamon who loaf about
lie coffee shops were made to give account OF
themselves; then, great Improvement would
be effected. 1t present We planters have to
compete with the Chinese store keepers who.
oreniy inip port their liqu0r in large quantities,
and have any uEmber II .hangerS-cn 70 slna5-
&c Is ro0Hd the country for them, bottle At
tirle, and raturally We get the worst CT the
competition AT this can aud should &c stop
ped. II It Is necessary % force the Chinese
either 10 work honestly or leave, let 1t be
done. The beneft to the natives would be
immense, 1at 1 aII nes enlarge Hpou that
My catse . simply that with proper regulation,
the Chinese can 10 10 harm 10 anyone Gut would
be a great benefit to the sugar Industry, the
one soGrcz Of the prosperity Of the Islands,
upon which planters, catrle-breedsrs, trades
men, store-keeperz and Lbursrs are alike
dependent. Without the Chinese the prospects,
% obtai1iHg labor, ~ such rates as We can
aiird 90 pay. are very snail; and it IS far
fr1m cerriiu that can obtain It ~ any rates
az all Your gbcLieHt servant, BETA.