Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-05-26
THE OTHgR sTDg.


'B"'r f6U' foU"IHU frHfr's'd
Epuop SATURDAY pRrss -SO, Your
correspondent "taif Play " In the Press sup.
plcmcnt NJ May Sth, appears to be extremely
solicitous that these Islands should become
io0,Snms The properly N Anglo Sasons, ~ At
any rate that they should bc the ptcpondcm.
tiny race lie appears 10 think that This can
only he NY European laboret. becoming more
numerous than Asiatics ~ poiyncsiana.
The men who In the future will bc tho real
owners Of these islands will bc The land
owners, those engaged IN all enterprises here,
and the capitalists who support them. The
matter VI race will moi enter into the question
At oil. IT. owing 10 any cause, there Is not
security fot capital here II will lcnvdI and ~
this seems to be- land unable to support by
itself . large population the bulk u the people
will leave too. The aboring classes cannot
affect the future Of this country II the masters
and employers keep their interests steadily
before them
Your correspondent appears TO question the
advantage of the sugar industry and seems 10
think that low wages and plentiful labor arc
only necessary because NJ IT, Let him tell m
what other industry Is at all likely to afford q
livelihood, even 10 The ten thousand people now
here, or to those ever likely TO bc. Any plan.
lalion enterprise requires cheap and plentiful
labor, quite as much a. sugars coffee. cotton,
cocoa and rice even more 40.
Have we not even now reached quite the
limit as 10 the number NJ whitcmcn wc can
absorb, except ~ the commonct laborcAp II
W, how are we in tho future to Increase tina,
NUMBER Beyond the actual number Of ship.
ped white cmWants, there are w many labor.
ing white men already, employed as tcnmstcS,
| carpenters, blacksmiths, etc, that most places
already feel their white wngc.lisi a heavy
burden Are we 10 increase that burden by
paying more than VIC need for field hands too I
II the German or Portuguese will only do the
| same amount OF labor, both IS to quality and
quantity, as the Chinaman or South Sea
Island docs, fancy he will get only the same
wages. lie will even then be more expensive,
owing to requiring more house room etc.
| Does any man or class Of men engaged in
business ever study the prosperity Of the coun.
try IN the way they conduct that business
think history teaches us that they do not, even
when both capitalists and employers are NATIVES
Of the country. Here both are foreigners. Arc
these men then going to sink still more here
for the benefit Of other foreign advcn,urcr1
think not. Does your correspondent know
how many plantations are running with thcil
wage list and expenses jus, covered by thcil
sugar receipts. Can men with nothing to Civ,
make sacrifices for the sake Of their laborcrs
IN o,lcI wo'us, arc ,ney 70 increase 'nei' ueou
,ha' Germans ana portuguese may sop mere
nncy ,nn' mos, employers VIII, prefer 10 pay
'heir uep'S even u herman anu portuguese "
ana Cinnamon are the only ,aporers. You
correspondent remark aDou, inc men wh'
Sahu pehihu .hc planners pe'ng ,hc person
VINO ought 10 make II possible ior ,ne planter
10 MAKE saetlhees Is absurd Ihey nave
ho'hing 10 90 WIN II, they ieaVe certain sum
OF money a, certain rates OF interest ana VIII
De Paiu anu mus, DC paiu sooner Oh a,et,
me planter VIII cease 10 plant ana no iabor a
all WIZ be required. ihen, MS most OF I'M
capital invested here Is owned abroad, 1t vii
he required back some day. IL not PAID, tn
land Will go as security, and away from any ON
here
IL the better emigrants from Europe are t.
stop here, they must be encouraged by gov
eminent. Let the government lease them plot
OF ground on any OF Their property, at say
dollar an acre. ms would give them chance
bring the government much more rent than !
paid by the grazing fraternity, and very soo
prove whether small holdings can be cultivated
here to any extent. say prove because fea
that except IN a lew spots the country VIII no
support number OF small holders, owing +
lack oil water supply and means oil communica
ton. vi course do not include settlers iivin
merely upon their own patches, and producing
no more than they themselves need as the Ma