Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-09-22
WTsH iND orHERWIsr.

a merchant of wealth, influence anc
character said in public the other day
81 am out Of politics, from this day on.
1t will be sad day for these islands
when the best men in them "go out o
politics"
No real good can come to these isl
ands without continuous effort in man,
directions by the most patriotic pcopl,
in them. II rightly pursued there viii
come out Of this an ardent feeling fo
Hawaii that shall glory in its advance
ment, that shall love its flag, that shal
take pride in It's agriculture, that shal
labor for tke extension of its commerce
the improvement of its laws and the
eniightmcnt of all its people.
Many Americans on these island.
would undoubtedly like to see them an
ncxcd to the United States. There
are also many Engishmcn here who
would rejoice to see British protector
ate But we believe that a majority o
foreigners here realize the dangers oI
either scheme. The "carpet bag" Oh
the colonial" government must be
good or bad as the governors chosen
are themselves good or bad, wise OF
unwisc. We have no reason to expect
that any foreign country which might
come to possess these islands would con
suit the wishes of our people so gcncr-
ously as to select rulers from among our
residents. No matter how just and in
telligent the foreigner who comes among
us he must learn and unlcarn many les
sons before he is fitted to comprehend
our characteristics, to grasp our re-
sources, or TO know our needs.
There is room for population of
half a million on these islands. Coffee,
cane, rice, bananas, oranges, cattle,
sheep, mullet, carp, and the hundreds
Of tried and untried experiments in
agriculture, horticulture and arboricul-
ture will, if rightly begun and intelli-
gently carried out, afford abundant fu-
ture occupation for large population Of
workers. There will be work for the
educated, for the muscular, for women
and for children. If wisely fostered
the industry of these islands will make
a happy, contentcd, well-to-do, fortu-
nate population.
With half a million inhabitants Of
workers this kingdom ought to prosper.
Its prosperity, then as now, must de
pend upon the cordial cooperation Of
labor and capital. The employer who
is unjust to those who work for him,
and the employer who permits his en-
ployees to be unjust to him, are equally
dangerous to community The
former makes bad blood and encour-
ages discomfort. The latter runs his
business at a loss al less than
fair proit-and so prejudices investors
and makes hard times.
There was a meeting OF mechanics,
newspaper reporters and other working
men at the Hawaiian Hotel, last Satur-
day night, at which some speeches were
made and committee appointed to
draw up bylaws for the formation of an
trades union. The asso-
citation of industrious law-abiding citi-
zens, of any craft or husbandry, to i'm
prove their condition or to maintaintheir
rights, has the respect and sympathy Of
every generous soul. 1t ought to be
clear, however, that organization is for
distinctly good ends. Organization to
take advantage of the necessities of
is quite as bad as orginiza-
ton to opprcss workingmen The mid
die ground of perfect fairness to en-
ploycr and employed is the only one on
which stable industrial progress can be
builded.
AT the recent meeting a speaker said
that some employers had been in the
habit of bringing mechanics to Homo
lulu to work at a rate verbally agreed
upon, afterwards requiring them to work
for less, or else quit work and "walk
the streets" The charge is serious
one and ought TO be made SO explicit as
TO include the names of the unjust en-
ployers If any capable workmen
have been brought here under promise
of fixed wages and have then been
obliged to take less, injustice has been
done which calls for action on the part
of reputable employers. If on the
other hand, men have come here pre-
tending to be better mechanics than
they really were, it would have been
unjust to capable workmen " employ
those incapable at the same rate.
Mr.. Isaac Moore said in reply to a
Press reporter that he knows of no case
IN which a workman has come to
Honolulu under promise Of a certain
wage and has afterwards been obliged
to accept smaller wage, though he has
known the opposite to have prevailed
men having come here to work at
carpentry and brick laying and being
given an advance on the wages preyi-
ously agreed upon. MIR. ]. A. Kennedy,
of the Honolulu Iron Works, says that
he knows of only one instance during
the past three years in which a me
chanic coming to the iron works has
been asked to work at lower wages than
that agreed upon it being the case Of an
incompetent workman who came under
false pretences of skill in his trade 1t