The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-04-16
Ths Labor Problem.

Eu-zlz GAzEzu-HoE ca1 Ee procure cheap
labor 90 kscp OH chief ministries goinE on a pay
ing bass. sugar being l0= il pEios and likely 10
-.uai2 l1=:
n z1sEer L nay b sid that China seems to be
iLe Only o5uu1ry that can rely fOr Sufficient
supply Of cheap lzbor for our wants There are
so-s Chiress lEborsrs arriving II Honolulu and
Itsy Should b zllOEei to come Until the demand
: SLED TEsl TIE plantations I'll Be zbie 10 say
Ezzt p-les thss vii pay for the loE class Labor;
hs-eiofore and 10E the Chinese have dictated
the tens
% 1ot share the fsl-s Of the G1zET-z that too
lzuy 81 ARRIVES not until Es have enough 70 sup
Ply C-- on Ez1fs az a cheap rate shO1ld re Be
alarmed The Government has heEe.ofore checked
tie co-al1g o. these lzboreTs, pe-hzps not taking
into ou1ss1erstio1 the increased demand FOX this
I1bc- o. zccoznf Of nsE Plantations being started
AID Old Ocss being enlarged About four years
so Planters eEPloTed CEInsss day laborsrs foT
SIS PEI month S1Eag Ezs zo.sh SID per ton net
Al he p-sszui tz-e Ckinsss day lsboreTs are get
ting 81 10 50 Per n0-th- and sugar i worth
abo1t - Per ton net and nay come dOEu 70 50
o. less Hawaii should b Supplied With tbs kind
q laor AZ Ion ratss - any other eozntry= thsy
- elssEke-e fox 81 Pc 1,outh. and tkey EEo1ld
oore here fo- the sane. Is L Is uszrsr their home
nd they z-e located better.
We m1st expect lO= priess for sugar II the
f-.ure- he sccoess that the sorghum and hsef
s1-ar I-zuEfscture has attained and the late
trez.y BETWEEN he United States and Mexico zill
lls1re lzsEe yield Of sugar at ioE prices-
tank tEzi 40 Chimes lzboTers should be allOze ed
% eo1e he-s during Tie ss1f tEO months, and 800
pr E-o1th for for months longer, and then 100
per year If &c cannot have this relief. than
void szEEsst that the planters reduce their busi-
ness oEe fo1rth and discharge one fourth Of their
Cni1ess lzboEers, and then agree With each other
70 pay fox Chinese daT izbos 3 Per month and
4 Tie native hbore7s az TOO few IL number TO
Esiy on the Portuguese immigrants vii all tn
Es.tad for higher cizss OF labor. handling teams
ploEllE. ETC. and re I'll have to rely upon the
Chinsss 70 I'll the lOEer class Of fed lzbor, and
tls kt1d Of laoor largely p-sooIni1stes On plzuts-
tlO1s- he nrsf proposed course Is mucE the be-
ter Os- W. hive plenty Of lzbOrers here Enforce
fhs rzgF7zHf t1s- 70 On deTelOplng the county.
make llaIe bzsIness for o1r shipping, more csl-
cal b1ziress I'll Be done IN the toms, more pOrS
fo- or skilled mechanics, and then the eo1ntry
VII Be prosperUus-
Nv ztts--son has Jzsf been called 70 . notice
f-uIn tie government, aiiOzIng Only = Uhinese
per vessel 70 b iz7Ss5- ieiieTe the government
has r1sde g-sas r1Istzks II taking this cO1rse.
/ zo1Id farther s7eEas- that the Planters Labor
and S1pplE Co call meeting Of the planters,
pls1tat1o1 ozuerss and al sho are interested. 70
csTiss zzys ard means Of rsIeif-
I.zhzi1a, April 5th. I5.f- v. Y. HOENEz-
SrEIsaToEs u ths Pacific Vii Be unable 70 OBJ
tan charts a thai oceau for sor1e tine 10 eo-ne
Ire stock On land II the Hydrngrzphic One IN
Wzstinctou had becUue 50 nearly exhausted that
orders Esre given few days acD % hare soEne
more prinfed. with tie iztezf cDrIectiouF. In OF
der u save the oTizi1zi plztes L vzs determinsd
20 take eisctroiypes from then for printing. and
u tie p-oczzs 81 eiec-rotypiug the original 81
plates entirely ruined- Il Is said that i vii
cost S15t00 and take tE0 ysagfs time 70 zeprOlucs
these Fsstes, and ueauEhlie tie lzzue and sale Of
tLsss charts r1st Be s1spended