The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-10

mas oeen traced to Claus Spreck9lS, Of
have hadl
And Mr.. Helm, speaking of the Whit
oVerseeEs, who lad regular charge o
gangs gan OF Cinnamon. states that they Id die
Ana. On experimentation, he adds IN
effect that the Chinanan who was struck
was Sinking his work. page 1882
august Schuldt testified that the IunAS
hed whips. some good and some bad
with an occasional blacksnAke" among
them. But he did not mention any in
stance OF whip being used except upon
cruelty could remember was when q
hardened Superintendent named David
Center found a ChiAaman in the act OF
breaking d rule, which had been promul-
gated for the protection OF the sugarcane
and or the Cinnamon who were employed
IN its midst. By smoking q cigarette. put
him into small ditch, took him out. tied
hlS hands ana feet, cOOlly and deli ber0tely
went TO mis- dinner, returned in about half
an hour and then Embossed him and let
him go. Record, pages 1885, 1886, l4o1:l
Bertha klemme did not say anything
EXCEPT that she went 10 the Sandwich
islands under a contract made by her
father, who is now dc d; that she worked
four molths in the sukarcane. and that
she knew nothing whatever OF any planta-
ton owned by Mr.: Spreckels or the Ha-
waiian Commercial and Sugar Company.
tPageS l5l7-lS-l9-25D
THE SLAVERY CHARGES.
This bs!iece IS AL the testimony Of
fered 90 Trsye Tho slavery charges against
Claus oproo&- =. and it amount, to this:
From 1881 - 1914 the Chronicle accused
MIR. Sprech as of being one of tn; chief
promoters. ii Il the Chief promoter. up n
the sand WIch Islands, of the most brutal
system Ot human slavery. embracing both
auCs,sians and MonRolian<. that ever ex-
isted-a sys EN- that has produced cruelty
4 iIceutou 7ness beg ond conception, ex-
ept by the most depraved minds.
DrOVed va
been untrue when made by evidynce col
ected IN loS1, to the .cCt that upon what
: spoken of as the Spreckels p,entat on at
-iauI, white men are paid good " ages and
ire We'll treated; that Chin men Q
worked in gangs under OVeTSee's, AN
We! treated, but compelled t. obey n ed
,ul rules and regUia ions, anu that in wv
years and n hall three different Cinnamon
Oh received one blow, and one was tied
land anG foot If d nun cipalI y COLI b.
90 crned a. mildly, taxes would be very
urics or Ills. / have scarcely paJiea,et,
wade through such twaCdle and 1t i try
ug your pa fence. gentlemen, to SIX YOU
70 istZn - me. But want 10 perfo. m my
III rs thoroughly as | can, anu show you
ne ma erI..ls out of which puruient
journalists manufacture their Lbeis
ga;nst re .!1taD!e citizens and the gr una
pom wh.ch they sumo the right l. give
heiu an infamous nOtoi icty. ven the
alnamen. rs Mr.. Spreckels te,tirled. ar
"a from so 70 S4 per month instead o.
) or -, as Mr. kiemme hid been in
: rmed. u'age 1912
Mr.. I\iCmme had said hat he saw no
TOmcn on the Maui piantati 4 page !6i4I
and MIR. ~precktls proved THAI none were
,nployed there. G'agc l6ih. 1t - Il osolutely
cus IhaI not only IS no large in the
Oru IL on thesu b eel of slavery proved
. ''"' " nv sut : charGris s tentatively
iisproved and that, to great degree, by
ne witnesses Of the prosecution.
but must pass on.
ABOUT THE TREATY.
The next article is under date of Novem. |
ner 50, 1882, headed The Hawaiian |
treaty, to be found on page 7l9, upon |
Nhlch will not dwell. because it really |
contains nothing specific.
The net article is that of January /. |
90. 70 De found at page l7l8 Of the record, |
'lutIed Misconstruction of the Treaty"
MS refers tot the reciprocity tire ty and the
ugar monopoly and importing Chinese
usar Tree OF duty as Hawaiian sugar and |
lses these words: NO one doubts that
MS fraud Is being now extensively prac-
lced. Now, does the sugar monopoly
lcle only charges him with the crime of
!hugglIng, and, of course, is this not per-
onal and this is not libelous
Inc next article is dated January ~, 1883, |
no round on pages 757 and 75S of the rec |
Tu, ana IS entitled "A Doomed Treaty"
MS Is a short but disgra ceful article. 1t
ompares the Hawaiian sugar n onopoly, |
4 its power over the sugar market. with a |
petty African despot who takes at will
ne lives of his subjects 1t also charges
nefarlous partnership between the sugar
loHopoly and the railroad monopoly to
unlsh merchants who buy sugar at the
ast. to ruin their business. Of course.
rs Is not personal and is L IibclOu9.
The next article is published July27. 1858,
lund at page 75S of the record, and is en-
tied he kanaka Kingdom" This arti-
e merely quotes from II. S. Greedy, who
I'd arrived from Honolulu the day before,
ying. AT one time there came near he.
nf Il LCoI- |
laua. But the difficulty was finally com.
'onlsed, and Kalakaua was crowned, to
aster Sir Claus Spreckels."
Less than year before Kalakaua had |
en spoken of as the august master OF |
I. Spreckels and his wife. Now the sheer
the same, but to suit the within of the
ritter the phraseology is reversed and |
r. Spreckels is placed as
THE MASTER OF THE KING.
Now comes an article published Just a
ar to day before the last article but |
e upon which it is necessary to comment ,
TINS argument refer to the article o:
to rs of the rec I'D. This article con | :
MS displayed heading as follows: - (
rious Mistake. The Hawaiian Sugar | {
mpany IN Trouble. Missp yment o.
ohtaoly Dispose of Large Amount OF {
)ck."
SOW, are these headings sufficiently 8
ect! DO they refer to Claus Spreckels I
they charge him with fraud Are they | !
Sc or true! Has he in reality sold any | e
OK! Then, gentlemen look at the sub 4
ddns3Rbg G3vr = IN the PUBLIC c
icle purpOrts to give an account of tl.r |
ond annual meeting of the Hawaiian ! s
and Sugar Company. whicil {
|: held on November Is. 1883. 1t bring i
tie friends" 1t refers to The incorpora 8
n of 1852, and quotes from the articles OF v
orporation. 1t falsely states that after c
second dividend of fifty cents per share O
August 1857. when the stock jumped To
, = all that the Spreckels crowd couIo
and still retain the control was quoted n
hose ngures." =
md among the new names mentioned U
e In connec ion with the alleged fraud, a
such men as James de Eremery, An -
ne borel and i. Lawrence Pool. The -
lcte refers to the process of disenchant- s
the entrapped stoekholders -this my d
nmary Il tho ar Iceland to a voluln- =
as report by the Secretary. 1t uses the -
pression "Spreckels' Ring" and a sc. t -
t the President, sir Claus Spreckels. fe
s severely eXamin ed" by several O X. &c
ders. Mr.. SpreckelS is further satrized | W
the knighrly President an The o.
ecksls. Combination" is runR in at the -
s. Of the article
he next article is November 81 1881 en- a.
ed = The History of Job and charge ~
[ the Hawaiian Commercial ami Ingar ~
npany had paid two dividends out OF 90
pald-up capital III order 10 raj the pf
&c OF the stock l. high figure. and :. fe
'ole those in the secret to realize I'M T.
nse profits" -.
STOCK TRANSACTION. c..
no were those in the secretP Was u
US SpFeckels meant! Of course he was ue
q YET ne had no connection with tho pr
ldends whit he had dis proved o. II
ne has never parted with ~h4re o. IN
STOCK ana even, as / believe the stl "a
ny shows, holds unbroken his origina. "a
iticate at this moment Fur 90 tjJl0 sb7,ras att
", does this article charge fraud or is il TIC
soma! or IS it libel Ius This article 4.
e. the history of the comp ny. II 10