The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-09-23
Tho Planter Monthly.

The Planters WoHthly was laid on the table last
Wednesday, and as usual proves an excellent mum.
Der. The editorial pages are exceptionally full,
treating of a variety of subjects. The article on
the annual meeting Is to the point and is supple
mented or more probably suggested by letter
which appears among the correspondence. The
| suggestion that there should be programme in
advance and that this should be pretty closely
| adhered TO is good one.
The Planters Monthly takes favorable view of
the labor supply of the future and considers that
the steady chain upon planters for the importation
| of labOrers is nearly at an end. Mr.. G. @. Ken
nedy, expresses himself in Il letter as thoroughly
| satisfied with the japanese at Waiakea. Regard
ing the innuendo contained in the circular of the
Board of Immigration, the Monthly says:
''The circular of the Board of immigration con-
cerning immigrant laborers conveys the insinua-
tion that laborers on the plantations are beaten
and otherwise i'll treated, by announcing that here
after such treatment will not be allowed; such
statements and lnsinuatlons are utterly unfounded
| and untrue. In no country in the world are labor
ers of similar class better treated or better paid
than they are here. The statements and insinua-
tions above referred TO are made by men who know
nothing of practical plantation life and who have
hardly ever even seen one. Any who is practi-
cally familiar with plantation laborers and their
treatments knows that beating other similar ill
treatment of contract labOrers is simply out of the
| question"
ave hope that in the future, that such harmful
| statements will be made only upon definite infor-
nation, and concerning individual cases that are
does on hearsay and incorrect information will be
considered as the special prerogatiye of the san
| Francisco Chronicle"
This is followed by an article in which is clearly
laid down the planters position, and the position
| of the new Inspectors or commissioners. Under
| the circumstances the planters are recommended
| to cooperate with the government to prevent any
/ MISUNDERSTANDING which doubtless is what all
| planters always have desired to do. There is a
| temperate but clear article on the labor troubles
at Paia, and the Monthly says that the action of
| the Government in removing the laborers, "shews
certainly great laca of judgment the part of the
government and Is Inanifestly an in justice to the
plantation" and the political use the affair has
been put to is spoken of in the following terms:
| "Another matter which cannot but be cause for
regret to every we'll wisher of the country is the
manner in which the question has been treated by
| the government organ. Instead of making a PLAIN
unvarnished statement of facts and making fair
comments thereon the subject is treated in the
most approved blood and thunder sensational
newspaper style with fiaring heading and two or
three columns of overstatements misstatements
| and false innuerdoes, among the most prominent
of which is that a number of laborers were done
to death on the plantation whereas as a matter of
| fact the deaths which have occurred have been
caused by beriberi disease similar to scurvy and
| caused by improper diet, the Japanese boarding
themselves, that the plantation in entirely exon
| GRATED from the charge, although stranger would
| suppose a case of manslaughter was made out
| against the plantation authorities did he depend
| upon the AdreTfiser for information. The action
which the 4drerfise has taken in the matter is ut
terly incomprehensible from whatever view it is
| looked at.
''The difficulty then appears 10 have grown out of
a a1ity on the part of the Government to put into
operation the proper method for the settlement of
| difficulties between employers and immigrants; a
disposition on the part of the Japanese Consul to
nurse and magnify complaints made to hm and
a general disposition on the part of those, whom
the ldrertiser represents, TO greatly exaggerate
the facts.n
The concluding portions of the number contain
ltnf inf rTln and
| excellent correspondence and selections. Under
| Mr.. Thurston's s management the Planters Monthly
| continues to hold as high a place as ever among
the sugar journals of the world.
The total imports into Great Britain for the FIRST
SIX months of 1855 were e192 All ,l0, and the total
exports were fl33, ,911 of this latter e29,0T5-
| o23 should be deducted for reshIpments of mer
| chandise imported. As compared with the first
six months of 1884 and 1888 the values of the inn
ports show decrease of 35 per cent and ia per
cent. respectively. The values of the exports also
show decrease Of 81 per cent. and 10.7 per cent
| respectively, compared with the former periods
There is an increase in articles of food and drink
| admitted duty free, especially breadstufs, with
| lower prices of provisions generally. For the
month Of June there was increase in imports of
l69 per cent, and decrease in exports of 499 per
cent. The SfdtiSt regards the returns for June as
unsatisfactory as those for preceding months. As
! yet it sees no sign Of improvement. In spite of
this 1t dscerns certain satisfactory features the
condition of the business world. The favorable
| signs are the decreasing number of failures the
solution Of the serious labor conflicts the fact
that stocks running low, and the extraordinary
| cheapness and abundance of money. The Ecoil-
O1fisf however, interprets the returns more favor
| ably and thinks that there is some improvement
over the past few months
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