The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-12


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The fourth annual meeting of the Planters
Labor and Supply Company opened at 10
O'Clock Saturday morning, in their room in
Campbell's block, The following members
were present: President Mr.. Jono Austin;
Vice President, Hon. 5. b. Dole; Treasurer,
Mr.. p. G. Jones; Secretary, Mr.. L. A. Thurs
ton; Auditor, Mr.. J. d. Atherton; Messrs.
S. L. Austin, w. II. Bailey, Theo. Ii. Davies,
F. A. Schaefer H. P. Baldwin, ]. NJ. Lid
gate, w. w. Hall, B. F. Dillingham;, A. n.
Smith, w. E. RowelI, II. 7. Horner J. NJ.
Horner. II. F. Glade, Hon. H. NJ. Whitney,
Fl. w. Mist, L. Lycan, c. NJ. Cooke.
The President called the meeting to order,
after which the Secretary stated that the
total number of shares was 10, 1876; necessary
to a quorum, 1887. AS 9,S42 were present
business was proceeded with. The minutes
of the previous meeting having been pub
lished in the planters Monthly last No
vember, on motion they were taken as read.
sEcRETARY's REPORT.
Mr.. l.. A. ThurstOn, Secretary, read the
annual report, of which the following is an
outline: The Trustees held seventeen meet
ings during the year. Much time and energy
were spent last year in disseminating correct
information in the States concerning the
Islands and the working of the treaty: and
from variety of causes, which are enumer-
ated, those opposed to the treaty failed in
their object The company had not since
then deemed it necessary to make special
effort in this direction. The present admin
istTation was SO far favorable to the treaty,
but as renewed efforts TO abrogate it would
be made upon the reassembling of Congress,
the planters should be prepared to meet the
old round of perversion and misstatement.
Nearly the whole Of the Pacific press was
now in favor of the treaty, fact which
would tell in its favor when the question
again came before Congress.
The condition of the labor market and the
action taken III the matter by the Govern
ment, rendered it unnecessary for the COM
pany to undertake the management of bring
ing laborers into the country, and no immi-
grafton had taken place under its control.
The South Sea Islands was no longer an
available labor field, owing to the expense.
coming upon one vessel did not seem to have
prevented their coming. short time ago
Chinese laborers could only be obtained by
special permission of their Government, and
at heavy expense to planters. Now the only
requisite is to grant them permission and
they come without special expense to the
planter. The change is undoubtedly owing
to Ia oil 1-f
which Iaborers receive under the administra-
ton of our laws. This has become known to
the Chinese authorities, who no longer con-
fuse the Islands with Peru and Mexico,
whose treatment of coolie laborers has be-
come by-word. China may therefore be
considered as a sure source of labor in the
future, if it is thought best to make it avail
able. One of the gravest of national ques-
tons, however, is involved in the policy of
continued Chinese immigration. The effects
of the great and constantly increasing pro-
-rAna,tian nf Chinasa inhabitants inn
portant that they deserve the most careful
consideration at the hands of the planters.
The following emigrants arrived since the
last annual meeting; Portuguese 278, being
60 men, so women and 165 children; Japa-
nese, 1913 men, 1876 women, 108 children;
total, 1902. South Sea Islanders, 70 men,
women. Chinese: Since 1st January the
excess of arrivals over departures was 1900.
Speaking of Japanese laborers, the report
states that so far as time had been given to
judge of their qualities it would seem that
they are not generally considered physically
equal to natives, Portuguese or Chinese, but
they have some qualities which are desirable
and which to a degree compensate for any
lack of physical ability. They are so entirely
a different civilization from any we have had
dealings with that the assimilation of them
with other laberers is slow. They are not
quick to comprehend our ways, and are
quite sensitive to any appearance of in
justice, though none may in fact be intended
or exist. So far as information had reached
the company they had proved fairly salts
factory on majority of estates where they
had been sent. That the Government
should have thought it necessary to remove
them from one plantation was to be re-
GREETED.
The report gave short narrative of the
action of the Trustees in regard to the late
labor circular of the Bureau of immigration,
and embodied the correspondence on the
subject between the Trustees and the Presi-
dent Of the Board of immigration.
Reference was next made to the fact that
Professor Vanslyke and DR.. G. Martin were
now available as agricultural chemists; also
to the success of Mr.. J. w. Marsden's visit
to Jamaica for the purpose of obtaining
mongOose, as Commissioner from the Hama
kua Planters Association. Mr.. Marsden
also represented the Planters Labor and
Supply Company at the New Orleans EXPOSE
ton. Mr. Marsden obtained great number
of valuable seeds from Jamaica, and he was
preparing an article on the manufacture of
rum in that island.
The action of the Trustees in opposing the
issuance of liquor licenses in the outlying
districts was next referred to. At meeting
held March %, 1885, they unanimously ex-
pressed the opinion that the sale of liquor in
the vicinity of plantations would prove
detrimental to efficiency and discipline. sit
was not considered that protest against
issuing licenses would be of any avail, as
the Government is not in the habit of shap-
ing its action by the wishes of the governed,
the report continues; "but it thought
best 90 place the company on record as