The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-08-20
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AS Agent oS King KalhkaSa Visits
salt Lake CITY 90 see the OPP
pressed nupes.

salt Lake CITY 10 nee the OPP
pressed Dupep.
The following news article APP
pears under the foregoing heading
in the Salt Lake Tribune of July
2Sth:
"Quite recently prominent and
influential resident of Honolulu WIS.,
tied Salt Lake and, seeing that there
were quite colony of Sandwich ISL
anders here, he took the trouble 10
look them up. The supplemented
kanakas, after being converted to
Mormonism by the elders, were in
duced to gather to Zion, through
the false representations of the
elders to tue effect that they
would be given good positions,
and he able to earn good salar-
les, and be much more comfort
able than on the islands, Once
here, however, they were given the
hardest kind of work on the temple
and paid insignificant wages, which
Of course they had TO take in tilhing
orders. These orders are worth in
cash about so cents on the dollar, so
that a person receiving $3.50 in tith-
ing for days work, would,in reality,
be earning rs, cents in cash. A
great many kanakas were dissatisfied
with the way in which they were
treated but said little as they were
not in position to help themselves.
When this visitor from their native
land called upon them, however,
they explained everything to him,
and he at once annonced his in
tention of bringing the matter to
the attention of the Hawaiian Gov
eminent and using his influence to
secure legislation to prevent the ly
ing elders from practising the ever
lasting gospel in the islands, and is
confident that he will succeed. The
matter soon leaked out and the
church authorities are agitated over
the prospect of being shut out from
the rich missionary field. 1t is also
said that steps will be taken to pro-
vide for the return of those kanakas
who desire TO go back to the islands,
and if this is done the saints will
have to give up that little scheme of
establishing kanaka colony on the
shore of Utah Lake. Further de-
velopments may be expected in a
few days"
A BULLETIN representative, know
ing that Mr. w. A. Kinney when
abroad had visited Salt Lake, called
upon that gentleman on seeing the
foregoing article. Mr., Kinney dis
claimed being the influential citizen
referred to, but related particulars of
what he had learned at Salt Lake.
He had met two Hawaiian boys on
the street and found them dissatis-
fled and DESTROYS of getting home
again. They told him that so long
as the colonists oheyed the church
they got along tolerably we'll, but if
they rebelled at the discipline of the
saints the penalty was in being cast
out to make the best terms they
could with The world. Mr.. Kinney
learned that the older Hawaiian
colonists were we'll enough satisfied,
but large number of the younger
portion would gladly get back to
the islands. He made up the
amount lacking by one of the boys
TO take him home, and through the
Hawaiian Consul at San Francisco
recommended this Government to
make provision for bringing back
all the dupes DESTROYS of returning.
The Government could not see the
way clear to doing so, as the people
in question did not come under the
head of destitute Hawaiians. -
Mr.. Kinney, however, believes that
if these people were brought home
by the Government, the action
would have the. effect of preventing
the one or two hundred, now said
to be contemplating an early de-
parture for "Zlon,' from quitting
their native shores.