The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-08-22
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the facts, hut not all the fancics
penned by "Observer;" neither do
| believe in some of his statements
which he has put down as facts.
Those quoted below are not facts and
OF course are misleading when read
hv those unacquainted with the
facts. will not attempt to answer
all of the Objectionable parts of
observers" letter, but the follow
ing item l wish to reply to
as it reflects upon the char
acter and good standing of many of
my fellow citizens. There is vein
of bitterness running through the
whole letter, aimed at the New Con-
stitution, the Government, the school
Board, and largely at plantation
owners, and after some unkind re-
Elections he says:
"Shrewd, pushing men have come
to the front, and won large prizes in
the race for wealth" l don't object
to this item standing by itself, as it
is "shrewd, pushing men, that come
TO the front and win prizes in all
countries; but when he intimates
that these prizes have been obtained
by plantation owners, through fraud
and sharp practice in driving or
forcing whole communities from
their homes, then l object. Hear
him:
mot even the foreign residents,
farmers and artisans who once found
homes and occupation here have
been able TO hold their own against
the power of capital and cembina-
ton" Mark well, he continues:
"All over these islands where once
a little thriving community had
created q pleasant and prosperous
village, now there is not single
resident family of foreign birth. +"
This is truly horrible picture to
hold up before the world, and if true
such men deserve the eXecration of
mankind but fortunately it is not
true and only exists as q wicked
fancy in "Observer's" brain. l
pronounce it q SANDER and don't be-
lieve the gentleman can point to one
single case of the kind he has
penned. And when he makes the
broad assertion that prosperous vii
lagos of kanakas and white people,
"all over these islands," have been
depopulated by these "shrewd, hard
headed, pushing men," TO make
room for their plantations, he writes
that which he cannot prove.
We venture to state that there is
no plantation in working order to-
day but has more white people upon
its hands than there was on the
same lands before the plantation
started, TO say nothing or Portu-
guese, kanakas, Cinnamon and Japa-
nese. Some may have died, but
none have been driven away. All
the villages on the plantations have
increased in size and many new
opcS have been created.
" Allow me to state little of the
I history relating to the starting and
present status of two plantations
Spreckelsville and kukaiau.
choose those two because / was a
personal actor upon them at their
I start. Spreckelsville Plantation
was started upon the Wailuku COM
mons, then belonging to the Govern
mcnt. The land was comparatively
valucless, being too dry TO produce
more than a small growth of grass.
There was no running stream or
spring OF water upon the land ex-
cept along the ocean shore where
brackish water appeared on the sur
face. If a kanaka or Il white family
that fact. without kahului should
be reckoned rs Il part of Spreckels-
vile plantation. The land was I'M
productive. There was no property
or people upon it to tax. So the
Government got no income from it
And this it would no doubt have con
tinued to this day had not that enter.
prising, hard-headed, pushing man
Claus Spreckcls, taken hold Of it
and at heavy expense brought watel
upon it from long distances; hirec
hundreds of mechanics, artisans anC
laborers; built large and costly
sugar works and villages by tn,
half dozen; and thousands of ton
of sugar are now yearly produced
So on this unproductive piece o
land, where no child or chick coul,
before find a living, thousands nov
find comfortable support and NIL
lions of wealth are yearly produc
ed. The Government now realize
from ii yearly thousands of dollar
where it got nothing before. w
should think all countries and al
people would welcome such enter
plising pushers among them instea'
of writing such slanderous article
against them as "Observer" la
done.
Once more, some seven years ag
/ came with one of my boys, on
kanaka, one Chinaman, one Amer
lean teamster, wagon containing
tent, tools, food and other necessa
ries with the view of making a suga
plantation upon the land now CON
prsing Kukaiau Plantation. w