The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-08

what he is doing to-day. Our position Is
an especially difficult one. We need la
borers to support ourselves, aud We have
not got them. Hswaiians do not and
cannot fill the places there are not
sufficient in the country. This law Is
designed to protect Hawaiians from be-
ing driven out OF their own country by
Cinnamon. We all know the country is
paradise for the Chinese, and why We
should not give them taste of it for five
years and then send them out, | cannot
see. coincide a good deal with what .
Rep. Bush has said. | move the sub .
division pass as amended.
Rep. Brown moved further that the |
subdivision be made subdivision >.
The amendment carried, and the sub
division passed rs amended.
Fourth. That ii such person shall be
found out OF employment at any time
during such term or engaged in any
other employment than that OF agricul-
tural laborer or shall be found in this
Kingdom after the expiration OF such
term, he may thereupon be arrested and
held in custody until an opportunity &C.
ours TO return him TO China.
The sub division was amended to read
third, and passed.
| due to such person as compensation for
| work done shall be retained by the en-
| ployer each month and forwarded by
| him TO the Board of Immigration, 10 be
| by it deposited in the Treasury of the
! Kingdom as special deposit, subject to
| the order of the President OF the Board OF
| immigration, and to be returned by the
said Board to such person upon his leav-
ing the Kingdom Provided, however,
that such retention and deposit shall
| cease, whenever the sum TO the credit OF
any one laborer shall amount TO the sum
of seventy-fve dollars. The said Board
shall have the authority TO pay the re-
turn passage of such person out OF such
sums so deposited. If such person shall
enter into any other employment than
that of agricultural labor or shall desert
his employer, such money SO deposited
may be forfeited to the Hawaiian Govern
ment.
Noble Baldwin moved to strike out the
words "such money so deposited may be
forfeited to the Hawaiian Government"
and insert Z" or should the employer or
person giving the bond provided for in
Sec. 2 of this Act be compelled for any
cause to pay the penalty prescribed by
such bond, by reason OF the failure to
comply with the terms thereof, that then
the sum SO deposited shall be returned
by the Board of immigration to the prin-
cipal or surety of said bond SO paying
said penalty" The hon. noble gave his
reasons for introducing the amendment
Noble Widemann said the provision
{ for a bond is farce. The planter can
: not get man out of the country unless
the Government helps him.
, | Nol1a M,,llar ooiJ that If tho apnnpI
, ment to the subdivision did pass he
, should vote for the indefinite postpone
, ment of the whole bill.
Noble Macfarlane confessed little sur
t prise at the amendment, for it is wei
, known that the mechanics and others are
{ prepared to meet the planters in this la
l Dor emergency. The photograph CLAUSE
has been stricken out, and there is a dis
| position to strike out ali restrictive
e clauses. Ali private interests should b.
| sunk in this controversy. If the amend
! | ment passed, he should vote for indefi
S mite postponement of the entire bill
Q This question to be solved must be from
an industrial standpoint When he pre-
4 | posed to meet the planters, then the
s want to strike out all restrictions.
s Rep. Brown made no promises re
G garding the Chinese when / was elected
o | propose to vote on this question as Wi
9 be for the best interests OF the country
!. There is nothing to object to in thi
!, amendment, and support it.
q Noble Widemann wanted to say tina
d he had never said anything in talking o.
d this question to show self-interest.
t Noble Mccarthy moved that when tn
r committee rise, they recommend that tn
g House indefinitely postpone these bill
e for these reasons For some time past tn
t industrial classes of this community hav
n demanded that legislation be passed t
q restrict Chinese immi gration. With thi
g end in view the last Legislature passe
restrictive measures. But since that tim
there is scarcity OF labor, and as We ar
all more or less dependent on the plan
J. tations, we are ready to meet them an
a with that end in view, this bill has bee
|. drawn up. We find in this bill that tn
i laborers should be photographed, tina
o one-quarter of their salary should b
q paid to the Government to pay their pas
# sage home, and that if the laborer
o should run away, this money should b
q paid to the Government and that eac
Il planter should give a bond of 5000 fo
$ each laborer that he should not ru
v away. Now, if this bill passed as it wa
3 brought in, all would be well, but wha
s do we see? The planters begin by strik
It ing out the photograph clause, and no,
+ they want to have that portion of salar
q paid into the Government, paid back
/. them instead of it reverting to the Coy
n eminent. Now, in regard to this bon
business. 1t is said that the bond b
IF made 500, which for five years would b
y Sc. SO per month. As the planter no.
IS pays from SIS TO $25 per month for hi
n labor, and as it is calculated that unde
O this new arrangement he could get it a
n from SO to $12, he could well afford t
Y paw the amount of these bonds whic
q would only add to the cost of his labC
O s.. 33 per month. | therefore move tia
the bill be indefinitely postponed.
: Noble J . NJ. Horner asked who wer
the industrial classes Of the Kingdom
They came from the planting interest
These men here who have been chan
pioning the industrial classes have prot
ably never done days manual work i
their lives, and they ought to be ashame
!: of themselves by talking in such way
/. Noble McCarthy-I call the hon. nobl
It to order. His language is n-parliamen'
airy and not in order. 1t is insulting t
o me as a representative OF the workin
d class.
/ The chairman thought the remark
l. were not exactly in order, and aske
e Noble Horner to confne himself to tn
subject.
J. Noble J. NJ. Horner-If Noble Wide
s mann were to set himself up as cham
a pion of the laboring classes, would boz
l. to him. He knows what labor is. Tines
d mobiles, such as Widemann, Hind, VII
), cox and Baldwin, they are the cham
q planters are the industrial class of thi
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