The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-19
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steamship line and there is Mr. L.
Rain Walker present British Consul,
partner in the firm Of Theo. H. Davies
x Co., who ale agents, &c.
While it is not thought good policy
to wave the British fay too much iu
front Of Uncle Sam, stlI it is just as
well that the American people should
be advised of facts that are Transporting,
and these are current facts. 1t IS also
matter of history that Englands mill
tary advances are almost invariably.
made along the lines Of her commercial
outp)sts. The British trader, in this
case Mr.. Tneophlus d YVES and his
partner, Mr. +. Rain Walker, almost
invariably pioneers the way for the
British soldier and for ultimate absorp-
ton. The Canadian Pacific Australian
line of steamships is heavily subsidized
by Canada and the colonies. 1t has
entered into direct competition with
the American line of SpreCkels from
San Francisco, which we do not subsl-
die, and it is only a question of time
when the British flag will have the
trade. May not this account for the
military activity that was recently re-
ported from Vancouver
This emphasizes what was formerly
said Of the trade and business antag.
onisms OF Claus SpreckeIs and The
Ophllus Davies. But at present there
is a monarchial combination between
SpreckelS, Davies, the English faction
In Honolulu and the Royaists, con
glomeratlon not to be despised 1t is
decidedly amusing to those who know
these different factions to see them
joining forces. SpreCkels in the in
terest Of cheap labor to make money,
Davies for trade and money under the
cloak of the Princess, the Britshers in
Honolulu for political offices, and tbs
Royalists for free gin and a poppycock
pettcoat government When these
factions split what a tempest in tea
pot there will be! How Spreckels will
abuse Davies when he finds he has no
more use for him, and that the Brltlsher
is securing his trade and steamship
business What times there will be.
They are not very far off, either, and
they will create more talk and amuSe-
ment than at the revolutions that have
G ne befure.
Mr. Claus Spreckels has bad so much
to say about the money he is 6 ing to
lose if the Hawaii n Islands are an
neXed to the United Sites on account
OF his then being unab t to pr cure
any more Chinese cheap labor, that ii
is just as well the people should know
what his pay r,ll amounts t.. The
Hawaiian Annual for 1893 shows that
his Honolulu firm holds agencies for
ten sugar plantations, empl,yln 5I5S
hands. The wage rates of these
laborers is $40 per month for Ha-
walian natives, of whom there are very
few working on the plantations; Sic
per month for Portuguese; about ST.;
and board for Chinese, while the JAY
anese boys, girls and women get abou
$40 per month, and the japanese mer
get from SI2 50 to SIS per month.
The average Of all these wages il
just about SIS Per month, Il SO pc,
month be allowed as the cost Of feeding
the Chinese. 1t does not cost SO muCt
/, feed Chinaman, but let it go a
that This brings the total pay roll o.
Mr.. SpreckeIs up to $7737 per month
for all his plantations, ur $92, 824 pei
annum. There are sixty-tuur sugll
plantations in the Islands alt, gether
and only ten are in the hands Of Mr.
SpreCkels. The other fifty four pIanta.
ton owners are not kicking about any
advance in wages that they may bt
called upon to pay their hands, anC
why should Mr.. Spreckes with his ter
plantations be presumed to voice the
views of the other ifty-four planters
He does nothing Of the sort, They
are not fearing and trembling nov
because they may have to pay on
more wage money, although they are
not nearly SO rich as Mr. SpreCkels.
The Islands produce I3o, 900 tons o
sugar every year, if the plantations o
Mr.. Spreckes grow 10000 tons O
sugar. and this is doubtful, Though
he claims to own everything there, he
is only paying wages of $92,S24 pei
annum for his contract labor This
means that each pound Of sugar hi
produces costs him less than one
twelfth of cent per pound for wages
Is not this magnanimous If Mr.
Spreckes were to be liberal and pa,
his men as much as one-tenth of cen
per pound of sugar that he produces
then his total pay roll would onl!
amount to 81, 200, 900 yearly, or Saga s.
per annum for each labOrer, or almos
$40 per month each, in place of the
SIS per month that he now gives then
and this w.uId bring them above the
level of wages in Louisiana, which, he
says, sis the only place where they pay
anything like wages"
1t seems strange that a man worth az
many millions as Mr. SpreckeIs is shoulc
be kicking because he may have to pay
for labor more than one twelfth Of
cent per pound on his sugar Be gen
erous, Mr.. SlreckelS, and make It one
tenth of a cent. You sell the sugar f
three cents per pound net to Mr.. Claus
Spreckes, the sugar rehner What Il
more, he deducts a quarter 4 a cen