The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-08-22
Judge Hartwell-Wiu Won point

Judge Hartwell-Will you point
out where L. S. gold is stipulated.
Neumann-That is what is meant;
it says 80 in gold, doesn't it? / think
the sentence referring to traffic in
human flesh refers to Captain Fergu-
son driving slave trade. (He here
explained the sections mentioning
gold payments in the contract
Cross Il helped to
draft the contract. / first knew Cap
tain Ferguson nine or ten years ago.
(Read Articles 8 and II of contract re-
lating to payments being made in
gold.) l have never examined the
currency statute of Guatemala.
Paper money there is not equivalent
to gold; neither is silver The differ
ence is SO to 81 per cent. Knew Z. S.
decision had been made making legal
payments in paper on gold contracts.
Lots ofpeople had told him what the
statute of Guatemala was One gen
tleman in San Francisco had told
him what it was. | know the state
of the currency there. | think the
ADVERTISER is joint stock company.
Have read the ADVERTISER with in
terest.
II. NJ. Whitney sworn-(W Warned by
Judge Robertson that he need not tes-
tify so as to criminate himself }
Know Mr.. tombstone. He is the
editor, as published in the paper.
The editorial department is in charge
Of the news. / am the manager of
the Gazette Company. Mr.. tombstone
is editor in chief.
Cross examination: The Gazette
Company is general stock company,
with the usual officers. | am presi-
dent of the company. The Hawaiian
Gazette Publishing Company is the
name of the corporation, and it does
the publishing of the ADVERTISER
and GAZETTE.
i. J. Levey sworn: Have been n
subscriber of the ADVERTISER for ten
years. 1t was delivered at my house
on August 18th. I saw the carrier
leave it. Have seen the paper
in town. 1t has large circulation.
Know Ferguson by sight, but have
never been introduced to him. / think
the article refers to Captain Ferguson.
Know no other Captain Ferguson.
No cross examination.
Captain Ferguson, sworn: My name
is Walter II. Ferguson. Am tenn
porary resident. Left Sau Francisco
June by the Australia; got here
June -. Am the agent OF the Guate-
mala government. Left there last
February. Read the article in Neu-
mann's Office at 9 Am. on August r.
This is a copy of the contract drawn
between myself, the Guatemala gov
eminent and the japanese to be agri-
cultural laborers. (Read the provis-
ions relating to payments). This is
the only contract. The $40 is United
States gold coin or its equivalent in
exchange. The currency Of Guatemala
is paper and silver. The bills are guar
anteed by the government. Contracts
are payable in q. S. gold coin. L
have made such contracts. Paper is
not on par with gold. 1t runs from
132 to 173 on exchange. At 10 the
rate would be ST., in place of $40. If
you have $40 gold piece you get the
benefit of the exchange. / was only
connected with the Monserrat as the
government agent of Guatemala. |
superintendent the expedition. | saw
that the recruiting officers followed
the law. This was last year. | ar
rived at San Jose de Guatemala on
Sept. IA, 1892. Have been there since
then. Have seen all the South sea
islanders taken there. The statement
in Clogs letter is not true. | was
with them last December and Janu-
airy. Have been to each and every
plantation. They are at five pIanta-
tons. / visited all five and saw
the men. Captain Davis of
the British man-of-war Roy
alist was in the South seas
at the time. Was with us at four
of the islands; was at one OF the ISL
ands on two different days. The ISL
anders were the same as taken to
Guatemala. They were all well salts
fed, and spoke to me in glowing terms
of their treatment and work. Some
said they were treated better than in
Fiji, New Zealand or Hawaii. The
plantations are inland forty to seventy
miles; are reached by wagon roads,
railway and mule tracks. There are
very few corrugated-iTon roofs-only
one or two; they are mostly matched.
The houses are built of wood. Never
saw a luna carrying a revolver. I
never heard of labOrer being shot.
There are no Chinese there. There
are no japanese there, except the
first lot forwarded from here. Have
travelled from one end of the
country to the other, mostly on the
Pacific side. Have visited twenty
and have been through |
the coffee section. The coffee belt is
from $500 to 1000 feet elevation. The |
of the plantations are good. |
are no chances of disease from |
the conditions of the laborers. The |
laborers have good quarters,
corrugated roofs are the exception.
Reads the schedule of rations, and |
the details of transportation |
of japanese. No expense for trans
portatiOn falls on the Japs. They do |
not want Chinese in Guatemala. 1t |
struck me the last sentence meant |
was slave dealer. Have |
recruited 149 laborers. Want $50. |
Cross examination-Do not know |
where the st. Louis lodging house is. |
Never asked for it. Don't know that |
any body ever went TO the st. Louis |
lodging house. 1 went to Guatemala |
eighteen years ago. Made the trip |