The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-04-20
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If anything should happen that
the plantations here would be Ell
abled to have free, instead Of con-
tract labor, and the managers
should get as good and perhaps bet
ter service from the workmen, there
are other conditions which would
make the free laborers Improbable
on them.
In the United States there are
more than 600, 900 members of the
National Labor Organization be-
sides thousands of members of local
societies not under a general head.
These organizations WELD such an
influence over trade and commerce
that at times the loss TO the manu-.
facturer and the inconvenience tc
the consumer through labor strikes
are not to be calculated in dollars.
The class of labor Oh our planta.
tons is not different i'll respect tC
its demands upon the employer
than the mechanic and laborer ii
the United States. Every one
knows that the laborer here is ar
imitator; he reads the papers anC
longs for the opportunity to copy
the methods of his more enlightened
compatriot i'll the east. The obsta.
Gle i'll the way of his following in
the footsteps of the Union man is
the existence of a contract and the
law which sends him to prison for
its violation.
Let us have free plantation labor
and the manager will derive the
same benefits, and experience the
same inconvenience that the pro-
ducers in other countries enjoy.
Let the Portuguese, japanese and
Chinese on plantations understand
that they are free to act for them
selves and labor unions will spring
up from Niihau to Hawaii. In the
United States the strikes occur,
sometimes, when the markets are
overstocked and the loss to the
manufacturer is not so great, but
here it would be hard to distinguish
one season from another in the
matter of difficulty which would
ensue from a strike; there is always
something necessary to be done
and as there is never an over-pro.
duction of sugar here the laborers
would have the managers at dis
advantage any time they might elect
to strike. There are no doubt adj
vantages in free labor over contract,
but experience would have to prove
whether they are great enough to
Offset union difficulties.
We sometimes strike, but in a
different manner; for instance, we
made ten strike when we intro
duced the Jones Locked Fence.
People here have been accustomed
to spend lot of money on posts
and wire in making fence that
Says and will not last half as long as
our Jones Fence. We struck il
when we conveyed to the plantation
man the idea of building his fence
on a plan that would save them
great expense in posts in addition
to getting fence that will last a
long time and not sag or break
down when a bunch of cattle runs
against it.
We made strike when we adop-
ted advanced methods of decorated
china and enabled people to get a
set in instruments, thereby placing
the man of moderate means on the
same footing as the rich one. We
do not know of dealer who sells
decorated china who will accommo-
date you as we do in the matter OF
crockery.
We made strike when we per
suaded the manufacturers of the
Fischer Steel Range to use steel
just twice as thick as formerly in
all ranges shipped to us. This
means that a really good article is
made better and without extra
expense to the consumer.
Strikes are of different kinds and
affect people differently, Ours are
of the sort that brings happiness,
not only to us but to the customers
who honor us with their trade.
We have determined to keep on
with just such strikes. If you
wish to strike it come in and look
over our stock and compare prices.