The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-28

lulION STAR iiNlNN o. numerous
lftiea uh the arli1irnl question of
laisH w the Hawaiian itanl I would
like ~ any word in futw w uorfn
laluf At the tawp time ! No hot "a
nit that o. pIuhihiiUu lnW fuf the
country against thiu,ae w Jamutso
laht,f vi The present timo would bo ihr
moier thing nm an American. Nna
" ~ aud raised in The ~onthtfn Statts.
an have had much experience with
negro labor Having been nt one time
manager lor o,etseer as we rall d therrl
| Of cotton plantation where We used
negro labor exclusively. even cur lunas
[ 81 suh-nYurseeis were uputups. aud /
can say the hest ~ luuus. being raised
/ In the cotton aud cane fields They
know lust how much work man can
| do These lunas are only raid Few
/ dollars per month more than the com
/ mon field hand. Common laborers are
| paid from Sl8 to So PEI mouth Of
I twenty six working DAYS. In addition
/ to this they are allowed -four pounds Of
bacon and one peck Of meal per man
per week. Women are paid from
A. 10 sl2 per month, children.
according 10 the work they do. Occa-
sionally We found % woman that would
do mans work. then She would draw
/ "a man IhllNNN ~ WI az u AiNNi
wages. This is in southern Texas that
| speak OIL aud wages are higher or
lower in different parts of the south.
We have cold weather there and very
severe winters compared 10 our climate
here. Here we have a continual spring
and summer, where one can live in cot
ton clothes the whole year. have no
doubt but this negro labor could he had
in this country on an average say of SO
per month. Even at $40 ! think they
would be cheaper than japanese AZ Sl2.
Judge by the work have seen on the
plantations here and my long experience
with the negro in the South, Ina regard
to the japanese labor here, ] have bad n
few months experience on an island
plantation, and il J am correct in my
comparison, would say that the Japs !
have seen at work were being paid
about 81 80 per day, when the planta-
ton was only intending Ia pay them %
cents per day, ~ they were only
doing about onc-third of days work
compared to days work Tor negro.
The weather here being much cooler
in the summer months, and no
cold or freezing weather ln the
. winter months, think the negro would
J do more work here in a year than ht
would in the South. The negroes as q
class, are good-humored people, easy
] to handle as laborers, much more easy
( now than when slaves. ] feel sure thai
Z we could get negro labor here, anC
enough OF il so that when one gets tired
: or law and does not want TO work h'
could be discharged and hire another II
: bis place. Not drag him tO jail TO pay 1
J.. fine or dock him in his simple wages an.
thereafter only get, possibly, hall worl
from him, rs we do from the Japs.
will not 20 into details in comparing
20 sugar crop with cotton crop, though
will say that handsome profit is derive,
: from sugar planting in the South, as wei
as cotton and tobacco, produced by thl
q negro labor. / have seen both suga
c and cotton planters try different kind
e Of labor, the negro proving the better.
- know OF one small plantation run VIII
!. Indian laborers, at good wages, and still
u handsome profit for the owner. Their
!, , has been much said regarding the POrtu
u guese labor for this country. ! woul'
: also like TO say that they, too, are a GOO
! class of laborers. They, like the negro
y want to live, as they go along through NE
u spendng most OF their earning
i where they live, thereby keeping none
'e in circulation, not sending it away lik
u the Asialic race. This question has I
~ he settled sooner or later and needs I
r, be settled in favor of the planter here
re Without the production of sugar o
~ these Islands there would simply r,
III main the Islands, nothing more.
l. Though we produce. handful, AS W
e might say, it is the country's all. An
ID to have a law passed at this stage tina
rs would in any way come in contact wit
80 the planters IN procuring labor, an
~ such as is best needed. we would 500
er raise Cain" and no sugar. Shout
III the right man be reached in America
ne who would give ample investigation
nc this labor (either negro or Portuguese
a and see what can be done before an
nd prohibitory law is thought of, | fe'
pit satisfied il will be found that either ca
IN be had cheaper in the long run, an
sc more satisfactory to the people IN gen
h, eral as well AS the mainstay, 1.-THE plal
to ter Trusting that the people and tho
ge that have the enactment Of our laws
on their power will have this questio
ge thoroughly Investigated before any Law
be are made regarding labor for tn
ry country, remain Il sincere friend of Il
sc. Provisional Government.
he 'SOUTHERNER. "