The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-04-24
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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 GOO, 600 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 to
the consumer through labor strikes
are not to be calculated in dollars.
The class of labor on our planta-
tons is not different in respect to
its demands upon the employer
than the mechanic and laborer i'll
the United States. Every one
knows that the laborer here is an
imitator; he reads the papers and
longs for the opportunity to copy
the methods ofhis more enlightened
compatriot i'll the east. The obsta-
Gle in the way of his following in
the footsteps of the Union man is
the existence of 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 laborer.
would have the managers at dis
advantage any time they might cleo
to strike. There are no doubt ad
vantages in free labor over contract
but experience would have to prove
whether tley are great enough tC
Offset union difficulties.
We sometimes strike, but in I
different manner; for instance, we
made ten strike when we intro
duced the Jones Locked Fence
People here have been accustomed
to spend a lot of money on post
and wire i'll making fence tina
says and will not last half as long "a
our Jones Fence. We struck i
when we conveyed to the plantation
man the idea of building his fenc,
on a plan that would save then
great expense in posts in addition
to getting fence that will last ;
long time and not sag or breal
down when a bunch of cattle rum
against it.
We made strike when we adop
ted advanced methods of decorated
china and enabled people to get ;
set i'll instruments, thereby placing
the man of moderate means on tn,
same footing as the rich one. w,
do not know of a dealer who sell
decorated china who will accommo
date you as we do in the matter o
crockery.
We made a strike when we per
suaded the manufacturers of tn,
Fischer Steel Range to use stee
Just twice as thick as formerly il
all ranges shipped to us. Thi
means that really good article i
made better and without extrt
expense to the consumer.
Strikes are of different kinds anc
affect people differently, Ours ar
of the sort that brings happiness
not only to us but to the customer
who honor us with their trade
We have determined to keep OF
with just such strikes. If yor
wish to strike it come in and lool
over our stock and compare prices.