The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-21
MR.. HUTCHINSON WRITES
HAS VISITED PORTUGAL AND TIKI
MADEIRA ISLANDS.
Laborers Going to Brazil-Meets with
Encouragement-Th VIII
Follow.

F. NJ. Swanzy, Secretary of the Plan
ters' Labor & Supply Company and NJ.
A. Gonsalves have both received letters
from Mr.. Hutchinson who left here
about six months ago for Madeira under
contract to investigate the prospects of
obtaining Portuguese laborers for the
cane fields of Hawaii. lie preceded Mr..
Thurston, who went on a similar mis-
sion.
Mr.. Hutchinson writes of his visit to
London and Liverpool. In the first
named city he looked up the matter of
transporting laborers from Madeira and
the Azores to Hawaii. He found that
he could secure a steamer for the pur-
pose at muchless cost than on the former
occasion. Indeed, he expresses sur
prise at the smallness of the figure at
which laborers can now be brought here.
He also visited Liverpool and met
with connections OF T. II. Davies &
Company. From that point he went TO
Lisbon and Oporto and gathered infor-
nation on the subject of laborers for
Hawaii, all of which, he says, was very
satisfactory. He found, however, tina t
labor centers were greatly interested in
Brazil and a large number of Portu-
guese were going there,
From Portugal he went to Funohal,
the capital of the Madeira Islands, from
where he wrote. There also he found
people very much interested in the in
ducements offered to ship to Brazil.
There was labor Office in tho principle
part of the city whose business it was to
enlist laborers. The Portuguese were
pouring into it from every quarter and
were being shipped away constantly.
Indeed the ruling topic among the
laboring classes was going to Brazil.
1t was learned by Mr.. Hutchinson
that extraordinary inducements were
being offered Portuguese laborers to
ship to the great South American Re
public, Their passage was given them
free of charge and the quality of trans
portation good. The main point, how
ever, was that they were not required tt
, sign contracts. Mr.. Hutchinson writes
that they are taken to Brazil, there t
do as they please. The single idea is Il
get laborers into the country, when tn,
calculation is that the remainder OF tn,
{ problem will be solved.
In Funchal Mr.. Hutchinson vislte,
the firm which was engaged in ship
ping laborers to the Hawaiian Island
some years ago. There he was told tina
it would not be hard matter to interes
, laborers in the advantages of coming +
this country and to secure u colony O
colonies. He also saw other parties i
the city who were more or less familia
. with the labor system OF this country
I and they were OF much the sam
: opinion.
e From Funchal Mr.. Hutchinson visite
il several contiguous villages. He foun
e the people in the outer districts easy I
\ approach on the subject of coming /
i Hawaii. In one small town, Calheti
s eighteen miles from Funohal, he was a
3 surred that $50 families, or about 6C
souls could be secured for immediat
shipment. 1t was said, too, that thei
persons were among the better class {
Portuguese laborers.
= In other villages Mr.. Hutchinson il
, troduced little system of his own
working the denizens. Neat circula
:. treating on the excellent climate al
advantages of Hawaii as well as fl
!" explanation of the labor system we
" employed, These were taken into Il
villages on Sunday morning and dist
buted among the members of oongreg
mo- tions as the they left the churches. N
10 Hutchinson believed the plan was
h.. complete success as beneficial resu
or began Immediately to show.
ad Mr.. Hutchinson expected to lea
.aI Funchal for Ponta Delgada in the Azol
"A by steamer leaving ON that rot
Nov. Esd. 1t Is thought that his work
the premises will likely be- of great
sistance to Mr., Thurston who goes Q
powered to close contracts and form
late labor treaty with Portugal.