The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-07-31
/Nly 20, 1901.

For orderly laws, comfortable
living and responsibility about
seventy million people prefer the
United States as place OF resi-.
dcncc. But these same qualities
do not at all times produce the
effect intended or desired. Events
during the past thirty days set
onc to thinking out way that
will improve the condition of
the laboring class in and about
Chicago and at the same time
bring the monopolists to a point
where they will realize that they |
have only leasehold on the
world. Matthew Arnold is re-
sponsible for the statement that
America is too bcastly prosper
Gus. As a government perhaps |
the statement is correct but the
constituents of Messers. Debs
and Sovereign hold different
views to Mr.. Arnold; they lack
contentmcnt in the slaughter
house districts Of Chicago and a
state of mental, physical and
moral degeneration is necessary
for the cultivation OF good
healthy contentmcnt microbes,
immigration has made Chicago
an admirable place Tor such Guilt
walton. You must breed them
i'll deCaying matter.
To conduct a strike as Debs
has this one requires great deal
OF cerebral activity; to put it
down and keep these men under
control requires greater guam
tity of the same sort OF activity
on the part OF the government.
You will naturally ask which
men we mean. A reference to
the investigating committee of
the United States Senate on the
sugar bribery scandal will lead
you to believe that we mean the
managers Of the Trusts. There
should be a way of harmonizing
labor and capital because it is
not a good plan to hold other
than pleasant relations with those
with whom we come in contact
every day especially when the
two parties are what may be con-
sidered the brain and muscle of
the world. Without capital
there would be no demand tor
for labor and without labor capt.
tai would be useless.
The strike over there should
be one of the strongest argu-
ments the people of Hawaii
should have against annexation,
it shows what political union
with the United States would
bring us, annex and your con-
tract labOrer would be free and
he would grasp the first oppor,
tunity to organize Labor Union
and go on a strike; unions would
spring up like the sorghum on
Paul lsenberg's ranch after he
put in his Aermotor. We rea-
lie that we are held together
here by the profits from one in
dustry, tie up that industry as
| Debs has the trade and COM
merCe OF a great territory like
the United States and where
are we at - One single strike
under a trade union and it will
take a long time to recoup the
losses the planter would sustain.
! The strike over there was caused
| by the grasping nature OF a
monopolist; his employees asked
nothing unreasonable, nothing
more than would fill their every
day wants, they were satisfied
with less than days pay for a
days labor, but they objected to
working for nothing. Under the
contract system we can put APP
anese or Chinese laborer where
ever stalk OF cane grows and we
can get them at the price that is
ruling to-day, make the labor
free and you will have nearly
every thing that Chicago has in
the way Of labor difficulties,
because the sugar industry
which is not a trust, would be
in the hands Of tyranical cars
and walking delegates.
We are thankful that the strike
/ did not extend IN the Trades