Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-02-09
SOLUTION NEEDED .
The Problem Of the I'm
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white men who can find no work
and who see want and starvation
staring them in the face. The
German political association has
considered the matter and has
requested the government to try
to abate the evil. With our
morning contemporary we do
not believe that the government
can do anything at present and
that it is rather the place of prl
vate labor-employers to come to
the rescue. There are of course
times when it is the duty of gov
eminent 10 create work for the
unemployed say, in cases where
a financial crisis deprives men of
their work and make it impossi-
bic for the labor employing class
to carry on business from where
the bread earners derive their
support. But the provisional
government is under such
strained circumstances and such
enormous expenses that it cannot
undertake any public work of any
account and thereby relieve the
workingmen. 1t therefore be-
comes the immediate duty of the
capitalists to come forward and
give work to the unfortunate who
are stranded on our beach without
means. We must admit that we
are somewhat surprised to see
planters come together in meet
ing, and loudly complain because
they have not sufficient laborers
and at the same time hear
general cry from the streets give
US work" The planters have
attempted TO flood the country
with Chinese coolies step
which will make it still more
difficult for the unemployed
whites to find work. A PROPOSE
ton has been made to re-import
the Portuguese who left our
shores and now find themselves
still worse off in California. Why
take such a step when labor is
to be found right here and mostly
of men unencumbered with large
families, and for whom no pas
sage money is wantedl We ex-
pect now to see advertisements
fIom the plantation agents offer
ing work for the unemployed and
both the planters and the work
men will find relief. If the
annexationists could be believed
golden era would have been
opened for Hawaii with anuexa-
ton because free ,uhite labor would
be plentiful. Now you have got
il gentlemen and to our surprise
You don't avail yourselves of it,
but call for more unfree Chinese
laborers. Arise and explain this
remarkable inconsistency 1t
will be said that many of the un-
employed whites are unwilling to
work on plantations. Perhaps so.
bat they have no choice. If any
of them prefer 10 loaf around our
streets until want drives them to
be criminal they should be met
with the law and treated MS
Migrants For that purpose the
government should without delay
amend the vagrancy act SO as to
make it effective and then it
should make registration of all
citizens compulsory. BY the
way, we are pleased to see that
the Advertiser has come round
to our nay of thinking in regard
to registration. If such measures
are adopted the government will
be able to have full supervision.
and full control of the unemploy-
ed and it viii have great facility
in furnishing work to those who
really desire it-and striped
suit for those who don't. But
whatever is to be done
should be done speedily or
n criminal class will be created
which it viii be impossible 70
get rid of and which viii be a
standing menace y law and
ouisr.