The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-12-28
les has following but it is small. A.large
majority of us want settled government
We need it for our peace of mind as we'll
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majority of us want settled government
/ We need it for our peace of mind as vel
as for our pockets
Cant you have any stability under a
monarchy"
''No. We are tired of trusting to brok-
en- reed. The orgies of the Ixalakana were
! detrimental to good government .Liliuo-
| llalani showed her hand by throwing OIL:
! the Wilcox cabinet, than which none could
have been better. The men at the head OF
the present government are admir able
They exercise great moderation, and YOU
| may rest assured there will be no change
| except for the better, #
what would be better?'
"a protectOrate or annexation. Though
British subject, T. realize, as everyone
must, that these islands are to all intents
| and purposes American. They owe their
prosperity to the United States, and we are
ready for annexation
"Ah, but I've been assured that sugar
demands contract labor"
Sugar needs cheap labor. but we are
| willing to take our chances under annexa-
ticn. We think we can solve the labor
problem, even if contract labor be abolish
ed"
l have heard that you planters do not
give the natives a fair chance at work.
Then again I have heard that the natives
Won't work on the plantations. -. Ill
Both stories are false. Kanakas are
excellent workers. and we employ as many
as we can get but the supply is limited.
Hence we are obliged to resort to outside
labor, and we must have dark tinted races,
as whites cannot work in tropical fields.
II kanakas were forced to work like the
Chinese, from abject poverty, their only
failing would be lack of steadiness, due
to gin. They should never touch liquor,
for the reason that they have no discretion
in its USE With the Chinese it is a case of
root hog Or die They must work 10 1--we,
and though the volume of their work does
not equal the. whites owing to lack OF
stamina, their persistence makes them val
uable'
What of the Japanese?"
eve thought the Chinese were getting
to be too numerous and so imported Jap
anese, but they are much less docile, and,
in fact, are much too socialistic The
Portuguese are splendid workers. They
are more expensive than the Chinese or
Japanese, but we can't get them off, less
money.
What wages do you pay?'
Twelve dollars monthly to Chinese
and Japanese, giving them houses, water,
fuel and medical attendance. The Por-
tuguese receive SIG and SIS monthly,
with the same perquisites. AS they have
large families they need more room
Have. you considered negro labor?''
eve hear that they are not peaceable
and obedient. Moreover, they receive
$50 month, and at present prices sugar
planters are barely rubbing along. We
could not pay such wages"
''As all things are possible, let me ask
what Hawaiian sugar planters would do
were Cuba annexed to the United States?
Cuba needs no fertilizers to enrich her
wonderful soil, and she has no contract
labor. Her negroes are paid $50 per
month
WED move to Cuba. =
Here are the opinions of a shrewd
Scotchman who represents the dominant
class in these islands. Without sugar
this country can have no commerce un-
less attention be turned toaother indus
tries. Though the annexation of the
Queen of the Antilles be but dream, is
it wise to put all ones eggs in the same
basket? Should not the present govern
ment anticipate the worst and prepare
for it? / cannot believe, as am told by
some, that without sugar these islands
would become depopulated by the whites
and return to barbarism. Experiments
with coffee, rice and other valuable pro-
ducts have already begun. There is ,rea-
son to believe in their success, but as it
takes five years for a coffee plantation
to yield crop, and only eighteen months
for the maturity of sugar cane, no time
should be lost in the development of
these new interests.