The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-01-28
HOW THE NATIVES ARE ASSISTED.
Co-operative VS.. Contract Labor-So-
ciety Under the Monarchy-A
Bit of Constitution History.
Annexation to the United states.
(Conclusion.)
Praises the Land Law.

Our present Government land law
i think, answers your question fully
It provides in a liberal way for tht
people who are without capital. 1t il
particularly prepared to meet the con
dition of the natives by ena pling them
to acquire holdings and bold them,
one OF the systems being inalienable
holdings, which cannot be conveyed,
mortgaged or devised. The only way
natives can lose them is by voluntary
abandonment
"Even when they desire to sell are
they prevented?'
zone of the clauses is that they can
not sell, mortgage or devise. The
land goes to certain heirs by descent
which are fixed by the law. AS loug
as the family line exists the proper, y
remains in their possession"
"And when that fails?"
sit reverts to the Government"
"Then you have undertaken to save
the native from HIMSELF"
"Ges. Many natives are not thrifty.
When they want money they are
easily influenced by men who loan it
TO them in order to get their land.
This law is to protect them from los
ing their holdings though they be
thriftless and carehss.n
"Was this one of the first move
ments of the republic?"
"Yes. 1t was constantly the policy
of the provisional government, but
their views did not crystallze until
the first session of the Legislature of
the republic; that and the cable were
made the main objects of the special
session, which adjourned before you
arrived
Annexation the Sole Policy.
"I hear it said that if the United
States do not annex the Islands they
will be offered to England. l. it
possibility"
"Our sole policy is annexation to
the United States?'
"Have you anything to say on the
subject of contract labor?'
Contract labor has existed here
since sugar plantations were started,
but of late years it has been decreas-
ing. All plantations employ large
proportion of day laborers who are
not under contract The necessity
and importance of the contract sys-
tenn has been diminishing for mum
ber of years
w UdI Ddb ItS IldCbs
"Day labor and profit sharing"
"Would you kindly explain the
latter?"
"Well, the Eva plantation on this
island has elaborated system of pro-
fit sharing that at present is very sat
isfactory and encouraging. The plan
tation plows, harrows and plants
field of cane, gives it one irrigation
and then hands it over to. a company
of men,
mot Hawaiians?"
"I don't know of any Hawaiians
taking it up. A company of men
take the cane field under an agree
ment to cultivate it and when the
plantation wants to grind the cane
they cut and deliver it on the cane
cars, which run through the planta-
ton. They receive stated amount
of money every month as an advance.
They are paid, think, so much a ton
for the sugar cane, and when the crop
il taken off they are paid the surplus
OF what they have not drawn. Their
income IN some cases, as compar, d
with working by the day, has been a
large advance. Iu some ca-es they
have made S27 month in
stead OF SIS or SIS Another sugar
plantation at Hllo, Hawaii, al
lows persons, sometimes individ
uals, to take piece of their own land
or plantation land and cultivate it.
The plantation buys the cane in some
way, and thes- men make great in
crease on what they would make in
working by the day, as | understand
it. The contract labor is valued now
mostly in the case of new immigrants
who have their passage paid for them.
For people who are here the planters
prefer to have them work by the day.
think there are more day laborers
than contract laborers on the planta.
tions, but L cannot give you the
figures
Woman Question Discussed.
"To return to the burning question
of annexation, President Dole, / am
told that many of the native and half
white women oppose annexation on
the ground that they will not be
reated on an equality with the
hites."
al think many of them feel that
ay. The situation is something like
mis-: Part of the immunity of white
eople recognize the natives fully and
another do not There is no change
from what it was before, except they
hsve lost the standing which the Ha-
waiian court gave them"
GAS | understand ii, when the mon
arch gave entertainments there were
comparatively few natives invited"
"At formal events it was mainly
white people and few natives in So
ciety who were invited"
"Then their standing has moi
changed? On state occasions are ma
tives still invited?"
"No distinction whatever is made
between natives in society and white
persons"
"In the event of annexation, coulG
there not lie some provision whereby
this equality could be maintained
III carpet baggers did not come, coulG
not the present status remain ?n
"Yes. think the present white
residents, those who were born OF
have grown up here and those who
have lived here for many years, bave
the kindliest feelings toward Hawaii
ians, and great many OF them rec