The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-05-07
DEPARTMENT MAY Be STARTED
Planters Will Pay All the
Expenses.
Cooperative Plan TO be Adopted
Some Suggestions as 70 Duty
OF the People.

suit Ot my investigation here and I
believe the Government and q major
ity ot The planters are sincere in eN-
pressing desire 70 have white labor
supplAn, the Asiatics in Hawaii
This remark was made BY Commis-
siOnsr Fitzgerald yesterday afternoon.
after he had made his farewell call on
the officials OF the Government and the
planters.
4 was surprised today 10 find most
of the planters who were lukswarm on
the proposition have decided 10 accept
the white men l say surprised. sim
ply. because on previous conversations
some Of them almost objected 10 GOinS
anything that would increase the cost
OF producing sugar. Some OF them
could not realize, until I presented 4
fOrcills argument. that organized AM
erican labor could have any influence
in American politics, but IL has from
Maine 20 California
The position Is plain The tax pay
ers. large and small. Of the United
States contribute by way Of raNaIiOns.
10 the support OF navy. You have
here in the harbor an American man
of-wa-. sent by The United States 10
protect Americans against injury from
ASiaIic labor brought here for the pu--
pose OF assisting them in making tat
dividends on their investments The
United States does this for Hawaii
mind you Now then. suppose 7 should
80 back 20 California. and in the re
port which I viii submit 20 Governor
Budd say that neither the Government
or the sugar men want white white Ia
Dor. Where do yOI think either the
reciprocity treaty or the annexation
cause would SrGnde IN - hours after
that report was made public. every Ia
Dor Organization in the United States
would meet and frame memorials 20
their representatives in Congress and
ask them 70 work against Hawaii on
any proposition
To ne this is the golden opportul-
iry for this Government 10 show that
Il Is willing 10 take The white labore-S
from the United States and populate
the Islands with them. Had I been
forced 70 report against this, there
would Be few representatives in Con-
gress who would dare vote treaty-ro
support Z community unwilling 10 aid
the Iaborers OF America
From the newspapers I gather that
q japanese man-of-var Is on the way
70 Hawaii. and that II brings & com
missioner TO investigate labor diff
Guilty. Hawaii Is on the verge OF inter
national diplomatic strife. and she
looks 20 the United States 10 help her
out Nov. then. The cause-cheap Asi-
attic labor. Do you think. for z no
men-. that the United States viii
stand forever between this country and
its difficulties with other Governments,
when Asizric labor Is the cause OF the
difficulty 7 think not Every one
knows that the greatest objection 70
annexation by people in the United
States is the vast numbers Of AsLaTCs
here. and until now there has been no
organized effort 10 replace them BY
white men The planters have said
that white men could not work in the
fields. and there has been no one 70
combat their statement who was in e
position 70 do so I came here entirely
unbiased and without 9 dollar Of ex-
pense 10 your Government I know the
class Of labor we have IN California
and I vas asked 70 see the labor done
by the japanese I have dOss this and
an convinced that there is no work or
the plantation that white men canno,
do better than Asiatics-
Z DO not intend sending men here
until the Department OF Labor Is start
ed. and this viii be done as soon as
can preuars & detailed statement OF eL
uense and character OF work 10 be dou'
b. the department This I viii do q
soon as reach San Francisco Tn
planters agreed yesterday that The 81
pense OF maintenance OF the depart
msut EiII Be assumed by them
You viii understand that the plant
ers are not going 70 confne themsslve
to white ue1 for Iaborers. That woul
Be TOO radical { change: II must b
done by degrees and while the expert
ment Is being tried the public nus
SUPPORT the planters They are n
ones 70 suffer II the attempt is Z fail
ure. and they are the ones who stan
10 make Z loss. II the plantation
which employ white labor as an eIpel
fusur. II the managers are willing I
risk their capital 70 show the Unite
States that they are willing 70 CIV
Americans g chance 70 make 3 lTiu
here. then surely those managers a
the ones 70 Be supported
4 feel that this Is the last chzn'
that vii Be offered II II fails neg
tiztious xiii never b opened again
The conditions under which VIII
men couId b engaged 20 work On L
uIartariors vas a matter for gTzT
consideration BY the plantation ne
vel as bT 1Lr. Fitzgerald The cue
rion Of wages was freely discussed 81
then the cooperative plan was 81
gested " J. LoErsy- manager OF E
plantation has been an advocate
cooperation for some tine. and sfr
carefully investigating The results. j
FITZGERALD decided that II was the be:
TO give g nan q piece Of land 81
let him work out his oEn salvation