The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-01-11
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JnelT employer until Jne contract
has expired The laborer OF Homo
lulu gets 30 cents day and boards
himself out OF it. Besides the 10000
natives there are $4,000 more of the
most undesirable people in the
world aud about the most discourage
ing material to make a republic Of
Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Poly
nesians, and unclassfied hord.s
from the great Micronesian Ocean
to the west, unable to read or write,
and with little regard either for
their own liberty or tho liberty OF
others.
TBE COMMISSIONER OF THE UNITED sTATDs
sent out to investigate the causes of
the so called revolution says:
"The Portuguese who inhahit the
islands amount to 1902. They have
been brought here from time to time
from the Madeira and Cape Verde
Islands by the Hawaiian Govern
ment as laborers on plantations just
as has been done ia relation to Chi
nese, Japanese, Polynesian, etc. They
are the most ignorant OF all import
ed laborers, and reported to be very
thievish. They are MOI pure Euro
peans, but commingling of many
races, especially the negro. They
intermarry with the natives and be-
long to the laboring classes. Very
few OF them can read and write.
Their children are being taught in
public schools, as all races are 1t
is wrong to class them as Europe ans.
"The character of the people OF
these islands is aud must be over
whelmiugly Asiatic. Let it not be
imagined that the Chinese, japanese,
and Portuguese disappear at the
end Of their contract term. From
the report OF the inspector in chief
OF japanese immigrants on March
81, 1893, it appears that twenty
"l'ts" of Japanese immigrants have
been brought here by the Hawaiian
Government, numbering 21,l10 OF
these 25l7 have returned to Japan:
1892, having worked out their con-
tract term, remain, and 1926 are
still working out their contract term.
More than rs percent may be said
to locate here permanently.
"There ara 1867 Cinnamon en-.
gagged in various occupations, to
wit: 8,763 laborers, 1,479 farmers,
1873 fishermen, "a drivers and teams
ters, 564 mechanics, AZ planters and
ranchers, 776 merchants and traders,
l64 clerks aud statesmen, IL profes
sional men aud teachers, aud l,050
in various other occupations.
"The number of merchants and
traders in tho entire country is 1928.
OF this humber no are Cinnamon
and 81 are Americans. The largest
part of the retail trade seems to be
conducted by Cinnamon.
"Ihe Portuguese population in
1884 amounted to 1877 and in 1890
to 8,602-a loss OF 775. These have
been leaving in considerable num-
bers for the past eighteen months,
making their way generally to the
United States. In 1890 the males
we're classified as to occupation
thus: Laborers, 1858; farmers, 1876;
fishermen, 3; mariners, 10; drives
and teamsters, 63; mechanics, 1877;
planters and ranchers, II; merchants
and traders, Sc; clerks and statesmen,
10; professional men and achers,
IL; other occupations, 1913; total,
1896 On the cane plantations there
are of male Portuguese, 277 under
contract and 1861 day laborers.
"Of the population in 1892, 20 536
were lahorers on sugar-cane planta-
tions, 1928 being Portuguese, Japa-
nese aud Chinese. or the whole
number 1881 are contract laborers,
The remainder are designated as
day laborers. The total number Of
laborers in the islands by the census
OF 1890 was % 1866.
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