The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-08-15
WORDS OF WISDOM
Flow From the Lips Of a Stock
Broker Occasionally.
so U1ION OF LABOR QUESTION
Edward POLITE Says It Consists in
Employing and Making Homes
for White LaborerS.


morning from a trip to Maui, whittier
he went last Tuesday. His chief OBJ
jective point was Spreckelsville. but
he also found time to look over several
of the adjoining plantations.
1T was my first view of the estate
of the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar
Company and | was amazed" he said
1T may seem strange that l have
never been there before. But when L
visited Honolulu just prior to the time
when we gained control of the stock,
l did not desire to go, as it would have
been the cause of too many questions
being asked me. On my recent trips l
have been too busy
They have completed the grinding
for this year and the output is fully
up to the estimate. which was 1900
tons
Manager LOwrie is most compe-
tent man. He combines rare eXecu-
tive ability with a thorough knowledge
of everything connected with the plan
tation. The work of planting $500 ad-
ditiOnal acres is to begin at once. Why,
there is no reason why Spreckelsville
should not prove the wonder of the
world. We rode for miles on a straight
stretch over the best soil that ever pro-
duced a grain of sweetness. With the
new planting the estimate of Mr.. Low
RE that in the year 1901 a crop of over
$4,000 tons will be taken off seems sure
to be realized.
The water supply is unfailing. In
addition to the five continuously flow
ing wells, 23,000,O00 gallons are daily
received from the Waihee ditch, which
is leased to Spreckelsville. Manager
LOWrie has taken the first steps to-
ward changing the general pumping 6
plan SO that instead of forcing the wa
ter up three or four hundred feet and
then allowing it to flow down, it will
be pumped into large reservoir at an
elevation of $50 or 200 feet. From this
the area below will be irrigated, and
! what is needed for the higher levels
will be pumped up. This will result
in great saving of power.
The labor question is a matter that
needs attention. So many plantations
have been thrown open lately that la
Dor is scarce. 1t also tends to promote
a shifting, rowing spirit among the Ia
borers. My ideal scheme would be to
have white labOrerS-that is, POrtu-
guese and Italians-and give them per-
manent homes. A certain amount of
land could easily be given to each so
that they could live comfortably and
remain there White labor is the So
luton of the problem.
''All the plantations in that vicinity
are in wonderfully good condition.
Waikiki, Paia, Pioneer Mill are pros
pering as never before.
''Kihei is also good. | did not make
an extended visit there, but there is no
reason why Kihei should not become
as good as the best.
Yes. there has been considerable
dealing in McBryde lately. We have
had orders to fill in this stock and |
have done little buying since | have
been here. There are many rumors
afiOat as to what | am here for. Why
they are started | do not know unless
it is because a broker wants to make
a market in some particular stock and
then starts the rumor.
The sugar securities are all holding
firm in San Francisco, despite sensa-
tional reports. The Examiners vOlca-
no story, telling of great loss of life
and the destruction of Hilo and many
plantations, caused a slight decline. To
satisfy the stockholders that there was
nothing in it, our firm published no
tice in the Chronicle giving the exact
distances of the various plantations
listed there from the volcano.
Recent utterances in the same pa
per regarding the treatment of labor
here carry no weight. The narrowing
tales of cruelty We're ridiculous
The notice sent from here that the