The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-11-24


service through which contract lstof-
ers have woiAcd 40 % taf. y -
STATE. Only. al .aboreie lndeleIdent
of natlonal.ty mus. tuns he 40 Ia re-
au remonts NJ he sys en-, ana hynes
/, siand by the conditions Of he agree
mems. This has Becn fai,hiu.iy done
by the small y snlers genera y; ana
probably for the reason lhil hey are
FULLY aware thai Du. for the i.beril
rond lions offered by the p.an.adons
Tho system could no. have cone IN %
existence. ID - not for one moment
Gained. however. thas he pan asioas
have been moved m this ma.t,r a, any
, than business considerations; never
| .he.ess. the results TO the snail aat-
eis have been Just as benehoen, ms
1 .hough he under ak ngs nad proceed
ed from motives OF ph.ianthrJphy.
| In the opinion Of the wr. err, there
are advantages ffarirg to white labor
ers. along the lines Sc. f)rtl, such as
| do not obtain In der coun.r.es. HIS
familiarity with the state Of labor IN
| England. in European countries, and
m the middle weste,n and southern
States OF America causes him % be-
lleve that The farm laborers In those
cd countries. and in Nebraska, ald
| ihe States OF the Soul have not sub
chances to reach an Independent. pod-
ion, and 10 av NJ money. aJe AZ
this time Icing USED anu enjoyed ~ men
wac were nrs' e.nsras. 40 rers' men
free laborers, ana now re.atVeiy ihde-
pendent painters.
| NOTE:-ln afhrming utie 10 SPEAK
upon the labor conditions OF TINS coun-
.ry, the writer mere y adds tnat n,s
position has competed MN 10 pecome
familiar with the anairs OF tne plan
atoms. all OF whlch ne Visi,s an"""'
WALTER MAXWELL
Special Agent for Hawaii Of the U. 8.
Department OF Agriculture.
/
On motion OF Mr.. baidwin the iapoi
.epoit ana Or. MdA~-ns statenie".
re,e accepted ahu oiuefed puv,,sneu'
IN caiiins Ior d,scuse,on riesiuen.
oUoke ASKED tnat the nen"ers consul
~ the sussesuon OIL the report ash'ne
mat a committee OF tniee he appOihte"
~ report iurther on 1aDor.
IN speaking oI labor, Mr. j. NJ. Hor
ner SAID that as the United states. Was
expanding he thought perhaps pianta-
non laborers might be secured IRON
Manila; he did not thlnk the uhite"
states would object. lhele were tel
millions OF people In Manila 10 draw
rom. In considering the laDor ques
Lon there were TWO points 10 DE
looked after. FIST, 10 get IaDorsrs
from the outside, ana, second, 10 gel
more help out OF the laDorefs we al
ready have. he also spoke OF the
plan OF managing labor IN the umiteo
states, where they had no lunas. Thefe
leaders were appointed to set the pace
) Here the Chinese and Japs combine to
take certain speed whicn is always
: made equal TO the slowest man In !
gang, and none are allowed to wori
D faster. The leader system would az
away with this abuse ana increase I'M
J, help. The leader could not use suci
large bodies OF men, ana IL would tax
more leaders; but In cutting ana strip
ping the leaders could De successiuli!
used. he told OF days experience
where he mad taken the place OF luna
where the work was done In one-hal
me usual time ana at moderate rate
we also toid MS experience years az
N planting TWO hundred acres OF can
:, Oh Maui.
h Mr.. Baldwin said that In regard Il
" profit-sharing he did not think II wOul,
work. The laborers here were not a
present sufficiently intelligent. In hi
opinion the average labOrer now use,
q would be very suspicious Of the system
; and would think they were beinI
n cheated. But he thought the system
O could be carried out by paying per
|, centage on each ton of cane. He ia
d v0red this plan where II gould be car
!. ried on. Here the question of the lac
d Of water, until pumping plants wer
,e more generally established, would
4 ! drawback; but that would soon pass
d The system Is now practically IN us
m upon Spreckelsville plantation an
!; elsewhere; and under II the cane doe
l. better and looks better than under tn
= present system. The price paid pc
&c ION oi cane Is Sl'lo az the EVA planta
tioh; me men make good wages AM
x produce soou cane inns Is one OF IN
IS soi'.ions ol our new conditions. ~
nau very sra'e ooupts ABOUT negro Ia
oo., nau reaa .he reports or hegr'