The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-22

upon Sprecke!sTille plantation and
elsewhere: and under it the cane does
better and looks better than under the
present system. Tae price paid per
ton OF cane is Slt5 at the Eva planta-
ton. The men feake good wages and
produce good cane, This is one of the
solutions of our new conditions. He
had very grave doubts about negro la
| Dor: had read The reports Of negro
outrages IN the Soath and-his doubts
were very grave [Applause.1 lie
spoke faYorably ~ the Italian lah0rers
| in the South
Manager Gliding said he did not think
we had much choice Negroes were es-
pecially good hoeTs. and in the cotton
fields were sought after more than
Italians and commended better wages.
| IN small communities the negroes gave
little or no trouble. He cited cases in
illustration b0tt from North and
South. The negroes in the South stand
n much the same relation as to num-
bers as do the Japs in Hawaii He
feared trouble if we are forced to i'm
port more Japs. He said Mr. Horner
was right about the Japs attacking
those who set a rapid pace in work
and cited case where the Japs had
combined to kill a leader; he believed
that when things had come to this con-
dition it was time TO look for new
class of labor
Judge Hart said he believed the
trouble would occur with any nation
ality. He did not believe the system
OF setting the pace would be successful.
He quoted Senator Morgan, who was
acquainted with conditions here. and
tx-b -ni Il u NE
the negroes" 1t had been suggested
by local paper that negroes be
brought to the Islands and that d part
Of their expenses would be raised in
the United States. This was true; he
believed the people there who knew
them would be glad TO pay TO get them
out Of the country. He asked those
faVOring negro labor to study recent
article by Senator Morgan printed in
the North American Review; that, he
thought, would settle that question for
ever.
DR.. Maxwell said that a year ago he
had submitted a series of questions to
Editor Dimond of the Louisiana Plant
er. In reply he was informed that of
laborers in the South the Italians were
the best and demanded highest prices;
negroes cannot keep up with them and
besides the Italians give no trouble.
The best negroes will not leave. 1t is
only the riff-raff Of New Orleans and
other cities that are taken; the planta-
ton negroes refuse to leave the cOun-
try. The Doctor held that labor must
be considered from two standpoints.
First, from the plantation standpoint,
and, secondly, frCln the standpoint of
policy. 1t is most. desirable to secure
laborers who will become citizens. 1t
is an absolute necessity that the United
States Government be made to under
stand that we are doing this This ap-
plies especially to the small planters.
The same principle is largely applied
in Europe. What is wanted here is to
plant men who will become citizens
and an integral part Of the country.
[Applause.l
MIR. Morrison asked why our present
labor is not satisfactory? We now
have nearly enough to fill our wants.
Let us arrange it SO we can keep what
We have. The fact that we lose labor
ers is probably our own fault We
should be satisfied with present condi-
tons.
Mr.. Baldwin said the trustees for the
past year had made great efforts to OBJ
tain European labor, but had failed.
EndeaVors had been made to get
Americans under the cooperative sys-
TEN, but shis had failed for the pres
ent, owing to the fact that the good
times on the Mainland had raised
wages. We should now adopt some
plan TO keep what We have, as there
viii be no more contracts He be
lieyed strongly in adopting co-Opera-
ton.
Mr.. Morrison said the Japs prefer to
live in small dwellings,, while the Chi
nese prefer TO herd together in large
buildings. His plantation is putting
up small houses. He thought the
should be made more at
tractiVe.
Manager Crop thought labor was
being drained rapidly; it was going TO
Australia and elsewhere, especially
were the Portuguese going to the
United States and coming into Homo
lulu.
President Cooke said he was some
what discouraged about Italians, when
Mr. P. Isenberg writes from Bremen
that Germany is draining all the |
Of Europe for laborers for |
the beet sugar industry. He spoke |
Of making the plantations more at |
tractive and believed that such hospi- |
tails as they had lately erected at Lihue |
should be initiated
Manager Gliding said the improve |
ments in 1aborers' quarters were now |
becoming more general throughout the |
Islands.
On motion the recommendation Of |
the labor report for a committee of |
three to report on labor was referred to |
the trustees for action.
At u o'clock the association adj |
iourned subject to Il call of the trus-
tees.