The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-08-25
ITALIAN lAboReRS
Experience Of Queensland
Planter.
ccnsidefs the Sugar Industr, One Of the Bes,
for Italians 10 Eo.
gage IN.

TOT tNentN-tnree years IN lONnSNllle,
North Queensland. makes the follow
ing statements regarding Italian labor
ers. which are printed in the Queens
lander of July 30:
land of July 22:
in pursuance of my idea. went to
Italy, some eight or nine years ago.
and, securing the necessary license
from the Italian Government. brought
out $50 adults from the North of Italy.
where the most hardworking and in
dustrious classes are to be found.
These included a few Swiss. with
whom the natives of the North of Italy
are closely allied in language and Gus
toms. The whole party were alb
sorbed readily by the planters of the
Burdekin. Herbert River. and Bunda-
berg districts. After time a fair
number OF these leased land from the
planters and themselves started
growing sugar for the mills. a bust
ness in which they have succeeded
well. So well are these people salts
fed with their condition. that they
have In a number of cases, with the
assistance of the Government, brought
out their. friends and relatives, who.
falling into the grooves of their prede-
cessors, are also contented and pros
porous. The Government at present
have some forty nominations of suit
able colonists, who are to be assisted
out in due course. friends in Queens
land paying about one-nalf the cost"
The Italian emigration regulations
are, Mr.. Fraire declares, very strict
and emigration agents must not only
be citizens born in Italy, but must also
be of the very best character, and in
addition. must deposit a sum equal to
e2,000 in English coinage as evidence
of bona fides. The profit of the agents
is obtained from the bounties allowed
by the Agent General on each properly
qualified immigrant secured. Num-
bers of emigrants have thus been Sc
cured 10 North and South America,
where the Governments have allowed
bOunties, and there has also been an
allowance to the agents from the ship
ping companies.
The plan Mr.. Fraire has in view is
to first of all interview the planters
OF the North. and make arrangements
with them for the employment of
those whom he might bring out, or to
fix the conditions under which they
would be prepared to lease land TO the
new settlers, the terms under which
they would be prepared to buy the
cane. what advances might be expect
ed on standing crops, etc. Then he
would receive nominations of friends
and relatives from those already here.
and. proceeding to Italy, he would
place himself in communication with
the emigration agents there, and with
their assistance get in touch with
those villages where the best material
could be obtained. In order that there
might be no glut caused, Mr.. Fraire
would prefer to send these people out
I'm patches OF about twenty-five at reg
ular intervals, and on arrival they
could go straight into the positions
prepared for them. Those Italians who
have already come out in most cases
have first gone into the employ OF their
countrymen, but, having become ac-
auainted with the customs OF the cOun-
try, they soon find they can do better
by obtaining Queensland employers. II
the Government fall in with Mr..
Fraire's plans, he expresses confidence
that before a couple OF years are
passed they will find they will be able
to obtain ag1tcuiturists from this
source without assisting in paying
their passages. A feature about the
| Italian families who have already set
| tied here rs that the children are in
| clined TO entirely lose their national
| character, and, though the converse
| ton of tdeir parents causes them to
| acquire the Italian language, they DC
not care for IL, and prefer to use on
| all occasions the language which they
| find In common use around them. The
unknown land of their parents has nc
place in their regards, and thus In one
generation they become as entirely
Australian as those of British descent
Mr.. Fraire relates this with evident
regret. As an Italian who spent the
earliest years of his life in his own
land, he would prefer to see the ma
| tional language and character pre-
served, but a different view will be
taken by those whose interests are
Australian, and who must therefore
view with favor this asslmilatiye
characteristic. Italian immigration
Mr.. Fraire declares, has been most
| successful IN North and South Ameri'
CA and California. In these places the
immigrants have gone In mainly for
| agriculture, cuitlyating wheat, and
| fruits, such as grapes, etc, Mr., Frairf
looks upon the sugar industry az The
best for the Italians 10 enter into here
because Of the ready market provided
al the mills, ana because he considers
they have already proved their adapta'
billy for II, both as lessees and labor
ers for the planters, As a result OF d
circular which was published on th'
subject applications Tor further pHItir
ulars have been received from scran
Ton, Pennsylvania and also from va
rious parts of llaly Newspaper ana
deputies have ala0 written letters ID
| Acknowledgement Ia Mr. IIalTp. IhuI