The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-22
As in Operation on The KGla So
gar COHDaly'S Plantation.
NO CONTRACT LABOR EMPLOYED
Some Three Hundred Men work
ing Under 80 Separate Agree
nsnts 10 Furnish Cane.

That 10 Is possible 60 run a sugar
plantation successfully and ~cunom-
icllly without employing contract Ia
bor u being demonstrated on tn" lands
% the Kona Sugar Company on the Ice
ward side of HaWasi. Here all the cane
cultivation Is being done by huis or
partnerships of men under agreements
with the company. No contract IA
bor is employed anywhere about the
place. and very few men are even work
Ing for wages. Everybody Who Is rats-
ing sugar cane for the plantation is
working for himself and will share in
the profits 81 his work.
In order to obtain som. definite in
formation from headquarters about
the system pursued on this plantation.
q representative uf this paper called q;
the Office ~ NJ. ". McChcsucy 4 Suns.
the agents us the plantation la this
city. where the following particulars
were obtained
Yes. q is true Wc have NO contract
labor 81 any kind on the Kpaa Sugar
y
McCh~sury. In fact. the company
employs very few men ta any capacity
1utsid. uf the mill. We rely entirely
ON renting our lands ON a urosit-shar-
ing system. That T.. We furnish the
land. IN. sccd cane. th" use of pipWs
and teams and implements needed as
the work PROGRESSES: We also make
necessary advances % provisions and
50 on to- last until the cane can be-
delivered at the mill. We thea make
and sell the sugar and divide the pro
! fits. uf C1urS~ drductiuE the amounts
advanced while the crop has been
growing. with interest. On some o'
/ cur agreements .maslc as long as tao
years ago Nc charged = and > per cent
| interest ol advances. but ON those re-
Gently made We only Ee; per cent"
How many of these agreements
have YOU in force 1t the present time
Il have about thirty in this bundle.
representing about 1890 acres of land.
We have more tn process OF cols>m-
nation but they have not becn sent
down to us from the plantation. 50 ]
do not include them. Take them and
examine them or copy any one 90 them
II you wish
One was selected ~ random by the
writer. from which the following t. ro-
pied verbatim:
That the said parties hav. agreed
and do agree by these presents a. fol
lows: The said parties OF the second
part will plant and properly cultivate
under and by the advice OF said party
of the first part. commencing within
ten DAYS from date. all that portion oi
lant> situated in Kahului .. aforesaid
mauka OF the upper government road.
and under the control of said party of
the first part. with suEaT-can.. said
parcel being part OF a tract controlled
/ by said party of the first part. ten acres
of which. as above described. shall D.
planted this year. They shall also
plant and cultivate as aforesaid ten
acres or more of sugar can. in every
succeeding year from date uf this
agreement for a term 90 FIVE years. and
will finish such planting not later than
the first day OF October in every year.
and also will cut such cane when rip
and ready for grinding and ordered a.
he cut by said party of the first part,
and will deliver the same into fumes
rs may be directed by said party % tn.
;irst part. and all such work and labor
shall be done faithfully at their own
cost and expense: and In case of ne
gleCt or nonfulhliment uf any condi-
tiun herein set forth by said parties of
the second part then the said party of
tho first part shall have the right and
/ privilege to take possession of all such
cane and lands and work the same ~
I if it was belonging TO him. and give