The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-03
MEN ON SHIPS.
Captain Cutler of the
KIikitat.
Methods Of Boarding House Keepers
Should be Stopped--0riginator
of Sailors Club Here.

Captain Cutler Of the barkentine
Klikitat. now in the harbor waiting
FOR a chance to discharge a cargo uf
lumber. believes that summary meas
ures should be taken to discourage the .
work OF INSCRIPTIONS masters Of sail
ors' clearinghouse He has had con- 4
siderable experience with many OF The .
worst men OF this class IN different F.
parts Of the world, and has nothing
/ good TO say Of the methods often used T.
10 provide a ship with men on short
notice.
at is terrible. terrible" said Capt.
Cutler yesterday, this nefarious work
ii UnpincIpIed clearinghouse mas
ters. / understand that some of it is
going on IN this port. 1 can understand
now difficult it might be TO prevent
much of the shanghai business in New
York and San Francisco and other
great ports, but here in this little place
, little, compared with the ports /
have menuoned-I think short shrift
, can be given to undetermined work in
furnishing ships with men against
their wishes. have known many sail
ors to be taken from q vessel just ar
J rived, and, after drugging, to be put
aboard an outward-bound ship before
they knew what was done Not only
that. but some men have been shang-
haied who had never even seen salt
water; it was anything with the
clearinghouse men to get the men
and the advance.
This advance proposition Is being
done away with in San Francisco and
Seattle and other ports, and well IL
/ a Ha In, nlo ne
paying for unperformed work of sail
ors is being adopted. That requires
that all sailors shall sign the articles
before the proper Consul, stating their
names and other facts, including tn
fact of whether they sign of their own
accord, and that they understand what
they are doing. Why cannot that plan
be followed here, as we'll? The mean
work of some of the boarding house
men is deserving of the most severe
censure. There should be none OF that
kind of business in this port.
Il think a law should be passed COW
ering the matter. and that officers
should take a hand 10 see that its pro-
visions are carried ont. The business
} can be broken up. So why should it
, be permitted TO continue? There are
, captains in this port now who have
, had experience with clearinghouse
masters, and in many instances the eN-
Derience was not entirely satisfactory.
have known men to be put aboard
vessels with chests which upon being
opened. were found to contain the most
~fdiculnus things. such as old WORKOUT
3 shoes. cOrsets and any old thing that
s went TO make up n full bag. So the
: sailor or landsman to whom II be-
lonEed was started on long voyage
with TO clothing and was compelled 10
make the most Of the bad situation.
: For all of which the low-lived board
ing-house keeper received the advance
= which the poor sailor had TO pay. Let
the Honolulu officials be on the alert
, and prevent anything OF this kind
!, here"
s Cant. Cutter is well known in this
3 city. where he is given credit for orig
3 ipatir@ the Sailors Cluh some years
S ago. and which is still hourishing
though the quarantine law has for the
s. time being rather nrieted matters. The
& Captain yesterday admitted that hi
. had made some suggestions which
NAV have led to the formation Of th'
3 club. but did not suppose at the tim'
: that they would be acted upon. Tht
= suggestions were 10 the effect tha
~ sailors SnOul0 Bc DIONlutu WIN Il Hdli
where music. reading and light re
, freshments. but no liquors. might ID
provided. and which should be unde
= no religious direction. though repre
3 sentatives OF the different denomina
. tons would be welcome If they chos
Is 10 go there and sing. or TO make tn
8 acuuaintance OF the sailors. Capt
8 Cutler did not know until he returned
3 from a voyage some time later that hi
~ ideas had been acted upon, and tina
the CLUB had turned out to be an un
= qualified success.
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