The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-14
LUNA'S ARE HAVING HA2DER
WORK NOW.
Japs Who Work do Mucn Less in a
-. Gjven Time Than Under The Old
System.

The labor situation has developed
another difficulty in addition to the
many strikes in which the Japanese in
dulge now that they are free" 1t is
found that the men who do work ac-
complish far less than they did in the
days when a court of law held them
down to one plantation, and there is no
way of making them keep at it, except
the slow method of teaching them that
in the end the situation will make it
necessary for them to do so in order to
make a living.
The life of plantation luna is diff
ferent now to what it was before June
IA. In the old days the luna in charge
of a lot of men could stir up the loaf
ers much more effectively than now.
Then the Jap thought the luna had
rights, in some cases even to use per-
Sonal violence, on a man who showed
a disposition to loaf. Now the Jap
chooses his own pace, and luna's ad-
monitions are ineffective. 1.-THE Japs
only do about half as much work each
as they used to in a given time" said
a plantation man who is visiting Ho-
nolulu "and they can't be driven any
faster"
Before the riot of last week Papaaloa
had followed the example that was so
successful on Kauai of ordering the
men to work or leave the plantation S
lodgings, which are owned by the plan
tatisn and kept for it's workmen, and
this policy is being generally adopted.
Another plan is that of refusing all APP
plicants for work who cannot show
good credentials from their last en-
ployers. "The Japs will learn in the
end" said a well known luna, that
they must be good men to hold their
jobs, and then we shall have an end of
the present era of being lazy and In
dependent"
Active work by the Honolulu police
department and success in the cam
paign against the prOcurers, are re-
garded as having a bearing on the plan
tation troubles, as the idea of coming to
Honolulu from the plantations will not
be so popular among Japs when the Inn
preston is spread about that there are
plenty of officers to watch those who
come here. The Kinau and Claudine
this week brough 200 deck passengers
mostly Japs. They want soft jobs in
Honolulu. The prediction has been
made that there will be a big increase
in the procuring business if the arrivals
keep up and the procurers are not driv-
en- from their trade.
KAPAA, Kauai August 11.-Since the
abrogation of the labor contracts by the
territorial act, a very large number oi
Japanese have ceased to be plantation
laborers. Free from the obligation to
labor on the plantation they have
sought other menas of livelihood. A
very large number have built or rented
small buildings and opened stores
These are to be found everywhere or
the island. A great many of them are
doubtless merely blinds for gambling
places and Illicit saloons, but a great
many of them are really stores. The
proprietors have sought that means o.
making a living.
A great many other Japanese who
Tod 1,n r,1n tot ion la w
sought other means of making living
Some have become mechanics of variOu:
kinds. Some have become hack drivers
Every avOcation at which a living car
be made has received recruits from thu
plantation labOrers who up to June IA
were bound to service on the planta
tiOnS.
There is no trouble on any of the
plantations just at the present time
but it is thought there will be more o.
less from time to time, though no gen
eral or serious strike is anticipated 1
a Jap doesn't want to work. he wont.