The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-10-26
Money and Labor For
Plantations.
O|LLINCHAM'S SUCCESS
OIaa and Puma Have all the Capital
Necessary Transportation
Facilities.
Especial Correspondence.)


! SAN FRANCISCO. oct. Il, l9OO.--The
completion OF plans, which have occu-
pied the attention and best efforts of
Il. +. Dillingham; since mis- arrival here
in June last mean much for the devel-
upment of his Hawaiian property and
practically mark the entry of new fac
tors in the Honolulu trade. MIR. Dill
lingham has succeeded In interesting
more than million of dollars in his
, properties on the Island of Hawaii, and
when he returns, which he expects to
do in the Pekin, he will begin even
more actively the prosecution of work
on the Olaa and Puma plantations. The
bonds of the former have been taken,
not by syndicate of capitalists, so
much as by a number of individuals
who see great future for the planta-
ton, and this fact, alone, marks de-
cided step in advance which means
much for the sugar interests.
One of the most prominent men who
have taken interests in Hawaiian
shares and bonds, Is Mr.. Henry f. AL
len, the shipping and commission mer-
chant of this city. Mr.. Allen not only
subscribed to the issue of Olaa bonds,
but has signifed his intention of in
creasing his holdings in Island invest
ments, which. by the way, are now con-
siderable. Mr.. Allen is one of the orig
inal stockholders of the First National
Bank of Hawaii and has studied the
sugar situation very thoroughly. His
connection here, as one of the Direc-
tors of the Nevada Bank, and with 9TH
er fiscal Institutions, make him an eN-
ceedingly valuable man for the Islands
and it is expected that through him
there will be n considerable amount of
money invested in the new plantations
While there Is nothing definite known
of the matter, 1t is understood that
when the b. F. Dillingham; Company,
Limited becomes the agents for the
Olaa and Puma plantations the local
house of Allen may be the representa-
tves here and that new shipping lines
will follow, relieving the pressure on
the transportation facilities. Mr.. Dill
bingham expects that the work on the
Olaa Railroad will be pushed very
rapidly from this time, and that when
the mill is ready the first grinding will
show that remarkable steps have been
made in the development of the Ha-
waiian plantat ons. In fact, 1t is now
thought that the ultimate output of
these two plantations, with improved
method may reach above $4,000 tons
annually. or more than one-third of the
old output OF the Islands.
THE LABOR QUESTION.
The labor question, which has given
so much thought to the planters. seems
to be in more than fair way of set
tlement. Before the erd of this month
the first shipment of Italians, about 100
families is expected. And after this
there will be a constant shipping of this
class of labor. From the agents in the
black belt reports are also very encour-
aging, though the Hawoi'ans hero r"-
fuse 70 talk of the matter, as they
deem discussing now premature. From
ether s0urces, however 1t Is learned
that the men who have been recruiting
n that part of the United States are
confident that they Will have several
hundred men ready 70 ship within 60
days II transportation arrangements
ere made. They say as well, that there
Is no limit to the amount of labor that
may be Cbtained from the South. 1t is
understood that the negroes who have
been approached so far are very favor
able to the plan of making new homes
In the Islands and that the best class
Of negroes are in the ranch of the Colo
nists.
All of these plans for labor supply.
however, are insignificant I'm compare
son with the one already much discuss
ed and from which so many unfavor-
able reports have been made, that of
bringing to the West the destitute of
Porto Rico. While the admin stration
has heretofore refused to grant permis-
sion for the planters to assist this class
of emigrants, the stories of suffering
for lack OF food and the number of re-
lief plans now in operation in the East
are said to have the effect of producing
the feeling at washington that any
plan which will offer homes and re-
munerative employment to the Porto
Rlcans should be encouraged. There is
no probability that anything viii be
done before the election, but in the
event of the success of the Republicans,
and no one seems to really doubt that
this will be the outcome, permission
will he granted for the taking of any
number of men from Porto Rico to Ha-
wall. From this source alone, accord
Ing TO the present Information here.
sufficient men win be drawn to iii the
Faps made by Japanese desertlon on the
plantations, even should that detection
make necessary the immigration Of TO-
900 working men. You know all about
the Porto Rlcan from previous reports
and every thing published In the Unit
ed states recently indicates that he IL
a capable worker and htted hy expe-
rience U M the places ~ the Oriental.
: TERRITORIAL MILITIA. "a.
AdInthrt denerar John II. sqper, who
has been spending ,bla Vacatisn Ia the
North aFAi here, " eas~l " awaiting In
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