The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-01-18
BLOWING HOT AND COLD.


is the good government following do
ing ANYTHING to increase the number OF
educated, thoughtful farmers or are re-
cent importations OF "A CIass whose IRAN
chise can be bought? are the mercan-
tile or commercial OrSdn.2auons uulhs
anything to induce citizens ot the MAIN
land TO come To laNs.u ~ try tneiI lor-
tunes with no other caintaI man hohts-
ty and readiness 10 MoIki 1hey are not
and they make ho dtnIaI II 1t. 4 he young
clerk, the mechanic, tne american ialhl-
err is told without CcdsInE that the mar
ket is crowded ana openings few.
The Bulletin in a special issue, has
lately assumed the duly of replying TO
the letters received by the Chamber
OF Commerce from mainland farmers,
mechanics and others, and we invite
the public, herewith, to note it's man
ner of encouraging them:
f.. A. KENNEDY, Danielson, Conn.,
asks: l. What are the prospects for
young men having common school ed
ucation, and some knowledge OF farming
and bookkeeping, of making livelihood
or the Islands? q Could Il young man,
without financial backing or friends, sue
coed in any of the outdoor industries bet
ter than at home in the StatesE s.
Would he have a better chance with
limited capital of, say, $500? Ans. /. one
would need to be a thorough farmer,
with capacity of adapting his experience
to different soils and climates from those
to which he has been used, and withal
have capital of thousands to succeed in
the Hawaiian Islands. The supply OF
bookkeepers far exceeds the demand,
and the local schools are constantly add
ing thereto. 2. No, except by force OF
uncommon talent, pluck and staying
powers 3. A capital of $500, unless 1t
were strictly surplus in a young mans
resources would be of no use in Hawaii.
Then IT could be invested in Hawaiian
securities almost Us well in San Fran
cisco as in Honolulu.
II 1.-The young clerk, the mechanic,
the American farmer are told without
ceasing that the market is crowded
and openings few" then the Bulletin
is doing most of the telling. No one
else has the job. That journal demands
to know what is doing to increase the
number of educated, thoughtful farm
ers" and then proceeds to scare Them
away by talking about the need OF
having capital of thousands" to sue
coed Cat farming) in the Hawaiian Is
lands-a proposition which Will make
the members of the Wahiawa colony
and some hundreds of industrious Por-
tuguese smile. In the teeth of that the
Bulletin goes on to inquire II the mer-
camille and commercial organizations
are doing anything (more shame to
them) to induce citizens of the main
land to come to Hawaii Ito try their
fortunes with no other capital than
honesty and readiness to work. That
is to say, while nobody can do any
thing here without thousands this
reckless and purblind government Is
neglecting to invite people here who
have no capital but their good inten-
tions. THE young clerk. the mechanic,
the American" are not encouraged to
come even where the individual has
$500. The Bulletin stops in the foam of
it's Indignation over the narrow minded
policy of Government to tell this would
be investor that If he wants to buy Ha-
waiian securities with his $500 he might
as we'll save himself the trouble of COM
ing here and make the deal in San
Francisco.
The Bulletin is keen for the white la
borer and farmer on its editorial page
but in its column of advice it discour-
ages their coming while abusing the
Government for its alleged policy of
keeping them away. Observe this help
ing hand paragraph:
GEO. Ii. HAMMOND, Cedar Rapids,
Nebraska-The feasibility of obtaining
American or white labor to perform ag-
ricultural work on the sugar plantations
is a question that has been much dis
Cussed from time out of mind. 1t must
still be put down as debatable ques-
ton. Asatics. Portuguese ana Hawaii
ans have in the past formed the bulk OF
such labor, Although the climate Is mild
er than in almost any of the fields in the
States in summer, yet there is a pecu-
liarity to il which few white laborers
have been found to enjoy long, Germans
have worked for years on plantations
owned by their countrymen, yet the ten
dency of these and other whites has al
ways been to seek other employment as
soon as possible. Since Chinese immigra-
ton is prohibited under annexation, Jap
anese immigration checked by the home
government, and contracts to labor abol-
lshed by the Act of Congress, the agri-
cultural labor question Is in a transition
stage. White men who are capable get
jobs as oNerseers, engineers, carpenters,
blacksmths, etc, ON the plantations but
there is no great demand for such as in
the case of common labor The plaUta-
ton carpenter work Is OF a cheap class,
md Portuguese and Asiatlcs satisfy the
planters Agricultural laborers receive
from SIS 10 81 a month or whereabouts,
with free house, medical attendance, fuel
aud water, Schemes of planting on
shares, proft-sharlng with laborers etc,
are in some vogue perhaps increasing
and something OF the kind must probably
be an essential 80 far as white labor Is
concerned II 1t ever succeeds, In Homo,
lulu there is much building going on, vel
many carpenters are looking for work
thorough mechanic, however WhC
brings enough money 10 bide "A Chanc,
VIII, once he gets employment be ousih
able 10 hold H. Wages OF mechanics
range, say. from $50 10 g. day. Llyin,
and house rent arc higher here than h
Mainland cities,
For a paper which dsnounees this
Government for not opening a white
mans immigration bureau the Rulle'
tIp sets an example which Is caloulat-
I'd 20 make the ofielal blood run cold
Fancy how quickly that paper would
demand the removal Of the whole Terri
torial elYll HIST II Ar. Dole and his adj
klaers should send out such statements