The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-21
ARE TREATED WELL AND SEEM
SATISFIED.
Pioneer Mil Exerting Every Effort for
Their Comfort--Are Good Workers
Say the Lunas


LAHAINA, Maui, January Z0-After
three on -four days of the most careful
investigation i have reached the uu-
alteraDle opinion thar the Porto Eilaus
in the employ " Pioneer MfI az la
haina have no earthly cause f0r COM
piaint as 90 their treatment OK their
future outlook. 4 know something of
the Porto kican in his own c0gufrt Sac
has not had smooth sailing since the
storm Of two years ago. and lu u large
measure his diet has been beans and
bananas. At Lahalua be- has "a house
very neat quarterly. good clothing
advanced Dy the Dlanlatl0uJ. credit al
the store, the best Of food. medical at
tentlOn free Of charge free schooling
FOR his children and the most kindly
treatment have ever witnessed lu mv
life anywhere in the world. During
the whole time j watched the Porto
kicsns at work ln the cane fields. Iay-
ing a railway track, and in their quar-
Lef6 ] never heard one luklu1 word
said 10 them BY any luna Or any other
person ln the employ " the plantation
company.
The luna over the principal gang NJ
Porto klcans Dr. "a POrtugue8e III uu-
derstandg Spanish and converse with
the labOrers without trouble IL ~ q
they al like him j was told this VI
the Porto klcaus themselyee. Ee never
drives and never scoldE. The luna also
likes his men. lie told noe tlat the
Porto klcapE were good Horkere. They
had been fooled, however. Dy the Tx
aulner and delegalee NJ tDat paper lu
California and had come ~ tbe lslauos
with the belief that they NODi1 not ilke
the country. Gradually they were 1uo-
ing 'out hOW cruelty they bad been ce-
ceIFed VI the Examiner. and that n
had really been = GDl-seuG tnaL tnet
could reach Hawaii and the adgantagss
vi their present condition. -WlthiD =
month, when they haYe become thor
Ougbly acquainted WIN their neH
homes am sure they VII D. wholly
satisfied"
was not much lmpressed a1td tae
general makeup ~ tbe POrtD hlcarE.
They have the working quailues ~ tbe
negro but some VI the cunning VI the
SDanlaro. Nor one NJ them, ~ far
~ could find out could spell bls own
name and few of them knew tbe name
Of the plantation they were working
for This, however, dDeE not unfit them
~ labofers, though they yiu make very
poor voters. There ls = vide llscre-
Dancy between the Intelligent mango
Hent and thorough system VI the plan
tatiOD On the one hand the dumb in
tellect VI the Porto Ejoans ~ t1e
other.
one complaint that came " ne vas
~ the effect that the labOrers Wer. be-
ing OVercbarged ~ the plantation store.
charged y cents for an article tnal he
could buy down tOWn for ten ceuts. 4
found this 70 b. wholly untrue. ~ Bas
. transaction ln which clerk had UIace
an error, but N Was detected = few
minutes after and corrected. The porto
Rican knew that, but failed ~ lell ne
all As q matter VI facf the PortO
F.t.fs ssf.fT sH gr. III
haina store cheaper than they can buy
anywhere in thar town Or even ln ED-
nOlulu. 30 attempt - . profit ls made.
Goods are sold for actual cat and eE-
peuses. Rice 81 being retalled ~ the
labOFers az FIVE cents q pound, N y be-
lnR sOld in Honolulu nov for s515. AE
Olsen, the store manager y kino ln inc
extreme ~ the laborers. The fact ls 4
think be is rather TOO cOnsilerate, ne
Kind treatment EeeWlng ~ DaYe nle
effect Of making the Porto Ricans feei
that they are Ulllionalres or vel on
the way ~ that happy estate. ghey
buy many articles that they could well
get along without Having credit ~
somethlnE entirely new ~ tlem ana
with n they aEe like 2 child 5Yltb p Degy
toy. Mr. Olsen personally suDerylseF
the business Win The labOrere, seeing
tbat their prices are kept down ~ bed
rock, keeping their accountE and listen-
ing ~ and str9ighteniDg OUT their trpD-
bles
50 much for the Porto RloaDa. 10
general the plantation ~ Lahaina u
q model From the wharf ~ Kaana-
pail, ~ The workers among The rocks
on the bill above, around The new reger-
yOir through the mill and On the estate
down ~ Labaina everything runs with
the precision of clock machinery The
greatest credit b due to Manager l>aFk-
tenn He Is a tlreless worker, ana knows
the plantation az thoroughly as though
he had been there haIf . life time The
impression gained from an extensive
Inspection Of the estate ig that Pioneer
Nil, under the management " Nr
/ Barkbausen, ls entering upon the most
successful period Of itg history u.
THE KINBALL COMING.