The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-15
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ing to work done. The plantation pre-
fers and encourages this system and
many Of the japanese and Chinese have
taken it up. Percentages are arranged |
on a basis of a dollar a day wages
for a man who sticks to his work. This |
is said to be the only way to get steady |
work out of the Japanese, since their |
heads have sweIled with the ACQUISITION
of American freedom.
Lahaina, like Honolulu has its large
Of idle Japanese. proving up
on their fellowmen. There are said to
be about thousand Japs i'm Lahalna
who do not work, except at rare inter-
walls They run gambling joints and
live ON the industrious members of
their race and they conduct other even
less respectable establishments and
Keep themselves I'm twenty fora niCltle
cigarettes by the earnings of "a Uimp
However there are many good hard
working Japs at Iahalna. as Ou other
and some who have work.
ed their wages slowly uu uu they are
as high as the so cents the green Porto
Kicaus want To start with. or higher
Some of them Nu quite responsible
places iu the vast machinery bail of the
mill
The Chinese and Jams live uu from sH
To- SIS "a month u.fiu- rice. almost aN-
||
-taadfIv. if they want fu keep uu work.
ing and explains how they ar. an.. lU
gu home wealthy" af.ur. a year uu Two
at from SI5 fo SD . month
rp. Port, .rH..r- d. ruf En.. what
fr.y ar. rayfuu flr.. fIy.ra ..r Tn.N
..af. uI,-fIt. beans with ..u. m..U ANA
rrar. sref.rnrr. win ur.NHnIr COST
Them "a GOOD deal mon. tnuu the A-I.-
rf.s pa,. ror. hoard
Aulunu mani. OF Oh. Ham. tn... seems
rn ba nm fT.a tnnta nr. rHHa. .u WAGES
f- COMING Fur Tnf- r..-nu SOME Cd.
Them r.fua. FOB make tn. .u-Un.raIIUu
contracts. fearing chat they will n.
.ri.d un" when lna raIs. comes
About aUU NOR. Porto N.Uau- aU.
UUmiuL. of lIaa. Ia ar. ... I.n#In.
and will DE placed with lu. n. NOW
there. The latter are utterly without
education THE writer found u.. uu.
amuug them who could write .r spell
his own name and names tina. have
been used herein are written Ia best
they could Doe from lnu owners NOT Earg
distinct recommendations. The Porto
Eic8us seem satisfied with life Iu Ha-
Wati-iu fact all stated mat they lAgi
1T and liked the work. tl only tne wage
question We're settled.
The Porto RiCau women do NOT seem
TO work much even at home Ut the
laZiness of the tropics has NOT seized
the dispositions off their husbands &c
appears To have affected them. at least
for there are mo- signs of woman lab
ors i'm the rooms where the Porto Ri
cans live. The women are s.oNeuIy lu
appearance. one of them wanted TO
know the price of sewing machines ln
Honolulu, saying She was going To- buy
one, and showing that She, att least, had
ideas of industry
Stated i'm few words the much dis
Cussed Porto ltcan proposition appears
to be about as follows. The men We're
offered by the Planters Association
free transportation to Hawaii, with
their families. free lodgings. free
medical attendance schools for
their children and work at a rate of
wages which is still matter of uucer-
tainty to the planters, but which the
men are fairly well agreed is so cents
q day, they were promised So each and
some clothes at New Orleans, under
these conditions they started for homo
'ulu and at some period on the Journey
they were approached by an unknown