The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-05-31
Recent importation Of southern Ne.
srOes Are Becoming Dissatisfied
There's Coin to Be sOn,fin' DOM:
sho as 70 Born 2.


sSnowba1' is eolored lad the
homegrown product of the sun-kissed
cotton fields of fexas. At present he
IS confined within the eDefosure, of
four high walls at the ciIy, jail Charg
ed with vagrancy, SNOWFALL was
seized BIZ the police at the waterfront
yesterday e-eeHfrcnterf WITH the
staggeriRgs proposition sfzprsFfng that.
he possessed visible means OF sup
port. Al "a IA
There was tro4.,se I'm store for
SNOWFALL He was not in q position
10 deliver the goods. Being unable TO
give satisfactory answer tor the
queries of the officers.-he Nas Fasn-
lessly dragged to the lower regions
of Hotel Brown. - -, -
SNOWFALL stands forth as an eff
fectlve argument against the employ
meht of negroes upon Hawaiian PLAN
tatlons. especially If the labor must
be secured by Misrepresentation and
deceit. He was numbered amongCa
squad of one hundred colored plaRta-
ton laborers who landed upon the
shores of the isles of the best
shortly after the, first Of the year.
SNOWFALL together with a half hun
dred others from the same locality.
were loaded aboard a steamer and TAX
en- to the Spreckelsville plantation up-
on the island Of Maui.
The smoothoaHd gilbtongaed agent
who visited the negro settlement down
in the state of Texas during the latter
portion of 1900, overlooked seyerai
very important matters when arrang-
ing for.-the importation of faborers
for the canefields OF Hawaii-Accord-
ing to the tale of Snowfall" his coun-
trymen we're offered SIS q month. and
they were to- be boarded and housed
by the company. He admits that moth
ing was said about chicken three
times a week, or even pie once a day,
but then the negroes were ready to
overlook a. few frills in the daily
menu. as long as the regulation feed
was forthcoming. The lad now affirms
that the proposition with which the
several hundred negroes are now
brought face to face is a pretty tough
one. They have received nothing in
the way of board since the day tney
LETT the, side of the steamer at Kahu-
lui unless the coin was Forthcoming
What food they haveN secured since
that time has been bought with their
scant earnings, and when they settle
up with the proprietor of the company
store at the end of the month. there
is very little left over for the purchase
OF dress Suits or the payment OF r6Ii-
sic lessons for the pickaninies from a
piano teacher.
Luxurious Twin is about as scarce
aroun' dat place as the long tail feath-
ers in a Texas rooster in ma native
town. sighed Snowfall" as he re-
Elected upon a mental picture OF a lus-
cious acknowledged bird overtopped
with bright cherry red comb. Perhaps
those tail feathers are becoming more
plentiful since there has been a slight
reduction in the colored population
of that town." chimed in bystander.
rs never purloined a rooster in
all ma lie" demonstrated the negro
lad. ~gfve ma hen, oats ma long
suit"
let ma tell 20 son1efin 20 nah not
know. There's sgoin to be soInefn
doin' ober at that Spreckelsville plan
tation befoi long, Why, Col'nel, them
Iniggers from Texas is not gym to stay
there. They is beconifn mo- dfssatis-
fed ebery. day. Spose I'd come to
Honolulu If cud git back to the old
cotton fields agin-- Do1yo heart GOOD.
Col'nel, to see this child make de hot
foot for Tennessee or Texas agin.
Those niggers are fo' sho' going to
leave dat plantation Yo- see If dis
niger don't tell 20 de truf dis time. !,
SNOWFALL disclaims any acquain-
tanceship with .Sweety Smith" OF
Tennessee. Use heard of dat niger
all right. but he don't belong 10 .onr
The lad declares in decided manner
that the negroes are very much dis
satisfied with the conditions they are
compelled to work under at SpreckeIs-
Vile While he is willing to admit
that the Japs and Chinese may work
for the SIS a month and board them
selves. he is emphatic in his declare
ton that the colored men cannot make
both ends meet
Mans got to s1sega little soap ana
water in dis country. an his clothes
need some 'tentlon too mnrmmsd
Snowfall : as he sought a soft s5ot
upon the sanded floor of the Jail ward
and turned over for another snooze.
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