The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-09-16


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c'rnod. w respectfully submit that these
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"0Iiove that when you have studied tho
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Respectfully submitted
During the reading there were many
questions brought out. when the coffee
subject was touched Senators Foster
md Burton showed much interest and
Ead for further Information The lat
'ar wanted not only the present produc-
iHn but as well what might be eN-
tied in ten years time. He asked
j. q would not serve the same purpose
us protection If there was "A bounty on
rr'r", which would give the planters
equal advantage. He said there would
be objection to a tariff unless there was
a prospect of entire filling of the Amer
lean demand by local production, when
1t would come under the Republican
principle Of protection of a home
product.
Among the many points raised, when
the matter of labor was up. Senator
Burton said that something had been
said before the Commission as to the
system of contracIual labor and charges
of bad treatment Mr.. SwanZy replied
that any statement that a laborer was
i'll treated was absolutely and un-
equivocally false; the statement that
the planters We're cruel was untrue.
He paid a compliment to the managers,
who he said were clever men. He con-
tinued that while it was not a profit
able or pleasant task to take off mud
thrown, it was sometimes necessary to
do 1t. He then proceeded to meet some
of the points which had been raised.
AS to the charge that the houses were
unfit for habitation, he said that any
such statement must came from ignor-
ance. Senator Burton saI. that if the
Eva houses were samples they were
good enough for any one.
The food was saiu to be unfit for hu-
mans, whereas except in the case of
japanese who mad just landed, and who
We're furnished meat because they were
unaccustomed to 1t, there was never
any food furnished by the estates.
The statement that no effort was
made to secure white labor he said
was untrue, as shown by his statement.
He went over the experiments made by
Eva, the white men at Lihue, Capt.
Makee's experiments and others and
w. o. Smith talked of the negroes used
a Spreckelsville.
AS to the two instances of cruelty
alleged in reports, he said that these
We're the only points round in many
years. He said reports of cruelty We're
not common.
He said the statement that the em-
ployees We're subjec, to espionage and
brutality was untrue.
The statement that large bodies of
japanese We're brought in in anticipa-
ton of annexation was false. There
was a long statement as to the send
ing back of some laborers who came
without compliance with the laws.
AS to the reference to the condition
of the Porto Ricans, he said it was
adroit, but in fact the condition of the
Porto Ricans was bad when they sailed
from home and here they We're treated
with every consideration and We're con-
sderGbly improved in health after tney
had become acclimated.
lie said the charge that white me-
chanics We're being forced out by Orien-
tails was untrue, for the reason that
there was not so much work now and
the men had gone back to the Coast
He cited the Iron works and the Young
building as places where many meclan-
les had been discharged on account OF
nothing for them to do
AS to the statement that there had
been only pretense of securing white
labor J." said that the American did
not work with pick and shovel He
said the average wage here was SIS a
ing back wages, saying it was a case
if one did not work he did not get pay
Senator Burton asked if with the la
Dor door closed here and open in Cuba