The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-05-12

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farmers and ur need them tuty murh
| FtUm the lack uf FARMERS hn farm
| products are yery meh eggs no GENTS
"a duzcn. butter 10 cents "a pound rice
. Co cents a pound, surar rruwn in
I Hawaii and then refined. o Co & cents
pound. This shows the opportunity for
farmers We have "a good climate ANA
the land Is very fertile Twenty acres
Tor homestead. up 90 eighty nCres of
| the pasture lands would be plenty
| with that farmer could keep fam
| ny better than he could do 80 i'm one
of the American states. The profits
| made On the sugar lands held by the
sugar corporations are from $3.50 e. $500
per acre. This In FOR the best irrigated
land. some OF IL producing ten tons Of
sugar to the acre. These plantations
| pay SIS per month for labor, mainly
Asiatics-Japanese and Chinese. Even
| paying $50 per month for labor there
would be "A big profit
| GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
Our young American farmers would
do well in Hawaii, and they would md
| the climate much milder and more
| agreeable than in this country. The
main difficulty IL that SO long az Ash
attic labor comes in the large planta-
| tons will employ this class OF labor in
1 A.
wants less wages and fewer accommo-
| dations. The white laborer wants to
live in a decent house. and he likes
beefsteak and cup of coffee. But
with The Chinese laborer the oyerseer
| does not have TO pay attention To his
wants; he lives on rice, and four or 1--WE
| of these Chinese laborers can be packed
| i'm room. in hunks one above another.
| SO the sugar planters like the Asiatics.
| They know that white labor must be
| treated humanely, while an Asiatic Is
| willing to be kicked and booted around
| by an overseer without complaint
one of the Western members OF Con-
| gress. who visited the Island OF Ha-
| wall at Hilo, had practical expert
ence in the difficulties OF securing work
| for white labor as against the Asiatic
competition. This Congressman wished
| To help three sons of one of his farmer
constituents. They wished to make a
start. and were willing to work for
the wages paid the Chinese for SIS per
month But the plantations would not
take them at that low rate. The Con-
| gresham stated to the plantation own
ers that each one OF these young men
was worth three Asiatics. But the
| planters said IL was not question OF
| "a IA mn "a a.
would introduce a bad precedent for
the employment of white labor. So the
| planters agreed not to employ white
| labor except as overseers, managers,
| bookkeepers, blacksniths, and other
| skilled branches. For the common la
| Dor they do not want labor that ex-
poets good treatment and good ac-
commodations.
TWO GREAT EXTREMES.
The effect of these conditions is to
give two extreme classes, one very high
and the other very low. The Asiatic
coolie labor makes up one extreme, and
the sugar corporations, with all the
lands concentrated in their hands
make up the other extreme. What Ha-
wall needs is something between these
extremes, a substantial middle class,
made up of farmers and others inter-
ested in the development of the coun-
try. The difficulty over Asatic labor
will be reduced in time, for the Or
ganic law prohibits the coming OF more
Chinese, and the immigration authori-
ties. under the law, are reducing the
immigration Of Japanese
The time when Hawaii will apply for
statehood in the American Union is
still far ahead. Much remains to be
done under the territorial system.
County organizations and county laws
must be established, with local organi-
cations after the American system.
with Mayors Aldermen, etc. The Ha-
. waiians seem to enjoy political life, and
they like the idea of electing their own
representatives, to carry on their local
, affairs. The population has increased
steadily since annexation. Under the
/. last census ii was $4,000; now IT Is
, probably 100, 900, but about 10000 OF
these are Asiatics. who have no vote
Honolulu is growing rapidly since an
nexatlon. When the Islands were an
nexed Honolulu had $4,000 people. Now
= the city has 10000, mostly Americans
> by birth.
, There is an Improvement in the con
ditions between the native-born Ha
waiians and the foreign born popula
ton. and racial feeling will, in time
. disappear. There is a natural feeling
on both sides in favor Of their owl
:, people, but each side is tolerant ant
IA fair.
h ANNEXATION PROFITABLE.
n The experience of Hawaii seems Il
o show that Porto Rico and Cuba shoul,
e be annexed to the United States. The!
+ are in much the same position as Ha
e wall, being near this country, and boil
: being interested in sugar production
= Some OF our Hawaiian sugar planter
:, have opposed Cuban annexation on tn
h ground that 1t would bring In grea
a quantities of Cuban sugar free OF duty
|. to the ruin of Hawaiian sugar. Blu
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