The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-26

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Statistics nt Washington \ uapB ut
M rhmms detailed table upun tho
subject BE- attached hereto ana marked
Table a. For many years prior tu
annexation. men Of various natinuan-
tics lived here under thp monarchy aud
afterwards the Hawaiian Republic. de-
voting their iutpIliGen.a energy anu
capital 90 the development uf local ~.
sources. of which the production uf SUI
gar was ana is the most important
These men attached themselves 20 the
snil and made their homes In these ISL
anis. They paid a large proportion OF
the taxes. they started and carried to
success great aud hazardous enter
prlses. Their property was and Is as
much entitled To protection as is the
property of any one resident within
these Islands. and. SO far as the bust
ness Interests Of this Territory are con-
cerned. they are the best qualified TO
speak, ana should have the foremost
right To do 50.
1t might be proper herein to state
that the Honolulu firms who have prin-
cipally To do with the sugar industry
here have been established: Castle a
Cooke, 81 years Brewer 4 Co, 10
years: Irwin a CO., Ltd, rs years;
Hackfeld x CO., Ltd, 80 years: Davies
Il Co, Ltd. 50 years; Schaefer 4 Co, SO
years; Grinbaum Il CO.. SO years; Alex
ander a Baldwin, years; Il. +. Dill
lingham, % years.
These firms are what is known in this
country as sugar agents" l. q. they act
as bankers and business agents for GER
tain plantations. 1t by no means fol-
lows however nor is it a fact that the
firms named of necessity control the
plantations for which they are agents.
Puerto Ricans.-ln regard to Judge
Humphreys statement concerning the
inhumanc treatment of Puerto Ricans,
ii may be desirable to state for the
purpose of saving any further trouble
in connection with the matter on the
part Of the commission, that the whole
question of the treatment OF Puerto
Ricans was long since taken up by the
administration at Washington, and the
Collector of Customs at this port. as
well as the United states immigration
Inspector were requested to investigate
and report thereon. The matter of the
mutiny was investigated by the Col
leCtOr of Customs. and the result re-
ported to the Secretary of the Treas
ury, Bureau of Navigation, under date
of March LIST, 1901. The investigation as
to the condition of the Puerto Ricans
and their treatment upon arrival here
was made and reported by Mr.. j. *.
Brown, L. :. immigration Inspector, to
the Honorable w. Powderly, Commits
sioner General of Immigration, under
date of June !, 1901 This latter report
was sent in reply to the Bureaus letter,
No 2G637, dated March 90 1901. Both
the reports above mentioned proved
conclusively that the rumors and news
paper reports had been grossly eXag-
gerated. That there was no blame at
tached to the planters or their repre-
sentatiVes the condition of the laborers
being the result of the conditions ex-
listing in Puerto Rico prior to their de-
parture from that country, and not a
result of bad treatment en- route. or up
on arrival. These reports refute the
statement OF Judge Humphreys.
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