The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-07
CARTER TALKS OF
HAWAII I'M 1904
Better Harbors and Money for Care
Of the Lepers--Some Of the
Things Needed.

about a hundred million dollars worth
of plantations and last year our sugar
Product amounted to more than AGO.
900 tons, valued at $2o,00OcO0 Sugar
has been very low--so low, indeed. that
upon plantations capitalized at $751;
+, eco 600 the average earnin gs-accprd-
| ing to my own 'iigures-have not been
more than three-tenths of l per cent.
This Is estimated on the actual ex-
pcnses and earnings for one year. Su-
gar is now going up, and we look for
much better times"
Are the sugar plantations well man
aged. Mr.. Carter?"
Yes" replied the Governor of Ha-
wall. ''rhey are handled as carefully.
| as scientifically and as economically as
any plantations of the world. They
are equipped with the finest of mod
ern machinery. The cane is brought
to the factory on railroads, and some
of the estates have miles of railroad
tracks. Steam plows are used and the
irrigation works are of vast extent
Connected with some such establish
ments are pumps which lift millions of
gallons of water a day, often carry
ing 1t over the hills from one valley to
another. Reservoirs are built to hold
the water and on one plantation there
are more than forty miles of fumes.
The soil of the sugar lands is analysed
from year to year. and just the right
fertilizer is added to make them pro-
duce to their fullest capacity The
labor on the plantations is organized
under overseers and foremen, and the
cost of everything is as carefully esti-
mated as in one OF your great American
factories"
Chinese Labor Preferred.
How do you get along with your
labor?" I asked.
I'VE are doing very WELL said the
Governor. But we should be far bet
ter satisfied If the people here would
not insist upon the same labor laws for
us as for the United States. The con-
ditions are different, and what is good
for one place is not good for another.
This will be found to be the case soon
er or later as to the most of our out
lying colonies. White men cannot do
the everyday labor of the tropics, and
our conditions are such that labor of
certain classes is best performed by
Chinese. We should like to have a
limited number of Chinese. We want
enough to develop the islands to their
fullest capacity, and no more. The
number should be limited, and when
the supply falls off through death or
immigration we should have the right
to import others to take their places.
AS 1t is now, We can import Japanese,
bu. not Chinese. and we have now
about $4,000 Japanese in the islands.
They do not make as good laborers as
the Chinese. They are not so reliable,
nor do they make as good citizens"
DO you have labor unions among
your Celestials?" z
used in the United States" said Gov
ernor Carter The Japanese always
go together. They may be said to have
one great union OF their own. The
Chinese have their organizations,
but these are more like social clubs
than our trades unions. There are
now and then strikes among the peo-
pie of both races. but we have. on the
whole, fewer labor troubles than you"
rs there any chance for the poor
white man in Hawaii" &c
Not much for the common laborer,"
replied Go. Carter The Japanese
and Chinese will work more cheaply
than he and almost equally well. In
dee, the white man can't work as we'll
in the tropics as either the Chinaman
or the Japanese. We use white men
for our superintendent and clerks.
We do not want them to do the hard
work"
Chances for Young Americans.
What are the chances5 for young
Americans in the Hawaiian Islands,
GOVERNOR Hf~~<
There are opportunities for young
Americans everywhere" was the reply,
and there will always be places for
the right men in our islands. Never
the less, it must be remembered that the
country there is about as well taken
up as in any part of the United States.
The islands have been settled for many
years and the opportunities of a new
and rapidly developing country are
lacking. We prefer to have few
high priced good men rather, than
many poor men to do our work, and
the wages are, think higher than in
the United States. Overseers and fore
men are now receiving 500 and up
ward per month. Sugar boilers and
engineers 500 and upward. while the
plantation carpenters and blacksmiths
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