The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-08


sources of these islands to support
! This supply is limited and is drawn
on by the Eastern States and South
America. The Territory of Hawaii
would be pleased to have as many as
would come.
I The committee desires to add that
the plantations furnish houses, fuel,
water, medical and hospital service
free of charge to all their employees.
Excellent educational facilities are
| free and convenient to all children. In
some places night schools are open to
adults. On some of the plantations
there were special provisions made for
education, religious organizations and
social entertainment.
The committee found the houses,
Quarters and buildings in excellent con-
dition with scarce an exception, and
much attention paid to sanitary con-
ditions.
Hospitals are shoIen in album -
pages.
Schools are shown in album -
pages.
Plantation houses and quarters are
shown on number of pages.
Third: The present industrial situa-
ton and the possibility of material
change in its character.
There is great dissatisfaction among
the white laboring classes over the
III esent iahur situation.
They see men who in their private
utterances advocate American labor
and who are jealous of their own sta
ton in life, giving their patronage to
Japanese labor because their individu-
al selfishness is served thereby.
They recognize there is a law on the
Territorial statute book which is in
tended to protect citizen labor in Gov
eminent positions and contracts, yet
they see contractors trying every
scheme to evade the intent of the law.
They recognize the efforts of the Gov
ernor and heads of the departments. |
but ask for a more rigid enforcement |
1t would be folly to indulge in charges |
on one side or the other for the past |
but the fact remains, white labor has |
a right to compete when alien labor |
is fully occupied and white labor is |
not
Against the mechanical establish
ments, of which we can support but a
few, and those only by the patronage
of the plantations, there is no COM
plant, for the Honolulu Iron Works,
Cation, Neill & Co, and others en-
ploy only citizen labor exclusively.
In the years 1899-'9OO and 1901 (part)
there was marked expansion of the
of the Territory and a
boom III the cities Of Honolulu and Hi
10, our only large towrs.
At the same time the revival of bust
in h. Init |
Dor scarce on the mainland, and diff
1cult to obtain in Honolulu, and much
more so on the plantations PIanta-
ions sought and vigorously competed
With each other for all ella sses of la
'or and were forced to employ any la
'or they could get that could possibly
AIRY out their improvements, regard
ess of nationality.
During the latter part of 1901 and 1862
he reaction set IN and became very Sc
Fele, not only on labor, but the in
estors in plantations Lador suffered {
s it always does after a BOOM The
resent higher prices for sugar prom
ses some relief, but the sugar crop
'04 was mostly marketed before the I
Use in prices.
The leaf hopper pest mainly destroy
ti,OVo tons OF the sugar crop of 1904. |
his pest completely destroyed all the
rowing cane of TIE Ha raiian Agri-
uitural Company, SO that under Inv
lOst favorable circumstances that
ompany cannot harvest a crop until
'0'- We make this statement to il
strate the uncertainties of the BUSH P
ess of growing sugar cane q
On an investment of approximately
1 .zS0,611.29 he plantations made fog
lie year 1902 a book profit of only
?5,c2l-95, while the Federal Govern
ent, on its investment of $4,000. 900 in
e purchase of these Islands cleared
143.5l9.S5 net.
In the year 1903 the plantations cledr-
book profit of .0499 per cent and
clared dividends at the rate Of .O24
r cent The profits of the Federal
overnment die not vary much from
e previous year.
When it is borne in mind 1864 per
Mt of the income of the Territory was
us affected its seriousness may be
allied.
The committee finds the business q
Sing sugar varies much in SIS 0r0fit |