The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-03
RED PACE Of
KAU WEEKLY
Views of japanese Ed
tor on Plantation
Labor Problem.

Very guilelessly Japanesque is the
Kau Weekly's treatment of the planta-
ton labor problem. Listen to a few
samples:
1.-The Hawaiian Islands is not fit for
the large farmers in the future. 1t is
quite right to encourage the settlement
of the small farmer
Government should not allowed
the CONTROL of the country by the
large corporation, it should be taken
away from them as soon as the leases
expired. Most of the good land is oc-
cupied by them already. A few years
from hence the government will have
more taxes come in from the small
farmer than from these large corpora
ton.
cit is better for the government to
encourage the small farmer, and make
strong foundation with its own peo-
pie in the territory, instead of letting
people have it, whose ideal is only
| making money, and whenever they find
| no profit in the sugar industry, they
| will give them up, or bring emigrants
| who have no idea of settling down,
| who came here to earn money and take
| it away.
"In the future when the semicivil-
| lied country of Asia wake up from the
| long sleep, Hawaii Will be an import
| ant place from the view of naval and
commercial point. How can we expect
to keep our country in good order
4 Io& + h.
| American citizens have a chance to
settle here by every means, and if pos
sible americanize all the good Chinese,
I japanese and Eoreans, and give them
| the right to become citizens under
some special law. Don't be too narrow
| minded. The great stomach of the
Yankee people has digested many diff
| ferent> nationalities as fast as they
| come into the States and have made
| them good solid American Citizens.
| "There is no reason why we can not
| americanize them and make them use
full.
q THE Hilo Jiho' says when the new
license law of labor agent is enforced,
| it viii cost them high enough to pay
| five hundred dollars a year, in the
| business from which they only earn
| three or four dollars head as COM
| mission. and it will be a great hard
ship for them.
| "But it may not be the very best
| schem, if these agents join together
| and raise capital, and do this business
on a large scale paving the license of
FIVE hundred dollars a year, it will be
| worse than ever. We must call atten-
ton of Consul Saito to this matter.
''The natural definition of wages
| is the reward for labour.' When the
sugar prices fall profits are low wages
| of the laborers are reduced to an ex-
tremery low point, and advancing the
prices of sugar makes profit high and
more capital can be accumulated, and
there is large wages fund. Why don't
the planters raise the wages and let
the Woodworking laborers have some
share of their profit.
/ chill says that high price make
high wages pay them one dollar a
day and pay every night. We will
guarantee this raise of wages to one
dollar day will be a sure cure of the
Japs who have suffered from the Cali
fornia fever.
Wouldn't it be good idear for
Kau plantations to take lesson from
| Eva. In their report we notice that
more than half of their sugar was rails
ed by japanese planters. In the old
| times a large percentage of Naalehu
plantation sugar was raised by the jap
anese. How is it that no japanese
| planters make contracts with it now,
| and what is the reason that it is so
| hard to keep the japanese on the
place7'
This is on the red page" which
the editor of the Weekly once explain
| ed was symbolic of war.