The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-12-15
PRINCE KUnI0's INTERVIEW
ON OUR LABOR PROBLEMS

The Victoria CoioniH 81 So, IA has
ths foaownt Prince kuhi1 kalati
anaoie. SECOND sou ui ihe last ilaWaiifn
fnier. King khlakaua. elected hing ~
the islands un thr dsnth of lluhaiilo,
without hoirs in isli, arrived from
Honolulu hy ihe steamer AoHnn ycs
tprdav en- route 20 Washington. ~. g..
as delegate of nawaiinn Territory, T.
s. A., M the 5eth congress. Prince
Kuhin kalanianaulc. otherwise known
rs Prince Cupid, ne he was nick named
by the late King kalakaua, b now 80.
ing 10 serve his second term In Con
gress as the Republican delegate from
Hawaii. lie told a C0l0nist reporter
Yesterday he would run again, II offer
ed the nomination. although he was not
anxious for Is, II had been said ~
Honolulu that Governor Carter would
resign from his executive position 20
run as candidate for Congress, but he
doubted this. The Governor would be
a good representative for Hawaii, he
said. His own election, by plurality
Of over 5000, has been contested by
the Democratic candidate, Mr.. lau-
kea, who claimed the election was lie
gal; but the prince said he is fully pre-
pared to prove It's legality.
LABOR PROBLEM SERIOUS.
Before leaving for Seattle yesterday
en- route to the United States capital,
Prince Kalanianaole gave an interview
to n Colonist reporter in which he
touched upon some of the problems,
which are confronting the Hawaiian
people since their annexation to the
United States did away with their old
time laws. The labor problem is per
haps the most serious. Labor, cheap
labor that is. is scarce, and as for
skilled labor there is not sufficient TO
employ the mechanics ana others, many
of whom are leaving the Islands. Be
fore annexation, said Prince Kalanian-
aole, we depended mostly on Asiatici
Chinese labor. Now the supply is done
away with because under the United
States laws Chinese are not admitted
japanese are allowed to enter the coun.
trv. but they are unstable and unsat'
isfactory. Sugar planting is the chief
industry of the Islands, in fact, the
mainstay of the country, and the
planters are already complaining of a
shortage of labor. AS time goes on the
scarcity becomes worse and soon II
tTlHlS VIII We w ishfN $500
to import Portuguese and Galicians fol
the work on the plantations, but this
has not been satisfactory. They are
good workmen, especially the Portu
guese who are a steady and IrOgressiv,
people, hut they do not remain long on
the plantations. After working for q
space they make little homestead OF
their own, and leave plantation WORK
CHINESE UNDER CONTRACT
WANTED.
eff we could pass "A law to allow OF
the entrance into the Hawaiian Islands
of a certain number of Chinese to dc
field labor solely, who of course would
have to come ipto the country from
China under contract, it might relieve
the situation, but | doubt if this viii
be permitted. The United States gov
eminent would, / am afraid, be avers'
to allowing the Chinese to enter thu
Islands, and the laws would not allow
of theia being brought under contrac
anyhow. was in the Transvaal whcl
it was suggested that Chinese b'
brought in from China to work thu
Rand mines and favor the adoption OF
a similar scheme for the Hawaiian