The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-12-27
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The report from Makee was curious.
Seventeen were sent from Honolulu,
but only twelve arrived. The other five
appear to have fallen by the wayside.
OF the twelve who arrived eight were
soon accused of holding up a Portu
guese and robbing him The eight were
Ioela, Kamaka Moku, Kealoha, Alex
Robertson, Mahuka, Rodriques and Ro-
bello. The plantation report said that
the octette had skipped to Honolulu to
avoid the attention of the deputy sher-
ff
Il saw Alex Robertson" said Secre-
tary Crabbe, "and asked him why he
quit his job. He said that all he and
the other boys got to eat was rice
three times a day and a bit of salmon
about an inch long l told him that
they were not supposed to be fed by
the plantation and should buy their poi
themselves. Then l asked him about
the alleged robbery of the Portuguese
and that settled matters. He had moth
ing more to say"
The dissertation on the training Of
Hawaiian boys followed.
At the Hamakua plantation only one
of the three men sent ever arrived, and
the Hawaiian Sugar Company report
ed that of thirteen men sent there, nine
had disappeared, presumably having
returned to Honolulu.
/ From Waiakea came the word that of
fourteen sen,, only four remained tt o
plantation store seemed to have suffer
ed slightly. one man worked half q
day and ran up a bill for $500. Anoth-
err worked two days and left owing ST.
6j. Another owed $1.35 after working
two and half days and so on for vary
ing amounts did the Honolulu importa-
tons get into the stOrekeeper.
At Waialae four men worked three
days and then got cold feet. Kahuku
had a better record for four out of nine
stayed.
The report from WailulIu as forward
ed by Brewer & Co. said that 10 Portu-
guese and Porto Ricans We're supposed
to have come. Wagons were sent to
meet them but only one arrived. This
laborer appeared to be a Portuguese
who seemed to have recently got out OF
Jail. Later twelve young Porto Ricans
arrived. "They were a lot of young
hoodlums," said the report, and they
had better be kept in Jail as Migrants
They sported watches and chains and
wore good clothes though they had
nothing but what was on their backs
; This enterprising dozen. it appears hat
no intention of working and half ot
them are now hanging about saloons.
Cooke thought that on the whole The
report was satisfactory and useful, as
it showed the board the exact condition
of affairs. He also remarked on the eX,
ceIient system devised by Secretary
C'abbe for keeping track of the mer
who had been found useless.
"A lot of these men go about saying
that they cannot get work. he said
: but the fact is that they have no in
tenton of working"
He remarked that many of the meI
sent away might have got jobs on 9th
er plantations and incidentally stated
that there had been a big demand foi
skilled labor recently, clerks, sugar
boilers and machnists being wanted
: American teamsters, too, were always
in demand as they cared for theil
horses and We're far more useful tina!
I Japanese.
/ The Board on adjournmg went t.
| meet the Governor and Land Commits
/ sioner to discuss land conditions.