The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-24
LOUISIANA COMMENT ON
THE MOLOKAN EXPERIMENT

The Louisiana Planter says: In Hawaiian correspondence
elsewhere in this issue picture of group of and
under it the words "Molokans who would work.
This brief sentence contains long disappointment
trouble worry and expense These Mookans who
Russia and belong peculiar religious brought to the
Hawaiian Islands by the sugar planters as plantation
abore and the scheme embraced colonization
pa the probably believing idosyncacies
unusual ideas habits and customs of the Mookans would
to cheertuy embrace opportunity dwelling together
community settlement where they own social
and religious theories and maintain themselves comfortably
working the fields Molokans however appear
nave declined to work on the plantations to have declined
I'VE haPpy together as community and in word have de-
ed to do pretty nearly everything which the planters expected
There probably body of men who have had
more practical experience in handling and importing aborers than
the planters OF the Hawaiian Territory They spent
sums OF money experimenting with people from different
localities and abundant opportunity has been through
their various costly experiments learn how genus
homo OF the different mental and physical types with which has
pleased the Almighty to populate the EARTH and
still failing correctly Preudcs opinions and mental
vagares of the lower of human kind goes prove
correct forecast Of what somebody else will
cumsnce and conditions and this problem is rendered
od more dfcult when required the thoughts
peoPl pie, belonging to a type different from our own
rganizaon OF their for immigration purposes consider
able work has been done by this organization and its
but evidence continually appears any Importation of
ignorant persons into this other country be conducted
with broad comprehension OF the people are in
Vlaby mbued with absurd notions mpraccabe ideas ridiculous
PreJudces and chmercal fances What think they
he very g hey wl not do 1t IS impossible for predict
with certainty that they will such and such way simply
because seems the sensible The problem
c be hapded by the Louisiana Immigration Association la
waan Immigration Association and all organizations
Is OF the difficult the world The proper solution
requires experience, good judgment skill profound know
edge OF human iobeaance perseverance patience
The doctor the lawyer, the books
their knowedge-the immigration He learn
his lessons from the book Of Nature and from
pick OF all is chapters which Of the wonderful animal which
IS said 10 have been fashioned in the Likeness Of himself al
though most OF u will be greatly disappointed don't
better looking
Those who interested in immigration seldom realize how
dheui u all 49, II Is undertaking which calls continuous
eo Those who want quick results had best 80 into hc wheat
p ~ tie stock exchange where e battle ost o won In Fash
pn state o Louisiana 40 e indus o AN army oi willing bands
,"AA from her sol ~ latent wealth Already notable advances n-
daing early rfhul have been made and believe ta
~ he greatest local industrial ae rmcnr NJ h generation viii
shorty csull nom ihc careful intelligent and persistent efforts 90
mmgfap, nanguaed by he sgar panrrs over year ag1
nd sn'e ih'n e1opuahd % vs. Other mleIeu throughout he