Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-12
I. Efficiency Of Labor.

Wages:
I. Efficiency Of Labor.
The demand for higher wages Is
based on the efficiency OF our laDoring
class, viz: u) the quantity. and t2)
the quality of the work done by our
laborers on the plantation. Fair, i'm.
partial md competent witnesses all
agree In the conclusion that Japanese.
In the plantation do same amount of
work of same quality within same |
period of time as labor of any nation
atty. We believe that the planters
will also agree In this. The wages Is
u reward for services done. and a just
wages Is that which compensatcs labor
to the full value of tho service rem.
dered by the labor. II is an unjust
wages to pay the labor less than the
real value of the work performed by
"a labor. Here we do not propose to
discuss whether the planters can pay
more than twenty-five dollars and (.
half per month TO ordinary unskillcd
labor on the plantation, though we
are of opinion that they can pay far
more than that sum Let us take that
as Just reward for laborcr from pOr-
10 Rico and Portugal. If u labor comes
from Japan, and he performs same
quantity of work of same quality with.
in the same period of time as those
who hail from opposite side of the
world, what good reason Is there to
discriminate one as against the other.
II Is not the color of skin or hair or
the language that he speaks, or man.
ncr or custom that grow cane in the
field. II is labor that grows cane, ANA
the more efficient the labor the better
crop the cane field will bring. We
demand higher wages of planters in
the full confidence of the efficiency Of
our labor. and, also, in the equally
full confidence in the planters sense
Of justice and equity in all things that
pertains TO human affairs, especially
in the delicate relation between cap
ital and labor
u. The Future Of Sugar Market.
We do not believe that the time Is
inopportunc. The Japanese Emigra
ton companies have been demolish
ed. and In consequence the planters
are relieved of commissions which. II
Is alleged. were being paid to them
The sugar price Is high and, accord
ing to the authoritative report of Mr.
Iackfeld, there Is no probability o
its coming down. The protection Il
sugar Is assured by the resolution o
the Trans-Mississippi Congress: and
as we have shown before, neither Gu
ban evacuation. nor the extra session
Of Congress, nor the importation o
white labor any one OF them or all q
them together are no good reason
Tor delaying the advance of wages
And Mr.. Spreckels wrote the othe
day that the Hawaiian sugar ca
prosper without protection OF on
cent on u pound Of sugar, whereas
is now being protected by tariff q
l.69c. per pound.
8. Higher Standard Of Living.
How much q labor spends Is no res
son for demand for higher wages Bu
when labor Is given only Twin
wages rs In Hawaii. II l. one of yer
potent factor in considering tn
wages question. The cost Of liYin
have increased at least three times a
- compared with ten years ago, the |;
: Dor of ten years ago only had to SUI
Port himself But now they have
support family. They must ed
cate children, support educational an
religious institutions. They mui
bear other social expenses, which m
urally follows the formation of fan
lily. The price of necessities ha,
doubled, and labor must buy MOI
Of necessities, whose prices have MOI
than doubled, In order to support h
wife and children. In addition
this they must contribute to the su
port of social institutions and he;
'.x nf al Int ~
vanced type. And yet the labor
paid only at the rate of G3c. per da
which Is the wages calculated to su
tho condition of n contract labor
semi.slavery The condition h;
changed The labor Is now free, AZ
they are entitled to soft, humane co
sheraton of the planters.
Considering the efficiency of Il
Japanese labor, the ability of Il
planters, the prospect of sugar al
the increased cost of living of the
Dor, we do not believe that the d
mand for a higher wages Is unrca
enable, nor illtimed.
Questions to the Planters.
ID Such being our position v
would ask the planters: Why can "
not advance the wages of the plant
ton hands?
(2) Is the Japanese labor inferi
In efficiency as compared with q
labor of other nationallties?
E (3) Can they not perform san
q amount Of work of same quality wit
in same period of time as the lab
Of other nationalities?
Cd DO you think the standard
living of Japanese in plantation low
than that of labor of other natona
ties?
90 If lower, would It be a
ground for paying less, while tn,
efficiency is equal to that of other
- 90 VIII labor OF other natons
IA ties do work on the cane contract s,
- tenn?
90 VIII labor of other natiOna
ties engage in cane loading, cane e.
~ ting and carrying of cane on pfc
work system?
tS) The fact that by piece wo
and overtime work, Japanese are ms