The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-14
COL. |kUKEA IS NOW
AGENT FOR THE QUEEN

Col. Curtis P. Iaukea, lately Sheriff
of Oahu, who formerly held high posi-
tons under the monarchy and was in
attendance upon Queen Kapiolani and
Liliuokalani at the Diamond Jubilee of
Queen Victoria, and was Hawaii IS rep
resentative at st. Petersburg during the
coronation of Alexander Ill, has been
appointed by Queen Liliuokalani as her
special attorney and agent in the man
agement of the larger affairs of her
estate and her power of attorney to
him has been recorded
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as those stated for general increase of
wages; but, in addition to these, we beg
leave to state that the reason why we
unite ours with theirs is that in regu-
lating our pay the wages of the ordi-
nary feld-hands has been taken as the
standard, and as their wages was, and
as still is, too low, so ours were not
and are not satisfactory. At this gem
eral readjustment of wages, we beg you
to readjust ours also, thus doing justice
to all concerned in the carrying out and
development of your plantation.
(6) The principle of the cane car
riers' request for the increase of ten
cents (l0c) per ton is the same as
that underlying the request for general
increase of wages. Further, however,
we beg to state that some ten years ago
IN Alea the per ton compensation for
] the cane carriers was twenty eight
cents (2Sc.). Then the cane in every
respect could be carried more conyen-
iently and with greater dispatch than
at present. Then the ground was level.
But now the ground is not level in all
places. There are slopes and other OBJ
stacles which render the carrying of
cane more difficult than before. There
fore, the compensation now should be
greater. But, on the contrary, it was
decreased. 1t was lowered to twenty
i five cents, then to twenty cents and
now it is only seventeen cents and a
half per ton of cane carried. The in
crease of ten cents now would bring up
the compensation to twenty seven cents
and half, which n still one-half cent
lower than that of some ten years ago,
! and that in spite of the fact that we
are working now under less favorable
condition than then.
II (7) And, in order to satisfy our
selves and, at same time, perfect the
system, both in form and substance, we
ask that the cane carriers be accorded
the right to station their representative
at the time and place of weighing of
} cane. This is, to all intents and pur-
} poses, nothing more than change in
l matter of form, but will do much to-
ward satisfying the cane carriers,
I which is an essential element for the
| continual good feeling between the EN-
' ployers and employees. Imaginary
wrongs do sometimes far greater mis-
! chief than real wrongs. And this sys-
( TEN will do away with all causes of
e suspicion and imaginary wrongs.
0 In closing, we beg leave to avail of
( this opportunity to express our deepest
+ and sincerest respect to you and Ia
!. thank you again for your kindness in
!, the past.
+ Hoping that yon will kindly consider
u opr request and the reasons therefor
d With utmost good faith and fairness
and that our requests embodied in the
g foregoing petition. be speedily grant
}. ed, we have the honor TO be, sir, your
Q obedient servants.
e lsigned by committee of twentyl