The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-04-05

originally assigned.
House Furnishings-The rlauia.;on
will provide each house, without chaigc
20 tho lnborcr, with plantation male
furniture sufficient foe Ordinary coin.
fort, such as beds, mattresses. tables
and cnches; and also win provide one
brick or stone oven for each four
houses.
Hours Of Iabor-The hours of labor
arc ten houry- in the field; but avery
effort will be made by the plantations
10 furnish the people with piece work ns
they show their adaptabiiity for H.
Compensation Of Laborer While Sick
I'm ease of accident while on duty the
laborer will be allowed wages until no
is able TO resume work; this is as far
as "sick payv will be allowed.
Cost OF Idving-Where plantation
stores are conducted they will furnish
to plantation laborers for their own use
foodstuffs and clothing, constituting
the necessaries of life, at cost prices to
the plantations.
Land for Laborers to Raise Vege-
tables-It is the policy Of the members
of the association to allow the laborers
} the use of a sufficient area Of land for
garden purposes.
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The credit system has become generally
SO fixed n custom that the trustees do
not see their way clear to disturb the
system which now prevails; and it is
believed, furthermore, that any change
would work hardship upon the labor
ers on the plantations.
More Frequent Settlements and Pay
Days for Laborers-It is the sense of
the trustees that more frequent settle
ments with the laborers cannot be made,
and the present system of pay days can
not be altered.
Deposits by Laborers for Implements,
Numbers, etc.-1n respect to the mat
! ter of deposits for implements, metal
!. numbers, etc, the trustees have voted
that no deposits win be required in the
first instance but that the laborers shall
: be held responsible for the return of
= said implements, numbers, etc.
Night Schools-In the matter of the
: request that the plantations provide
night schools, it is the sense of the
: trustees that the plantations cannot un.
= dertake to educate laborers other than
= through the facilities afforded by the
= territorial government.
Respectfully yours,
f. F. BISHOP,
: Chairman Labor Committee, II. s. P. A
q 1t appears from this that the plant.
4 ers reject the principal contentious of
a the Russians, the chief concession be-
d ing the promise that only cost prices
d shall be charged for the necessaries OF
q life at the plantation stores.
d In addition, however, to the state
q ments made by the planters in their
d letter, Governor Frear, in addressing
q the Russians, promised that those of
them who have for several weeks been
q confined on Quarantine Island will be
q paid $40 each for the time they have
Q lost. This, however, applies only tc
9 the men over eighteen years of age
! The Russians who came to Hawaii
! first, went to work on the plantations
a then quit and came to Honolulu, get
only their steamer fare back to the
other Islands.
All Were Anxious.
It was a weird crowd that thronged
T Secretary Mott Smith office yester
T day morning, every Russian who could
: force his way in being present. They
= found themselves facing the Governor
secretary, attorney-general, Frencl
Consul Marques and their attorney, J
Lightfoot.
d The Governor in the course of hi:
2 address to them paid high compli
: ment to Lightfoot for the part he has
taken in trying to settle the trouble
He then laid before them the PROPOSE
1 ton of the planters, explaining eacf
: section carefully. Governor Frear con
: cluded by strongly advising the Rus
q slams to 60 to work. He told them
how, years ago, the Portuguese came
here and went to work for even les!
= than is now offered the Russians, and
5 how the Portuguese community now
t owns real estate worth three million
e dollars, while most of the colony hav,
$ accounts in the savings banks and ar,
d not obliged to work in the fields an,
G more for living The Governor sait
}. the Territory wants the Russians II
Y stay and in time to become American
9 citizens, and the best thing for then
i to do to reach that stage was to accept
4 the work offered by the planters and
go to work in the fields.
See for Yourselves
"My advice to you," he said sis
to go to the plantations and see fol
yourselves, Ion I llbltH 10 OIuers, Uul
go and see for yourselves. Some Of
you seem to think that you can get 8
f. lot of money out of the Territory il
/, you refuse to go to work. There il
: nothing in that The laws of this
: country will not allow it. You can't
get thousand dollars or any Other
: amount in that way. But, il you go tC
work, save your money and do the best
n you can, you can get even more thar
r thousand dollars from the planter
9 by honest, straightforward work."
Lightfoot's Advice.
r Following the Governor, Attorne.
i. Lightfoot addressed the Russians Nj
n Lightfoot explained that, while he di,
v not think the planters terms were al
i. that should have been conceded, o
t. even nearly all, they were undoubtedl,
% the best that could be obtained, an,
he strongly advised the immigrants L
a | aacand tbatn and rn 40 ,,,nrl, "a, Al