Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-18
SECRETARY fisher DRAWS FROM FARMERS STORY
OF THEIR WORK AND DIFFICULTIES in HAWAII

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store in the country, went on Il
/ the Waimanalo Plantation. From
/ there / came back TO Honolulu ani
went into the small farming business
and have followed farming ever since
Fisher: When did you come here
McWayne:. In 1879. -.
Fisher: How did you happen tc
come here? ~
A. Well. ! came on a three months
vacation. Ny brother had drug
store here and / went to work fol
him.. g. $>~ -
@. Had you been in the drug bust
ness on the mainland at any time be
fore coming here?
worked in a drug store there neal
Chicago. s.~. ..
Had you been on q farm prior tc
your coming here? 80
Yes. ~
So You had had some practical ex
fperfence on the mainland in farming?
/ Yes, sir. >
DETAILED HEARING. .'-*
Fisher: After you stopped being a
druggist you went back tosfarming?
s McWayne: Yes sir.
@. How did you proceed to take
up the land, under the homestead law.
o. did you buy 1t from an Individual?
A. had land belonging 70 myself.
How did you get it?
/ bought 1t from Byron o. Clark.
How large a piece r. fti
Ten acres. Il
What are you raising on It?
Pineapples, bananas and oranges.
You.a raising fruit entirely? -
Yes sir. j.
Have you family2 2
A wife. 49, Ss%.t<.<
No children? = 4
No sir. 4
Who is doing the work.
f do. !
Do you do all the work Yourself?
/ do most Of it, hut occasionally /
hire labor.
Q. Is there labor available in that
locality
IS A. Yes sir.
: Q. What kind of people do you
usually hire?
A. Japanese.
What do you have to pay1
$1.25 a day.
! Are there any plantations In that
neighborhood 81
Yes. -
What are they engaged in?
Raising pineapples.
n Amy sugar there?
Just little. Il
These plantations are chiefly deyot-
ed to pineapple raising
Yes.
s. M!hst do the plantations paw for,
100. s1.1o and S. & DAY.
They pay the same As you; do theng
Yes.
Some pay less?
Those that pay less, do they furnish,
anything in addition to the wages?
Sometimes wood and water.
Are you making go OF it? Z.
Yes. fairly wen.
Hard Work AZ Obstacle.
What are the principal obstacles
that you ind in working on the farm
here?
A. Well I don't know principally
hard work.
Q. Hard physical labor?
A Yes.
Q. Are there any other obstacles in
the way than that of labor?
A. Well some things don't grow In
certain localities; 1t is hard to make
some things grow.
@. ddoW do these things that you
are raising grow in your locality?
A. Well in some places good and
some places not very well.
@, Are there many people doing
farming In q small way in your neigh
borhood?
A. Not many. Most orientals.
@. You are the only small farmer
in that Immediately vicinity that is a
white man? ,.., g. IS s (
A. think so. ~
@. Where do you and your wife
get your social associations and so
on? n q
A. Well there are neighbors around
there-people that work on the plan.
tations. rs.
Q. Those that do the actual work
on the plantations, or the employees,
clerks, ETC.? -
A. Well the superintendent, over
seers, clerks in the Office, etc.
@. Are there a number of those
so that there is social life in, the vic
unity? 2. =.
A. Yes, and we come to town oft.
en-. II s..
So you don't feel marooned there?
Oh no.
Do you have any trouble in shipping
your stun after you get It picked?
No. - ~. -.
/ understand that you were raising
pineapples and several other kinds OF
fruit. Do you raise enough of the 9TH
or kinds for shipment?
/ raise them in small lots and sell
them right there. ~.
What is the nearest town?
Honolulu
How far are YOU from Honolulu?