The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-07-15
GARDEN ISLAND
vOICESPROTEST
Kauai Editor Declares That Resi-
dents Of Hanamaulu Are Held
in Modern Slavery - Says
Manager Weber Threatened TO
Discharge Any Employe Who
Attended a Public Meeting 10
Ask for Police Protection

The Garden Island does not liro the
way r. Weber, manager Of the lhur
Plantation, enforces oneman rule at
Hanamauu, aud has no hesitation Ia
saying so. Hence the following,
Glow is this for modern slavesy!
Read ~ Then hang your head in
shame when reference is made TO free
dom under the glorious stars aud
Stripes
"For some time Hanamaulu ciiizens
have been victims of burgurics Of n.1Ic
or less Importance, aud with n view Of
stopping this, the citizens decided 20
meet at the school house, organize An
improvement club and 20 petition the
members Of the board of supervisors to
grant Hanamaulu police protection at
once. When one considers that Hama
maulu has n population near TO the
thousand mark, composed of every ma
tionality, ordinary intelligence. even,
will see the justice or demand for 90.
lice protection. However, Manager
Weber doesn't see il that way. On lclIn.
ing that q meeting was called, he went
over TO Hanamaulu for the one pur-
pose of leaving orders to inform the
men that all those who attended the
meeting would be discharged instantly
notwithstanding that he knew absolute.
" nothing as to the nature of the meet
ing.
"The plantation may be powerful
10. h. 4 -
and no employer can place any rcstric-
tions on the laborer's time after work
ing hours. Just how any man can ina.
CINE that these laborers can be owned
by him, soul and body, to the extent
of ordering them around like so many
horses, is beyond the ken Of man.
As TO diseharging men for attending
a meeting that has for its sole aim the
protection of their homes and families,
shame on any man who lays claim to
even the least spark of manhood, who
would so much as make such a bastard
ly threat, much less carry IL into OK
ecution. The situation in nutshell is
this The plantation stoops to eoereing
into silence the demands of its divj-
dend earners for protection of their
rights; the plantation through its re-
preventative, Rev. Hans Isenberg, went
on record several months since as not
opposed to a postofiiee IN Hanamauln
yet it has been rumored' that any EN-
ploye taking a part in it wOnld find
himself short Of job, These tactics
are serving an opposite purpose to that
desired or intended by the plantation
"1n direct violation of the Sunday
law, these same laborers are "permit.
ted' to cut aud load cane on Sundays
and in direct variance with the customs
of plantations on bD;h sides, no atten
tion is paid to desire upon the part
of laborers to bring their conditions M
TO an equal par with those of other plan
tations, Mr.. Weber, III parceling out
such treatment TO his men should bear
in mind that he, himself was not al
ways millionaire, at which time, it S q
safe bet he would not have long s,ood
for the dope he is now passing out tC
his less fortunate brothers. Those who
still would wonder at the departure fol
the Coast of so many Of our good Por
tugtiese laborers, find the solution solv
cd to great extent in Mr.. Weber : at
tiTude in this instance.