The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-09-06
.CA|[D LAB0R'.IS
/. MERELY M!AlKESR!FlT
II They Remain TWO Week ono.
er Out Of SchbOf Need
Would Still Prevail f..

4 Vessels coming 10 from. the, Orient
are bringing very few Filipino iaBorcrs
! indicating. tHSt the labor question for
the plantations Is still far from solu-
tion. " In the Philippines there are
large numbers Of labor recruits but they
are in the Philippines and that does
not help plant and cultivate and har-
vest sugar in Hawaii. s~H.
At the Planters Association labor
bureau matters appear to remain status
quo and and not in status quo ante bel.
i lum. by any means. Just at present
the chief effort appears to be to hold
school children workers on for two
weeks more work, to finish planting
and help with the close of the harvest:
This demand or request has come chiefly
from Kauai where the use Of child
labor appears to have been most pyeya-
! lent. It seems odd that the plantations
of the Islands should be forced to
, utilize. child labor as do the cotton mills
Of the southern states which custom
brought about tho passage Of the child
labor law that was decided to be un-
constitutional. IT,
Sentiment Different al &
Among the people Of the-Islands gen
I, orally there was no objection to the
use of larger and stronger school chill
dren if they were properly cared for,
too great a strain not put upon them,
and surroundings made satisfactory. For
the employment Of scholars when the
schools have opened there is q differ.
crt sentiment which is represented by
the superintendent Of public INSTRUCTION
who has steadfastlv stood against de-
LAYING school opening. ..... .,H.
Still seeking to utilize such labor. for
the month of September counter pro
position has been made to the superin
tendent of public instruction, to keep
the older. children, those over fourteen
years Of age. out of school for two
weeks. Mr.. Kinney appears not TO fav-
or this his ground evidently heiRg that
more than 1000 scholars will be .handi
capped by starting two weeks late and
the work corrcspondingly delayed for
the others by the backwardness of that
number of students
Csnard Denied
One Of the published arguments for
continuing the. child aaborers until the
end of the month was "that they might
secure their bonus by working more
than twenty DAYS in the month &. At
an agency which, has employed A. NUN,
Der Of school children during the sum
MGR it vas denied that II the scholars
returned to school when the schools
opened they would close their bonus. "
1t was said that if they went back
when the schools opened that would be
EXACTLY what was expected when they
were put to work and would make no
difference whatever with the arrange
ments made whcU they started work
which were different from those made
! Nth the ordinary plantation laborers.
Only Temporary
School labor is, in any event, temp
Z orary makeshift for when the young
, workers get back to school work the
plan ations will be left short aDd will
| continue so, unless real solution is
found. until another school year Is end
! cd aud the scholars, could 60 to work
| again, seven or eight months later.
Meantime the plantations are left with
| out labor to do the host they may.
Planters. aud agents say they have
no advices on any remedy for the seri-
Gus situation they face.