The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-09-20
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Speech Qf EaXop Bishop First
tndication Prop SUGAR liant
teEs Association w
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NIpetesn Twenty Crop Wp Be,
WORSE AtteOted Thsp That W.
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, TSO pHHpNG 1% NuP1
9HeH Season
I Alrsady the acute labor shortage has
had ifs effect on the i920 crop OF Ha,
waiia6 sugar for some Of the Pianta.
= tons haye' NOT been able to plant the
ps9al acreage. How large WIN be the
falling on will hardly DE Undermined
6utll the annual reports Of the various
eompGnics ,haye bR6n prepared for The
a1niisf lneetinRs OF nose companies.
i'he 1glg crops has thus Far been com
haratyely less Effected but II IS ex-
fpected thafit wiIl suffer later on. This
viii als6 be taken into coma ton
probably ID the reports OF The yafious
polarization 0anagers TO the tompahies.
- @Sorne Of the plautations, it IL learned,
have plant Cd snrullei acf6agss this year
than formerly. short Of plantation
worn ers they have faced the problem
Of Finishing TINS year g cut and Grind,
cult yating the ne4f crop and planting
for iQhn.S The 1890 crop is fartkest
away and It IS onIV' TO be expected that
fnned iste Necessities skodfd have been
ffrst met. < F -
Oriental Labor
3. 'Fax6h Bishop, chairman OF the
labor c6fhufittAe Of the Hawaiian Sugar
Plantersss Associatfqn. speAking on Wed
pssaay@ ut the PaH.Paeiifc luGcheon Of
ths IA Club bas hfade clear the present
labor needs 0f the s19nr Industry and
fRs tons Jppst natural source TO which
the ipdpffry uhiaht Jock for d SUPPLY
His pttefansas ate Especially signifi-
eHht sin6e fitey are the first In which
orets6 PROMINENT Ii the Sugar Planters
Itssoeisti5h Fthas declared for tile ne,
cessity d. Dfisntat EIabof and, Inherent.
tally, I'm favor or Chinese, Immigration.
Thnf subject The 4ssoe ton Ind its
mem befs have carefully av6ided aud
they have sotfaht 10 make it clear that
the agitation ip favor ~ securing Chi
nese IN Ha~ah came from others and
not from their association. The fact
that he IL chafrmtn Of fhe committee
on labor has added stin further to the
!, Significance ot his4x6Fds. . :
Porto Rican supply :, =,
80, While nothing has been officially re.
.khSt IL any rssu1ts looking toTard the
bringing Of Porto ,Ricans have been Sc
cured 5by r, d. Mead, manager Of the
PlantersA Labor Pnreau, it is under
tto6d that bis Letters indicate there is
littls ground 4of hope in that direction.
n - reported that she has found that
the spnited States has great need for
all Porto Riran labor that can be Sc,
cured much nearer 10 Washington and
where the problem Of expense and Of
Transportation does not enter into the
calculations as they do here.
Thus i appears that both Porto Rico
and the philippines are eliminated since
it appears that no way is open to Sc.
cute pasSa9e FOR Filininos in greater
numbers than ut present. Mr.. Mead is
expected TO relprn within the next two
weeks when it's probable that he will
have something to report on the labor
situation.
Repotts that the ,maiplbpd trip Of
Ernest H. Wodehopse and W. o. Smith
might have some bearing on the labor
situation are denied, 1t is said that
Mr.. 'amith is not Rding to Washington
and that neither ID. them have any in
tention of doing Anything in the prem.
ises. Mr.. W01ehOVse is a"member Of
the Riantersi 4 ssoGiation labor Commit
tee but Mr.. Mead has undoubtedly done
al that could be done while at the
natioHd capiEal and has made the sit
'dation clear 70 The food administra-
ton and ito Other Washington officials
HOBO Not Btrpfig
Not o +greHt deal of hope of securing
Chlneae labor IL lheld out but this will
not deter the efforts that Hawaii will
max O. to SECURE what is apparently the
only possible relief. Politicians are
afthid to go against the labor interests
which have not yet been awakened to
ths' pecsssity that exists, though they
may be later. Labor has . long stand
Ing prejudice against Oriental innmigta-
tiOh. The proPosal'tb bring in 0riedtals
for the period Of the war only, then
to be departed meets objectors who
fnsist that the United States will not
eountenance q plan which they call
''Peohage" or anything that closely re
UNA is$Gss' Al h
"ATthe cutting and the grind of this
wears crop idfa~sT near it's dose the
plantations win throY all available la.
b8r< Into the hela far the cultivation
Of thb next crop. the wedding and the
aettfhg '4hs 'fisidS Into normal condf
ton for it has been necessary to neg
Iect them already. Adjustment of
methods to the,,eIistipg conditions wiz
have 10 he made and, every available
laborer 'used where most needed. Efforts
are being made to get what may be
termed casual iiabor%to work Steadily
bit thia - found NOT eaSy for there
are numbers VINO win only work enough
DAYS in n week Or d month to gain a
SdbSistsnce6 fahd meet their absolute
needs The bonus plan failed long
since to get al Of these into line and
tho same tofidui6n' prevails now, eE.
capt that ii ti aeeelt,iated by tbe great,
Or need of every .lANb6ref every day.
TO estimate The reduction ip the next
crop that VIII come from the labor
shortage y igspraet iseble The critical
season win be on 70 December. Enter,