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tWERAC LABOR
One of tfi tre wpers in us
lloglish ooiama retarus to the
worn ost sad disWonast trick of
atting ooatract labor as eoolie
slavary planters a mnnstealers
kidkaeppars slnve ower oto
ste and tlie Courts of the King
4at as aeeompliees in crime
As long as this rubbish is con
iaad to the English language it
can do little harm for those who
read it here being for the most part
reasonably intelligent and well
mformed on the subject are not like
ly so be ianaeneed and it is scarce
ly possible that the paper is read
abroad though possibly some
foreign paper in want ot a sensa
tion might soil a pair of scissors
tot it
It appears that at a reeent ses
sion of the Kauai Circuit Court a
dootor seed a planter for medical
sarviees rendered to a Japanese la
borer contracted to the planter
and the ptaintiifs attorney took a
aoosait on the showing that the
obligation on the employer was in-
formal or incomplete ana so no
liability to provide medical attend
saee was proved agaiust the em
ployer On this peg is hang all the
vecabolary of abose customary to
sect papers under such circum
stances
After stating thai comment is
soperflooes the commentator ar
rives at the conclusion that the em
pieyer can command the services
of bis assigned Japanese laborer
apparently without incurring any
Mabihtv to provide medical attend
ance It is so apparently in this
case bet we claim that this is of
necessity a very rare and wholly
awadental ease If the contract
was unsigned if it in fact were so
informal and incomplete as to re
lease one party to the contract from
any or all the conditions under
stood it must have just so far re
leased the other party as welL
Tbe employer himself is the party
aesc liable to injury from a con
tract which proves to be not bind
iaer A eee of this kind must of
MMSStty be an accident an over
sight for no one wooW willingly
east the saving of his crop to a
ewber of laborers boend to him
by nothing but an unsigned con
trace Moreover where was the
Japanese inspector Tbey gener
ally as they are boeud to do take
ood care of the interests of their
esatrymen Bet now eowes this
paper and states that -it is well
known that the terms of the con
tracts are not adhered to by the
Masters the men are transferred
fike cattle from one slave owner to
another and that they may be int
yfcoaad fcr life for refasiag to
work and the lower coons are
daily eagaged in noiug and impris
oaiag laborers moch to the satis
isotaon of the planters The re
sponsible editor of the paper in
which these misstatements occur
w can hardly say are circelated
iSHfpocd to be something in the
way of s lawyer sad probably the
writer of this particular editorial
from which we have quoted may
be seen seen another so we will
ask in all good faith how many
crwunaW west be acting in coIIb
sion LasjKtftors employers lnaas
wiueaasges aad all before on
cfc case as is pronoeacod to be so
common coald possibly be brought
about
Wist the Kauai trial really does
show is that the contract laborer
s well cared for In desf4te of
carelessness of the employer and
those who should have watched
oxer the interests of the laborer
he bad his medical treatment and
it was tae doctor who was oat of
poeket and the law does not call
epoa the laborer patient to pay the
bilL There were over a thousand
contracted immigrants landed here
quite recently Their own govern
ment are not only aware of but
have approved and sanctioned the
eagagesaeats With the approval
as aedo of the Hawaiian Got- i
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wnment inspectors of their own
nntiOHfility are appointed -to witch
over their interests and doctors of
their own country will attend to
their medical needs Oases of dis
pute will be tried in Hawaiian
Courts and their judgments ac
cented by both parties The plant-
ers wHI have to pay a higher wage
than is known in any other sugar
producing country in the world
oqaal nearly to doublo that paid
iu some eountiies All the out
soinss of plautatious in these isl
ands arc at a rate unknown else
where labor skilled and unskilled
fuel aud most other supplies are
dearer hero than anywhere else
Two conditions which obtain here
are favorable to the planter unpar
alleled fertility of soil and the
proximity of a favoring market
the former must gradually deteri
orate by the laws of nature and
the latter is imporiled and injured
by recent tariff legislation in the
United States This is the time
for a patriotic paper to rehash all
the stale old slanders that have
been dragged out discredited and
buried again for so many years
past- Even Hawaiis most vicious
detainers abroad seom to have
grown tired or ashamed and so
our contemporary tries to resus
citate them
CORRESPOXnEXCE
We do act fcold ocrives resable lx be
steteaeat ssde or odafeas expn5ii br ccr
JvejfardiniJ JZe ir Goven
Mr Ebitob A paragraph in
this mornings Advertises has at
tracted a good deal of attention
from the many friends in this city
of the Rev H H Gowen who is
said to have definitely announced
to the Secretary of the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel that
he has uo Intention of returning to
Honolulu
Mr Gowens friends would be
glad to learn whence this piece of
information was derived as it con
flicts directly with the latest cor
respondence addressed by Mr
Gowen to this country
Several letters were received
here by the last mail from Mr
G who writing from Great Yar
mouth on the 13th February last say
I am sorry I canto return
at oncepartly because I have prom
ised to abide by tbe Archbishop s
advice and partly because I am
hoping for a more satisfactory ar
rangement before my return Mr
Gowen speaks of his present work
and derangement of his plans by
unexpected delay but hopes that a
month hence certain correspond
ence wdl have reached a stage that
may enable him to look forward
more clearly
The paragraph in the Advertiser
1 find ought to have been credited
to the Honolulu Diocesan Maga
zine published under the direction
of tbe Bishop so in the matter of
the Rev Mx Gowens non return
probably the wish was father to
the thought Anglican
March 15 1SS1
The Sensational Marriage
Me Editor You would do me
a groat favor by inserting in your
next Advertiser the following
refutation of some untruths reflect
ing on my conduct regarding the
marriage of a Portuguese girl to a
Ghioaman which appeared in your
colamasc a the 25th of February
last under the title of a Sensa
tional Marriage The writer who
ever he may be did not think fit to
take op bis position as a man but
shielded his ontrcthful statement
ander an anonymous symbol the
letter X
It is said in the eommenication
referred to that tbe Chinaman
after consulting with the Catholic
priest was ordered to eut oft his
oeeoe that be bad to make a con
fession of tbe sins of s life time
and that he afterwards partook of
the holy communion I beg to say
that these statements are nothing
bet mere fancies created m the
brain of Mr X It is evident he
knows not that the Catholic
Church does not trouble the China
man about their tails when they are
baptized or married Neither does
he know that those who are bap
tized have not to make a confes
i sion of the sins of a life time
sinee these very sins are remitted
by the waters of baptism More
over he is equally ignorant that the
bole communion is only given to
those who are fasting from mid
night consequently it ctiuld not
have been given to the Chinaman
who was married at 6 oclock in
the evening
Now in reference to the unpro
tected girl as she is termed by that
writer and those whose dnty it
was to shield her I beg to state
that I was totally unconscious of
any force or violence being used
by her step father or sbj other
person whatever and I was folly
persuaded that the marriage was
perfectly satisfactory to both par
ties therefore I performed the
ceremony without auy misgivings
whatever C N JKuault
Catholio priest at Walohinu Kau
Hawaii
March 11 lbll
Horners Banking BillNo 13
Mk Editor 1 have claimed that
the income of this proposed bank
although sufficient tojpay our na
tional debt it would be onlj a
small part of the blessings that
would bo conveyed upon the peo
ple and the Kingdom directl and
indirectly by the bank
I will illustrate Money being
the life of business to buy to cm
ploy and to pay in fact the tool
which commauds all tools by which
wealth is created and comforts en
joyed etc
If our bank was endowed with
the powers that this bill provides
for it money would always be ob
tainable upon security in either
small or large amounts and at a
rate of interest the industries could
afford to pay More inoney would
bo put in circulationniure improve
ments made more business done
aud wealth more rapidly increased
with money always obtainable at
four per cent than if double that
rate had to be paid for its use That
is a man compelled to pay eight or
ten per cent for money to assist
in his business could use double
the sum at four per cent and so in
crease his business at the same cost
for the use of the tool to do it Avith
And so by a more abundant circu
lation of money more business
could be done more laborers em
ployed more improvements made
and more taxable wealth produced
by the people Thus assisting the
government as well as themselves
If the government had this bank
to draw from the same security
that would draw money from
Europe at six per cent would
secure just as good money from
the Bank of Hawaii5 at four per
cent without the coty assistance
of syndicates J M Horner
To be Continued
A Timely Hint
Everv merchant says
change should use
tionery no matter
BiWe Ex
Xnu 3ucittcmnU5
an ex-
printed
how Ianre or
small a business he may be doing
We lately received a letter from a
merchant who had neglected this
The letter required an answer but
the signature was written ki a
way that made it impossible to de
cipher it A direction was made
as near it as possible and he may
receive the letter but if he does
tbe credit will belong to the post
master who must guess at the in
scription A printed notehead
would have made the name plain
would have looked more business
like and would have cost but a
trifle Country merchants who
neglect these things be business
men You have been selling goods
for a living Change that this
year and sell goods for a business
Then you will wake up use these
things and fidd that at the end of
the year you have made more
money than you ever did before
And the beat place to get your
printing done is at the Gazette
Oflice 46 Merchant street
A Costly Bible
New York March 5 At the
American Art Galleries this after
noon there began a sale of a superb
collection of rare and costly books
and manuscripts of Brayton Ives
Many prominent men were present
J V7 Ellsworth of Chicago secured
the famous Guttenberg Bible the
first book printed with types after
spirited bidding paying 3140U0 for
the two volumes The book was
printed at Mentz by Guttenberg in
1450 A I and is in Latin in
gothic type with a prologue of St
Jerome There are hundreds of
illuminated letters many height
ened with gold The binding is
oak boards covered with stamped
calf ornamented with brass It is
without title pages or signatures
There are Gil leaves printed in
doeble column forty two Hues to a
full column Initials and rubrics
are in manuscript throuu bout It
was formerly known as the Mazarin f
Purchasing Ao enr
BEING ESTAJJLLsHED IN SAX
Fnmckco I oner ray services to Ha
waiian resident as a Parcfcasis Agnr
Xy thorough acquaintance with the Isl
and trade writ enable rae to give goed
satisiacnoa ia my purchases Terms 5 per
csmconporcliasenptoai 2 percent
oa larger orders Axidresa
GEO HEINEMANN
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Solid Silver Goods
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coftsgnreens of Silver Ware lately seat
to Caps G Heineraann from Nonray and
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Purchases delivered in asy part of the
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WHAT THE SHIFTING BILL WILL DO ZtUaEniSTfllflUi f
Now that tho Mail Contract bill has
becoino a law it is well to consider what
its effects are likely to be It is com
monly spoken of as a bill for the restora
tion of our meVcliant marine but those
who expect verv substantial results
in this direction will be disappointed It
can naruiy call into existence more tuan
forty or fiftv new steamers of 150000 or
200000 tons in all This will not so very
far toward matching the 10000000 tons
of British shipping the 2500000 tons
that we had in tho foreign trade before
the war or oven the 1000000 tons wo
still have in the same tra Je after thirty
years of tariff starvation Subsidies will
not build up a greaf merchant rnarine
it takes freedom and individual enter
prise to do that but they may perlorm
certain special services of value
In the first place theahled lines will
give our merchants rapid and regular
mail communication with their custom
ers It will be possible for a South
American importer to send an order to
New York or San Francisco and know
definitely how soon it will be filled
Again the representatives of American
firms will find it convenient to visit
other countries to solicit trade and for
eigners will bcablo to come more easily
to America to inspect our processes
In the next place we shall bo almost
entirely relieved of tho necessity of add
ing new cruisers to the navy and can
confine ourselves principally to coast de
fense vessels The new mail steamers
will supply us with commerce destroyers
in time of war
Finally we shall be able to fortify our
trade at strategic points such as San
Francisco where rivals now threaten to
supplant us The position of Vancouver
is purely artificial It is built up bv
Government aid and nothing else The
Shipping bill will enable the American
steamer lines centering at San Francisco
to maintain themselves against this
unfair competition
The Pan American Conference made
some recommendations on shipping
manners which are of interest at this
time With regard to the Pacific trade
the conference advised that the nations
hing along the western coast of the
continent should subsidize one or more
lines of steamships of the first class to
make regular voyages betwe San
Francisco and Valparaiso and interme
diate ports These vesiels were to make
bi monthly trips at least each way and
were to be of not less than 4000 tons
with triple expansion engines of not less
than 3500 horse power and a minimum
speed of fifteen knots The various na
tions along the Pacific were to pay in
proportion to population a subsidy not
exceeding in the aggregate 30 cents per
gross registered ton for each thousand
miles sailed outward and homeward
For a vessel of 5000 tons this subsidy
would be equivalent Jo 3 per mile on the
outward voyage The Shipping bill au
thorizes the payment to such a steamer
of 2 per mile The contributions of the
Spanish American countries would not
quite make up the 3 To uet any sub
sidy at all under the Pan American re
commendations the Pacific Mail or
whatever company might bid would
have to furnish vessels of at least 4000
tons which would come in the third
class under the Shipping bill and would
be entitled to only 1 per mile It would
pay tbe company to increase the size of
its ships to 5000 tons so as to come
within the 2 class
One of the first fruits of the Shipping
bill is likely to be a through line from
San Francisco to Valparaiso whatever
maybe the character of the steamers
composing it And as the inducements
increase so rapidly with the size 01 the
ships there is good reason to hope that
at last we shall see some vessels fit to
bear comparison with those oa the At
lantic Examiner
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Notice of Election
II AN ADJOURNED ANNUAL
meeting of the Peoples Ice fe Refrig
erating Co held Monday March 16h the
following officers were elected for the en
suing year
Jonathan Austin
JSilcGrew
G P Castle
LC Abies
T W Hobron
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