Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 285, 22 September 1891 — Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

Correspondence.

Wo are not in any svr>T- r ior the-fitatements or vie*.v, c o. : •>: rc«i:onr <lents. ... ■■■■■■■-— -*-■■ ■-. I Honolulu September IS. i?9U To the Editōr Ka Leo ,S:r:' Tihe P. C. Adfertiser cf the 17 instant contains a paragrapa -;ating that a .lapanese lia*3 his arm tom off'while trying to put on a belt at tb& centrifugaīs ai'Niulii Mill." /, : -Now,-sir, it app€fars to rae frorn I the frequency whieh thoso acciJents ] occur that there is something wrong in the maehine departments 01 a great many of theee miils* scarcely a week paesee without eonie serious accident haDpening to an imfortu* nate Jap or Ohinaman on one of the plantations, and it appears 10 me a most cruel and unjust -thing ihat inexperienced Asiatics should be allowed to work at Tnachinerv of any kind. * I It is cruel to..the,'Unsophisticated I Jap who through ignorance or inl experience is liable, to have one of his Jimbs torn off at «lny momenl, ! and it is unjust to the inembers of white aod Hawaiian mechanics and skilled hands among machinery who are walking ' about Honolulu or travsling ronnd the īslandslooking in vain for those positicns td whieh their abilities entitle them and whieh are nearlv all filled by Chines€|r Japanese, or r.nv other nationality ■ wh'oh will work for w«g«s on a Hawaiian or white man could not exist. This is really a serious questiori for the mechanics of this kingdonu and |very few of them to realize 16 what an extent their rights are bein£ wrested from them bv eapitalists, whose inordinate greed induc€S them to emnloy URskiiled Asiatic )aJ?or. never heeding the loss of an arm or legs occasionally. while their own countryrj3en and those native to thc soil travel wearily round the countrv with stomachs and Jpockets empty ? I think. sir> that the law might interfere here without infringing too mueh oo the ' liberty on the subject". and insist on onlv those being employed in resppnsible positions about maehineryj who have had exr>erienee to enahle them to do their work without being maimed of possihhf deca]»itv'.ted — It is high time ' fof ali mechauics ond in fact all who have to labor for their dailv bread to set as:de any liUle differenceis of opiiiion thev may have and worK i.»grther for the eommon goodi aml at the next eieetion strivei . i - i * \ learnj>stly fv»r oue «nd that is to! keepi Asiatio lulx>r in proper plac<| and wiu'n uo'ue with it bend it hal'k whenoe it emne. | | 1 am «tc. Hoao. i — - . '■■ j That a cert;un zealous irvterlop«r at the M»Hihunics meeting the other day told by his employoe to l, hud his nuisb M whieh we are inclined to thiikk he will.