Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 268, 26 July 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

I Thk latest victim of the slander- | I ous and raalicious teudencies of the j iraported scrtbbler whom the an- ; nexatioh clnb hts hir. d to bolster ! U(» its lost c<use is Captain W. ll. Ferguson. the g>>vernraent agent of i j iraraigration for Gnateraa!a. The . Star siys that "uiueh curiosity has | 1 been expressed in this city ab>>ut i • the tnission of Oaplain W. H. Feri guson.” We are rather surpnsed j i to hear that bec.»use if auybody , here realiy w,is suff*ringfroui eunosity m reg»rd to the Cautaiu’s bu£iness, s.itisfaction eonkl very easily have h.*en obtain. d thr >ugti an interview with tiiat gent:eman. Hut are nol llie taciics >»f the Star. Hy ho.»k >»r opook it obt»>ns a copy cf the proposed lah >r eon- ' tract helween the governmeut of Guateiuala and ihe Japa u-se . borers, and then it g »es lo work and j discloses what it calls "u pretly ! sciieine” and adorns its a,l»*ged diselixsures »vilh the usual amouul of scurr lous abuse aud viie iusinuations against Captain Ferguson and Mr. Paul Neumaan. It ie perfectiy true that the Gualeiuaian planters desire lab »r and eheai» labor. So do the Hawaiian plautera. lt is perfectly true that Ihe Captain represents the Guatemalan g »vernraent. an»l has introduced laborers of differeut kinds lo ■ Guatemala —not thougfi by any raeans in such quantitiesas did ihe d>fferent ageuts for the Hawaiiaa ; government and p!anters into our coualry. The intention of the Captaia we understood when he arrived here was to make arrangements with from IUO t»> 150 Japanese lah1 orers here and send thera via S»n Fraucisco t<> Gualemala as au exueriment. If ine Japanese like 1 the eiim ile. and the 9urroundings. and cjndili >ns in Guateraala and , they give salisfaction to the planters there, Urger numbers will be : induced to g» there —but not frora Ilawaii. A ire»ty is at prcsent being negotialed between J.»pau and Gualera;ila. and when it is aecorapl:slied irara:grati >n will be encouraged by the Japan**ae g>»v- ' eniraent, and underits supervisi>»n. | in the sarae ra.»nner ai it is m Hawaii to-day. The so often illustrated gen*ral ignorauce of all matters periainmg to ge»>graphy on the part of tbe Star edilor raakes Gujteraala appear lo hira ;ts an uuciviiized eouniry, and places Ihe iaborers, tuere iu ihe light of siaves. while the lruth is that Gaateraala iu regard lo civilued forras of goveruuieai, and in regara lo the trealmeut of the peopie liviug lhere is if anytbing superior to whal ean be fouud in those respects m Hawaii. By a careful Derusal of tce | contract whien the Sur publishes it will be seea thatthe terras are as good, if not better than those offered throagh the contraots w»th Hawaiian p»autera. We shou.d suggest to Ihe Star to oubiish one of Ihe Hawauan-Japanese labor-coa-

| tract u>gether witu the propo«ed Gu itemaian-Japanese contract,and tben a?sist us in drawing 9<>me | compansons —but lhey would perj haj s as the proverb saysbe »xiious. In regard totae personal &ttacks 'on Capt. Ferg.ison. we uee»i say nothing. N'o :u.»n yet was »l»maged by being attacked by tbe St>r editur —aud as he is «ueh an expert in reiracting and rec»nling lu8 daily lies. we will simply I siate tii.it Capt. Ferguson was never in commaud of the • Monserrat,” Lml 9imj»iy on b»x»rd of h-*r in 1 his c.»p city ;is agent for the Guateoialar g>veniment, ai.d tn »t the ui «nner ii: whīeh he c»nd aele.l ti»e \v >rk g ve g-ner.»l 3tl:sf>c f ion t»< ail {)>rties ■•neen») d, mciud ng C »pt. L)»vies c<> iin;and; g H.B M S K 'VaI lSt, 1he Star als < -eem- t>> ‘ * p des.r- to niaKe C»pt. r»rg».son r> sj>onsible f>r the io»s »>f the l*ahili. .\s he w.»s >’t on b ■ »rd lier at ihe lime of th»- d.s<sler, it s difficnlt to see where hs res(»oii8ib.lity c>mes in. If ha h>d heeu. he i would likelv n.»t bave 1»--m in a condition to excite the c>iri»>s>ty >>I the Star to »1 »y, :.>»>r h »v« c,uis-l j its »-ditor to *‘fi.»d” 'nhor e >ntracts in tne priuti .g »>ffic» >>r »>n tii>s’.rtet. T e allair «»f the Kev* r-n.l Kapu h; s b> >-n dis<?nssed in tne j Honoiulu prtss f >rmer y. Captuīu I Daviesofthe noy »li>t rir.-dthe revereiul gentleman out <>I tiie Gi!hert Islauds, l> cause he w >s a con»tant 9 >urcs oftroub!e. F<>r the same reason Capt. Fergii3>n refused to laKe him to Guatemala —a j>iace where "inissionaries'’ evidently are not quoted at a preraium —and ne sent Mr. Ki\j>u to Hawaii, paying his piss»ge and iending liim $3U in g >ld wh:ch according to ihe promise of the reverend gentlem.*n, was t>» be rej»;iid when he reached , Honoluln. C »ptair» F-rg ;s.m is i here now,,and p rf«*ctly ready t<\ 1 e >iiect his $30. It is to be iiope»! t u»t the reverend missi >nary is ;»s ready t»> »1 git m> He has not 9hown any anxiety th<>ugh to :ue t his 1 >rmer benefacl«>r, but .s v.*ry, v>-rv bnsv at j>r.‘9ent !ii;»tti g , converts on M mi. We h »ve simj>ly m.ule tiiese re narks t > s;-t Ca|>t:iiu F -rg is >n rig tt in the ey sof t!ie many friends he has made j !iere dur.ng his vis:t, of whom some m.iy possibly re.»d tne 6t»r an»l noi fully realiz • the character 1 and d 9,)osit!>>n of the news gither- ! ers and writers of daily perversion »>f fact aud insiuuation9 of aiander and Iies.