| Show AU UNST CONTRACT IAI1OI1 Itdi1 union IheHubJect to Come Up In the llnwlln Lenleeirr Ilonalulu Jan 18 via San Franc co ran 15One of the most radical bills ever brought before an Hawaiian legislature will be Introduced wi Intrduced at the coming Ion which opens on the 16th ot next month I tho bill entries it will do away with the contract labor law which has been In vogue In tills country for a great many sears From an Inside source It is learned that all al the American planters will favor the bill but It 10 l anticipated that planter of other nallonallly will make a light The legislature Is I practically In the hands of the Americans and at this writing there la I no good reason why the bill should not become a law The Hawaiian contract labor law I has bon otro ins argument In the bonds or the ant 1LnneXftt1on lots and the uballshment pf the law Is I expected to aid this country In Its light for closer political I union with the United Stales lines The bill will be along the following riret That from and after the first day of July i > 9S no contract for per sonal set Ice made or entered Into In 1 the Ilepubllo of Hawaii should be Specifically or penalls enforclble Second That from and after the first oter 1M day of January 1899 no conlmct for I Personal serviect made or entered Into abload should be specifically or penal ly enforclble In the Republic of Hawaii Ielublc Ito I Third That this law shall not Apply hal to contracts for services of seamen ill is amensIaw to be left Practical IOn I It In I Fourth That this law shall not bf construed to rei nl any existing law I I in so far as H appllts to any existing labor I contracts rrl which I mas In en I tcred t into prior to the dales men tloneel 1 i I I Thor man who 1 drafted tho bill I 1 made tho follonlnsr statement i This I mg eriableall pnrtloi to no commoelate themselves to tin slum linn j i lonff enough beforehand to prevent IOt i I I from operating harshly or causing any rl mlo dislocation r Ihe hmlncsn I of the eoiln I try I will also cntiK the ssstcm to lapse grnduallvJnsldvd of all nt once I I also demonstrate that the I people peo-ple and government of Hawaii I Are In I earntBt seeking Jo put themselves Inline In-line with American conditions find I methods ot labor I And will r give us V moral ndinnlaseny means of such denlonstmttciilufYnrtreaterviwllla than Imply Meeting tM specific objectlonn to annexation I I think the abrogation of the ron i I I tract IxWir I system will bo an un nuallflcxl blessing tn the country In mar ways than one anti Ir the Ioern I merit does not see Its way clear to r the Initiative 41A n government I Eolley r i r It should I b dl icennntothe I I egsauro t by a Private member and pushed with nil the strength tint con I be brought to Us support at the coming session of the legislature htbr one cess Is I achieved that session or the legislature or nott The sr tr arlvel yesterday I nine day from lan Francisco She In I en route to the Aslatle Station to reo lo the Yorktown I |
