What could the colonists have used to solve labor shortage?

A possible alternative to slavery that I think the colonists could have used to solve the labor shortage is for them to give the laborers more compassion and rewards. Instead of trying to threaten or discriminate them, why not treat them fairly and that colonists would get all their commitment to work and could encourage more laborers to join.

a yes vote means: the legislature, with a two-thirds vote, could change daylight saving time if the change is allowed by the federal government. absent any legislative change, california would maintain its current daylight saving time period