The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-08-16

nave AI'ue sucn contracts. Paper ]
not on par with gold. 1t runs from
~ 10 f13 on exchange. At 10 tn
rate would be Sl7, in place of $40.
you have a SO gold piece you get the
benefit of the exchange. / was only
connected with the Monserrat as tn,
government agent OF Guatemala.
superintendent the expedition. / saw
that the recruiting officers followed
the law. This was last year. | ar
rived at san jose de Guatemala on
Sept. II, 1892. Have been there since
then. Have seen all the South sea
islanders taken there. The statement
in Clogs letter is not true. / was
with them last December and Janu-
airy. Have been TO each and every
plantation. They are at five planta-
tions. l visited all five and saw
the men. Captain Davis OF
the British man-of-war Roy
alist was in the South seas
at the time. Was with us at four
of the islands; was at one of the ISL
ands on two different days. The ISL
anders were the same as taken to
| Guatemala. They were ali well salts
fled, and spoke TO me in glowing term ;
! OF their treatment and work. Some
| said they were treated better than in
Fiji, New Zealand or Hawaii The
plantations are inland forty to seventy
| miles; are reached by wagon roads,
| railway and mule tracks. There are
very few corrugated-iron roofs-only
| one or two; they are mostly matched.
! The houses are built OF wood. Never
| saw luna carrying q revolver. |
never heard of a laborer being shot
| There are no Chinese there. There
are no japanese there, except the
| first lot forwarded from here. Have
travelled from one end of the
country to the other, mostly on the
Pacific side. Have visited twenty
plantations, and have been through
the coffee section. The coffee belt is
from 2500 to 1000 feet elevation. The
condition of the plantations are good,
andthere are no chances of disease from
the conditions of the laborers. The
imported laborers have good quarters,
corrugated roofs are the exception.
READS the schedule of rations, and
explained the details of transportation
OF japanese. No expense for trans
pOrtation falls on the Japs. They do
not want Chinese in Guatemala. 1t
struck me the last sentence meant
was a slave dealer. Have
recruited 149 Iaborers. Want $50.
Cross examination-Do not know
where the st. Louis lodging house is.
Never asked for it. Don't know that
any body ever went to the st. Louis
lodging house. / went to Guatemala
eighteen years ago. Made the trip
across the country. Have two APP
pointments as agent of the Guate- |
mala government. One was for |
the trip to the South Sea islands in |
November 1891, to recruit South Sea |
islanders. This was signed by the |
president of Guatemala. The second |
was as government agent for recruit |
ing Japanese immigrants in Hawaii |
and is dated May, 1898. L cannot pro- |
duce the first as il has been sent to the |
Guatemala government. The second |
one is at Sans Souci. Mr.. Creighton
stated it could be produced if called
for.
Judge Hartwell said he wished to
have it produced.
Continuing Captain Ferguson testi-
feed: Have visited twenty planta-
tion5 ana have passed through forty.
All have local names, manned the
five plantations These five planta-
lions run inland from so to 65 miles.
Went by muleback and train. 1 was
here December Is to middle of Feb
'uary. There are no coffee planta-
ions on low lands. None from 200
eet to 400 feet elevation. At least L
never saw any. The lowest coffee
rees are 200 feet elevation. / have
10 forms of contracts made with the
South Sea islanders, but mentioned
)ne could be procured. Have not
een Clogs. Have taken great pains TO
ind him through my friends. Made
10 enquiry at the station house. Do
lot know what the treatment of Jap
Inese there is, because none have yet
arrived there.
Morris K. KeohOkalole, sworn:-Am
lerk in the interior office. [Identi-
led the certificate filed according to
aw, in the interior office by the Ha-
yaiian Gazette Company.l
These Hawaiian Japanese were re-
ruited so that they could be trained
o act as lunas for future importations
# japanese. We selected good, relia
lie men, with experience in planta-
ion work. Had conversation with
vas present. L went to inquire for
Toys, but Mr.. tombstone was not I
here. We went later. Found Mr. !
tombstone. Said he did not know
where Clogs lived, but that one of the
reporters did. Said he
lid not believe the article was true,
Tut as CLOVIS was willing to sign it he
lad published it. Later, at my re-
quest, he came to the window of Paul
Neumann's office and said that Clogs (
ived at the st. Louis lodging house.
Mr.. Clogs at that time rOomed there
nd is still occupying room No. 6 in
hat premisesl. Neumann and
tried to find Clogs, but
ould not do so. He was anxious for l
hem to find Clogs. They wished to t
ind out what he meant by publishing r
uch an article. 1 intended to prose- :
ute Antoine Clogs. r,
Mr.. Creighton said If Judge Hart :
veil desired be would take the stand e
o show that he had hunted for Clogs. q
Judge Hartwell said the defense
Wished nothing.
Mr.. Creighton sworn: l was asked J
L would accept n retainer. CSmilesl.
replied that l would, under the cir /
As soon as ! was re- :,
aimed tried to find Clogs until noon -.
f Saturday, August 18th. heard he
7as a Portuguese. Mr.. Neumann and Y
got into a hack and went to the st. I
.ouis clearinghouse. Inquired for :
Toys. They did not know i
lch a man. Mr.. Clogs rooms a
t the house, and on his t
eturn that afternoon he was t
I'D Creighton and Neumann had .
llled for him. His landlord told
i'm this.) He had gone to the Por- g
Iguese settlement, but nobody knew g