The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-01-21

why Jne customs O1nclalS Qld not
take notice of the open violation of
the cubic-air law is not apparent,
and appearances would indicate that
owners of vessels are allowed the ex-
treme liberty of doing as they please
in bringing japanese immigrants
from the Hawaiian Islands to this
port.
THE LAW VIOLATED.
To clearly illustrate and prove be-
yond doubt that the cubic-air law
is violated and the proposition to
make money is the important object.
it is only necessary to state the act
ual facts connected with the arrival
of the Aloha's Japanese passengers.
Twenty-six persons, including two
women, were given passage on the
schooner and quarters were provid-
ed for them in temporary structure
erected on deck, over the hatchway.
The only ventilation that could be
obtained came through the narrow
aperture designated as a doorway.
The Japanese were huddled into the
"house on deck" and left to care for
themselves as best they could. The
question of a violation of the cubic
air law was insignificant apparently
to all parties. The Japanese were
anxious to reach this port, and Cap
tain Dabel was no doubt as equally
anxious to get rid of his passengers.
The schooner was twenty-nine days
in making the passage to this port,
and the condition of the quarters as
signed to the japanese can be better
imagined than described. The odor
was fearful, and how all of the
japanese survived is mystery. Not
onl y was the cubic-air law violated
in every sense of the word, but the
danger to life was great. Had the
vessel encountered heavy weather
and a sea washed the decks the
"house on deck" would have remain
ed in position but short time.
There is hardly need to picture
the result of panic-stricken Japa-
nese. Similar to the Chinese, they
have little or no courage, and on the
water cannot be depended on in
time of danger.
THEY ARE LANDED.
AS above stated the Aloha arrived
safely and the japanese anxiously
awaited the arrival of the Immigra-
tion Commissioner. All of them
passed the examination, and while
having very little money they had
sufficient to enable them to beat the
pauper clause, and the Commissioner
was forced to land them. The i'm
migrants were not long in departing
from the vessel, and soon made their
way into the japanese quarter,
which has steadily increased in popu-
lation by the schooner loads that are
dumped here continually.
The question is asked concerning
the Importance of the business of
carrying Japanese immigrants to
this port from the Hawaiian Islands.
1t is not difficult to answer when it
is known that from each passenger
the fare collected is $2l. By Cap
tain DabePs enterprise the Japanese
population in this city has been in
creased by twenty-four males and
two females, and the schooner has
enriched her owners by sum ex-
ceeding $500.
The Aloha is by no means the
only vessel that has carried Japan
ese passengers in direct violation of
the Cubic-air law, and she will not
be the last one unless proper means
are taken by the authorities vested
wit power to punish captains who
insist on doing as they please.
1t has been frequently stated that
the arrival of japanese from the Ha-
waiian Islands and Yokohama has
greatly fallen off during the past
year. To combat such statement
1t is only necessary to produce the
actual figures, and they will speak
for themselves. The arrivals for the
past year at this port are as follows: