The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-08-03
IN BEET FIELDS
Amount of Coolie Labor
Employed is Large.
Commissioners Fitzgerald Writes 70
Examiner on Sugar
Industry

The following letter from Labor
COMMISSIONS Fitzgerald 70 the Exam
Insz explains itself:
E3zro- % The Examiner.
Dear ---Cc-S5isrznIs opposition and
c-tc5czS-- have Developed L-Urn the state
1ls-r made ~ re that the Japanese
practically Ec-Ou,lLLzs the WORK done IN
the beet Esl1S Of California. and u has
been sr-Ocs0CSly stated thSt II i uiy
ThzS criticism sGzu2csS IN mast cases
r1o= S-bst5tzs3 writers Of the Sugar
Tr-S--
Il has been ny desire ozly 70 siys facts
216 coC 70 deal IN personalities but N
1s-s1Se o. --E po>lI1cr EeSL called upon
a. the present time 70 give the testimony
Of c-s u Cwc persons u Chcss examined
81 the I-vsSC1S-2Cto1 recently made II
W1ESC-vllls-
:. kEu-u-z s1ft- y an the Oldest Jap
ErSc brought laps here Gc1 Do r11S'
q -Es cucrr&c CIu-- I GLSo DO work for
Mr.. Morse superintendent 81 the Wax
S1zEl-is Es1-srE- Cl&-> >p-sCEs-S 4SSe1
ne u work for him last year - SALINAS
he l1l1 -r@ 20 take al NY men and 20
down 20 his plzcS zrI 70 % work q
h-%-S some cE nv men come tru-- EZ-
EzEL TElS CCs = from Sl-sczsLSyl-Ls-
chs Island o. Maui (potuclrS 70 iran II
-Err With ElEt worked Tor I-- SU-sCS-
zlS down -Es-e--Is--E q men come here
from his care Ezl1S-ECcl better hers.
NcE many idle Jays here pretty Sl1C 81
get work JAMS much better than en-
ness u do w7lrS---isrS-2-d il better.
ILz- ze- from go cents % s. p@E day s.
70 S-5 rs- ton I take contracts Tor 81
kind q w1-k-zsG % 80 Csu- NAY -
rgC Ch5-ssz and laps around Watson
VIE I can take GS biz contract As
0--~Whzt per cs-taEs Of The work :
done il The beet fields By japanese ar
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A--Th1rry-dve per cent Is done BY
I4Paz1.ess7 al Per cent L done BY chi
c 1rtu=zz--z- enc Of the l1-zszt jap
E-=Se contractors az Salinas said TIE
Western Sugar REG-srE has an t--1-s-Ss
tract q Lz-1 here psr1zrs 4-ht acres
which they s-1l=C % snail farmers EhC
EFrs TEuS TIE bulk OF II = let under
contract az from s. % Ills per Ton =
TzeG thin. hoe top and load There
-e-s $50 white us1 On he paE-ro4 q,
1-s Cf-= but CEeT have CHANGED 70 Jap;
+ and Chinese Thew ray them s. Der acre
EF-zr they are rEE--zt and hCe5- haI-
a--s : raid U-o- delivery -c=v V1Ct
about from q % 81 ==1 u 10 acres
= EaEEEurz said " hike men very
scarce in beet G=-1s-z=v=r saw white
EEE working lEz-z- Heard that Claus
SG-scz=ls brought S Germans hone truI1
Europe with hin
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beet feds q WErs,11ylLls and Salinas Is
11Cz by Japanese
A--4hoct 30 par cent and TO = 70 q
r,zr cent by CtI-zSs- Next year IGpG1zSS
II all Chinese have worked in u1-zr1
strawberry and vegetable fields Nc- =
Euc5 A. our -=z fur thinning h=sCs-
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zz-E=rs,i Er11 al who were Questioned
and E1cIutt1E the Japanese bosses. zEl-1
was * follows
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tractors O. E1-SsEork- te Main street
: 0tE contractor, IA Main street Z
EE1zEErzs beet contractor lAi Nan
street = BAHIA Izpz1=ss contractor
Man street : EL-U-z- b@=r contractor
Main street
Il has been STATED by th1=e who wish
n deny the existing c1-s1l-1c1s -1z- IN
1IlTI-E and sowing etc = done q
white Lzho-- II vas impossible for he =
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