The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-24
Some Observations O.
Well Known Act
ing Judge,
LETTER IN WASHINGTON STAR
The Versatile Lawyer Gives His Opin-
ions of the Chinese and Jap
anese Residents.
LETTER IN WASHINGTON STAR

Acting Judge SiIliman Is Wfltef
besides being an able lawyer and good
Judge. The Washington Evening Star
publishes lengthy letter from the
Judge dated at Honolulu March 10. 1t
is as follows:
Owing to the enforcement OF the
Chinese exclusion acts here, the same
as on the mainland. very few Cinnamon
are now being landed, though imme-
diately after annexation and until the
United States inspector OF Chinese was
able to apply the laws of Congress in
their full scope the celestials arrived In
comparatively large numbers. OF late
the immigration of field laborers has
been almost exclusively japanese From
January 8 to February 10. this year,
1856 Asiatics, chiefly japanese, were
landed at the port of Honolulu for SUI
gar plantation. contract laborers.
During the same period the action OF
the board of health for the suppression
of the plague, directly or indirectly,
caused the destruction OF private ef-
fects, homes, merchandise and places OF
business of more than 5000 free and
independent Asiatcs in Honolulu. Be
tween November 1 and December 81,
last year, nearly 1000 tons of Oriental
freight were landed at the port of Ho-
nolulu, without fumigation, while in
January of this year property worth
nearly 81 900 900 belonging to Chinese
and Japanese was burned In the plague
infected and quarantined district.
May be Reimbursed.
These figures are given only that the
al tl, hat
and not for purposes of criticism. 1t Is
not unlikely that the unfortunates will
be amply reimbursed by the govern
ment for the losses they have sustained
The Asiatics have been imported into
Hawaii by the sugar growers under
three years labor contracts. These
contracts have penal features. provid-
ing for the Imprisonment of the laborel
if he declines TO work, until willing tc
resume; the time spent IN prison Is
added to the term of his contract Prior
to 1892 the Chinaman whose term O
employment had expired might con
tinue to work on the plantation as {
free laborer, he might leave and seel
other employment, or he might return
to China. The greater portion chose
the the first course, many of the more
saving and enterprising accepted theil
freedom and sought employment else
where; few struck out for themselves
us growers of rice. vegetables and sc
on. But since 1892 they have had tC
cboooo hetween danortation and a new
~, ne contract
wealthy Chinese In hawah.
There are many wealthy Chinese
nieron"hts III tne is''nu' 'o"' INV
they OF their iathers were JUS. su'i
penal contract iapolers, ntousn. ,oei ou
IN lhe ea'iy uays, onos ntt uor hoooro sAn, ~
W. .ei ms "nn ,Ia'tars az end ,,ernhorts
~ Ghi,,aso ;n uauaj, ,ahor wifi
r,tianoa fron, day,iaht tn d,,kness
i've tr,,s,iiv and bids tbair time The,
do NOT basif.ta m stake ali on a venture
in which thew have confidence and II
tbey lose the loss is borne with stoical
Indifference. Each In turn has come
out as a plantation laborer, has served
his period of three years and then has
ioined with others and leased a piece
of waste land that the white man and
the native have been unable to cul-
tivate with profit. This has been turn
ed into money making rice planta-
ton, vegetable garden or taro patch.
After saving m suflcient money the
enternrising chinese usually comes 10
Honolulu and buys a snare IN some
store or small manuiacturlng lhaustry'
flna'lV' ne hla'es MS eiues, soh III
charee OF the business ahu' lakls "ne
OF more OF 'ne NuunpeI pn,S WIN HIN
10 DE euucateu' returns 10 .hina'
Work in Companies.
, ....,,.. -, 4,
'. 80 - .@ -. t., -
on In e'HiP'N'e'' '"' 'Ns ~
OF From uhree TO -FOUR talors or laun-
dry proprletors TO thirty or more
planters OF rice. Frequently one veal