The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-11
DOWN WITH
THE CR|MPS''
A Seaman Speaks For
Organization.
SCORES TURK AND LEWIS
Urges Sailors TO be Independ-
ent-lhe Fourth of July's
Significance.

Editor Advertiser: l find on looking
over your paper several paragraphs which
are Of great Importance to the water
front Now it is my idea that il would
be very good thing if all the deep-wa-
ter sailors would unite and throw Turk
and Lewis into the river. Then there
will be an opportunity for honest, iovial
seamen to become men and remain slaves
no longer to the proprietors of the United
States Sailors Home.
1t is certain that Turk and Lewis must
have axes to grind here. since they are
getting the men to stand out for high
wages. They have probably ships in
view for which they wish to make sure
of men,
Let the sailors unite and be men. Let
them stand for their freedom and liberty
under the Stars and Stripes of America
and not under the banner of Lewis and
Turk, the crimps.
The second paragraph in the article re-
ferred to speaks of the crimps being
back of the scheme of organization. They
are at the back of the scheme. They are
determined to try and defy the captains
to procure men TO man their ships ex-
L
$50 for every man they find for the cap
tains. and Lewis and Tur.. will most GER
tainly try and put Captain Bray of the
! Sailors Home and captain Flint of the
water police. under their feet because
they will not join hands and help Lewis
and Turk to corral the sailors on the
waterfront or assist them in their work
| in any shape or form.
/ My advice to captains is that if they
/ need assistance to get men, to go to Cap
/ tain Bray, of the Sailors Home, or Cap.
tain Flint, anu so get better quality OF
men than they would If they went tc
Lewis and Turk. Captains know how
certain captains who have recently lef
this port have been treated by the crimps
The third paragraph refers to sailor:
refusing to ship. 1t is a fact that there
are sailors in Honolulu who will refus,
to ship for s35 and will demand $40 ant
$50 for the run to the Coast, while Levi.
and Turk are backing tAem up and find
ing them in whisky and pocket money
because It is their plan, after losing thu
| success which they formerly had will
the captains who We're tools in the
hands. to turn around and attempt t
make tools Of the seamen by the whisk!
bottle and so defy captains to get mel
except through Lewis and Turk.
The fourth paragraph is concernin.
Lewis and Turk attempting to corne
business with a dark plan" They hav
never done anything for sailors yet ex
cept 1t has been under dark plan. The,
now intend TO try schemes to gain favor
f possible, among the seamen ashor
here
Brother Seamen, I write this letter t
sailors of all nationa4.,.es and ask tina
they all unite. hand and heart together
Let us be slaves no longer. We hav
lust celebrated the Fourth of July. lie
US look back and see what the Fourt
Of July signifies. Let us go back to III
when the Declaration OF independence
was first read. God bless the Stars an
Stripesi The flag means three things t
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Freedom and Lii
erty.
If we have anything to do with Levi
, and Turk In securing ships, have we an
benefit from the above named principles
Let us unite and stand up and be sal
ors as of old and say we will be indie
pendent of Lewis and Turk. Let us hav
. our freedom to ship with whom we wi
and our liberty to go whittier we will
and not be molested and made slaves {
ny the crfmps. Let us, one and all b
determined to stand out and say we wi
not allow crimps to ship us. We are &c
ing to have independence, freedom an
liberty. That is what is meant by tn
Fourth OF July. Let us raise our color
and shout: Down with the crimps
Yours very truly,
GEORGE PAX r. Err.