The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-10-17
JAPAN AND EMIGRATION
The Land of che ChNsauthcmum is
Prosperous a splendid RI,. crop
and Good SILK Production

ID. w. stevens. adviser Co the Jap
anese Legation al Washington vino ar
rived boy the Picking yesterday remain
ed over In Honolulu and viii go To the
coast by the Gaelic.
Il have remained over simply 90 keep
Ia touch with Japanese interests here
ne said this morning. There be- noth-
/ ing special 10 which / am giving my at
tention When ! was here before the
japanese fire claims were a subject of
my Investigation. but the adjudication
OF them is progressin- in a perfectly
satisfactory manner. So there is Moth
/ ing in them to call for my considera-
/ ton. But the Japanese government has
/ a great many subjects here and these
/ involve many interests with which the
foreign office has to keep in touch The
opportunity Offering 10 stop over and
keep in touch with these interests. !
/ took advantage of it, and that is the
only reason l am here.
Japan is i'm a very prosperous condi-
I ton. When / left the prospects were
/ bright for one of the largest rice crops
ever harvested, and as rice is one of
! the great staples, that of itself would
go FAR toward making the country pros
porous. The raw silk production. an
/ other staple, is very promising which
makes another element of prosperity.
Japan in its industrial aspect is in
need of more ready capital than is at
present available, but that need is be-
| ing met though not as rapidly as IL is
/ needed to keep up with the develop
ment of industries. But there is a vast
amount of capital invested in indus
tries. in railroads for instance, which
are paying, and paying handsomely.
and foreign capital is coming in. Some
months ago the failure of four small
banks in osaka was heralded all over
the world as indicating that a financial
crisis was at hand. But this was not
so. These We're all small banks that
ought never to have been started, and
were i'm fact little more than pawn
brokers shops. Their capital was small,
and they tried to do more business
than their capital would warrant Their
failure had effect on general financial
conditions.
mo. the visit of Marquis Ito TO the
United States has no political signih-
canoe Marquis ItO's health is bad, and
his physicians ordered him To take a
rest long before he did. But it seemed
Impossible for him to get away at that
time. Marquis Ito has been such a
commanding figure i'm Japan for so
I many years, and has been of such SER
vice to his country, that his slightest
act Is invested with some supposed
significance. He has recently been put
at the head of new party, or rather a
combination of parties, but as yet the
party has not particularly shown its
purpose in action. In fact IL has not
as yet had any opportunity. The COM
ing session of parliament which Will
meet i'm November is the last session
of this parliament. It would be hard
to say just what the attitude of this
new party is at least in terms that
would be understood by those not thor
II is hardly an opposition party, be-
cause Marquis Ito Is in perfect har-
mony with the present cabinet 1t
might be termed constitutional party.
THE head of the present government is
a very popular man, and one who has
shown first class ability. He Is one Of
the younger generation of japanese
statesmen.
I'm regard to the renewed emigration
from Japan to Hawaii the government
i permits sixty men to emigrate on one
steamer with their wives and families,
and relatives dependent upon them.
This does not include persons who have
been to Hawaii before and have re-
turned. These may return here when
ever they want to. The regulations on
the subject are principally for the pro-
lection Of the government, and for the
iprOtection Of the emgrants themselves.
In the past many Japanese have left
their country to go elsewhere without
any knowledge of conditions where
they were going, and without any train
ing that would enable them TO support
themselves, and they have become
charges on the consular agencies. The
government wants simply to know that
the emigrants are going where II rs
likely that they can obtain employment
and are fitted to meet the requirements
of employment. 1t is also the object
of the government to prevent any emf
grants going out as contract laborers
to countries whose laws prohibit CON
tract immigratiOn d"