The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-28
BIG WAGES
PROMISED
japanese Laborers
Sought for
Coast.
So A DAY TO
PICK FRUIT
VernacuIar Newspapers. However.
Do Not Believe II a Golden
Opportunity.

A Japanese employment agent from
California has been making the rounds
of IwiIei and other districts OF Homo
lulu populated with Japanese. Offering
the men opportunities to work In fruit
picking and drying sections OF South
ern California. holding out the bait or
wages at the rate OF s1.75 TO 81 a day.
The agent talks glowingly on the op-
portunities offered in California Tor
japanese Iaborers and numbers OF them
are understood to have been led to be-
lieve the reports. and to have express
cd n desire to sail for the coast as soon
as possible. Prominent japanese. how
ever. have counteracted the agents
work by telling the coolies that the Of
fer of such wages is only ruse to get
them to San Francisco. where they VIII
be ut the mercy OF the employment
agencies, as no such wages can be OBJ
tanned by Japanese laborers In the fruit
sections.
The japanese community Is aroused
over the departure OF large numbers or
their countrymen for the coast recent
~, the result being that Consul Mkt
Saito has personally endeavored TO pre-
vent his people from leaving Honolulu
for such 4 purposes The Hawaii Shin
DO. the Japanese daily paper. printed
both In the vernacular and in English.
contains the following statement:
The fever Of excitement and eager
ness with which the japanese laborers
here attempt to migrate TO the main
To nd In nf hgfrar fortune
something akin to that OF gold diggers
after the rumor of discovery OF won
derful placer. II Is said, within the
past two months. some 500 Japanese
laborers crossed the ocean from here to
the mainland. and almost an equal
number OF them are waiting for their
chances in different japanese hotels.
among their friends In the city"
The shinpo contains also the follow
ing:
shin Nippon. In last Tuesdays issue.
reported that the agents or various
steamship companies in this city. head
ed by III. Hackfeld & Co. positively de-
ciined to sell passage tickets for the
coast to the Japanese laborers. When
pressed for the reason for this extra
ordinary action. Shin Nippon went on
TO say. the head man in the steamship
agency OF III. IL. Co advanced a most
ridiculous plea that the agents had an
order from the Japanese consul not to
sell any tickets for the coast To the
Japanese laborers. unless they were
provided with the passport certificate
signed and issued by the consul.
Since the publication OF the above
report, the feeling OF Indignation and
absurdity was felt among the better
class Of the Japanese residents. while
that OF surprise. anger and disappoint-
ment took hold OF the more Ignorant
class, AMI as n result II Is reported
that many OF them have returned to
their old places, which they had left
only recently with avowed intention OF
seeking better fortune in the States.
Mr.. Saito, the consul. when inter
viewed yesterday by our reporter on
the subject. most emphatically dis
claimed that he had ever given such an
order He called IL an infamous mis-
statement on its face. since he had no
sue n authority. All he knew about the
affair was that there had lately been
several laborers applying for his pass
ports for travelling To the mainland.
a hich M. Of course. refused To issue,
knowing there was no necessity Tor
such documents for them 20 trave! from
here To the coast. In the course OF
further conversation Mr.. Saito express
ed his great regret 1t seeing so many
Of the immigrants leaving the places
where they were welcomed. TO invade
sooner or later meet some difficulty.
coming In contact with the white Ia
borers.
.-'rhe statement ELECTED from Mr..
KlebahD, the head OF the steamship
agency department OF II. II Co. by
our reporter. - also widely different
from the published version OF our CON
temporary. Mr. klebahn declares that
he is at any time ready TO issue tickets
on demand to anybody as long as there
IS accommodation for them. As 10 the
probable origin OF INSTRUMENTATION. ne
volunteered the following statement:
For n statistical record or Tor some
nthsf official purpose. the japanese
consnIaI. requested the agent sometime
ago TO furnish II with the list OF Japa-
ncsc people leaving here for California
stating their names. their object, etc.
a usually such list should contain. Gut
OF courtesy TO the consul. the agent
cor1plied with the request. but lately
owing TO the great number OF them
travelling by every steamer. IL became
n hard Job for him 20 keep track OF
their occupation. etc. for the report
So Nc hit upon a smart plan by which
nc GOULD ESCAPE this heavy obligation
and vet satisfy the official rnlnd OF
ConsuI safto. The ingenious plan was
20 T.auss, every wouli-bs japanese
messenger To call FIRST on his consulate
and furnish the consul with required
before applying for the
ticket This novel method OF rrsistra-
ton for tn. benefit ~ their own gov
eminent became very likely the source
OF the present rrisuud-rstanding-
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