The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-07-08
FRISCO IN
JAP HANDS
Oahu Brown Men
Cause Alarm
on Coast.

SAN FRANCtSCO. June 2S - pn,
might have thought oneself at the 40
nolulu railroad station when the steam
ship China unloadcd her passengers al
the Pacihc Mail Company wharf yes
terday There were japanese on every
side A couple OF hundred japanese
came down the ganpplank of the vessel
while half as many more met them and
escorted them to boarding houses in
this city.
The Examiner says that the Japanese
are going to Hawaii from Japan by the
hundreds, and with the intention OF
coming here from Honolulu, after a
brief stay i'm the Islands. The Exam
liner says:
More than 200 japanese arrived here
yesterday In the steerage OF the steam
er China. They came from Honolulu
and the Hawaiian Islands, where they
have been working on the plantations.
This influx OF coolie labor from the
Hawaiian Islands is alarming the i'm
migration authorities, but they state
that they are powerless to stem the
tide. Late steamers from the orient
have brought hundreds OF japanese
who come here from the Hawaiian Is
lands. The immigration officials are
unable to deny the Asiatics landing be-
cause Of their coming from port Of
the United States"
The influx Of japanese here is agi-
tating the labor unions, and plans are
being made to fight the invasion. To-
day a bill was introduced into Con
gress by Representative Robinson Of
Indiana, a Democrat, providing for the
exclusion Of japanese laborers from the
United States. His bill will have al
most exactly the same scope as the
Chinese exclusion law, and while meet
ing the views of the masses on the
mainland, would be very detrimental to
Hawaii's interests, as il would deprive
Hawaii of its present chief source OF
labor. 1t would prevent the landing In
the Islands of "A single japanese plan
tation laborer. This bill is being push
ed by the American Federation OF La
Dor.
The following from the Fresno Re
publican, published In the center OF the
great raIsin and deciduOus fruit dis
trict of the San joaquin valley. gives
the attitude and expectations of the
farmers and the Japanese in the mat
~ VI AllN Nlpps
The reports from all over the state
that labor Is so scarce this year that IL
IL feared there will be difficulty In
handling the fruit crop, has set Fresno
people to wondering just how this coun-
try will be affected. In previous years
while the same cry has invariably been
raised, there have always been enough
people on hand to handle all the fruit.
But there has been some apprehension
felt because of the fact that the usual
influx Of Cinnamon and japanese into
this city during the months OF May and
June has not yet commenced, and i'm
spite Of the cry that is made against
the employment of Asiatic labor. the
Chinese and japanese are considered
essential to take care of the crop.
Each year there are at least 5000 Chi
namen in Fresno that remain here only
while the fruit and grape picking sea-
son lasts. These men come from all
over the state. being employed in the
north in the early spring caring for
the early fruit crops, and coming here
just at the opening of the season. They
are good workers and are usually sat
isfactOry. During the past two or
three years the number of japanese
coming here each year has gradually
grown larger Last year. according to
the priests in charge of the Buddhist
mission, there We're 5000 OF the little
brown men" in the country. They are
a different class from the Chinese. be-
ing for great part school boys from
san Francisco who occupy all their
time in the summer vacation doing
ranch work. But there are lots of men
among them. too, who come from the
north, and very many who come from
Southern California, where they have
been employed in handling the orange
crops during the spring
There Is still plenty OF time for the
men to come here to handle this YEARS
crop, and. according to those best in
position to know, there will be plenty
of japanese and Chinese labor here this
year: more, in 'act, than there was
last year. Well-known Cinnamon say
there will be as many Chinese as ever.
r. Tsuchiya, agent here for the New
World, San Frarriaco Japanese news
paper. who has a branch Office at No.
1906 Kern street, said yesterday TO a
Republican reporter that this year fully
5000 japanese are expected. They viii
commence 10 arrive during July and
contracts for their employment VIII
soon be made.
FREDERICK O'BRIEN.