The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-02
snouIp BE NO EXODUS.

Tn. statement OF a cooiIe agent that
HswaiIan Japanese are wanted 10 ~orS
in Death. Valley should be enough 10
keep them from signing any contracts
for California service. Death SAlsS'
as ia name indicates. II q forpiaoins
,,I.r. A n matter OF fact IL Is the
n.,.. nfdeous spot In the American des-
ert-nn enormous sandy sink where
during dog days. the heat stands at a
,,trlu,urn OF 10 degrees and where n
hr..th Of air feels like the blast from
tn. opened door of n furnace. NO veg
citation exists save cacu and
brush. and animate nature Is represent
"a Inv the horned toad. the rattlesnake
and the scorpion No water can Dc
found In Death Valley save the alkaline
atua that 10 carried In and doled out
I'm mail drinks TO the thirsty from
n etoudless sky the SUI beats down
r;th n NOR. pltiiess force than 70 does
s,,na.-r the equator: and there - no
shade. no clouds. no rain and nothing
underfoot bat sands which DOW ana
then are swiried about by hot winds.
rh.x mine borax In this desolate
ai..s~ taking a out with twelve mule
t-auu 10 q station on the railroad run
-. n1-th on the east side OF. the ST.
-rr.. through Humboldt, Sink. Life -
40 much OF a struggle against physician
misery there that white men VIII NOT
work Ia the borax hetts at any price.
and now IL 10 difficult 90 get Cinnamon
Nobody In California. unless driven To
-rtrernities foe money OF food. VIII en-
t-- Death Valley az a laborer. even Tor
. day. Tines being good. such men
Are scarce: and 50 II becomes necessary
IN s.na away foe borax-diEssrs. The
idea now Is that Hawaiian japanese.
Knowing nothing % the fate In store
fsr them. can be carried TO San Fran
efsro. bundled on board the cars ana
rafIroasI-d to Death Valley. once there
part Of their pay will be withheld until
the, work out their contract time. IL
will b. useless for them TO protest. Tor
there IL no getting away from the Dor
n ae,d oversesrz. who make the law
for that arid region and enforce u
,mr, st,er the fashion % saharan
sn~t<s.
work y, the arabic parts Of califoT-
MIA. which is also being promised oy
.s,rs' % the visiting labor agents
would h. desirable enough for Japanese
nela hands ~ they had any assurance
that a would be permanent. For ts"
weeks OF every summer. the fruit-pick-
ing and drying season. there Is work
enough for everybody ut fair pay; Du'
during the remainder OF this year there
"a employment for but one In ave. Here
I'm Hawaii there 10 a steady job on the
plantations the year around for every
Japanese Geld hand who wants IL. Win
n better climate. better housing. better
food ana better water and a quicker
and cheaper trip home when visiting OF
leaving time comes. To give up
chance like that for six or eight weeks
Of steady work ut even si-75 per day
I'm California and n struggle for exist
.nee the rest OF the time would be
poor business policy.
whatever influence Consul Saito -
using TO keep Japanese field hands
from leaving here for the coast II d.
recfed as much In their interest as In
that OF tse planting fraternity. Most
Of them In going to Death Valley.
would so 70 their graves: those goins 10
arabic California would so where work
~ fush ana dull at intervals and job
Ia never s@cuze. The wisest friends OF
the Japanese Iaborcrs. their Consul.
their leading merchants. their newspa-
per. the shInpo-sha, all advise them
tn stay here where work Is plentiful.
wages good and Japan not far away.