The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-07
FRISCO IN
JAP HANDS
Oahu Brown Men
Cause Alarm
on Coast.
LABOR UNIONS
ARE AGITATED
Storage Passengers OF the China
Cannot Be Stopped
by Law.
Especial to The Advertiser.)

SAN FRANCISCO, June %. - One
might have thought oneself at the Ho-
nolulu railroad station when the steam
ship China unloaded her passengers at
the Pacific Mail Company wharf yes
terday. There were Japanese on every |
side. A couple Of hundred japanese
came down the gangplank 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 the1
hundreds, and with the intention OF
coming here from Honolulu, after
brief stay in the Islands The Exam /
liner says:
More than 200 Japanese arrived here
Yesterday in the steerage of the steam
or 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 or
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 or
| Indiana, s. Democrat, providing Tor the
| exclusion of Japanese laborers from the
limited States His bill will have al
| Chinese exclusion law, and while meet
ing the views of the masses on the
mainland, would be very detrimental to
| Hawaii's interests as 1t would deprive
! Hawaii of it's present chief source or
| labor. 1t would prevent the landing In
| the Islands of a single japanese plan
| tation laborer. This bin Is being push
| ed by the American Federation or La
Dor.
! The following from the Fresno Re-
publican, published in the center Oh the
great raisin and deciduous fruit d1s-
| trict of the San Joaquin valley gives
| the attitude and Expectations of the
| farmers and the Japanese in the mat
/ ter of handling the crop:
| The reports from all over the state
| that labor is so scarce this year that IL
| is 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 frult.
But there has been some Apprehension
| felt because of the fact that the usuai
Influx of Cinnamon and Japanese into
this city during the months of May and
June has net yet commenced, and In
spite of the cry that is made against
The employment of ASiatic labor, the
Chinese and Japanese are considered
essential 70 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 OF
| 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 were 5000 of the little
brown men" in the country. They are
IA different class from the Chinese, be-
ing for a great part school boys from
san Francisco, who occupy all tneiI
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 stiu plenty Of time for the
linen to come here 70 handle this year
crop. and. according 10 those best IN
position 10 know. there viii 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. a San Frn-'"iec0 Japanese news
paper. who has branch office ar NO.
1906 Kern street said yesterday to a
Republican reporter that this year fully
5000 japanese are expected. They VIII
commence to arrive during July ana
contracts for their employment WIZ
soon be made.
FREDERICK O'BRIEN-