The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-25
THE MIGRATORY JAPS
CIRCULATE THROUGH HONOLULU
700 A WEEK.
Shipping Statistics Show That Number
Roaming Has Increased of Late
Rapid Transit Work Attracting Some.

There has been considerable COM
ment of late as to the large number of
deck passengers carried on the inter-
island steamers. 1t was thought at
first that there was a considerable in
t'N of Japanese into Oahu, the greater
proportion of the deck passengers be-
longing to that nationality. Statistics
show that in the past seven weeks
close to three thousand deck passen-
gers have been brought to Honolulu by
the steamers of the Inter-Island and
Wilder Steamship Companies. Of
these the Kinau has brought by far the
largest number her-average deck load
being over a hundred, the largest in
that time amounting to 172 and tho
smallest load a. The w. G. Hall from
Kauai ports has brought about half
that number. The Mauna LOa next
with some three hundred and the Mi
kahala, Maui and Claudine averaging
about two hundred for the same period
of seven weeks. During that time the
Claudine was off the run for a while
and the Kinau acquired more than her
fair proportion of passengers. The eX-
act figures total up 2490 as follows:
Mauna Loa, 297; Mikahala, 221; w. G..
Hall SO; Lehua, 16; James Makee, 81;
Maui, POS; Kinau, 90S Claudine, 2O4: :
lNdldIl, Nlludu, d NOedu, b.
Inquiry at the steamship offices re-
Veals the fact that the numbers, while
averaging higher than usual. show
merely a circulation, not decided in
fiuX into Oahu or the other islands. The
figures both ways show very little va
ration. Those departing are in large
measure composed of the japanese ar
riving from Japan and passed by the
quarantine station, while many of those
arriving are on their way to Japan.
Many of these latter finding money
easy here return, bringing their wives
and families with them. There is a
regular circulation of about 700 Japan
ese week to and fro among the ISL
ands. Now that contract labor is done
away with, the little brown man is able
to indulge in his we'll known propen-
sity for wandering from one place to
another. Many of them only stay a
week or two on a plantation when, at
| tracted by the remarks of a passing
countryman they take a trip to another
island to try their fortune.
| 1t is not thought that many of the
| Japanese coming to Honolulu are leaV-
| ing to work in the orchards of Califor-
! mia. There has been a disagreement
! between the San Francisco head Office
and the agent here, the latter not hav-
ing done as we'll in the matter of per-
suading and shipping Japs to Callfor-
mia as was hoped and expected.
| Honolulu has become recognized
center by all the island japanese who
are able to come here after tiring of one
position and start afresh in new occu-
pations. The Rapid Transit Company
work is thought to have attracted some
and to be attracting more Road work
| generally has been taken up by the
Japs who make higher wages at it thar
they could on the plantations, and have
the advantages of living in a big city
where theaters and other attractions
are going on all the time.
The Planters labor bureau has done
| considerable work in Centralizing tn,
japanese laborers, but many of then
prefer to idle away most of their tim,
endeavoring to get "A position as cool
when they usually last for a week, liv.
ing on the three or four dollars so earn,
ed in comparative luxury for a while