Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-13
EVERYDAY WANTS AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY
INVESTMENTS


peared before the Commission to pre-
sent facts and views and within AS
hours the Chamber of Commerce dis.
cussed proposal to denounce him.
The object was to discountenance any
evidence relative to servile labor.
His Alien Critics.
Reading from published~reports OF
the Chambers meeting, the witness
Germany and represented several
countries as consul. He wished to
show the dominating element in the
Chamber of Commerce. William g
Irwin. who signed the memorial to the
Commission as president of the Cham
Der. was a splendid type of the British
gentleman. The witness considered Il
inappropriate and unbecoming to have
legislation suggested to the Congress
of the United States by British SUBJ
i ject. Producing copy of the Con
gressional Record-eliciting the re.
mark from the chair that 1t was "a
familiar object"-Mr. Humphreys quot
ed a memorial to Congress from the
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
bearing Mr.. Twins signature among
others. That gentleman was not only
not acitizen but might be classed as a
nonresident landowner.
! F. NJ. Swanzy, another OF the memoir
ialists, was a British subject and today
the British vice consul In Honolulu.
! Witness did not say that these gentle
men had concealed their national iden
tity from the Commission, but II was
not disclosed. Besides Messrs. Irwin,
Swanzy and Schaefer he believed that
II. A. Isenberg, another Of the memoir
ialists, was also an alien.
James g. Spencer was secretary OF
the Chamber Of Commerce, an organi-
zation which supported the present
government OF the Territory OF Hawaii.
Mr.. Spencer occupied In Nuuanu valley
ground for which he paid rental of $50
per annum, having magnificent spaces
and surroundings and belonging to the
government. 1t would easily rent for
$40 or $50 month but the occupant
was getting II for a little more than 81
a month.
To the Point.
Mitchell-Apart from the nationality
OF these people, what recommendation
have you to make?
Humphreys oppose their state
ments. They make money here by
Asiatic cheap labor which eventually
they will expend in residences aboard.
Witness quoted passages from his
decision as Circuit Court Judge on trust
investments. showing the cheap rate
at which McBryde sugar plantation
leased government land. paying 1885,
year for tract containing 1000 acre.
planted to cane and $500 acres Of pas.
toral land. He mentioned that Mr.
Isenberg was a promoter Of this planta-
ton and himself and his firm largely
interested in 1t. After that judicial
decision had been rendered, the Nc
Bryde company was granted valuable
water rights by the government. He
asked that the decision might be filed
Mitchell-Let 1t be filed.
Coadjutor Of Chamber.
The Honolulu Merchants Associa-
ton. Mr.. Humphreys proceeded to say
was organized to back up the Cham
Der OF Commerce in forming opinion
for Washington. Only one member OF
firm could belong TO the Chamber OF
Commerce, while the Association was
organized OF individual members o:
the same firms as constituted the
vided snake.
Witness read. passages from the re-
port OF the President of the Board OF
immigration to the Legislature of 1890
Since that report was issued the num-
| Der OF Chinese and japanese in the
credible degree and there had been a
corresponding increase OF their COM
petition with white men.
Mitchell-Statistics are great liars.
Humphreys-But statistics prepared
by the liar himself are important. The
president of the Board of immigration
from whom he quoted had since an
neXation become a sugar planter and q
plantation promoter and he believed
was member of the Planters Associa-
ton. In this report was quoted the
reply of the Cabinet, of which its au-
thor was a member, TO an address on
the Chinese question presented by citi-
gems. Percentages of Chinese in the
total population, as increasing in sue
cessive biennial periods, were set forth
In the document.
Mitchell-Would You have the eXclu-
sion law modified TO allow the intro
duction of Chinese for exclusively agri-
cultural labor?