The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-06
Members Of the Committee Ask Many
Questions About Chinese and Jap
anese Laborers Here.

MIR. Haywood. Pretty nearly fourth.
There are about 100000 people there.
Mr.. Newlands OF what nationality
are those labOrers?
Mr.. Haywood. ON the plantations?
Mr.. Newlands. Yes.
Mr.. Haywood. There are I 400 Ha-
Waiians, 2,4l7 Portuguese, 2753l Jap
anese, 1872 Chinese, 2,Og5 Porto Ricans,
Az South Sea Islanders, and 1,O46 of
other natiOnalities.
Mr.. Newlands. How many native
Hawaiian labOrers are there in the
Sandwich Islands?
Mr.. Haywood. That l can not tell.
There has been an effort out in the ISL
ands not to draw distinctions between
the whites and the Hawaiians, and
taking the last census we did not
divide them except by parentage.
Mr.. Newlands How about the pre-
vious census?
Mr.. Haywood. I have not that, I'M
fortunately.
Mr.. NewIands. How many Hawaiians
in all of the islands
Mr. Haywood. Forty thousand, I
should say.
Mr.. Newlands. Is it fair to say that
one in five Of them is laboring man?
! Mr.. Haywood. Well yes, sir.
Mr.. Newlands. That would make
| 5000 laOrers?
Mr. Haywood. Yes.
! Mr. Newlands Why are there not
more Hawaiians employed on the plan
! tations?
MIR. Haywood Because we give the
Hawaiians the very best labor we have
| to perform They do the sJeNedorlng
work and they drive and they work on
| the stock ranches. They are partiCu-
larly fond Of horses and they are valu-
| abe
| MT. NeWlandS. Ihey are employed
| as RUE III oJheI \ocallohs' theh
MI haywood es' SIR ana on Ihr
plantations l doubt very much II y"d
| would ma manager VINO would ask
a.. III TO lr''saIe OF strip or cut
cane
MI NeWIahds. why Is thaJ-Decause
| IL Is regarded as an INFERIOR class OIL
LABOR
Mr.. haywood Yes, SIT; II Is hatuet
ana we 40 not pay as much Iof thaI
IaDoT'
MI. NeWlahus; foI IhaI Grass Oh lap-
or "naI Is palu III the hawaiian ISL
anus
Mr.. haywood / VIII give you What
l Iedu III recent pun IIpll IIOIi
Ila"aIl' II gave report oL tme pan
taIloilS' II Was Cld rs Oanu, ShIllGu IaD
or pau d wage u 300 per llloHIn, livery
tulHS - 9hIlIeu DuL lIle men VIZ WI n
IN lhe III IILlsaIloh ullCheS ana SllIp ln I.s
CaHe lpSe men are ere almost ellllLeIg
AslaIlcS. lhey get Nv per lnohIh anu
&c Cilcti rem anu t c' IIeS M%tei
exc AeIlIpIloIl IIoIIl IaAes' Tree H'eulCal az
'e5iuali NIes,-Ia,5. ,,.,,., tit.
MT, Ne"IaHuS' 10 Ihey receive IhelI
1000?
vi vi nay Moou' ~ 81. 400
Nj NeWIauuS' 10 10 IIley pay LOT IildI
Mt, navy 1hey pay loT IT, out
get II at almost COST
MI NeWlanus' twenty dollars
month, Jheh, Ihey receive IN adultloh TO
these QJher apPurLehancesF
MI haywood Yes, sir ana IhaL
amounts 10 almost $5O altogether
Mr.. Ne Ne wa you say you nave
ABOUT 5O'OOo japanese ana Chlnese
Ihere' How 90 Ihey I'VE on Ihese plah-
I&llohs! Are Jhey IN barracks!
Mr.. Haywood. NO, sir.
Mr. NeWiahas. 10 they i've with
'neli LaIhhles
MI haywood NO SIT
MI NeWlands. How Is II?
Mr. haywood our houses on the
plantations are built FOR two families;
IT is double house, with pat OF land
around IT. on either SIDE III Is nara Tor
the physicians on the plantations to
Keep the laDorerS from herding togeth-
.eI, ana we try TO Keep them seperate
lot sanitary reasons.
Mr.. NeWlands. Take this large plan
IaIloh IhaI you speak or, TINS largest
one. How many such IaDorers would
be upon that plantations?
MI. Haywood Fltteen hundred men
on Oahu' 900 on Wailuku and 80 on
Honomu.
Mr.. NeWIands. What is the reason of
Ihe ulspfoportloh between the Japanese
ana Chlnese IN those Islands?
Mr.. haywood Because we nave not
received any Cnlnese now Tor seven or
SIsnI years ana Ihey nave peeh gong
PACK, ana we nave lost them without
receiving any IN return.
Mr., NeWlahus. lhat dlmlnutlon start
eu under our Chlnese exclusion laws?