The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-03
DENIES JAPS WERE
REFUSED LANDING
j. p. BALL GIVES HIS SIDE OF THE
EMIGRATION OF JAPANESE BY
WAY OF VICTORIA.

EDITOR sTAR:-Permlt me few
lines to correct some Nrrors which have
been published relative to myself.
1t is true that | have been and am
acting as attorney and trustee for sew
eral Japanese who handle people wish !
ing to go to the mainland, but it is not
true that i represent any corporation
in Seattle or elsewhere seeking to OBJ
tain laborers from here. 1t is true that
the said parties for whom l am attor-
ney send q Japs per Aorangi, oct. 21st.
'Tis true that Consul Morikawa of
Vancouver, cabled here that said Japs
had been refused landing and had been
ordered deported. 'T,s true that | inn
mediately instructed my said clients to
receive no more applications for pass
age per the Canadian-Australian route
until l could investigate the status of
affairs. Thereupon l cabled the Gem
eral Passenger Agent of the said Cana
dian-Australian line, the following
message, to wit:
Are Aorangi Japanese ordered de-
ported?-BALL."
The above cable was Immediately an
swered by General Agent Crawford, of
the said NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. line, as
follows, to wit: No" In due course
of mail 1 received from said Agent
Crawford, the following letter, to wit;
Vancouver, B. c., Nov 7th, 1903
Ball, Esq, Honolulu, II. L.
Dear Sir:-I duly received your cable
of the 4th instant reading: Are 40
rangi Japanese ordered deported?" to
which l cabed you the word NO"
We did not experience any difficulty
in regard to the Japanese on board the
Aorangi and am unable to account for
the report that these Japanese had re-
ceived instructions to be deported from
Vancouver as they were all landed with
very little delay. However, I am pleas
ed to say that there was no truth in
the report. Yours truly,
e. S. CRAWFORD,
Asst. General Agent.
As throwing still further light on the
matter in question l quote from a re-
cent letter received by me from F. B.
Lazier, passenger and ticket agent of
the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., locat-
ed at Seattle, the following, to wit:
ANY Japs coming from Honolulu to
San Francisco, via Victoria, will be
subject to no annoyances whatever.
The Canadian inspectors simply wish
to know that they are in transit from
one American port to another, and our
| inspector will make affidavit to that
| effect, giving it to the purser of our
steamer, who will have this in his pos
session on arrival at San Francisco,
and which will be sufficient evidence
| to the inspectors there that they have
come from an American port and which
will admit them at San Francisco with
out any annoyance. There is no head
tax on them"
The last official report made in the
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Japs landed and disembarked at this
port from Japan. Each month prob
ably $50 or 200 Japs leave here for the
mainland. 1t is absolutely impossible
for any very large number of Japs to
leave these islands as the steamers re-
fuse to carry more than very few
each trip. The last Moana carried A
Japs for my clients. though they had
more applications on file, but had adj
Vised them to make only minimum
shipments each month so as not to dis
turb the labor conditions in the islands
I am not an advocate of Japanese la
borers in these ISLANDS, but it is the
best that can be had at the present
Any body of laborers who send away
annually 100000 cash to be deposit
ed in a foreign country, are menace
to the prosperity and upbuilding o.
such country. 1t is a leakage that viii
ultimately sap the financial vitality o.
these islands. l have always been anC
am now an advocate of the good old
time Southern plantation Negro labor
ers, such as are found in the sugar'dis
tricts of Louisiana and Texas. Thes,
people are American to the backbone
They are docile, honest, industrious
and easily handled and best of all the!
can be depended on to spend all thei
earnings right here at home. Ever
now am formulating plans to interes
Negro laborers of the kind aforesaid il
these islands, and I hope with the co
operation of our planters to ultimatel!
people these fertile lands with laborer
who will meet the ideal requirement
of our local conditions.
Very respectfully yours,
j. p. BALL.
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