The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-05-15
TURN OVER
FIRST CASH
Chamber Of Com
merce for
Tourists.

Without dissenting voice, the Chzrr--
Der of Commerce yesterday direcs,as
the payment to the Joint Tourist cppz,-
mittee of S1509, received in turn by Il
from the Wharf committee of the sbjy.
ping agents, and 1t is expected that.
this nucleus will be augmented month
ly, by such sums as can be spared from
the collections of the Wharf committee
In addition the Chamber. in view ss
the fact that the House had turned
down the asked assistance to the meY-
chant bodies. to help with advertislnx,
passed strong resolution REQUESTING,
action along the lines recommended By
the committee of the House. +f
A request for a collection Of pictures
and products OF the Islands. from the
High School of Providence. r. L., WIZ
referred to the tourist committee, ana
another from the Board of Exchanges
OF International publications In Bris-
pane, asking for local publications, waE
referred to the Secretary of the Terri
tory.
On motion Of #. j. Lowrey a suitable
minute in memory OF the late w. W.
Dimond was adopted, and will be en-
crossed.
The Secretary was Instructed to senE
message of greeting to President
Roosevelt at San Francisco. Commits.
sioner Sargent, was then introduced ts
the Chamber and in answer to ths
greetings, spoke as follows:
II came to your city in the interests,
particularly OF immigration. Having
only been In charge of the BureaE
since June last / am seeking now to
familiarize myself with the conditions
OF immigration. Hence I came here
l have been the recipient of many kind
nesses since my arrival, and have beex
afforded opportunities which have en-
abled me to learn much more In the
short time of my stay, than would have
been possible in months without.
Before leaving Washington I was
asked by the officers of the Congress OF
Commerce with which shall be con-
nected after July next. If had time, to-
look into the subject of labor. And SO
I have, I have been impressed with the
marvellous quality of these islands.
and satisfied that in these islands the
United States has the richest lands
within it's borders, and in the business
men of these islands some OF the most
energetic and resourceful men In our
population. If you weren't you wouldn't
have put the investments here that yoE
have
Il have found number OF thing2
here which have more or less surprised
me, because things are different than 4
had heard they We're. We had beeE
told in the states that labor was OPP.
pressed down here; that you were hard
taskmasters. Well, / have been out ON
some of your plantations and / have
seen something of your labor and LIE
conditions. l was impressed with the,
arrangements for the comfort care
and health of your laborers. OF courss
| recognize that some of these arrange
ments may not be fully appreciated,
or utilized to the fullest by the la
borers but you have provided for them.
There We're gardens and sanitary appM-
ances and doubtless as the orientafs
become more Americanized they wiz
more fully appreciate these things.
AS labor man. as one who has
been connected with labor organizn-
tons for the past eighteen years, had
thought 1t possible you might view me
with some suspicion; that you might
look on me as a sort Of agitator, or.
WANING oeieSate SoiHS ABOUT SeekihE
to drive further apart two things which
ought to be in cooperation. capIta2
and labor. But am not an agitator,
come here with no remedy or lotion ts
apply to your problems. I come here
to see for myself. to learn at first hand.
and to report what have seen and
what has been presented to me. When
go back IL am asked my opinions
shall give them without hesitation. ana
shall say that IL you are aided by
proper legislation. you will develop
here one OF the finest portions Of the
American domain.
II am very happy to have met sd
many Of you personally, and to have
had the honor and privilege of adj