Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-10-14
What R0SENBFRGSAYS
WILL URGE FEDERATION
FOR MORE EXCLUSION
WHAT HE THINKS OF PHILIP.
PINES AND HAWAiI-iNFlux
OF JAPANESE AND
coREANs.

San Francisco, Oct. edward Ros
enberg, former secretary of the San
Francisco Labor Council, has returned
from the Orient, where he spent sew.
eral months as the emissary of the
American Federation Of Labor, in stud.
ying the labor conditions Of the Phil.
ippines, Japan and China, and also Of
Hawaii, and their prospective effect
upon American labor. His report will
be considered by the Federation at its
annual convention In Boston next
month. Rosenberg's observations led
him to believe that the United States
is In danger OF great and unwhole.
some influx of Japanese and Corean la.
borers. and he will urge the American
Federation Of Labor to call upon Con.
gress for laws excluding Japanese and
Coreans from the United States upon
the same basis as Chinese are now ex.
cluded.
Matters which were particularly in.
vestigated were the proposed opening
of the Philippines to Chinese immigra.
ton, and the bringing into Hawaii of
thousands Of Coreans, whose entrance,
Rosenberg believes. will crowd the
Japs out Of Hawaii into the United
States.
Il find the general condition of the
Philippines bad" said Rosenberg, but
that Governor Taft and the Philippien
Commission are making a strong effort
to bring about better state of AZ.
fairs. The present condition is due to
the fact that some of the interior prov
inces are still terrorized by rowing in.
surgeDts, to ravages Of cholera and
plague, to the rinderpest epidemic,
which has killed OFF large proportion
OF the caribao. the animals of draft
and to the fact that there Is agitation
upon the part Of some employers to
open the way for Chinese labor immi.
grafton. The people. who are not yet
wholly reconciled to American occupa.
ton. lay to 1t their recent calamities.
The discomfort gives the insurgents n
chance to make trouble. The prov.
inces are gradually being pacified.
The tropical climate reduces ener-
gy, but the Filipinos are not lazy. With
proper instruction by Americans they
develop rapidly into skilled workmen.
The statement that they are lazy and
incompetent Is sent out by employers
who wished to get the doors opened To
the Chinese, who viii work for less
and thus unable the employers Ia
amass fortunes In few years. Under
Spanish rule Filipino labor was on q
par with slave labor. The native Gag
erly grasps his opportunity to attain a
better system Of things, and, where he
Is fairly paid and decently treated, does
good work. Wages range from 40
cents to $3.50 day. Native unions
; are being formed in Manila.
I'm Hawaii the Sugar Planters As
ISOLATION controls the Government and
everything else. The policy is to dis
courage settlers, to check all immigra
ton except that of japanese and Co
reans the latter working cheapest OF
all. There are 10000 Japs in the isl
ands. Coreans are coming In fast. Ter
thousand are being brought in now
The Japs are really being displaced
and they are moving on to the United
States"
Rosenberg found the condition Of Ia
Dor in Japan to be almost as bad as II
China, though from different causes
China has never risen; as enlightened
Japan rises 1t brushes back the labor
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