Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-10-12
BIEE CHARGES Jury
FEDERAL JUDGE SPEAKS
OF PEONAGE AND SLAVERY
MAN is FREE AS SOON AS HIS
FEET TOUCH THE AMERICAN
SolL-SoME OTHER
OFFENSES.

Securing a grand jury this afternoon,
after issuing a special venire this
morning, United States Judge Estee de-
livered a charge to that body, inform
ing the jurors of their duties and draw
ing their attention to the various
classes of cases liable to come before
them, speaking, in part, as follows:
1t should be borne in mind that our
Constitution is opposed to all forms of
peonage. slavery or servitude. All men
are free from the moment their feet
rest on American soil, for our funda-
mental law and the acts of Congress
passed in conformity Herewith intend
that neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude shall exist anywhere in
America This constitutional prohi-
hition applies with equal force to for
eign as to American born people living
IT, the United States. No man is too
great or too small not to be bound or
protected by II. This Republic rests
upon the moral principle that all men
are born free and equal. Peonage is
un-American. II matters not from what
country the peon immigrates or what
agreement he comes under, he cannot
with impunity, translate to our shores
any form Of servitude; nor can he i'm
plant here unresisted by our laws, the
principles peculiar to slavery or the
customs OF his own country. American
law is designed to enforce all the per-
sonal rights due each human being in
America and in that sense it teaches
morality.
II is believed that there has been
brought here quite recently number
Of these unfortunate women and girls,
to be held for the purposes Of prosti-
tuition. II will be your duty as Ameri-
can citizens and public officers to in
yestigate these matters thoroughly so
that the guilty may be punished; and
in making your Investigations you
must bear in mind that these alleged
offenses, like all crimes, are performed
In secret and will require at your hands
the most patient inquiry.
The highest evidence in favor OF the
10 the punishment imposed on offenses
against the moral laws.
1t has been the settled policy of the
United States to exclude from our
shores certain classes of immigrants
deemed to be an undesirable element
to add to our population, and the laws
OF Congress passed relative thereto
from time TO time, have been sough,
to be rigidly enforced by both the. ad
ministrative and judicial branches oil
the Government. Among the classes
excluded are women and girls who are
imported for purposes of prostitution
which subject | call to your attention
Among the other classes are per
sons unlawfully brought to the United
States under the provisions of the
Act OF March 3, 1903, relative TO the
Immigration Of aliens into the United
States, such unlawfulness consisting
in the fact that they have been assist
ed or encouraged to come into the
} country under contracts or agree.
ments, or offers or promises of labor
and their transportation pepaid by
the parties encouraging them to come
into the country under the conditions
stated.
do not deem It necessary to go into
these laws in detail. The United
States District Attorney will be ready
and willing to aid you in your inves
ing clear to you what laws are claimed
: to have been violated and in what re
spect.
! Judge Estee appointed W. o. Al
! water foreman of the grand jury.
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factory, built in 1898. These factorie,
, have daily capacity of over 1000 toni
OF beets. The campaign Of slicinl
beets begins early in October, contin
I uing until the supply OF beets furnish
ed by the farmer Is transformed into
J refined sugar, brown sugar and mo
lasses. The latter product at first wa.
, treated as refuse and the factories haC
, a tough problem how best to dispos,
of II. Two years ago the Michigan
, Chemical Company was formed by
Eastern capitalists to manufactur,
alcohol from this refuse molasses, be
side other chemicals, potash, vinegar
etc. These bye-products of the beet
sugar factories have added greatly t.
the value of the industry, and will ale
much in making 1t possible for thil
Sproduct of American farms, American
factories, with well-paid freedmen'i
labor, to compete with the cane sugaI
the West Indies.-From Bay City
Michigan" by Captain A. II. Gansser
, in National Magazine for October.
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