The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-01-13
Mr.. CAMPBELL'S VIEWS ON
THE ALIEN LABOR QUESTION


Editor Advertiser During three four years
has taken place and resolutions have
adopted by ocaed labor organizations relative to the en-
poymcn OF Japanese skilled labor in the Hawaiian Islands
While have been familiar with the sporadic attempts to ag
question: and realized that these efforts partly
owing have largely employed Japanese labor in
nv building opeatonsye have heretofore RETAINED from enter
ing any controversy through the press otherwise relative
the subject above referred to.
have been led however from reading Mr. Pinkham ii
logical remarkable document premaurey and unexpectedly
public Sunday morning through the aeness and
prise the Daily Advertiser that allow unchai
lenged of the therein contained.
Though prepared submit photographs rainfall
statistics value yet present facts which self
evident any fair minded person.
After eliminating the many ridiculous absurdites Astounding
Mr. Pnkams report the fact remains that the last analysis
osensbe purpose which acuated the authors of this
report prejudice the public mind against japanese skilled
labor in the interests of few white mechanics.
Mr. Pnkham points that there objections to en-
ployng Japanese for such positions white refuse to fill
would Ike Mr. Pnkham what kind OF work. be it
mental though honorable unsed white labor will refuse
perform in these Islands, provided paid wages pro
rata compared skilled labor the United States white
wages Honolulu ranges from four five dollars
day. unslled abores pro would be dollars and
half day Let plantations offer this wage to white labor
will be for complaint the scarcity
OF white labor for the required Why then do not
plantations rise to the occasion and offer compensation su
Gent to attract white labor Simply
expenditure labor would increase the cost Of
production margin of proand such action would
therefore be suicidal to the sugar interests.
The writer of this article employs Japanese Why For the
that the plantations compelled to do Had
employed white labor and hours demanded would have
built but small fraction of the hundred houses for
which directly indirectly responsible This increase to the
residence capacity of the has resulted marked decline in
the rental price of dwellings, which has ranged from twenty fifty
per thus made possible for those of small
comfortable dwellings with modern improvements
for less than twenty dollars monand thus continue tc
make this their home where otherwise they would have
been forced leave the Islands Again from investment stand
price of white labor neither purchaser dependent the
average salary afford add the of his home for the sen
mental reason of employing such labor.
For these employing labor and point
stronger justification than shown by the large number of
people owning their homea matter of pride any
city, and the resultant large increase home life is fact which
gives greater stability and pemanency society and
nlent
Finally critics who have forced the agitation
referred the beginning of this arceand who insist rgdy
that skilled Japanese abore has right follow his chosen
occupation these Islands, few questions might be pertinent
With hardly exeption-these employ the Chinese laundry
instead of the white Why? They patronze Chinese
Japanese Why? They visit the Chinese
Why? They employ Japanese and Chinese Why? And
this connection would like to ask what class Of labor should
be skilled than cooks Please mans stomach and please
the world To be consistent alien cooks least should also
under the BAN But where the unwrtten law under the Stars
and Stripes that will permit Jackson employ Japanese
carpenter repair the stable door alter the front verand
The aburdty of such unjust discrimination with reference
alien skilled labor plainly manifest All attempts force such
ISSUE whether originating directly through labor organizations
whether ubtly guse
report labor conditions the Hawaiian Islands, prove
abortive such efforts contrary public policy public
interest and are clearly una American in spirit
MATLOCK CAMPBELL.