The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-05-11
KNOCKERS ARE
MAKING HEADWAY


them deposit of 100 yen for three
years. In return it gives the emlgraut
draft on its branch here for 100 yen.
but with contract TO deposit with the
bank against this draft, not less than
two and a half dollars "a month, until
the whole amount OF $50 or 100 yen is
deposited
These eXactions, it is claimed keep
the laborers poor, unsette them, and
make them the more ready TO listen to
alluring tales Of wages from the main
land.
The following is a communication on
the subject which has been sent to the
Star. 1t may be stated in connection
with this communication, that il was
Consul General Saito himself who said
that there were no immigration COM
panies doing business i'm Hawaii since
the organization Of the Territory:
EDITOR STAR want to contradict
the statement which appeared in your
paper OF yesterday to the effect that
there are no japanese immigration
companies doing business here. 1t is
utterly false. 1 believe that statement
was made purposely to mislead the
Americans, by some one vitality inter-
ested to protect the immigration COM
! panies. There are many japanese i'm
migration companies doing thriving
business in Hawaii. They maintain their
agents here who receive large consign-
ments of emigrants by each steamer.
Some Of the most prominent immigra-
ton companies maintaining agents here
are Nippon Kissa, 1. Mori; Kobe-TokO,
Sawano, Tasaka, Onodera; Tokyo min,
Kobayashi, Tasaka, Yamahita, Sawa-
no; Morioka, Tasaka, Mort, Sawano;
Kumamoto, Sawano, Lasaka Hiroshi-
ma, Kobayash; Nippon Imin, Tasaka,
Sawano, Kobayashi.
These gentlemen can be seen almost
any time in the Hawaiian Labor Blu
reau, third floor, Judd Building, Homo
/ lulu.
| l want to demonstrate the reason OF
their presence here and that they are
doing business here by receiving con-
sgnments of emigrants. japanese law
entitled the law to protect the Emil
grants" which does not protect at all,
requires all immigration companies to
station their agents where they want to
send any emigrants where no agents
are stationed And by another provi-
sion of the law no emgrants can secure
for themselves their own passports
Thus by the law of Japan all immi-
grants to Honolulu are emigrants sent
by the Japanese immigration COM
panies. This law taken i'm conjunction
with the presence here of the agents Of
the Japanese immigration companies,
and the arrival Of japanese emigrants
here conclusively show, without resort
iSTg TO any direct, tangible evidence, but
by mere logical process of reasoning,
that the japanese immigration COM
panies are doing business here.
want to tell you also that the Jap
anese immigration companies maintain
imposing offices in Japan. wherein are
faund a number of dignihed persOnages
with lorg beard and spectacle Through
agents, advertisements and many Won
derful stories induce the emigration and
gives assistance tn many in many ways.
/ don't know who made such a mis-
leading statement as that appeared in
the Star Of yesterday I do not doubt
but that it was made by one of the
"OdOus Clique" If you doubt my
statement go and ask Mr.. Mkt Saito.
Respectfully,
CIVIS JAPANUS.
Honolulu, May II, 1905.
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