The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-25

The Board of immigration yesterday
decided to open an office somewhere
in the downtown district, to be under
the supervision of c. L. Crabbe, who
has been appointed clerk TO the Board
at a salary of 800 per month At this
office all arriving immigrants may
register and be assisted to employ
ment, whether on sugar plantation
pineapple Or coffee plantation, or cat
tie ranch.
This was the last action taken by
the Board, the motion being presented
by E. D. Tenney. The motion was
only adopted after a long discussion
as to whether or not it embraced good
policy, Messrs. Craig and Garden
standing out against the proposition at
first, while Messrs. Tenney and Cooke
favored and backed it. The motion al
SO carried the appointment of COM
mittee of three to arrange for such
an office and open it. Messrs. Craig,
Garden and Cooke were appointed.
of Secretary of the Territory Atl1in-
son. Both Mr.. Atkinson and Mr.. Ten
ney announced their intention of leav-
ing Honolulu for the mainland on Fri
day. For this reason Secretary Cooke
was instructed to prepare a draft of
the advertisement to be sent abroad
into European countries urging immi-
grafton to the Hawaiian Islands. This
is to be presented at a special meet
ing of the board to be held on Thurs
day afternoon, when it will be finally
passed on, and then prepared for is
suance in Italy, Norway, Sweden, etc
At the opening of the meeting Secre-
tary Atkinson stated that he had APP
pointed Mr. Crabbe as clerk, the latter
tations as far as labor is concerned.
IF we get immigrants here we have
got to place them said Mr. Atkinson.
The plantation men can not take
them all. The pineapple and the coffee
people and the ranches will want some,
no DOUBT
Mr.. Cooke suggested it would be de-
sirable to have the clerk of the Boar6
handle his matter. He would be in a
better position to do it than anyone
Else.
Mr. Atkinson said such an Office as is
20 be carried on by Mr..
Crabbe under the auspices of the
planters organization.
Mr.. Craig did not think it absolute
Y necessary that the Board should run
IN employment Office so-called. If
IN immigrant arrives here and wants
70 go to a certain plantation, the
Board should see that he gets there.
The discussion took turn on the I'M
employed in the city, including the
'er-do-wells. Both Mr.. Tenney and
Mr.. Cooke said they did not wish to be
as exactly favoring a bd-
'eau which would seek to find employ
nent for all who registered.
Mr.. Tenney explained that it was
rather a bureau which would be able
o supply a demand for laborers COM
ng from any plantation, or other ag-
'icultural company.
Mr.. Cooke said that the labor bu-
eau of the Board should make good
elsewhere as. it would inoi-
cate to prospective immigrants that
he Board was not only seeking to
BRING them here, but would find en-
oloyment for them as well.
Mr.. Garden referred to the giving
away of public lands to settlers, who.
n many instances, only waited until
heir holdings We're sufficiently improv-
I'd to sell out. Mr.. Atkinson said this
vas a fault of the law.
Just so long as sugar producing is
4 success here" said Mr.. Tenney, land
people take up small farms. or small
holdings, etc, the result will be that
he lands will be gradually acquired
by the plantations
1--WE must attach these people to the
SOIL" answered Mr.. Atkinson Its
he home idea that will bring people
acre.
Mr.. Tenney told of an incident which
took place a few days ago while trans
port was in port. Four soldiers went
n Mr. Mead 70 ipn,,i,a IT,