The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-25


Editor Advertiser Since w. o. Smiths your
paper that Hawaiian Sugar Planters
special efforts both public private fill skilled labor positions
with citizens have called their labor direction
of Mr.. Mead search of work average
week but have obtained anything further than
registered Although stated that very much need OF
work I did receive the least encouragement.
inquired regard Planters
citation made they spend $4,000 bringing
labor both skilled unsed Islands,
they would spend for such but had intended
they allowed Chinese aboers here
spend in bringing in additional supply of
skilled Italian and Portuguese 1aborers
Now it that the planters with all their
promises and statements in the still follow their old
OF putting Aac possible in the places skilled work
OF work
the white workingmen are driven off the Islands,
the Sugar Barons doubt will that white will work
be obtained.
Is not fact that already Of the plantations only the
To make promise carry different things.
Since the activity the building line city got slack
" number OF citizens could be obtained work the plantations
but they not given any encouragement.
Now the only other place where white carpenter might
work for the Territorial Governments but when called the
Public Works office informed by the Assistant Superintendent
day any He also stated that the the
Government shop received only and if
work for the same wages may work
AS per day eight the standard wages
pentes this selfrespecting would like
work under wages and scab his fellow worknen,
The clause Territorial laws that only citizen labor shall
be employed Government jobs is therefore only for the bene
IT OF Portuguese and Hawaiian who demand
the going wages of journeyman carpenter.
self respecting white carpenter therefore practically
Guided from Government jobs also.
The majority citizens Islands long ago
employ white carpenters repairing
new work also given Asatcs white who
ploys Asacs which 5 still worse.
Now in the States when there is depression in the building
line carpenter find employment other business but
he do it here.
When looking position which he may capably fill he will
find that these positions mostly filled by Asiaics which
have thank the misguided who teaching
the ns language IN night schools and otherwise that they may
effectively compete with the whites natives them
out OF their POSITIONS by working for smaller salaries thereby break
heretofore happy homes causing untold misery and
even starvation people OF their blood and creed May
they get their just deserves judgment day.
But why should there be hard the Islands Sugar is
higher than labor plentiful and cheap be-
fore annexation abounding if policy
sugar planters to force the white middle class off the Islands, while
they themselves spend their ganed dividends the mainland OF
travelling Europe and employ only class OF people who send
OF their earnings amounting 100000 per
num- OF the
Now the only chance the white mechanic will
he Islands, for the the
see most there be here by taking trip through China
oWn in Frisco.
Thanking You for the space your valuable paper in adj
vance, l remain,
Respectfully yours,
CHAS. WAGNER