Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-02-18
EMIGRATION Of
PORTUGUESE
Misery Awaits Them In
Mexico Say Some
Local Men
PLANTATIONS Will
PERHAPS MAKE Terms
VIEWS OF VARIOUS PERSONS RE.
GARDlNG TALK OF AN EXC.
DUS FROM THESE ISL
ANDS-CONDlTioNS.

they may make fairly good living
and properly educate their children is
the cause OF much discussion on the
slopes of Punchbowl and the source or
o good deal of bitterness. After a
careful investigation which included
interviews with the leaders of the
4 Portuguese colony as well as with the
representatives of the working class
I It can be stated that there will be no
two hundred and fifty families leaving
Hawaii for Mexico during the coming
summer But two persons could be
! found last evening who advocated the
| proposed exodus. and one of these Is
the self-constituted immigration az Mt
OF the colony, and the other ,.cal
attorney.
There is no doubt but that the Por.
tuguese are somewhat dissatisfied
with their lot at the present time, and
they certainly look around watching
for opportunities to better themselves
| and their families. Upon one point
they are unanimous: they don't be.
lieve that such opportunities exist In
Mexico. On the contrary they claim
that they would fare great deal
worse In that country than they do
here.
THE poor Portuguese, II there ara
, any, who may allow themselves to be
persuaded to go to Mexico have my
deepest sympathy" said the Rev. Fa.
Their stephen, when seen at the Cath.
Ollie Mission last evening. IL know
nothing about the coming exodus
continued the young Portuguese
, priest. land think would have
heard something about Il II in con.
temptation. but will admit that there
are numbers of them who are ready
to follow any leader who will present
to their imagination fertile fields.
acres of land. and fair wages. You
see the laborers simply cannot live,
support their families and educate
their children on the wages paid
them at the plantations. The Japan.
ese may do II, but for a white man II
Is an impossibility. should think
that II the sugar planters would only
give the Portuguese their former
wages we would have heard the last
of this exodus. Instead, hundreds OF
Portuguese who have gone to Califor
mia would return and hundreds OF
Cape Verde Island Portuguese would
come and make their homes here"
In accord with the Catholic priest
on this subject Is A. II. II. Vieira, ed.
itor of the Portuguese Protestant
monthly AS Boas Novas." When seen
last evening he denounced the agita.
ton In no uncertain terms. DO you
suppose" he exclaimed. that tho
| Portuguese are fools to exchange
their inheritance for mess of pot.
tage? For twenty-five years now tho
Portuguese who made their homes in
Honolulu have considered themselves
TO all purposes as Hawaiians. They
have made great sacrifices to properly
educate their children as good Ameri
can citizens should be educated, and
you may rest assured they will not
deliberately throw away these advan-
tages, to become citizens of the Re-
public of Mexico. II would be suicidal
They have much to complain of here.
certainly, but God help them IL they
should be foolish enough to go N
Mexico"
NJ. G. Pacheco, president of the San
Antonio Society, expressed himself as
follows: This talk of an exodus OF
the Portuguese OF Hawaii to Mexico,
is &. nonsense; there Is absolutely no
truth In 1t. The Portuguese are salts
fled with Hawaii mel, they have come
to grow up with the country. l must
say, however. that the condition OF the
Portuguese in Hawaii might be bet
tered by more liberal land laws, per-
hitting families to develop lands that
are at present overgrown with Ian
tana.
Mr. Souza, the agitator Of the move
ment to transport my people to The
arid plains OF Mexico, is laboring un.
der the pleasant delusion that he IL
the reincarnated Moses leading his peo
pie to the land of promise. But thu
Portuguese have an old proverb tha
says. "A cat "scalded" with cold" wa
ter Is afraid The Portuguese realiz,
that one dollar day in Hawaii Il
living wages, while dollar u day II
Mexico means starvation"
Nothing in it," said NJ. A. Silva
manager OF the San Antonio grocery
there is absolutely nothing In it,
have made careful investigating q
the claims put forth by J, j. de Souza
and while | am friend of his, ! mus
say he is suffering from monuments
deluslon. He went to Mexico to Inter
view a gentleman with whom he ha
corresponded but when he arrive
there he found the gentleman had dis
appeared, so he became acquainte
with an attorney, August l.. Rosard
by name, and since his return has play
cd at cross purpose with him. Rosad
writes to inquire as 10 de Souza's II
tentions; de Souza writes back askin
Rosado what inducements he has to o
for and there you are. It's all III
air."
Camille Pereira, editor Of the weel
ly "A Libertad," in answer TO que
ton, said he was opposed to u
scheme, first. last and all the time.
III the Portuguese want TO bett
n themselves" said j. d. Marques OF q
II editorial staff Of 20 Luzo," why dol
they go to California? There is not