The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-06
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WASHINGTON D. c. May 13-The American Federation of
Labor represented here by its president Mr. Samuel Gomper
unateraby opposed towards securing more oriental
Iaborers for Hawaii He expressed himself interview to-
dav Mr. Compers saws he organization will fight any egis
laon existing provisions the Chinese exclusion act Tor
M bepe6 of Hawaii or of anv other part the which
the United States sovereignty Furthermore he that his
organization prepared ask Congress at the coming session to
put the bars against Japanese The Secretary OF the
Frank NJ Morrison supplemented this statement with the IN
formation Federation already conducting campaign
through unions the influence members OF Con-
gress for Japanese exclusion act
The two federation made these statements in
ton conversation about the visit here weeks ago OF
John MCGUIRE of Honolulu 1t that Mcclure stopped over
while from Honolulu to Philadelphia where
he is residing hey oze MCGUIRE at Honolulu said
Mr. Morrison gone Philadelphia his living
He has sister there and his present SIS Ontario
street He came with about labor questions a
wall the history of the struggle there to secure more
re,t, labor The sugar plantations are in control everything
on the the labor officials there disposed
to side planters They honest about it, suppose
for honest their convictions But Mcclure
agree with them. We do want Orientas in
anywhere else where white have work We
do not They may be well enough in Japan
told that the shipment OF Japanese bores to the
mainland always accompanied by the importation more Jap
country 6ooo laps taken to OXnard
county California instance pretty from
Japan take their places and to work under contract In Cao
they dsacing the Mexicans who working cheapy
satisfied each Mexican being to work wages
that will enable him to keep COW and have an adobe nut
that white would work in the helds OF
Hawaii if the planters would them sufficient wages lie
said difficulty that the planters would pay living
for white men, which, course would be less than what would be
living here the mainland especially Caor
MIA where the Mexcans work for little money
reply other questions Secretary Morrison said that Nc
did recommend specific Tor enactment by
CONGRESS brt that he sirnv talked over the Hawaiian situation
he "Ihe of his visit Mr. Morrison add
only nforce the that the Federation has
already mapped Congress for the enactment OF Japan
This borne by President Gompers,
who the during the conversation with Mr. Morrison
1--WE had been correspondence with MCGUIRE said Mr. Gompers
Washington He of the who have
kept informed about labor matters the Islands for
of the day he called and he talked with Mr. Nor
There things he could tell better than he could
He the history of the labor situation out there
the special and technical phases His words only
position Much that he told by
1t is intention and not before he
called press any legislation specially with reference to Hawaii
but press legislation covering the entire territory under the
ereignty OF the United States
These by Mr.. Gompers and Mr.. Morrison
with what Mcclure said after his conference
with the latter he declared the Associated Press that the Fed
proposed bring the of Japanese immigration
the Hawaiian Islands before Congress for action.
GoMPERS ON LABOR SITUATION.
PreSd with abo