The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-12
Mr.. CAMPBELL'S VIEWS ON
THE ALIEN LABOR QUESTION

Editor Advertisers During three four great
deal discussion place resolutions have
been adopted ocaled labor organizations relative the
poyment OF Japanese skilled Islands.
While have been familiar with the sporadic to ag
this question, realized these efforts partly
owing the fact that have largely employed Japanese labor in
building have heretofore refraned from enter
any controversy through press otherwise relative
to the subject above
have been led, however reading Mr. Pnkham's il
logical and remarkable pemature and unexpectedly
made public last Sunday morning through the aernes and enter
prise of the Daily Advertiser allow uncha
lenged some of the statements therein contained
Though prepared submit photographs rainfall
statistics of doubtful value yet present facts which self
Ievident to any fair person.
After eliminating the ridiculous absurdtes Astounding
Mr. Pinkhams the fact that the last analysis
the main oens purpose which actuated the authors OF this
prejudice the public mind against Japanese skilled
labor in the interests of few white mechanics
Mr.. Pinkham points that there objections
ployng Japanese positions refuse fill
would like ask Mr. Pnkham what kind OF work. be 50
mental though honorable that unsled white labor will refuse to
rata compared with skilled labor as the nted "e
wages ranges dollars
day. unsled pro would be dollars and
halt per day Let Our plantations otter this wage to white labor
and there will be for complaint the scarcity
great plantations to the occasion and offer compensation s
white labor these islands, Simply for the reason
that such expenditure for labor would the OF
production margin pofand such action would
therefore be suicidal to the sugar interests.
that the plantations compelled do Had
employed white labor and hours demanded would have
built small the hundred houses
which directly indirectly responsible This the
residence capacity of the has resulted marked decline
dwellings,, which
Cenand thus made possible for those of small
comfortable dwellings with modern improvements in
they would
forced leave the Islands Again from stand
point possible proitaby house
price of white labor neither purchaser dependent the
afford add the of his the
mental OF employing such labor
For these employing Japanese labor and point
than shown by the number of
people owning their homesa matter of pride
and the resultant large increase in home life which
greater stability and permanency society and
Finally the agitation
skilled Japanese aborer
occupation these Islands, questions might be
With hardly excepionthse employ the Chinese laundry
instead of the white Why? They paronze
nd Japanese Why? They visit the Chinese
Why? They employ Japanese Chinese Why? And
this connection would like ask should
skilled than cooks Please you please
world To be alien cooks
nder the ban But where the
nd Stripes, that will permit Jackson Jones employ japanese
table boy and him employ
carpenter repair the stable door alter
lien skilled labor plainly manifest All such
whether originating directly
whether subty conveyed under the guise
epor labor conditions in the Hawaiian Islands, prove
borve such efforts contrary public policy public
interest, and clearly un-American in spirit FL
MATLOCK CAMPBELL |,
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