The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-01-21

the outsiders wolld have to withdraw.
As Pinkham with the other outsiders
reached the door he was requested by
President Callahan to stay as the MEM
bers of the Council wished to ask him
some questions. For a few seconds he
hestated.
Are you going to submit to a cross
examination by a whole room full of
mem" he vas asked.
Il don't think l will" he replied but
nevertheless he went into the room
again and was there for over an hour.
After his final withdrawal there was
a hot discussion and finally on the mo-
ton of President Callahan himself the
committee of the Council appointed to
form a part of the Pmkham commits
sion was ordered discharged and the
report was ordered submitted to Wash
mgton for the consideration of the
American Federation of Labor.
The matter will not be taken up by
the labor bodies again until the next
meeting in two weeks.
Pinkhams address to the Trades and
Labor Council was in many respects .
remarkable effort. 1t commenced with
an explanation Of how the commission
came to be formed at the request of
! Governor Garter TO privately inves-
| tigate" the labor and Industrial situa-
| ton in Hawaii. The explanation of
this privacy was thus explained:
1--WE were not i'm any strict sense an
official committee. We were not paid
nor were our large expenses paid from
public funds. We travelled and con-
Quoted ourselves as a party of private
gentlemen and were entertained as
private gentlemen. We never called
| ourselves a commission. We had nc
right to send for persons or papers
We had no right to subpoena persons
or administer oaths. We had no right
to examine or cross examine persons,
We had not one particle of the author
ity necessary to secure evidence, sworr
statements or even good order i'm pub
lie gatherings.
ITO have held public sessions with
out such powers of oath and inquisi
ton would have been absurd, futile
and of no avail and led simply to pole
mic discussions.
The result of the commissions work
Pinkham claimed was an absolutel!
truthful and reliable statement of thu
facts and experience and opinions of
save three or four plantations, ever!
agricultural enterprise on the Hawai-
ian Islands, including sugar rice, cof
fee, bananas, pineapples, sisal, caste
beans and minor items. In fact n
said as never before all had disclosed
of their own vOlition the actual fact
of their experience, hopes, successe
and failures.
After quoting the language of tn
report i'm regard to small farming Pink
ham dealt with the situation as create'
by the preponderance of Japanese Ia
Dor and made the unqualified avowa
that i'm his opinion the only way t
combat the growing influence of tn
Japanese was by the importation o
Chinese labor.
I'VE cannot but regard the interna
tional relations between the Unite
States and Japan, and our languag
should be such the administration vii
not be embarrassed" ran the address
of Pinkham.
, This report deals with a deepe
question than the special grievance
some of you have or which may affec
the special trade or trades that yo
state have been infringed upon.
This report will have an influence o.
the policy Of the United states towar
, its tropical possessions.
"The discussions on the platform, j
legislative halls and in the press, rela
tive to the principle, rights and condi
tons i'm outlying possessions, have pro
ceeded on the assumption the factor
of necessary means Of existence In
, tropical country were similar to thos
of the temperate zone mainland
1T has been assumed that i'm the Ha
waiian Islands there is an equal vari
ETY. of employments corresponding
/ those of the mainland, so that If com
mercial or legislative disturbance al
fects one or more industries, the 9th
ers will be in a normal state and tina
displaced labor can easily adjust il
self by a change of employment.
"This is a most fallacious premise
be applied either in argument or fac
to the Hawaiian Islands.
1T is wrong, gentlemen, for you
entertain such representations.
Few, If any, Of you have visite