Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-10-27
Bulletin Correspondent Tells Of Cuban An
nexation Progress Population Of Island
Not Wholly Desirable ---NeiIrs Report On
Labor CondionS-.- McCIeIan Works For
MISUNDERSTANDING Not Held Respon.
Sible For Sheridan Wreck

o more permanent factor in the popu.
lation OF the islands.
Another aspect OF tho labor situa.
ton as II affects the planters arises
out Of u preponderancp among their
laborers of a single nationality. As "A
result of exclusion of Chinese since an.
neXatlon, the supply Of imported labor
Tor the plantations was confined en-.
tirely to the japanese until the begin.
ning of Korean immigration waa
brought about in 1903. The Japanese
have secured n prepOndorance among
the plantation worker which creates
serious DIFFICULTIES Of administration
renders the plantation liable to great
loss by strikes. and To certain extent
takes out of the hands of oyerseers
and managers the control OF admins,
tration.'
The report further states that thus
far strikes among japanese have been
confined tn the plantations where local
grievances have occurred. but II IL
more han probable that the strikes
will ignore plantation boundaries and
I sympathetic strikes become common
among this dominating class of labor.
| Accompanying the text of the report
there are a series Of tables showing
{ the distribution of labor In Hawaii. AS
: 10 nationality. sex, occupation, wages,
etc.
The solution OF IN" labor problem
In Hawaii, according TO Commissioner
Neil. Is the establishment of perma.
nent resident labor supply. Special
Federal legislation Tor he benefit ot
Hawaiian planters Is roo unlikely. as
the present tendency OF American leg
islation Is towards laws restricting i'm
migration. Imported labor IL migra
tory labor. and In order Ia establish a
resident labor supply, homes and an
opportunity to become citizens must
be held open to immigrants. The Ia
Dor must be attached to the country:
otherwise IL will initiate the Japan
ese and migrate TO the mainland. The
conclusions reached and the consider
atoms offered are intended To be sug
gested rather than dogmatiCally stat
ed. But" says Commissioner Neil
they rest upon observations made In
many tropical countries and after
comparing different conditions OF su
gar production
Private Secretary Geo. d. McClel
Ian has exhausted his efforts with the
Lighthouse Board and Secretary Met
calf Of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, to secure the prompt con
struction Of the lighthouse for Maka
pun Point. for which an appropriation
Of 100000. was made by the last Con
Gress. The immediate necessity OF O
light at this point was urged upon
both the Secretary and the Board. and
1t was explained that the absence o.
such light was larg Fly responsible,
Tor the Manchuria going ashore neal
Rabbit Island. II was sought to hay,
the work done by day labor under The
supervision of the resident enginee
OF the War Department. and thcreb!
avoid The delay incident to advertising
for bids and the letting of construction
by contract. The officers comprisini
the Board inclined to the latter pro
} gram. but In appreciation of the NJ
Ccssity for prompt action, agreed Il
the erection OF temporary beacon a
, Makapuu Point, pending the construC