The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-04-17
GOES AFTER
F|LiPINOS

Judd ~ tie envoy To go 10 the Philip
pines In search 81 labor for the cane
nelds. This IL the task that %. A.
Stevens and Manager Fairchlld Of the
Makee Sugar Company declined 60 un-
dertake. Mr.. Judd. the tale goes. Will
probably sail for the orient on the
America Maru next week. A. to the
FilipinOs as cane field laborers. there
are some experimental features In the
case They do not labor much at agrl-
cultural work in their own country,
where the land has always been farm
ed by Chinese for the most part. and
where a great hardship is said to have
resulted from the exclusion of China
men. That has all been threshed out
in the American newspapers.
For the purposes of labor in town.
General James r. Smith. who will be
the next Governor General of the
Philippines. told a representative OF
the Advertiser last week that the Fill
pinos had turned out remarkably well.
much TO the Generals surprise.
They do not work in communities.
said General Smith. you have to pay
each man what is coming to him on
pay day. He demands that the money
be given into his own hands. And
then. those who have had the most
success with them build houses for
them, put up cock pits and let them
fight cocks on Sunday and holidays and
at night, and 1t is also expected that
the employer OF labor shall hire
a band and permit the workmen to
have baille every night, II they
want to.
PECULIAR CUSTOMS.
They will turn up, bright and early
the uext morning. and do a good days
work. l confess that 1t surprised me
but they built the Manila street rail-
way system faster than a work of
that kind was ever done before. When
a contractor wants to discharge a man,
he simply throws him out of his house
and instals a new tenant"
And so, IL Mr.. Judd succeeds in his
mission, there will be a new element
introduced into the low life of Hawaii.
and the Sunday cock fight and the
nightly baille may be expected to be-
come features Of living on the planta-
tons. Incidentally, the Filipino not
having changed the Malay blood that
is in him, a luna who offends the labor
gang may expect to find long bolo
sticking into his ribs some evening
when he is not noticing and If the la
borers who come should bring a few
gallons of vino nipa along with Them
an entirely unique form of drunken
ness will begin to thrive, and an
occasional laborer may be expected to
get hot in the head" and run amuck
in the crowd at the Fishmarket.
STACKABLE Is READY.
Yesterday Acting Governor Atkinson
had a long conference with Collector
of the Port Stackable, who has been
granted leave of absence to visit
Southern Italy and the Azores on a
labor mission. At the conclusion OF
the conference II was stated that Mr..
Stackable would be ready to start In
about six weeks. That was what the
Advertiser said yesterday. Mr. Stack
able win probably meet the full Board
of immigration early next week, and
the whole situation will be gone over
thoroughly The members of the
board, the Acting Governor, and the
special commissioner are all fully alive
to the Importance of the move to be
made-and to the Importance, also, of
the preservation OF the interest of the
Washington officials 1t is, indeed,
more important than anything else at
this juncture that Washington should
be convinced that Hawaii is In earnest
in its desire to secure white laborers.
who will be fit material for citizens
and landowners.
Who Is to accompany Stackable on
his mission has not yet been deter
mined, but whoever 1t is will remain
on the ground and see to the actual
starting of the immigrants. The Col
lector Of the Port can only remain
away from his post for six months,
and even though an extension of leave
might be secured, he would still not be
able to more than conduct the pre-
liminary and most important negotia-
tions with the authorities of the lands
to which he will be credited, and with
the leaders among the people 1t is
proposed to bring over here. There
must be a good man on the ground to
see that the laborers actually start.
HOMES FOR IMMIGRANTS.
The Acting Governor and Collector
Stackable, among other matters that
they discussed at their meeting, agreed
upon the ACCESSIBILITY OF securing a set
OF photographs OF cane fields, planta-
ton scenes, houses, sugar mills and
methods OF work to be shown intend
ing immigrants I'm Europe and the
Azores so as to give them some kind
of an idea of the quarters they will
occupy and the manner OF work In
which they will be expected to en-
gage.
The collection OF photographs will be
as complete as It can possibly be made.
II Is probable, also, that outline maps
viii be taken showing the lands that
win be offered upon the various plan |
tations. IT Is known that plats of
these lands are being prepared, and u
they are taken along by Commissioners
Stackabe he can speak with more au-
thority 10 the people on the other |
side, or course, under the law. he can 1
make no direct offers OF land-but he I
can tell the intending immigrants what
can be secured and can do that much
better II he has the plats OF land In
Ills hands,
An effort Is 70 be made 10 introd Ice
puail on Kauai