The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-20
JAPANESE
ON LABOR

Inc EnEHsH pdRe Va Ieh page 'ooji
of the Hawaiian.Japanese Daily Chron-
icle. breaks into the island labor ques-
tion os follows:
The Hawaiian Sugar Planters Asso-
citation failed in making a success of
it in bringing the Southern negroes and
Porto Ricans here, burned their fingers
with the Molokans, yet not awakening
from misleading dreams, have now
despatched a special agent to the Phil
ippine Islands for the purpose of try
{ ing to secure the natives of those
islands to work for the Hawaiian sugar
plantations.
According to private report, it is
said, from the agent, Judd, some time
ago, we understand that the negotia-
ton between him and the Manila au-
thorities were successfully arranged
and we were expecting their arrival
every moment.
But when those articles from the Ma
Mia papers appeared in our local press
we were surprised to hear that it was
not only failure but that the people
| of Manila were laughing at the foolish
propositions advanced by the Hawaiian
planters in order to secure laborers
and the newspapers are now joshing
Mr.. Judd.
Judging from this, we have no doubt
that the new scheme of the Planters
Association will be failure again. The
right kind of laborers for Hawaii is of
no other race than the japanese whom
the planters have already had enough
experiments with during the past
twenty years, and they should not need
any more advice from US as to the
/ worth of Japanese as laborers for Ha-
wall
They all know what the japanese are
4 but they simply do not wish to say so,
and are looking for other kinds of la
borers in every direction, to beat these
industrious japanese.
In playing these monkey tricks they
at last got good lesson from the
hcBiocoy anu "Oic
by a failure in Porto Ricans and then,
became disguised with the Molokans.
When they found there were no others
they try the expedient Of turning their
exertions in another direction and look
ed for help in the Philippines.
Though there is no remedy one can
apply to fool, we always are anxious
to find good way to cure them for the
sake of the Hawaiian Territory and its
industries. News from the Philippines
evidently prove that the new scheme
of the Hawaiian planters will never
be a successful one. 1t is better for
everybody to hear of its failure be-
fore they are brought here than to
know after they have imported and
tried them.
We ought to be glad to hear the
voices of these gibes and sneers from
the mouths of the people of the Phil
ippines concerning this foolish propo-
where this purpose was first planned,
but while the lands on these islands
are not large the soil, it is said, is fer
tile and suitable for cultivation, and
there are many chances for the devel-
opment of agricultural and manufactur-
ing industries.
Owing to the years of ill-treatment
by the Spaniards the people of the Phil
ippines have become distressed, and
the population has decreased, and the
natives are getting so lazy that they
do not care to work for anything. They
are like Kanaka Hawaii, know some
thing for today but don t seem to know
anything for tomorrow. Thus causing
the national feelings to decline.
What American people should do for
s. the Philippine is to import large
number of the good laborers from
Japan and strive for the improveme mt
+ of the country. But on the contrary,
the Hawaiian Planters Association are
now trying to persuade them to leave
there and work for Hawaii. This is
indeed topsyturvy movement and the
true American should never attempt to
do it.
The Manila News in joshing the spe-
cial agent says: "If Judd is wise he
will get out a prospectus, which usual
ly runs close with facts, figures and
i statistics in the Ananias finals. As a
frontispiece for the prospectus we
would suggest cockpit with rooster
# RAMPANT, theater and 80 and so. -
What the Manila papers say is quite
right. 1t might be a good scheme for
planters to bring them here II they
+ want to give lesson in free Hula
dances" or performance Of Grand
Rooster Fighting Contest, but n they
want them for work, they must change
their base entirely, because this will be
=. Nre failure,
the "Mutual sympathy" ID prinsi'
Il nal of the SamuTaiHA Of Japan, and