The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-12

BIC SENOOFF
His Views on the Labor
SuppIy--Should Be
Europeans.

Frank P. Sargent, United States Inn
migration Commissioner. who left fo,
the mainland yesterday on the S. S.
Nippon Maru, was given a hearty send
off when the vessel sailed Among
those at the wharf to bid the Commits
sioner au revoir We're Secretary Atkin-
son, Mkt Saito, the Japanese Consul
General; Chang Tso Fan, the Chinese
Consul General; E. D. Tenney and r.
D. Mead of the Planters Association;
r. c. Brown, chief immigration in,
spector; r. c. Stackab BILE, acting coll
lector of customs, and many other off,
cials and friends
In special honor of the Commissioners
the band was present at the sailing.
rendering an appreciated program on
the dock, and after the vessel had cast
off being taken on board the tug In>
trepid serenading the Nippon and her
passengers until the liner had got we'll
under way toward Diamond Head. On
the Intrepid were many of Mr. Sar-
gents friends, headed by Secretary At
kinson, and the Commissioner was re-
peatedly cheered from the Intrepid as
the little craft raced alongside the liner,
the cheers being taken up by the pas.
sengers aboard the steamer. Durins
the time the Intrepid Was alongside
the Nippon, Mr.. Sargent beamed al the
rail and threw leis toward the ones on
the tugboat.
1t was a pretty send-off, arranged by
Secretary Atkinson, who had secured
a special permit for the Intrepid to take
out passengers for the occasion.
Before leaving, Mr. Sargent reassert-
ed his belief in the favorable outcome
of the Portuguese immigration move
ment recommended through the arrival
OF the Suveric passengers, to meet
whom the Commissioner had made the
journey here from Washington. He
is skeptical however regarding the
proposed immigration of Filipino Ia,
borers.
The country needs laborers, all
right" he said, but to advance in the
right way it should have laborers of
European birth or descent. People who
VIII become citizens make their homes
here and be identified with the growth |
Of the Territory in the true way. L
can not say that 1 think much of the |
plan of inducing the Filipino to come !
here. [ have been told by those who |
know tie situation thoroughly that the !
FiIipinos will not do the kind of work
you want in their own home. and /
bringing them here is not going to /
change their disposition.
There are plenty of good laborers in /
the Philippines. but there is also a big +
demand for that kind there. and they |
can get bigger pay at home than here. .
"Of course, to get European labor
here and keep it here the pay must be
adequate. The wages paid on the Ha-
waiian plantations can not be expected /
to be an inducenent to hold white la /
borers in the Territory. Not in the
cane fields, at any rate.
Il saw the Japanese immigrants who
came this morning" said Mr.. Sargent,
when asked il he had made up his mind
IN regard to the japanese immigration
question. Il can not say yet just what
view 1 do hold regarding their coming
[ have not studied it sufficiently to
make any statements"
1t is quite likely that the decision of
Mr. Sargent to travel to the Coast on
me of the japanese liners is to give
aim an opportunity to do some further
studying in the matter. 1t seems evi-
lent that the Japanese immigration
question has been something that Mr.
Sargent has been going into pretty
thoroughly since he landed here, and
he presence Of the Consul Generals of
he two Oriental races at the wharf TO
ea him off was regarded by many as
rather significant thing. To travel
n the Nincon Maru will cost the Com
missioner the 5000 penalty something I
.hich shows that there was a good OBJ
act in sailing in her. To wait for the
:. s. sonoma would have been a delay
{ only one day.
1T is quite likely that I viii be back
0 visit You before very long" said
he Commissioner as he walked up the