The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-17

The chartering of the Indiana is no
a sudden move on the part Of Maxim
and his hackers. This hui is distinc
from the hui back of the Kumeric char
ter and was, as matter Of fact, tn
first in the field. AT the time tn,
Ohio was here with the Los Angelo
iChamber of Commerce excursion nego
tiations were entered into with he
lcaptain. raising a storm Of indignation
at the time and getting the Promotion
Committee busy, as IL would have mar,
red the success of the efforts OF the
committee in getting the excursion j
the result was TO be the carrying away
of labOrers. AT any rate the negotia
tions with the captain fell through, the
icaptain referring Maxine and the late
Judge Gear, the attorney Of the hui, &c
the owners.
! There was a certain amount Of cab
| ling done, the owners at last consenting
| to send the Ohio back here for two
trips, the first to cost the hui eighteen
| thousand dollars and the second trip
TO be made for fifteen thousand, the
| difference in the figures being to cover
| the cost Of putting in hunks and re-
arranging the vessel to carry the hun
dreds of japanese. These negotiations
were about to be closed when the sud
den death of Judge Gear left the MEM
bers of the hui without the adviser to
whom they were looking and the matter
was dropped for the time being, the
Ohio meanwhile going to Alaska and
coming to grief.
Maxine is emphatic in his declaration
that there is nothing in his scheme to
work to the detriment of the planta-
lions. He stated last night that he
had sent no runners to the country to
drum up trade and did not intend to
do so. The ones he expects to ship
on the Indiana are those who come here
with the express purpose of going to
Canada and who made Hawaii the first
step on account of the difficulty of get
ting passports from their government
to go to Canada direct.
He expects no trouble in landing his
men at Vancouver, expressing at the
same time the opinion that the Kumeric
japanese will have no trouble in get
ting ashore, despite whatever reports
may have been sent from here regard
ing the show money. To support his
views he refers to the fact that certifi-
Gates of deposit were accepted here by
the immigration officers from incoming
Japanese when it was known publicly
that the certificates were given out
without other funds than deposit fee
being at the credit of the holder in the
bank. To meet these certificates the
Japanese here, deposited $3.50 a month
out of their wages from the plantat1orr,.
Maxine states that he is in receipt
of many letters from the prominent
Japanese in Canada and knows the con-
ditions there thoroughly. He further
is of the opinion that the getting of
these japanese out Of the Territory is
the best thing that can happen to the
planters, because the ones who do not
intend to stay here are causing dis
content among those who otherwise
would be satisfied.
THE KUMERIC SETTLEMENT.
In regard to the settlement made with
the rejected passengers of the Kumeric,
three hundred of them being left be-
hind here, it was stated yesterday that
the settlement consisted in them receiv-
ing one-half of the advanced fare mon
ey, note for the other half and none
of the money deposited as show money.
The payment of the note and the re-
payment of the show money are to be
made as soon as the money locked up
in the pot to get the emigrants landed
is released.
To see that this money comes back to
it's owners here the japanese hotel
union has sent a man with the Ku-
merle
One of the leaders in the Kumeric
exodus, Lieutenant Ito, the man who
called most of the mass meetings of
the emigrantS and who was finally
mObbed by the ones among them who
were rejected, turns out to be, accord
irg to the statement of some of the
the son OF a rich silk manu-
facturer of Toxic. He is out on a tour
Of the world and stopped off in Hawaii
to see what was to be seen. He was a
passenger for San Francisco on the
China on Monday and is going direct
TO the east, where he will spend some
time in the manufacturing centers and
return to his home in Japan via Europe.
INDIANA MAY MAKE TWO TRIPS. !
Maxine did not know last night
''hether the first trip of the Indiana
would be the last one or not. He has
IN option on her for a second trip if
necessary, but thinks that he can clean |
up all the Canadian bound Japanese at |
)nce. According to him nearly twenty |
per cent of the incoming japanese are |
coming here with no intention of stay |
ng, but the number of arrivals of all |
kinds will be small for some time, he |
thinks. All the arriving Japanese |
know before leaving Japan what the |
wage scale here is. They know that |
he Japanese receive to start with |
eighteen dollars a month. while the |
Spanish and Portuguese laborers get |
twenty-five, but they also know that |
he japanese can save more and draw |
more in overtime than the white labor
n. 1t is not the difference in the wage |
scale that is driving out any japanese,
n.1t sirrn nj thn H. |