The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-22

than sugar. out OF $50 .OOO. 900 % ex-
ports a year s35 5000. 900 is from the
cane Cheap. efficient labor is the
basis OF cane growing AT first the
planters employed Ksnakas. but that
race is dying and with the present
extended domain in cane forms less
than a seventh Of the laborers neces-
sary. Then came an era Of Chinese.
They were cheap and. ike their Sue
cessOrs. the japanese. rarely brought
families This lessened the cost OF
transportation. After a while the
planters grew fearful OF the single
race problem, for with their secret
societies and family ties the Chinese,
united. threatened 20 raise wages.
Then began the real effort ter Japa-
nese A formal convention was finally
entered into between the kingdom OF
Hawaii and the empire of Japan as 20
immigration. This was in 1886. and
year later Chinese were excluded
by the Hawaiian king and his sdvis-
ers.
japanese rushed in then by the tens
Of thousands.
While one has no foundation. except
that vague, Intangible one of suspi-
cion and probability, 10 affirm that
the japanese war department is send
ing TO American territory a body OF
soldiers. yet il is certain that there
would be no hesitation on her part
in grasping promptly whatever advan-
fhfG nHa-ld har N
event of the actual outbreak of hos
tilities. Moreover. it is absolutely GER
tain that the intelligence office OF the
Japanese war department avsils itself
OF the opportunity afforded to send its
spies among the immigrants when
ever 1t seems worth while and that
many soldiers or former soldiers
qualified by their special training as
we'll as their racial characteristics
for such work are engaged in a prac-
teal espionage. which in the aggre-
gate must supply TO the Office data Of
vast importance.
At the suggestion of Gov Carter a
correspondent of the New York Her
aid interviewed Mr.. c. Shiozawa. the
proprietor and editor of the Hawaii
ShimpO. the most influential daily
newspaper printed in Japanese here.
He has been in Hawaii l6 years. is a
gentleman by birth and has a brother
a major on the general staff of the
army. He said
The Japanese in Hawaii are here
solely because they can make more
money than at home. Plantation
/ hands now receive on an average SIS
a month. 1t is too little but it is
more than they pay in Japan. There
| fore they come here in hopes OF saw
| ing enough to return home and be-
come farmers on their own account.
Few intend 70 remain here. There
] are no inducements after the immi-
/ grant has amaSsed his tiny compet-
I ency. You refuse us citizenship, con-
| ditions on the plantation are humili-
ating and disagreeable and the plant.
er seeks only TO grind all the energy
/ possible from our people. Under tbs
/ new understanding between the Unit
ed States and Japan no passports are
! 10 be issued to Japanese laborers TO
| go TO the mainland of America. nor
1
are any TO be permitted to go there
from Hawaii Except for the few
who will emigrate from here ts Cana.
da and Mexico in the endeavor to
smuggle themselves into the United
States the Japanese population OF this
territory will not decrease unless ex-
lies return TO their own country.
Il calculate there are 10000 Japa-
nese here now, of whom 10000 are
plantation laborers. This is enough.
There is hardly work now to 90
round. OF course, the planters will
encourage an unnatural immigration.
so as TO food the market with labor
and force and keep wages down.
recommend that the Japanese govern.
ment refuse to ailow more Japanese
| tn come here 4"