The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-06-21
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WASHINGTON. u. C.. May ai.--Col.
lector OF Customs Edward II. stackable
has been here this week, en- route from
Spain and Portugal. lie spent three
days in Washington and talked mt
length about his trip TO Europe with
federal officials. He had several con.
forences with the Commissioner Gen.
eral of immigration. Mr.. Sargent, and
with Labor Commissioner Charles II.
Neill. just before President Roose-
welt left for his trip to Canton. to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Mckinley,
Messrs. Sargent and Neill accompanied
Mr.. Stackable to the White House of.
fees. There he met the President and
detailed to him what had been done
toward securing immigrants for Honolu.
In. The President was interested at
the results accomplished toward get
ting able-bodied Europeans, who will
make good citizens, TO settle in the
| islands
With Commissioner Sargent Mr..
Stackable went over in much detail the
work he has been doing in Portugal and
Spain. He told the Commissioner that
he regarded the Spaniards who were
sent by the Heliopolis as an especially
desirable class of immigrants-perhap
as desirable as could be found any
where in Europe today. He talked
considerably about his experiences with
the Spanish and Portuguese officials.
AS soon as they fully understood his
mission, he said he had little difficulty
and in the main they cooperated with
him. The European governments are
not particularly pleased nowadays at
the departure of any great numbers of
their able-bodied population, as the Uni
ted States has ascertained during it's
efforts to secure laborers for the Pan
ANA canal. But this attitude did not
prove serious obstacle to Mr.. Stack
able. He was highly pleased at the
class of men he secured. They had
quite large families in many instances,
but the children were healthy class.
Care was exercised to eliminate unde-
sirable characters-men who had rec
ord for lawbreaking and for disorderly
conduct.
TALKS TO THE PAPERS.
Mr.. Stackable started about 400 i'm
migrants for Honolulu during his resi-
dence of one year in Europe. Discuss
ing his trip in general terms with the
reporter for local newspaper, he said:
1.-The Territory wants those whose
grandchildren will be able to intermarry
with the descendants of the best citi-
zens now there. 1t wants those who
will be stable, industrious and honor
able. / found that sort of people in
Spain and Portugal. / secured the as
sistance of our immigration agents over
there, and they helped me to pick out
some of the best people who ever emf
grated to another country.
"Some of the best blood that built
up California and the Southwest in the
early days was that of the Spanish and
Portuguese. None better can be found
in all the world. The Spaniards and
Portuguese are intelligent, and the bet
ter classes today are as hardy as their
Pizarro, centuries ago, in the Western
world.
"Those we selected are men with
families. Families were given the
preference, and single women were not
taken at all. We examined each can
didate. We looked at mans birth
and marriage certificates. which we
got from the church, and his record in
the province where he had lived and
in the army, which we got from the
government. We had each applicant
examined by physician also, so that
we really got a fine set of men. During !
the year 400 were sent, and the move
ment will continue from this time on.
None will be bound in any way to any
or field of effort. Work |
will be found for all, but there will be
nothing resembling peonage. The i'm
migrants and their children will be
among the future respected citizens of
Hawaii.
"The last chartered ship that left
Spain was the Heliopolis, carrying 2293
Spanish men, women and children. For
some time before they sailed / remained
on board with them. asked if any
were dissatisfied and wanted to leave
the ship. But none took advantage of
the offer. On the evening before they
left they were playing their banjos and
singing merrily. i suppose they kept
it up half way round the world"
Commissioner Sargent was well pleas
ed with the report that Mr.. Stackable
made. He approves in every particular
the plans for inducing these desirable
European laborers to immigrate to Ha-
vail and, as is we'll known in Hawaii,
las been aiding the movement as much
Is he could. The Commissioner General
said today that the immigrants, who
vent by the Suveric, were doing finely
n the islands. 81 have just received
he monthly report from Honolulu
lbout those immigrants, said Mr.. Sar-
,ent this afternoon. alt was salts
actory in every particular. A few of
hem went to California, but such
hings, of course, were to be expected.
Mr.. Stackable went to the Treasury
Department and talked with Assistant
secretary Reynolds about resuming his
luties as collector of customs. lie ex-
'ects to sail from San Francisco June
9th
ERNEST G.. WALKER.
THE LoNGWoRTHs.