The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-06-25
MAY NOT
GET WORK

According to the Information brought
to Honolulu Friday by MIR. Yoshiye'
formerly an attacho at the japanese
Consulate In Honolulu, who Is a pas
senser for the Coast on the $ $. Ko-
rea. great disappointment awaits the
Japanese who viii sail in n few days
on the $ :. Kumeric for Canada. Mr..
Yoshiye is well acquainted with the
labor situation in the Canadian West
after having left here having served rs
secretary of the Japanese Consulate al
Vancouver. lie has now severed MS
connection with the diplomatic service
and is returning to Canada from Japan
to engage in the numbering business.
He states that any Japanese who go
to that country by way OF the Hawai-
ian Islands are going to find 1t most
difficult to secure work. There is plenty
of work to be had, hut the largest Ca
madam employers OF labor have agreed
not to employ any japanese from mere
The reason for this Is at bottom the
same reason which has induced the
American government TO forbid the Inn
migration of Japanese, the antagonlsln
of union labor to cheap labor and the
fear that the presence of too great
number of japanese would result In
trouble. For years the Canadian
unions have objected to Oriental I'm,
migration. particularly the unions
throughout British Columbia. For
years the Legislature OF British Co
lumbia has passed at practically every
session some anti-Japanese legislation,
only to have the same promptly vetoed
by the Dominion government, which has
much more to say respecting provincial
legislation than the Federal govern
ment has respecting the various acts
passed by the individual States. The
reason given in each instance for the
veto is that Imperial reasons demand
that there be no cause for friction be-
tween Great Britain and her ally ia
PAN especially through legislation
passed by an irresponsible minor
province.
These anti-Japanese laws as passed
have had one effect, however. and that
is to induce Japan on her part to seek
to avoid cause of friction by strictly
limiting the number of passports Is
sued to intending Canadian emigrants.
These are limited to $50 a month.
The Japanese leaving Hawaii are do
ing so without regard to their pass
ports, which were issued to them to
go to Hawaii only. Thus they are dis
arranging the plans of the Canadian
government and of their own govern
ment to avoid the very appearance OF
giving offense to the Canadian union
lists and forcing the British Columbian
government into urging on the Do
minion the necessity for any Japanese
exclusion laws. By agreement between
the government officials and the large
employing firms. railroad contractors
numbering concerns, fishing companies
and mining managers, the japanese
who persist in invading Canada despite
the desire of their own government Ia
keep them out are not to be given
work. This will leave the Kumeric
passengers hung up high and dry, for
they will be unable to leave that coun-
try and enter the United States.
Another story coming from Japan on
the Korea yesterday tells of the cam
paign being made against the Hawai-
ian planters among the Japanese. The
attack is being led by Yamaoka, who
ran afoul of the planters here at the
time of the visit of the S. S. Olympia
for the purpose of carrying away load
of laborers. Yamaoka was then con.
nected with the employment agency
of the Great Northern Railroad and
his appearance here was not relished.
Now he is in Japan as the repre-
sentative OF the Seattle Japanese
League, working with his government
to secure a repeal on the part of the
United States of the exclusion clause
OF the immigration treaty. AS an au-
lthority on things American he is
speaking in different parts of Japan
and warning intending immigrants
against coming to the Hawaiian Is
lands. He says among other things
that the planters here do not treat their
laborers wei, and that since 1t has
been forbidden for japanese to leave
for the Coast to better themselves
the planters have cut the pay down to
a barely living wage.