The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-08

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bent body combine TO squeeze the hear
out OF any but the nerveless, mus
/ cular and determined japanese an
/ Chinese. in whose own lands for age
all the work of tilling the earth hai
been done practically by the hand
! alone.
JAPANESE WILL WORK.
/ All these importations Of spaniards
/ Portuguese and others are but expert
! ments-the tortuous efforts of tn,
/ planters to escape from the yoke o
/ The men who crippled the great Bear
| They have failed. Negroes proved
/ more inclined to WELD razors than hoe.
/ and 10 surround the craps layout often
| Ct than the shoot OF cane. Porto RI
/ cans were anaemic and QuarreIsome
| beggarIy and untitled for the tremen-
/ dous toll Of the endless rows Of stalks
| Portuguese are too few and tend tc
/ choose other avenues of employment
Always II resolves itself into the Jap
! anese and the job.
And the japanese gets more indie
pendent as the struggle to get workmeu
on the Pacific Coast grows fiercer.
Agents Of the railways building ex-
tensions there are frantic for labor and
their agents are here now 10 entice the
Portuguese to the ties and rails. The
planters are making the strongest eff
forts 70 retain their men. but with
higher wages and an easier life offered
him the laborer hesitates but seldom.
The conditions Of labor are freer in the
United States than here, where the ira
dItions Of penal contract days have not
died out. Many japanese come to Ho-
nolulu as a ruse to reach California.
AS a rule the japanese government re-
fuses passports to her citizens who
want them to the Pacific Coast. but
grant them TO Hawaii since Japan
seized Korea she has stopped Koreans
coming here
But for all the japanese who have
gone from here to san Francisco. and
Seattle more have come to take their
places. The fields must have them and
the immigration companies have them
on tap if the dollars are forthcoming.
But, after all, admitting that the jap
anese dominate in every line but pol
tiles and land owning. is there any rea-
son to believe there is any plan on their
part to do more in Hawaii than make
money!
Friction between the United States
and Japan over the San Francisco
school controversy began in October,
1906 During that month no Japanese
came to Hawaii. In November there
We're fewer than usual, but in Deem
her nearly three times the ordinary
number came. The Hawaiian govern
ment was astonished, so was Washing
ton. There is no means at my disposal
of ascertaining how many have arrived
here during the months OF this year.
Those who ought to know say that the
tide is flowing heavily here and that for
some indefinite reason the immigration
companies are rebuilding their ship
ments Of human freight. Perhaps it Is
because it is feared the anti-Japanese
agitation in the United States may ex-
clude them from all parts of It. Per-
haps the Mikado would like to have a
strong force here if trouble comes.
And here arises the question put in
the first paragraphs of this article: Are
most or many of the Japanese now in
Hawaii and coming here former SOL
diers?
How are you to tell? The soldier
mustered out or when on a mission Of
secrecy wears no uniform nor cries out
his former occupat ton. Certainly thou
sands of the Japanese one sees here. in
street and in field. have the carriage
Of the fighting man. Perhaps if one
could call out suddenly. in their Ian
suage, ''Tention! Company" one might
get results in stiffened frame and
squared shoulders.
Some Of these immigrants bring their
uniforms and display them proudly. |
Many wear medals given them for |
courage displayed in some dashing !
,harge or forlorn hope. and now and |
again a sword occurs among the smaN /
Ia ggage. and the immigrant confesses |
lie was" an officer with Nogi or Ku- |
'oki. This is presumably purely senti |
nent. for the sword is useless in the |
,ane fields and is a decadent weapon /
anyhow.