The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-20
GARFIELD IS
TALKED TO AND
MAKES A SPEECH
lie Receives Delegations on Land, Labor and
Chinese Questions, and Is the Guest at
Lunch at Commercial Club.

the Lanai case was cited, it being
claimed that by that transaction, a
hundred natives whose homes, as their
ancestors had been, were on Lanai,
were as ruthlessly deprived of any
right to their ancestral soil as were
the Crofters, whose expatriation start
ed an agitation in Great Britain that
had the most profound political effect.
As to the general workings of our
land system it was argued by the dele
cation that it had brought about such
glaring inequalities that on Maui one
and a half per cent of the taxpayers
paid eighty per cent of the taxes,
while on other islands the ratio was
not greatly different.
Secretary Garfield suggested that the
remedy proposed be put in more con.
crete form. The delegation promised
to do this.
THE CHINESE CONSUL.
The third delegation consisted of the
Chinese Consul, Tsang Hal, and Rev.
E. w. Thwing, who presented a me-
mortal on the Chinese question, favor
ing such modification of the exclusion
policy as would permit a limited i'm
migration of Chinese to Hawaii. They
outlined the campaign of education
which the Chinese of Hawaii have un-
dertaken through the newspapers and
other periodicals of America in bring
ing before the American people the ar
guments which they think may lead to
such a modification of the exclusion
policy. 1t is understood that Minister
WI suggested that such a presentation
of the matter be made to Secretary
Garfield while he was here.
After listening to these delegations
Secretary Garfield and Governor Frear
went to the United States Agricultural
experiment station, where the lemain-
der of the morning was spent, the Sec
retarv coming from there to the Com
mercial Club, where he was the guest
of honor at lunch.
After lunch large number of the
members of the club were presented to
Secretary Garfield iu the reading room
of the club. There was quite an in
formal reception for a quarter or half
an hour.
CONFERENCE WITH GOVERNOR.
Governor Frear and Secretary Gar
field then went to the Capitol, where
the remainder of the time before 1T
was necessary to get ready for the
Mauna Kea trip was spent in a con
ference in which Secretary Mott-Smith
took part. At this conference the mat
ters to be inquired into on the Hawaii
and Maui trip were taken up and pre-
liminarv information secured.
GARFIELD AND SURFING.
On Thursday evening Secretary Gar
field had his first experience surfing.
He went out to Waikiki and was taken
out in a canoe and given experience
with this most delightful pastime. He
entered heartily into the sport, took a
paddle himself, and in the end, with
the crew of his canoe challenged the
crew and passengers of one of the other
canoes to a trial of skin and speed.
Thursday afternoon there was very
pretty scene enacted at Oahu College.
All the students of both the college
and the preparatory school, from the
Youngest in the kindergarten to the
graduating class,were drawn up and Sec
retarv Garfield addressed them. On their
part they sang college songs and gave
the Princeton yell, in compliment to
Mr.. Garfield. and at the close, the
smallest member of the kindergarten
placed lei around the Secretary
neck.
Of HONOR AT