The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-12-04
The OBJECTIONABLE
tenement HOUSES

Chicago law requiring the written con-
sent of a majority of property holders
in block before a tenement house
could be licensed therein. This mea-
sure had been sustained in the supreme
courts of three states, knocked out in
three and decided twice favorably and
once adversely in Missouri.
A. G.. M. Robertson alluded to the
legal snags encountered in the Nc
Candess action to upset the awning
gutter ordinance as indicating what
would likely be run against before a
solution of this question was gained
Referring to DR.. Scudders suggestion,
at former meeting, that the Japanese
chould be made the subjects of a cam
paign of education, the speaker utter
ed the opinion that it would be Of more
value to bring educative influences to
bear on the Anglo-Saxon people here,
who were the ones that encouraged
Japanese laborers to flock to town from
the plantations 1t would be found on
investigation that nine-tenths of the
contracts in the various trades here
were given to japanese. He spoke Of
the "unholy warfare" that, without
effectively closing Iwilei, scattered the
denizens of that place all over town.
While supporting the resolution he
handling the matter.
Professor Gilmore of the College OF
Hawaii told of his pleasure since COM
ing here at finding so much civic spirit,
evidence of improvement and moral
tone. He had not seen the like, nor
seen anything to indicate a promotion
committees existence, in Shanghai,
Hongkong, Batavia or Port Said.
Other speakers were Judge Weaver,
T. F. Lansing, c. G. Ballentyne, w. L.
Howard, John Lucas, Supervisor-elect
Logan, Charles Crozier, James L. Nc
Lean and Col. j. H. Fisher. Mr. Gro
zier objected to the clause referring
to depreciation of property and was
taken up by Mr.. Mclean and Col
Fisher, who held that this was a vita
point. One might invest money in q
home and be taxed to the limit of his
improvements and then have the value
} ruinously impaired, either for security
) or sale, by the obtrusion of tenement
shack upon neighboring premises.
Mr.. Sheba, editor and proprietor Of
the Hawaiian Shinpo, referred to the
, necessity of educating the japanese
, along the lines of the requirement Of
: civic beauty, while side by side witt
that education should go the education
; of many of the whites. so long al
there are whites willing to lease theil
property to the Japanese and lawyer
e ready to take up their fights in tn
t courts, there will be japanese ready t
e build tenement houses in any plac
/ where there is money to be made" h
: said and was loudly applauded for hi
s sentiments.
Y The editor of the Japanese Chronici
being called on said through Mr.. Sheb
d that his views were those of that gen
S tleman and he was applauded.
n Chairman Kidwell, after some dis
If cussion on the personnel, in which tn
: ACCESSIBILITY of having a strong re
= presentation of the bar was urged, al
i pointed the following as the committC
l. called for in the resolution: C. w. Asl
: ford, chairman; e. A. Douthitt, A.
ID M. Robertson, r. F. Lansing, d. Loga
l. Judge Weaver, Professor Gilmore,
ID Sheba and F. T. p. Warehouse. I'll
If committee will report at a meeting
l. be called.