The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-09
COL. HEPBURN'S
PRESENCE NEEDED
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section of the said act, European
| aliens who have been induced or so
| licited to migrate to the said Territory
| of Hawaii by offers or promises O.
| employment within the said Territory
held out to them by the said Territory
| or by the board of immigration of the
| said Territory, or the officers, members
or agents of such board, or to exclude
| from admission to the said Territory
| Euro9ean aliens whose tickets or pas
sages have been paid for with money
| of, or who have been assisted to migrate
| by, the said Territory or it's board OF
| immigration, or the officers, members, OF
agents of such board, even though il
is not affirmatively shown that such
European aliens tickets or passages
were not paid with money contributed
to the said Territory, or its board of
immigration, by individuals, companies
partnerships, or corporations: Provided
however, That nothing contained herein
shall be taken to exempt European
aliens induced or solicited or assisted to
migrate to the said Territory, in the
manner hereinbefore described, from
examination and exclusion from the
said Territory under any and all of the
provisions other than those hereinbe-
fore specifically mentioned of the said
act of February 20, 1907.
Sec. 3 That nothing contained in the
act entitled can act to regulate the
immigration of aliens into the United
States" approved February 20, 1907,
shall be taken, for a term of six years
from the approval hereof, to prohibit
any person, company, partnership, or
iII,f To 4bn
said Territory of Hawaii, or to the
board of immigration of said Territory,
money to be used by the said Territory,
or board of immigration, or the officers,
members, or agents of such board, in
paying the transportation, or assisting
or encouraging, by printed or published
advertisements or otherwise, the impor-
tation or immigration into the said Ter
ritory of European aliens in accordance
with the provisions of section l hereof;
or to attach to the contributing of
money by any person, company, part
nership, or corporation to the said Ter
ritory, or its board of immigration, for
use in the manner hereinbefore de
seribed, or to the doing by the said
board, or it's officers, members, or
agents, OF anv of the acts herein
authorized, any penalty or forfeiture.
Sec. 3. That nothing herein contain
ed shall be construed to admit to any
port or place of the United States on
the North American Continent any alien
who is inadmissible under the provis-
ions of the act approved May 90, 1907.
The Speaker. Is a second demanded2
Mr. Williams / demand a second.
The Speaker. Under the rules, the
Chair orders second The gentleman
from California is entitled to twenty
minutes and the gentleman from Miss
issippi is entitled to twenty minutes.
Mr. Hayes. Mr. Speaker, this bill
was introduced by the gentleman
from Iowa [Mr. Hepburn and is re-
ported to the House by the Commit
tee on immigration and Naturaliza-
ton, by whom / am directed to bring
it up. The purpose of it is to permit
the government of Hawaii to induce
the immigration of white laborers into
those islands. AS perhaps all Mem
bers of the House know, for many
years past the islands have been
restricted almost entirely to oriental
labor. Many years ago a large num-
ben of Chinese coolies were landed in
tf}R islands. Their number has been
gradually lessening, until now they
number probably not more than five
or six thousand. In more recent
years the people of Hawaii have
chiefly depended upon japanese labor,
majority of the inhabitants of the is
lands. The desire of the citizens of
Hawaii is that they may have an OPP
portunity to induce the immigration
of white labor into those islands, and
they are willing to pay the expenses
of transportation there, thinking that
1t will be impossible otherwise to in
duce immigration of any considerable
number of white laborers. since the
expense of going there is SO great.
Mr.. Hamilton of Michigan. There
are a good many Portuguese in the
islands. Will the gentleman state
about them?
Mr.. Hayes. I was going to state
about them. / want to say, in addi-
ton to what 1 have already said. that
before the passage of the last imni-
grafton law the government of Ha-
wall had imported three shiploads of
Portuguese and other south of Europe
immigrants-fw think, from Por-
tugal and one from the Azores Is
lands. in the aggregate about 5000 peo-
pie. They have been there now for
some time. They are all employed
there. all contented, and they are
making very satisfactory laborers and
very satisfactory inhabitants of those
islands, and this bill simply intends
to permit the government of Hawaii
to go on with what was done before
the last immigration law passed by
the Congress of the United States
went into effect.
Mr.. Clark of Missouri. I should like
to ask the gentleman a question.
Mr. Hayes. Certainly.
Mr.. Clark of Missouri. What is the
present population of the Sandwich
Islands?
Mr.. Hayes. do not know the exact
figures, but it is less than 100000, I
think.
Mr.. Clark of Missouri. Is the pop
ulation increasing or diminishing?
Mr.. Hayes. 1t is increasing.
Mr. Clark of Missouri. What pro-
portion are Japs, what proportion
Chinese, what proportion Kanakas,