The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-06-09
AMERICAN LABoRERs NOT WANTEDY


If there is turning point the gradual oen
taaon Honolulu afforded by opportunity of having ci
labor employed the big federal Pearl Habor and
places and about the city. If the city be "Ame
canzd the process should begin The spectacle of the Am
can government paying allowing payment of thousands
Asac enterprises the federal building the Mahua site
the great improvements Pearl Harbo would be outrage it
woud be setback for the mercantile community that could scarcely
DE exaggerated
This mornings paper nmates that the city of Honolulu has need
afraid of the importation American aboers if they
from California; charges that they for Home Rule the days
OF Wilcox and nmates that they were organizing strikes and start
ing against Ascs finally they and
sweld the ranks of the ScmzRu movement These think
local should
dsavow them To cite illustrations of the essential injustice of the
apetons California labor may be said that San Francisco
had many strikes nany very unjust ones) she has nevertheless
whole world by the of labor she has accomplish
the greatest in history in the face of all the labor ag
taons she has ecpd all history rapdy of rebuilding Cafor
mia labor aided by mporaons has done Further if the labor
element Rue and Scm into power helped them both
when they exposed It the OBJECTIONS of the aborer
from their leaders, that Mayor Taylor his splendid
majority The California type of white labor which morning
paper says for then rebuilding
Francisco that from month month attracts surprised com
Europe all America though by the
pledges of lodges of unionhp turned its leaders when they
politically corrupt That is pretty good sort of American cit
zenship
Referring agitaons against Chinese and Japanese may simply
be said as far AGITATION IN FAVOR OF ANERCANISMl
IS NECESSARILY AGAINST CHINESE OR JAPANESE LET
TT COME. Would six months year. strikes and agita-
lions have done this community the harm that has been
done by the driving away of American citizens the gradual
ncroament of the Oena Perhaps The Star need repeat what
has said before discussing this matter that there question
race feeling nvovednone whatever is simply of econo
mics Either Honolulu is to be American community Japan
ee community Are going hang sign that Americans
eedn apply for admission these islands (une they o
besma ane) without signing pledges against joining unions and
against Directing Asia competitions and without agreeing adj
for property stability conservatism, capta Are We?
Except in its advice that local labor should be upon the
Advertisers discussion of the matter this morning strikes the
iB outrageous The izen labor" of includes Ha
waans just the any other Americans resident citizen
labor should have the first call After import
and or so AMERICAN aborers be they union other from
California elsewhere they will vastly benefit the community We
do not fear their all of them every
poyment can be found here
II we going to be American community
American communy problems One threeconered
fight waged by union labor Independent labor capital
far Pearl Harbor and other government work is concerned in
the strike matter there much is dangerous
thing to organize strike when in federal employ The federal con-
tracts OF the would back might
themselves permanently Of them entering the Advertisers
charmed circle of the blessed the heavenly space allotted for Sma
Farmers for whom incidentally there would better chance If
few thousand Americans working Pearl and consum-
ing American foods than If rice furnished the for building the