Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-24

The planters say to the Japanese,
You are entitled to more money,
and wait, and wait. and wait; all
things come to those who can wait;
wait, and by and by you shall have
It," and they have been waiting and
waiting and waiting They were
, will to wait, when sugar was two
is. a pound and when every planta-
ion was struggling for its very ex-
Istence, and these foreigners. these
,trangers In our midst, came to us
md they put their shoulders to the
wheel and uncomplainingly they
worked and they bore the heat and
burden of the day; and when sugar
became over four cents a pound and
plantations began to pay in some
cases as much as three and half
per cent per month and on watered
capital at that, then the japanese
We ought to have our wages raised"
And they were put of. and they were
put of, and they were put off, and
finally they go to these gentlemen,
these gentlemen who understand the
English language, these gentlemen
who can be a go-between between the
employer and the employee, and say,
Won't you do what you can to help
us In this matter? Won't you go to
these planters and tell them that we
are tired and tired and tired of wait.
ing; that We cannot live on our pres.
ent salary; that the cost of provisions
has gone up In the Territory of Ha-
wall within the last four years 25%,
but with no corresponding raise In our
wages; that We are bringing our
families here, We are raising children
here. VIC are sustaining our japanese
schools, our Japanese churches, our
Japanese buddhist Temple; we are
clothing our children with American
goods SO that they may hold up their
heads with their playmates; but we
| can't live on SIS month; II Is i'm.
; possible for us to work 26 working
I days In the, month; the cane fields are
too hot and we have to lay OFF for
,time and under the present wage scale
1t is impossible for us to earn more
than thirteen dollars and fifty cents
out of the month? And won't you
please, gentlemen go to the planters
| and say, Gentlemen, please let the
time OF waiting 10 at an end; do now
what you think and what you know is
right?'"
| And what was the result; what was
the result? Thugs and Agitators."
"Shysters" and "law.breakers." I'VE
will have nothing to do with you. We
won't consider the wage scale because
you, Mr.. Negoro, you. Mr.. Sega, you
Mr.. Maxine and you, Mr.. Tasaka, you
and your lawyer are thugs, agitators
and law.breakers; SO out of this! Get
away from here. We will have moth.
ing Of you"
Then comes the next step in the
chapter: "Mr. Kinney. these thugs
and agitators are going to make a
strike. We have got to put of this
higher wage business as long as we
possibly can. Let's put 1t of ten years
II we can; II we cant. put 1t off five
years; II We can't, put 1t off one year;
II we can't, even put 1t of one month.
nut FOR heavens sake do the best you
can to get this higher wage movement
squelched. Nip 1t In the bud or else
We are going to have to pay higher
wages"
And right"
And from that time, gentlemen. the
criminal arm of the law has been do.
ng nothing else than dragging these
men and those with whom they asso.
late to the bar Of justice, dragging
them here on such flimsy, such, Oh
sinful, charges as the one which You
have been listening to for weeks.
Mr.. Kinney says 1T may be that,
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