The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-08-20

his opening argument taking it up
where he had left off the afternoon be-
fore. He said in part:
Kinney Finishes Argument.
"'These japanese who wrote these ar
ticles meant murder. They came and
put them in the hands of the Jiji as in
the hands of friends. Mr.. Sega crossed
out some of those words, but not one
! word of protest did he utter Ten lines
in the paper would have put those men
right, but they did not appear"
Kinney quoted number of extracts
from the Jiii allegedly threatening vio'
lence against Sheba.
"They put in the paper several times
that they must not do anything UNI
lawful. Gentlemen, l do not claim
these words were hypocritical, but they
were to warn the japanese against
harming the property of the plantations.
But they were never intended TO warn
them against using coercion to keep
the 10000 Japanese in line. leave 1T
to you whether they warned the Japan
ese not to harm the property OF the
plantations, to injure the strikebreakers
: or throw something in front OF the
strikebreakers' train because they cared
more for white man or kanaka than
for Japanese, or whether 1t was be-
cause they knew that out there in the
plains was cavalry regiment that
would take a hand.
elbow did they bring those men to
Honolulu and keep them in order with
the discipline of an armyi Why, be.
cause it was an army. When
any man was suspected, a guard slept
/ | I'll -, AZ nf
lulu. When l hear intelligent
men talk of how orderly these people
were. it makes me tired beyond degree.
1t was the order of an army. A man
couldn t leave the city without per.
nit. The minute he tried it, he be-
came traitor, an outcast. There was
unquestionably great revolt in the
minds of many, but under that discip-
line there was no chance for them to
get together. Each man would have
had to go out into the open alone.
: "Think of the deeds that were done
under this discipline. Men were afraid
to walk the streets of Honolulu. A
man was carried bound through the
streets and thrown on the floor of the
Eva High Wage Association.
"This is all highly amusing and the
laugh will be kept up as long as men
will receive it. But to sober-minded
]. men their guilt is established a thou.
!, sand times over. If this thing is to be
allowed to 90 on, it will be like q match
a set to house. 1t will burst into a
I flame that will carry the house with
$ it,
Kinney concluded his opening argu-
ment at nine O'Clock, and Lightfoot
i promptly addressed the Court and the
jury.
Lightfoot Begins.
"May it please the Court and Gentle.
men of the Jury: The learned counsel
who has just taken his seat, in the be,
ginning of his argument to you, laid
stress upon the fact that this is an i'm
. portant case. 1t is an important case.
i Outside of those unfortunate cases in
:, volving life and death, this case, j be
lieve, is the most important case that
" has been tried in the Territory of Ha'
= wall for very many years; and why is
= it important2 1t is important, gentle
men of the jury, because it involves the
sugar industry of this island, or that
feature, that portion, of the sugar in
dustry which is most necessary, to wit
its labor.
"Now, you may not hold any stock
in sugar companies, and i may not hold
any stock, but yet our interests are
bound up, and irrevocably bound up for
some time TO come, indirectly if not
directly, in that which is at present
the greatest industry OF the Territory
of Hawaii, to wit, the sugar industry
And so it is useless for anyone to say
well, | don own any stock. / don I
care; the sugar business is not my bust
ness 1t is the business of everyone
in this Territory, directly or indirectly
for we have to live by it.
eve hope that the time will come
that there will be such diversified in
dustry here that il will not be the sole
source of the wealth of this Territory
but at present it is, and so anythn.
that goes to the vitals of the sugar in
dus,ry is an important matter ant
should be considered by you, gentlemen
of the jury, and by every thoughtful
man, in thoughtful way.
Labor Situation Involved.
"Now, this ease involves the labo
situation of the Territory. Years an
large numbers of japanese were i'm
ported into this Territory here. TIL
IIawaiians would not work in the field
at the prices that were being offered
For many years the price of sugar wa
very low-when / came here nearl
twenty-five years ago it was about tw
cents a pound. For long time Their
was doubt about the reciprocity treat
being continued or renewed, For "a lon
, time the future of the industry wa
elouded In darkness and NO one kuc,
I what The morrow would bring fortl
r and the planters were unable to pay
decent day. wages for decent day
work, aud 20 we found that the III
waiiuns and other residents aud eit
gems of The then Kingdom of lluwa
gradually lefl he caneGelds hecau,
they could not gel enough money 90 lis
upon, oven 10 pay for their poi and pt
. ANA Their place WHs1uken ~ the laphl
\ japanese who came here under
r. contract shipped, us We saidi
i, contract which wac nothing more ~
n s HAN slavery NJ these men rafus,