The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-01
MAKING CROWD
Continued From Page One.N
Lucas Measured the improvements.

Jack Lucas returned yesterday from
professional visit to Kahuku planta-
ton where he measured the lumber
used by Japanese laborers in making
| inn Iovements to the quarters they oe-
| cupy. The strikers who were to be
paid off requested the company to allow
them so much for the improvements as
these had been added at the expense
of the tenants. Mr.. Lucas went into
every camp and everywhere he heard
Japanese say that Manager Adams was
"too much guro. There was an in
timation in many places he visited OF
a desire to return to work.
The Attack on the Consul.
The Makino-Negoro crowd is not
gaining much sympathy from the Japa,
nese by their attacks upon the Japa-
nese Consul General and the eleve-
consul. At the mass meeting held on
Saturday evening Negoro not only criti-
| cized the Consul but made many de,
| famatory remarks about him. He came
upon the stand with a copy of the
Shinpo in his hand and also a copy of
| the Consul's statement to the Japa.
nese. He criticized the Consul for is
suing such instructions and he express
ed himself as sorry that the Consul
| has not seen fit to step in and help
the agitators.
Then he attacked the Daily Chron-
icle, saying it changed its attitude
with reference to the strike situation
so often that it was like chameleon.
| He attacked the Shinpo as un-Japanese
and then sailed into the Merchants
Association for the resolution its mem
| bers passed a week ago, calling them
selfish men. His speech failed to make
good impression.
| Editor Sega of the incendiary Jill
spoke in such low tone that he could
not be heard, but he was followed by
| Tasaka, his assistant, who was heard
and laughed at, particularly when he
called upon the Japanese auditors to
"dig up He said the strike had
| to be carried on no matter what the
price AS to the Consul, Tasaka said,
| he was a mere Coffee man. and Gin
competent He referred to the Japa-
nese Merchants Association in scath-
/ ing terms and alluded to the members
as former plantation laborers and only
| "gentlemen on the eve of the cele-
| bration of the Emperor s birthday, etc.
Jap Strikebreakers.
While it is supposed that only men
| of nationalities other than japanese
have been earning $3.50 per day as
strikebreakers, a story is current that
three Japanese not in sympathy with
| the strike movement, but DESTROYS of
earning their livelihood, disguised
themselves in chekered jumpers and
made themselves look as little like
japanese as possible, and actually
worked one day, but that the next time
they presented themselves they were
suspected of being spies and had to
disappear.
Makino's "Hot Air.
Fred Maxine was wrathy yesterday
over the statement issued by E. D.
Tenney with reference to Eva plan
tation and about the statements from
other plantations regarding the amounts
paid to the laborers.
s'They say the Japanese averaged
$23 per month";, he said. eve are
! not talking about averages. We are
talking about the minimum of wages
received. That is the only thing we
are talking about. We don It consider
averages.
Maxine was very much piqued about
the matter and it seems to have inter
fered with his statements to the Japa-
nese.
Making Trouble on Kauai.
Agents are reported to have gone to
Kauai last week to sow seeds of dis
satisfaction among the japanese labor
ers there,
From the Veal Pen.
Generally speaking, the strikers
have been lawabiding and peace
full to very marked degree, and
in this respect they are credit
to their race. They have been
misled by group of agitators
who are evidently conspicuously
lacking in the ability to lead such
a movement as they have under
taken to engineer. But we don It
see any need for referring to the
strikers as a lot of thugs.-Star.
Nor is there. 1t is simply a case of
one idea, and fool idea at that, on the
part of a writer whose brains boiled
down would hardly make a saltspoon-
full of calve 's-foot Jelly.