The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-30

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tIIfd IH ilHaHil tHa were dssirHus Hf
|rrtufriUE iH Hawaii. having found Ii
'fIr 0f un gmput mfrf In california. lHf
|the Purpose Uf assisting fhose people
bach io Hawaii M " a Silva was
sent in California as agcht of Do board
in open nn Office there Tho work Of
Nj Silva is summarized boz She report
~ NJ John Guild. attached hereto.
Toward The end 0f the period the source
Of this suppl, having decreased an me-.
/ count ~ hanging cand ions In Cali.
/ fornia Mr. silva Was rec allied and the
recruiting terminated The total cost
was sl4. lGtg3i an average Of s5j.5i
| per male over rs years II age; and OF
$2s.32 per capita.
Emigration from New York and East
ern States
To further augment the population
Of the Territory capable Of becoming
American citizens II was suggested to
the board by the Department of Com
merce and Labor during the early part
! Of nos that IL might be possible 10
recruit, at the eastern ports Of entry
of the United States. admitted aliens
for agricultural purposes upon the prop
critics Of the various agricultural enter
prises in the Territory. Acting upon
this suggestion the board invited to
the Territory an agent thoroughly
familiar with the immigration question
and in whom the authorities in Wash
ington had every confidence. This
agent, Mr. John j. d. Trenor, during
the months of May, June and July,
1908, made a thorough investigation of
the conditions of the various sugar es-
tates, famiiarizing himself with the
local conditions and with the induce.
ments there were in the Territory for
possible emigrants.
On August 3, 1908, Mr.. Trenor filed
his report with the board from which
after further discussion with the presi.
dent of the board the following conclu.
| sions were drawn:
"lst. That the quarters furnished
to ordinary laborers upon the various
sugar estates in the Territory are, upon
the whole, and with very few excep.
tions, comfortable and commodous;
that the treatment afforded them is
kind and considerate and that the wage
paid is fair as compared with that paid
for like labor performed elsewhere.
end. That no climatic conditions
exist which prevent laborer working
practically every day in the year and
that the opportunity to so work would
be afforded him if he SO desired.
Bird. That upon the whole, and tax
ing the year around, the average field
laborer in this Territory will earn as
much at the wages offered as an ordi-
nary laborer upon the mainland doing
the same class of work
! "4th. That i: is reasonable TO be
lieve that a carefully selected colony
! of Europeans brought from an Eastern
| port of entry and settled upon one of
our plantations would find all condi-
tions satisfactory and would remain
| permanently in the Territory, with n
prospect of such colony endeavoring
to persuade their friends upon the
mainland to join them here.
| 18TH. That from NIr. Trenor's ex.
perience and from the result of his
study of conditions he advised us to
make our initial experiment with n
colony of Italians originally entering
the mainland from the south of Italy. !"
In accordance with the above, the
board authorized the superintendent to
employ Mr.. Trenor to act as agent of
the board in recruiting such persons at
eastern ports of entry, this arrange
| ment to date for one year from August
10. 1908. In accordance with the agree
ment Mr.. Trenor was to establish an
Office in New York City and to ascer.
tain whether or not it would be pos
sible to secure fifty families of South
ern Italians for agricultural laborers
| in the Territory. Mr.. Trenor was EN-
ployed at a salary of $4,000 per annum
with $4,000 per annum additional for
Office expenses, rent, pay of assistants
and travelling expenses.
Mr.. Trenor opened his office in New
York on October /, 1905 and has since
made monthly reports to the board as
to the progress of his work. He has
been able to establish negotiations with
various prominent Italian societies in
New York, supplying them with in.
formation in regard TO conditions in
Hawaii, and at the same time has kept
in touch with the Federal authorities
in Washington. A great deal of other
preliminary work has been done by him
in distributing information generally,
in preparing statistics as to cost of
transportation and in looking into
dN"lIdple sources Oh supply IN cohnec
ton with his work he has looked into
IA probable source of supply of Port.
uguese persons residing in the State
of Massachusetts, and the first LOT of
these Portuguese are now on their way
to Hawaii.
The work thus far done by Mr..
Trenor has been largely preliminary,
the object being to get the true facts
as TO conditions in Hawaii in thor
ough manner before not only persons
who might emigrate TO Hawaii, but
others who either wholly or in part,
control or have some interest in such
immigration, including the leaders of
Italian societies in New York State and
the Federal authorities at Washington.
Mr.. TrenOr has been considerably as,
sisted in this work by the interest tax.
en- therein by the Department of Com
merce and Labor and the Department
of the Interior. 1t is probable that
further results of this preliminary work
will be obtained in the near future.
1907