The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-17

material to point out who had the power
to accept what went into the paper and
who didn t.
II need not point out to YOU the
difference between my not caring to
buy of Mr.. So-and-so and my forming a
combination to prevent yonr buying of
Mr.. So-and-so There are no more
dreadful sentences passed than these.
Think of these men at Kahuku glvlAs
four men three days. to leave. to 90
with their families God knows where
a sentence that even the Territory of
Hawaii has no power to imposed Their
sentence, their judgment, their method!
. say that there is plenty of direct
evidence so that you need not resort
to circumstantial evidence. These four
men going down to Kahuku at the time
those men were expelled makes a per
feet ease. But some parts of this pros
ecution rest on circumstantial evidence.
The court viii tell you that you can
find these men guilty on circumstantial
evidence. To dismiss all eircumstan-
t1al evidence in this case as something
to be afraid of would be unwise The
clrcumstantial evidence is clear and
conclusive.
A Hair Drained Scheme.
"This was not an ordinary strike.
Counsel for the defendants made a des-
perate attempt and finally succeeded
IN getting in lle first article that set
the ball rolling. It turns out to be as
foolish, as hair Drained as anything that
could be imagined. =,
Kinney read the article to the iury.
This is the article in which is expressed
the hope that "the planters soon awake
and raise the wages of the laborers for
the sake of the continual peace of
Hawaii, - and calls upon the Japanese
government to step in and demand that
the wages be raised.
Mr.. Negoro commences his program
by demanding that the Japanese gov
eminent demand. And he was resentfnl |
because Mr.. Sheba refused to publish
the article-the hair-hrained pedestal
upon which this movement began. the I
first black mark against Sheba. IF this /
IS the way the gentleman starts. it $ !
10 wonder he goes off half cooked. If /
'apan can t step in and interfere, we II /
tart a little Japan here. And that's /
What he tried to do.
What was the object of the striker
10 make commercial conquest of
fawail. At the time the article was
written it is conceded the laborers
1dn t know they were suffering -Four
1onths hard work was necessary before /
he laborers even knew they were suf-
ering. The work of these four gentle
len put these thousands of laborers
n such a frame of mind that they /
themselves say that to refuse their de- 4
lands is like covering up the mouth of
volcano.
"Generally it was understood that
hese slaves were having a pretty good
lme of it and were sending lots of
honey home. Be that as it NAV tbe
frike didn t start on the plantations
started here in town.
MY point is that you We got to con-
der what was back of this plan: what
nd these men were working to, For
verybody works to a plan and nobody /
forks to plan better than the ,Japan.
Sc.
AS soon as the Japanese were
aired from coming into Hawaii in anv
redt numbers, these men caught on to '
lie situation. Before that the Japan
,e eouid come IN in any number But =.
men the embargo was put on. these /
en- grasped the situation. Their OBJ t
ct was the commercial conquest of I
aWall-perfeetlv lawful so long as !
ley do it lawfully Kinney read one !
Negoro's articles in proof of the i
latement that Negoro realized the s
resulting from the cutting
I of any further supply of Japanese !
Dor. =
Mr.. Negoro returning from Califor- :
said that the planters had nut them +
Ives INTO the hands of the Japanese 3
employing them exclusively until a
he eeuldn I see n white face IN the :
aantatlons. But he didn' t see soma
her things. He is like most other &
sionares, He is neither white man il
n japanese and YOU might expect h
a sort e Of a half baked criminal pro il
am from that kind of a man. >, !,
When twelve clock arrived Kinra,- :.
spended his argument until two Il