The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-15
THE PLANTERS
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various plantations where they were
formerly at work.
IMMIGRATION. The question of
immigration has been before your
Trustees more or less during the
while of last year One of the imme
date results of the labor disturbance
was to cause them to take in hand
very vigorously the question of OBJ.
tanning supplies of fresh labor from
every available source. Messrs. Pink
ham and Stevens were sent to the
Philippines to revive native immigra-
ton from that point. They have for
warded thus far six or seven hundred
people, who have taken hold of field
work in a very satisfactory manner,
being industrious and tractable. There
are hopes of obtaining a goodly num-
her of these people in the near fu-
ture. By reason of the opening up
of this immigration, Hawaii will OBJ
tain a very necessary supply of labor,
and, apart from this possibly selfish
consideration, has not the opportun-
ity been offered us to assist the home
government in Americanizing the FL
lipinos Hawaii has been aptly term
ed the Crossroads of the Pacific"
where people of all nationalities meet
and enter into commercial and agri-
cultural competition. We bring from
the Philippines several thousand Ia
borers and their families, many or
whom will return later to their coun-
try embued with American ideals,
having a better knowledge of labor
as practised away from their home
surroundings and among people OF
all nationalities, and better fitted to
meet the new conditions which must
surely come to their own country,
which has been for centuries practi-
cally isolated. The Hawaiian ISL
ands have earned the reputation OF
connecting their political affairs in &C
cordance with the methods practised
on the mainland. If the Filipino in
his soiourn here on the different ISL
ands becomes acquainted with these
methods, he returns to his country
a better man physically and intellec-
tually, and, we hope, politically.
The Territorial Board of Immigra-
ton is actively cooperating in the
work of attracting desirable agricul-
tural laborers to our shores. Under
their auspices and with the approval
and assistance of the authorities at
washington, Commissioner A. j.
Campbell was despatched to Europe
in search of Latin peasants. On Tues
day, October 26th, the steamer
"Swanley" left Funchal, Madeira ISL
ands. for Honolulu with Mr.. Camp
bells first consignment of Portu-
guese immigrants. These people are
due to arrive here the middle Of next
month.
Through the activities of Mr.. A. l..
c. Atkinson and Russian gentleman,
Mr.. A. W. Perelstrous, the local
Board of immigration have also made
recent experimental importation OF
about fifty peasant families from the
vicinity of Hardin in Siberia. These
Russians arrived October 21st and
are now in process of being tried out
as field hands on several different
plantations. Reports thus far indi-
cate they are very promising mate
rial. If they prove satisfactory as Ia
borers it is probable that quite
number more of this class Of immi-
grants will be brought to the islands
by the local immigration Board The
, bringing in of these agricultural la
borers from Europe is so exactly in
line with the policy laid down for
us in Washington that I believe we
may lok for the same assistance and
cooperation from the Administration
there in the furtherance of this immi-
grafton as, we are now receiving in
connection with that of the Portu-
guese. Mr.. Atkinson, who has just
returned, reports that a large num-
Der of these people can easily be
brought here at a moderate expense,
and that the difficulty is not to find
people to come, but to discriminate
between the large numbers who are
ready and anxious to come to Hawaii.
EXPERIMENT STATION. TIL
"O"I, Of cha Tvre-'~.0n+ ct"tsoI L"s
been important as usual, and it's pur-
poses and progress for the past per
iod will be fully reported on during
this meeting. A new feature Of its
educational propaganda is the publ
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