The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-25
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was made for the Jill, was again trans
lated from japanese into English and
turned over to the Planters Associa-
zion. Tasaka claimed that the plant
ers complained 10 Mr.. Smith that he
had made use Of derogatory state
! ments concerning the planters. He
said that Mr.. Smith replied that be
| had not made such a statement, al
though as an American he had right
to present his views, and he thereupon
had asked the Jill for the copy he had
handed that paper. This English copy
was unlike the translation made from
the Jill for the planters. Mr.. Tasaka
said he was not sure that Sheha had
made the translation, but he thought
so.
The speaker did not offer the sug-
gestion that the translation into jap
anese made for the Jill may have been
radical departure from the expressed
views of Mr.. Smith written in English,
and that, after all, the Sheba transla-
ton back into English was merely the
way the Jill had put it. Mr.. Tasaka
constantly made use of "dogs and
pigs" in referring to the conservative
element among the japanese who have
not fallen into line with the agitators.
Even though we are handcuffed, y
he concluded, 1--WE Will not sink and
the propaganda will go on
Y. Sega, editor ard manager of the
Jill, as well as one of the largest
stockholders, was the next speaker.
Mr.. Sega was not at ease and many
people left the hall. The scuffling of
dozens of wooden-shod people created
so much noise that much of his speech
was drowned out He said the higher
wages propaganda was succeeding
through the efforts of the 10000 Japa-
nese in the Islands, and not so much
through his little paper. He did not
take up the matter at first, but when
he was accused, he said, Of getting $50
a month from the planters, his blood
boiled, and he jumped into the fray
10 help the agitators.
After Mr.. Sega finished his speech,
Fred Maxine. chairman of the meeting,
called upon Mr.. Takei. a professional
orator, to come down from the gallery
and express his opinion on the matter.
Mr.. Takei responded by going upon
the stage. He said:
81 will express my free opinion. 1t
looks to me as it the Higher-Wages
Association matter had been set aside
and that the newspapers are indulging
in personalities over the question: He
went on to say that he thought it was
time for influential members of the
Japanese Merchants Association to
enter and use their influence to settle
the difficulties and trouble existing be-
tween the Japanese newspapers.
The audience began to shout 'Put
him Off " and got a little rowdy, but
Mr.. Takei continued. saying that 1t
began to look as If the higherwages
agitation was only hot air, but he be-
| lieved that in time the flower would
bloom. In answer to the cat calls from
the audience, Mr. Takei said he had
been requested by the chairman to ex-
press his opinion freely, and he was
doing so. He said the audience could
take his advice as they saw fit.
Mr. Maxine came upon the stage
when the audience began to say nasty
things. and said he did not want to
have any trouble. Maxine said the
agitation was not hot air. but it was
going to be kept up to successful
issue.
AS an indication of the power the
Shinpo and the Chronicle WELD in the
Islands, Mr. Maxine said that the Jap
| anese on the other Islands read main
ly those two papers and were therefore
swayed and made to believe that the
agitators were hoodlums. He asked
the audience to write to their friends
and tell them this was wrong.
Mr.. Sega said the haole newspapers
called him a hoodlum, but he was not
to be bluffed. He would go right
ahead with the movement.
The last speaker was Negoro. who
expressed views similar to those of the
| first speakers
The audience was wholly japanese
that is, of town Japanese-with only =
sprinkling of field laborers. Being
! Sunday night, the meeting afforded an
opportunity for the crowd to gather
there to spend the evening, as a side
amusement.