The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-03
INVITING THE
JAPANESE AWAY
Mexican COl0nizer Offers Some
Inducements Japanese
Are From Missouri.

The prospectus of a new immigra-
ton company, which will work to at
tract the Japanese Of Hawaii to Mex
leo. has been received in town. Copies
are being distributed among the Hos
nolulu Japanese, and the glowing
promises therein are being generally
discussed. It is not regarded as like
ly, however, that many Hawaiian Jap
anese will be tempted to the pastures
green.
The Mexican-Japanese Colonization
Company, the official name of the or
ganization, is formed to take advan-
tage of the new Yokohama-Acapulco
line to be inaugurated by the Togo
Kisen Kaisha Company, which pro-
poses to put the America Maru, the
Nippon Maru and the Manchu Maru
on the run. the schedule providing for
calls for those vessels at Honolulu.
Kobiyashi, the president of the COM
pany, passed through here about
year ago on his way to Japan. While
here he explained that he had Sc
cured, through the aid Of high Mex
lean official, colonization option on
large tract of country and that he
was returning home to lay the matter
before Japanese capitalists and the
home government. His mission ap-
pears to have been successful, as he
is now back in Mexico perfecting the
company's plans.
In the prospectus he states that
Mexico offers great advantages for
Japanese with a little capital, an OPP
portunity being offered them to &C
quire land and go into Independent
farming About $500 is what an immi-
grant should have to best succeed, he
says.
The opinion of prominent Japa-
nese, as expressed yesterday, is that
the company will secure few japanese
in Hawaii under present conditions.
"If the several measures introduced
into the recent Legislature, aimed
against the japanese, such as the Co
elho fishing bill, had become law, /
believe that the chance to migrate
elsewhere would have been welcomed"
II.
the attractions to leave Hawaii will
have to be made brighter to induce
many to leave. The way in which Co
elho and those like him were sup
pressed has had a great influence on
the feelings of the japanese in regard
10 the Territory. For time 1t began
TO appear that there was to be de-
termined effort made to make US dis
satisfied with Hawaii. but that has
happily passed. and the japanese are
satisfied that they are to receive a
fair deal here.
1T is unlikely. too, that the Japa-
nese Government would offer any en-
coura cement for the Japanese resident
here to leave for Mexico. The gov
eminent would rather. I believe, dis
courage any migration among the la
borers for the sake of the japanese
merchants who are settled here. with
their capital invested in local enter
prfses IT may be that encourage
ment will be given for emIgrants to
go to Mexico from Japan direct, be-
cause one of the problems our govern
ment has to face is what to do with
the surplus population. The presence
of a large japanese colony in Mexico
would promote trade between the two
countries.
Hawaiian japanese have seen too
many of these immigration companies
plans come to nothing. anyway, to
lose their heads over this one. The
Hawaiian japanese has learned eau
ton