The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-24
UNDESIRABiLITY
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day are the most remarkable lot | have
ever seen. The outfit is absolutely the
worst [ have ever had the privilege of
laying my eyes on. They number one
hundred and eleven all told and are
made up of one hundred men, six women
and FIVE children. Their ages range
from fifteen to sixty-five years, and
they are deficient in many ways One
old lady is totally blind and another
one is blind in one eve. Some of the
men are suffering from a disease in the
legs which renders him unable to walk
at all and none of them have ever done
a day 5 work in their lives.
CAS- immigrants they are a most I'M
desirable class. None of them seem
quite right in the head don I mean
to say that they are insane, but they,
somehow or other, do not seem to be
all here. They are stupid and dull.
Their physique is out of the ordinary
and they do not look as if they could
stand the slightest hardship Of any
kind On making inquiries amongst
them | found that some OF them had
worked aS BARRIERS and others as clerks,
but there was not single instance
where any of them admitted that they
had ever done any manual work at all.
Besides this they are absolute paupers,
not one of them having a dollar.
1.-The women are puny and sick look
ing and so are the children, and they
are the poorest looking lot that have
ever been brought here. Two of them
died on the way over and were buried
at sea- and at the present time the
whole lot of them are being kept in
quarantine for fourteen days to see if
they are going to develop any diseases.
1t can hardly be wondered that | put
them down as undesirables when this
is specimen of the men that are being
brought over here to help along the
Americanizing of these Islands.
Islands Are Beautiful.
When asked to give his general i'm
pressions Of the Islands. Mr.. keefe said
that they were the most beautiful place
he mad ever seen.
''If ! had known as much about the
Islands before | came as | do now, then
| should have made it my business not
to miss seeing any of the places of in
terest that are so numerous. During
my visits round about, while collecting
my data for my report, | saw the men
90 out to work at half past five in the
morning, saw the cutting and loading
operations and right away up to the
bagging. | collected data concerning
the wages of all classes of workers, and
the areas under cultivation on the va
rious islands.
When my figures are compiled they
will show the total number living on
each island and the cost of living, from
both the American and the European
standards. When [ had a look around
this island here, | decided that it was
the most beautiful place that | had ever
seen. There was not one thing missing
that goes towards making life pleasant.
The climate is neither too hot nor too
cold, and the people are blessed with
everything that nature can give them.
son visiting the other islands, |
found out that if anything was wanting
on the home island, then it was made
mp for on the others, and thus it was
throughout. Every island ( visited I
thought was the most beautiful | had
eyer seen, until / visited the next, and
then | thought that was. When | got
back to Honolulu / thought that it had
grown more beautiful since | had left
it. These Islands should become one
of the most valuable assets of the
United States.''
Plantation Stores.
In reply to a question regarding the
item of plantation stores. which he had
stated previously should be cut down.
Mr.. keefe said thaat he had made in
quiries and had found various commodi
ties varying in price from five to fifty
per cent at different stores. "No,' he
stated in further answer. ''there seems
TO be no apparent cause for this dis
crepancy in prices, and it only occurs
in some eases.
- Everywhere | went the storekeep-
ers answered my questions without the
slightest hesitation, and until I have
Eeen through my collection of figures
| am unable to say what is the cause.
have had most enjoyable trip
through your island, and the only thing
that | regret is that | am unable to
stay and make a longer visit, and this
time one of pleasure
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