The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-02-08
Recruiting Of Russian Labor Is
Meeting With Success in
Spite of Knockers.
ARE KICKING AT WHITE FLOUR
Russians Have Sent Complaint to
Their Consul at Yokohama,
Who Spreads 1t.

Although the agents of the board Of
immigration are meeting with success
an their work Of securing Russian emf
grants in Manchuria and starting them.
this way, the work is going ahead un-
der great difficulties. A part of the
trouble is caused by the cold weather
in that section of the Chinese Empire,
the mercury cuddling down on itself to
the thirty degree below zero point; but
the great trouble has resulted from
kicks ON the part of the Russians in
Hawaii, which have gone back to Har-
bin.
1t appears that some of the Russians
in the Territory are not satisfied with
the kind of -four they are getting. The
white wheat variety does not hit the
spot with them that the real, old, black,
rye flour of their fatherland used to do.
Consequently there is kick coming,
kick which has been duly set forth
in writing and forwarded to the Rus
sian consul at Yokohama. The kick is
signed by twenty immigrants and
is drawn up in such a way as betokens
the fact that some one besides the
Russian labofers is back of the knock
ing scheme.
When the Russian consul az Yoko-
hama received the letter of complaint
he forwarded it on to the authorities
at Hardin, who at orce gave it out to
the Russian papers there. They went
further than this. They had the COM
plant printed on dodgers and dis
tributod these throughout the coufitry,
for two hundred miles in all directions
from Hardin.
Every. place where Perelstrous and
Atkinson go they are met with this
dodger, being compelled to waste much
time in explaining it and pointing out
the fact that rye flour is not the only
thing in the world and that wheat
-four with the temperature at sixty-fve
above is better than the blacklist rye
flour ever bolted with the temperature
at thirty below. 1t is hard to convince
the Russians that it can be possible
not to have winter at this season OF
the year in Hawaii, but once convinced
the desire to emigrate to the Paradise
of the Pacific follows, even in the face
of rye flour famine.
Poverty and Suffering.
Perelstrous finds that the cold is the
greatest agent he has assisting him, al
though the intense severity of the
weather at this particular time is max
ing the collection of the laborers more
expensive than had been figured or
The poorer Russians have practically
no warm clothirg so as soon as few
families are gathered together to make
tba trif n Hox raii az I'd
once to Dalny, where it is much warm
er. Shipping the emigrants in small
patches is more expensive than taking
them all in one party, however, while
it costs more to keep them n Dalny
than in Hardin.
On top of this comes the necessity
of keeping the officials along the line
in good humor as well as those in Har
bin, and Petelstrous IS kept jumping
sideways in the work, all of wbcl
naturally falls upon his shoulders a,
being the one acquainted with the off
Gals, the ways of the country and will
the manner of dealing with Russian
oficeholders.
Some Sail Tomorrow.
In spite of all the trouble, it is re
ported from Hardin that batch of i'm
migrants will be at Yokohama tomor
row ready to board the s. S. Mongolia
Perelstrops writes that three hundred
are to come on that steamer, in charge
of a subagent of his, named Kostnit
sky.
On the Tenyo Maru, another empl,ye
of Mr.. Perelstrous, named Liest, is com
ing with some hundreds more, while
yet another agent will follow with an
other large batch on third steamer
Mr.. Perestrous will return to Ha
wall in charge of the fourth batch
himself. He writes that he wolld like
TO personally conduct all the emigIants
in order 10 see that they are treai ed
well on the steamer and are properly
presented before the immigration M
elals here, but this is impossible as be
alone Is able to meet the situation ere
nted IN Hardin through the hostility oi
the officials.
Mr., Perelstrous does not state no \
Jack Atkinson 10 standing the cold
weather, nor what the effect Of the be-
low zero winds ~ on Jimmy Lloyd
Both ale ~ goo health, however, A.
kinRon having written on ;he last mai
10 Richard iyers, vt the immigrailpa
hoard, stating thai be was meet M
with success IN passing the emigfanil
gei together by legelslTouA
aaI0 El0uTW IS