The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-02-18
TROUBLES OVER
Immigration
Auditor Wants Accounting Of the
Money Spent in Bringing
in Portuguese.
PERELSTROUS OUT WITH JACK
Writes That Atkinson and Lloyd
Are Having a Good Time
While He Does Work.

VlllIC lIC COCo WOiN
| Immigration affairs are not going
smoothly. As a matter of fact, there
are so many bumps that probably some.
thing will break very shortly
1t is announced that the territorial
auditor has decided not to draw any
more checks against the special con
servation and immigration fund until
some of the tangles are Strengthened
out. For one thing, the detailed ac-
counts of the recent Portuguese immi-
| grafton work are not in, although the
immigrants have been in the Terri
tory for some months.
In Manchuria there has been an open
fall out between Mr.. Perelstrous and
a. l.. e. Atkinson, which Grew so Sc
rious at one time that the former threat
ened to cable to Honolulu and announce
| that ne was done with the labor re-
cruitiDg business unless he was given
better help. That has been temporarily
patched up.
Claim They Are Cheated.
Cheated at every turn is what
the Russians on the Island of Hawaii
reported to their consul at Yokohama,
urging him to take what steps he could
to keep other Russians from coming
to Hawaii to help share in the labors
of the canefelds.
Copies of the Hardin News, which
contain the complaint of the Hawaii
Russians and the reply of Mr.. Perel-
strous, have been received here, the
translations showing that a hard fight
faced Perelstrous before he was able to
gather together for transportation to
the Islands as many as are on the way,
somewhere in the neighborhood of two
thousand.
In addition to the difficulties with
the officials and the press, Perelstrous
has been having trouble, according to
his letters, with Jack Atkinson, special
agent of the board of immigration, and
with Jim Lloyd. Perelstrous intimates
very broadly that both Atkinson and
Lloyd are more of hindrance to him
than help. He writes, in part:
cat the present time we have gath
! cred about 800 people, but up to this
} time we have had trouble with the gov
eminent and press. This should have
been attended to long ago, but Jack
and Lloyd Travelled in Japan and Korea
which cost a colossal amount of money
F.. about $1,000. Jack travelled in very
light clothes and as to be expected he
got cold and is sick. AT his best he
is very poor and lazy worker, and
when he is a little sick he lays the
, whole day in bed, and L have to do all
the work and this means labor when it
D., is necessary to get so many people. He
never lifts finger and all this work
/, is done by me.
"Lloyd also works little. Most OF
the time they are enjoying themselves
Lloyd even now continues to knock
about the Cafe Chantons and this will
I add large expense to the business and
most important the whole business is
suffering,
J, "Most of the time is being lost and
we can come to no agreement with
, laborers. All this is interfering with
my work greatly and / want to get
. through this business so as not to be
> detained.
"Generally / do all the work, but
: do not mind as long as no one inter
= feres, but when it comes to preparing
! papers in English | cannot do withou
the boss and stenographer. L have
nothing against him for not helping m,
as long as he does not interfere will
me. At the end of this business, ant
r even now, he reports on what he anC
o only he is doing. There was a tim,
+ when | wanted to send a cablegram t,
a the board of immigration about sucl
!. poor helpers, and / refused to worl
S any more. Jack understands now tina
g it is better not to interfere with me.
"As have always said in privat
G life he is very pleasant man, but il
business, impossible He has yer,
s long tongue and sometimes has spoile,
o business.
IS ~ am sending you newspapers an
& correspondence and would ask YOU T.
= save them as | have no others. Fror
them you will understand what diff
culties we are eneountering in carry
ing out this business. You will not
what we have to wrestle with, but fol
u tunately the masses are on our side.
4 Other Immigration Pililria.
II The article published in the Harbi
II papers. forwarded by the Russian col
. sui at Yokohama, is as follows;
"To the Editor, Hardin News; :
al have the honor to respectfully ask va
81 not 10 refuse TO publish in your paps
y the following request received by n
H. from twenty four Russian subjects wi
o, emigrnted 10 the Hawaiian Islands III
W year
"a Manager Russian Imperial Consu
~ We have the honor 20 request yol
'h hghness 10 look into our critical co
lton and 10 help Ms as II Is know
IN 10 yan that We were taken ihToul
81 Yokohama by Mr. perelsirons aud NJ
~ Atkinson.