The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-02

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Governor Frear is particularly pleased
with the appointment of DR.. Victor s.
Clark as superintendent of immigration.
under the direction of the territorial
board Of immigration. The present sys-
TEN, he believes, is wasteful, but in
stating this he does not reflect upon
either the employers of labor or the
employees. but it simply means that
changed conditions now require that
new methods be employed in seeking
immigrants.
II am greatly pleased at the action
of the board of imm grafton. both in its
adoption Of policy of engaging an
expert as one of its regular officers,
but also at the fact that it has been
possible to secure Doctor Clark for that
position.
"In my opinion this is one of the
longest step in advance ever taken in
the Territory in the handling of one
of the most important and one of the
most difficult problems that has con-
fronted the people of these Islands for
the last sixty wears. and is likely to for
many wears to come.
- Some ten or twelve millions of dol
lars have been expended in bringing
people into the country, and perhaps
two hundred thousand have been
brought in in this way. but the immi-
grafton question is perhaps even more
pressing today than ever before.
"Oriental immigration has practi-
callv ceased. and in view Of this fact,
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/ 10th here and on the mainland, we must
/ look in the future mainly for immigra-
| ton of the Anglo Saxon and Latin
races.
''Our location and local conditions
are such as to make it difficult to OBJ
| tain people Of these races, and espe-
ciaIlv difficult TO keep them here. The
! policy in the past has been, in large
! measure, a hand TO mouth policy, and
! the step now taken means that the prob
| lem to be pursued in the future is one
| along more businesslike lines and of a
more permanent nature.
| ''The hoard of immigration, during
! the few wears since its organization or
| It's present basis, has done splendid
work I wish to commend most highly
| Mr. Ivers in this matter, as the man
| with whom I have been brought in con
! tact. He has shown a very broad view
not only as TO the question of bringing
| people in, but as to their status after
/ thew arrive. and he has put in lot OF
! hard work in carrying out the dIfhcul'
! and not always appreciated tasks tha'
have devolved upon him. The problem
! however. has become such that no board
whose members are nOnsalaried and nee
essarilv can not give a very large pro
portion of their time can meet the situa
ton fully They, or such persons a:
they might be able to employ, have no
a requisite training for the work.
S.ThiS matter. as well as others, re
qufres scientific treatment. The large
extent to which scientific methods have
been anrlied 10 industries in Hawai-
indicates in no small degree the remark
allie prosperity that prevails, and as Il
has prevailed in the past.
'FThe employment of such a man 10
this work has been one of my strone
hopes for many years, hopes Which
! expressed in a symposium Of views pup
lished in The Advertiser ten or hfteel
| year ago.
'.Wben I accepted my present office
one OF the pflhclpdi lhlhS7 '
view was that which now seems TO Dc
on the eve of realization. During IN,
last three years | have had IN mlho
not only this step, but also the employ
ment of Doctor Clark. It is douDtfu
if any person could be found anywhere
who is better equipped for this posi-
ton. He has had special training II
this direction in both America am
in European universities, and has beer
engaged for years in particular wore
Of this kind in the United states, aus
traIia and other countries. tie uhuer
stands the Washington end OF the III
migration question, and is thought mo.
highly of there from the Preslden.
down. He also understands the HaWai
ian end. as probably no one even II
Hawaii does He has three times Inau
a special labor investigation ana re
port on labor conditions IN Ha"ai'
covering a period of ten years.
An Experiment as Yet.
i "Just what will result from al
, this. of course, no one can tell at pres
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