Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-29
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when the Territory began To substi
tute Government immigration for pri
vate labor importationi and II would
b. lamcntablo step backward 10 re
iun to the old system. do not be-
lice there Is weight In tn argument
that Hawaii already has enough lab
orefs. The census Of occupitions ten
years agD showed 1857 hblrers In
tho country, out of a population Of
l61OGl. But at that date. the very
year the contract labor system ceas.
ed. there were more single men. inn.
ported as laborors from Japan and
China. IN proportion to the total popu.
lation than there arc today. Assam.
ing the population TO have Increased
10000 during the past ten years land
this Is probably somewhat over thu
true nnmber), on account of the de.
parurcs Of Chinese and japanese men
for the Orient. and the arrival of pro.
portionately more women from those
countries, and the large number OF
Japanese children In the present DO.
pnlation Of the Islands. we can hardly
anticipate an increase in the number
OF agricultural laborers Of moro than
900 or 5000. When VIC consider that
the number Of small farms has near.
ly doubled during these ten years
and that large labor using agrIculuu.
raj Industries like pineapple planting
have grown up since the last census
and that the plantations keep on, their
payrools over 10000 men, il viii be
seen that there is very little safpms
labor in Hawaii During such crisis
as occurred at the time Of thetlate
strike. plantations in the Immediate
vicinity Of Honolulu might temporari.
ly obtain considerable labor from the
city by paying $3.50 a day, But Mute
apart from the question whether many
plantations can afford to nay such
wage, there Is not enough labor. even
at this price, to supply the pIanta-I
lions on the other islands; nor is there
n guarantee that even near Honolulu
such labor would prove permanent
immigration Is Certain.
However there is very little use Of
this question at an. Ev. |
cry intelligent man I'm Hawaii knows
that IL government Immigration ceas.
rs the sugar industry will do lust
what any other large industry in the
United States would do under like
circumstances, import labor from 9th.
n places. Under the Federal Consti.
tuition Hawaii cannot make n law Ia
Keep out labor from Porto Rlco and
ne Philippines Within ten years the
population of Porto Rico has grown
learly 100000 or equal to the whole
population of Hawaii today. N other
words. Porto Rico could send n man
here for every man, woman and child
n Hawaii at the time our .census
vas taken last spring. and sim have
IS many people left ms were In that
COUNTRY ten years ago. And Porto
tico is small island. considerably
mailer than the single island of Tia.
vail, hut with over l.1OO.O 900 popula.
ion. Yet those 100000 people. on
uch n small island. all mako n lIy.
ng.
From the Philippines with their s..
10000 people, a stlll larger number
I laborers might he brought. Fill.
mos work for SIS month. The
lanters In order to encourage a par.
lament population OF desirable settl.
RS in Hawaii, win pay Portuguese and
paninrds s2i month, but private
Individuals and corporations cannot
ring hore Portuguese and Spanlards
that is left by federal law for the +,
ioVefnment to do. SO 10 cut on gov. /,
rnGlent immigration Is to substitute ,
IL labor for s24 dollar labol. Govern. :
tent immigration means bringing I'm
altcrs with families. who cannot live :
lihont a'fah wage. To abolish gov.
rnment immigration means TO force /,
re planters to bring IN single men b
iihout families. who VIII compete at ;,
lower wage with Hawaiian workers :,
ivinf families 10 support. =
feet on Public Lands.
Under the law just passed by Con. n
p rs our public lands must be sub. q
v!ded and sold To citizens. II should n
sold at fair price This land Ia I,
q common property OF all the citl @
ms of the Territory, and II would be h
bblng the many 10 favor the few to h
We II away for nothing to a small u
lmber of homcsteaders. II would be
as II several OF MS Inherited lot n
land from our grandfather, and the Ia
urt should give all the land to two n
three Of The heirs and leave MS %
thout anything instead OF ordering ri
e property sold andtthe money dly.l h,
among MS. in
The public land should be sold for 81
p full value, so the money may be In
'idsd among the citizens of the Ter IA
ofN by being invested In public 81
hools and roads and other thinys n,
public use, and employed Ia pay ri
Iges TO citizen lahorera for building to
ase roads and schools and other co
lrks. Immigrants are not likely 10 OF
T Al. 4. n