The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-30
..,,.ssor Abe, Japan's Leading
Socialist, On Local
Conditions.
sEs SURPRISING THINGS
,s,dyino Municipal Conditions to
annlv the Lessons Learned
When He Returns.

ssJapanese farmers and lahorers buy
n, silbs. Why this would be beyond
- comprehension of our people at
,,us ), declared Professor Abe yester-
a.r in an interview on the industrial
.;.,..;on in the Islands. The univer-
- instructor who has the Waseda |
h..sbau team in charge IS dev0tlng |
-u,h of his spare time, while the Ath-
hi. Park series is going on, IN making
! study of social relations as regards
tie Japanese people who have migrated |
IA Hawaii and municipal problems here !
Ia enHehten his eountrymeu when he
rstarns to Toxic.
Professor Abe has visited several Of
tie plantations on the Island Of Oahu,
and what surprised him the most, he
al. vas the fact that three thousand
Japsaese laborers about the Eva planta
tor bought between five and SIX hun
lred dollars worth Of japanese silks a
rosth from the six stores located there.
Tat farmer or common Iaborer could
afford 70 wear silks IS something that
tie japanese people could not under
SAID IN in their own country cotton /
god enough. /
Three to One Advantage.
Compared with the Iaborer at
bone . Professor Abe said, the Japa- /
fese here on the Islands are better of /
il ths rssio Of three to one at least, /
aud tie only thing they have any cause !
70 complain Of IS discrimination. The
average wage scale for the japanese
aoorer On the plantations IS eighteen
DOLLARS month, whereas the Portu-
guese, Porto Ricans, Russians and other
asioaalties receive twenty-five dollars
At ne Eva plantation, 4" the professor
continued, ''the laborers are paid on
lae piece work basis. which. I think.
Inc best, as it Is the true merit svs-
Ten. At Iva the japanese work longer
i9ars, hnt they get over tweu-v dollars
HoHta- There ought not 70 be any
fsee discrimination at all II the Japa
aese people can do the work - well as
sae others, they should receive lust az
ageh paY as the others
Stores Reasonable.
AS to the plantation stores. thev
I'll 70 TIE iahOrers at cost prices. TINS.
u course, hurts the japanese small ner-
ea%h5s Wao have their stores in the
:aeisheorhood Of the plantations. but the
interests Of these few must. Of course.
sse way TO the majority who are bene-
slea- These storekeepers. however. sell
rvs OF japanese goods which rhe pIanta-
s Yen sioFes don't keep. and in this wav
ae-a tra.ie that does not comuete with
'aF other concerns.
Five Times as Much.
aElng the japanese laborer in the
sans as compared with Ms cauten-
f0.ary at home, Professor Abe said:
me poorest paid worker here gets
: eo'lar a dag, whereas in Earar ne
81 receives the equivalent = twenty
cents American money. This :
aae ratio Of four to one. while the
f'3e 81 ordinary food In ta- Islands
eaiy twice what i i fr Jqaan. -
- NE working man in Hawaii has
~ much the advantage over hi,
~ ne IaEorer A home. The price Of
acre, however. Is not nearly 50
"a. OF proportion with home prices.
IN the Islands It IS o-lr from
daaa. cent 1.%ae man III
Don't Intend TO STAY
8 eau Host Of the japanese aea-ae who
. these ISlauHs oeIv -r-erE 10
81 ieT years-iau- eaaaga - save
3. - 'l'1ey-and then -H-v wan. -
soiae again. Tber are Il -raa- deal
shas OF % srav here. a-aassa.-- he
sa TIE educat5uz # The Jana
a.. saiidrrn here in th- Islands x
problem. Il they ara -..rr IL
te9ntinue3 on Paze Tw-,
MlElOPU FIRED FIR
KUHIO EXPECT