The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-05
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The Sugar Market

treatment and hospitality when visit
ing these men.
"The report states that it is not with
in its province to offer suggestions as
TO the solution Of the labor problem
presented but merely to present the
facts as they have been found after a
rigid scrutiny of everything bearing
upon japanese life in California. Great
stress is laid upon the infinite labor
that was expended in gathering the
data from which it is drawn. It is
pointed out that virtually every farm
in the districts where japanese are
employed was personally visited; that
the opinions of employers Of japanese
exclusively, of mixed races and of
white Iaborers only were interviewed
and their views on the japanese filed
with the bureau; that aside from the
personal contact into which the agents
came with the japanese of all classes,
over 10000 census cards We're filled out
by japanese and sent to the bureau.
that figure representing Al per cent.
Of the total japanese population of the
State. These cards, printed in English
and japanese, were prepared with
view to determining accurately the
character of each individual in order
that the investigators might have a
firm basis on which to find their con
illusions as to the character and mode
Of life Of the typical japanese resident
of the State. The information was
readily given by the japanese and the
numerous questions answered carefully
and fully.
'With this data before them, and with
the daily reports of the agents and
thousands of interviews with employers
and others financially interested in the
problem at hand, the investigators pre-
pared the following summary of farm
labor condi lions in the State.
L. That the relationship existing
between the farm labor utilized at the
present time in the great industries Of
the orchard, vineyard and field and the
industries themselves have been de
veloped along lines of an evolutionary
character. and are practically impossible
Of modification in any material degree
- =. That the problem of solving
/ the situation by drawing from the
present available white farm labor sup
ply by any known or suggested methods
of modification of the conditions now
obtaining in this State VIII afford no
/ practical or material relief.
:" 3. That the creation of an ideal
intelligent class of white farm labor to
be drawn from all sources within the
confines of the United States is prac-
tically an impossibjltv for the reason
that such an effort would entail an
entire and radical readiustment of
economic conditions and the relation
ship that now exists between the grow
er and the system of transportation,
distribution and marketing.
'''4. That the perpetuity or con
tinued development Of these great and
highly specialized forms of agricultural
activity must largely depend upon
supply of labor coming from without
he United states, and of such a nature
and character as to conform to the
condition resulting from the applica
ton of that labor to the agricultural
demands.
. ,. That the transition from the
cereal growing period to the develop
ment of specialized agriculture in
creased the ratio of temporary help re-
qujred by the farming districts beyond
the normal available supply within the
State during the periods of largely in
creaslng population.
6. The necessity for providing
the large number of temporary en-
pIoyes engaged in the harvest with en-
ployment during the various periods
other than the harvest season is a vital
element in the solution Of farm labor
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