Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-05

The President OF the Senate Mr.
w. o. Smith, is the Secretary of the
Sugar Planters Association.
Under the above personnel, 1t was
but natural, that Notwithstanding the
strong opposition against the passage
Of said Act, led by Ex-Governor
! George A. Carter, the Act was pass.
ed under the high pressure brought
about by the owners Of the planta.
lions, who, at the hearing openly de.
clared that they were in urgent need
of importing alien labor for their
plantations. and were perfectly will.
| ing to pay for importation of such
labor. but that they could not do
under the Acts of Congress unless
the Territorial Act be passed.
Pending the passage of the Act
above referred TO. negotiations were
conducted with a Russian Agent in
Hardin, Siberia. concerning the i'm.
portation of Russian peasants for the
Hawaiian sugar plantations. and with
this in view the Act passed on March
22, 1909. under Section 6, distinctly
| provided that the Act shall be In
| effect from the date OF its approval
and relate retrospeetively to give full
effect to the provisions therein con.
tanned with respect to taxes for the
first taxation period Hereunder. and
under Section III Il is provided that
the first taxation period under the
Act shall be the year Immediately
preceding the first day Of January.
1909, during which first period the
tax was to be one per cent, which
was to be payable in full on or be.
fore November 10. 1909.
II IL self.cvident that that Act, as
passed and worded. was carefully
planned to cover the expense of i'm.
portation OF the first gang of three
hundred Russian peasants, whose pas.
sage was prepaid from Hardin to Ho.
nolulu. ana who were brought TO Ho.
nolulu at the end of October. 1909.
The>Board Of immigration OF the
Hawaiian Territory has established q
regular Office at the City of Hardin
where the peasants are recruited
through alluring pamphlets and ennis.
saries promising luxurious employ.
ment on the Islands. with represen.
tations that men were able In earn
az much AZ from forty IN fortv.0ve
dollars a month
The people were nromIsed bouses
with heat, electric light and even fur
niture. all free of charge and with
an acre Mot of ground AZ for Garden.
ing. The house and pIot were IN no.
come the ownership Of the men after
three wears or I'm lien of sucb owner
shin to receive three hundred dollars
I'm cash. In
Evening schools tfree bospitals. hal,
of regular wages in, case of sIckness
free railroad fares TO and from tho
dwellings and places of work free
elementary schools for children MI
these great advantages were solemn
~ promised both In the negotiation.
with the men and the printed pamph
let spread broadcast
With such great allurements ths
contest for the privilege of being tax
en- from Russian Siberia 10 the Ha
waIian Islands was 80 great that with
in the last year over ona Thousand
Siberian peasants men and women
were brought into the Hawaiian Isl
ans, and Immediately upon their ar
rival we're distributed among IN,
planters upon the four Islands main
" operated by the sugar planters.
Instead of all the comforts abov,
described. the people found wooder
shanties without roofs, the floor,
made of rough boards. set apart will
wide creylces. The furniture consist
ed of a few benches. a table and .
few beds; instead OF the promise,
electric light. kerosene lamps were /,
be used. the oil to be supplied by tn,
men themselves; the fuel consists o