Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-15

issued for the arrest of said Frank Il.
Craig as aforesaid. nor is said Frank
II. Craig otherwise entitled to com
plain of the alleged invalidity of said
Act in this respect
b. That said Act does not violate
the first amendment to the COnstitu-
ton. of the United States In that It
does not abridge nor purport to
abridge the freedom of speech and jor
the press.
/ g. That said Act does not create
nor docs IL tend TO create n condition
of involuntary servitude among per
SONS of the laboring classes in the
/ Territory of Hawaii contrary to the
| provisions of Section I of the Thir-
| tecnth amendment to the Constitution
of the United States. That no person
of the laboring. class in the Territory
of Hawaii is before this court com.
| planning of the alleged invalidity of
Said Act IS in this respect. That said
Frank H. Craig Is not person of the
( laboring class In the Territory of lla.
wall, nor is he otherwise entitled to
complain of the alleged invalidity Of
said Act As in this respect
Z. That said Act rs is not In viola.
ton of the Fourteenth amendment of
the Constitution of the United States,
and specifically:
(a) That 1t docs not deny to per.
sons within the Territorial jurlsdic.
ton the equal protection of the laws.
OBJ That 1t Is not an interference
with nor restriction on the right of
the citizens to move from the Terri
tory Of Hawaii to another state or ter.
ritury of the United States, nor does
It abridge his privileges and 'immuni.
ties In contravcntion Of the provisions
Of Section Of said Fourteenth amend.
ment. That said Act does not inter.
icrc with nor restrict. nor tend to In.
tcrferc with or restrict the right of
Frank Il. Craig to move from the Ter
ritory of Hawaii to another state OF
territory of the United States, nor
does IL therefore abridgc his privi
leges and immunitios nor Is he other
wise entitled to complain of the al
legged invalidity of said Act In this re
spCCt.
(c) That said Act does not unduly
nor In any manner restrict the right
: of the citizen to contract nor does II
deprive him of his property without
due process of law, nor does II amount
to prohibition of the right to carry
, on a lawful calling and occupation.
: (d) That said Act Is not class leg
{ ishtion and does not discriminate ar
bitrarily and without reasonable basis
but on the contrary this petitioner al
! legcs that the facts hereinafter sci
forth. In addition to others of which
the court may take judicial knowledge
or which may hereafter he brought tt
the attention of the court at the hear
- Il ILL ,
: reasonable basis for the enactment o
: said Act As, this respondent alleging
l however, that said Frank y. Craig be
: ing held on charge of acting as al
cmigrant agent without a license II
, entitled to complain, If at all, only o
5 the conditions upon which said licens,
may be obtained under said Act, anC
5 Is not entitled In this proceeding Il
+ complain of the alleged unreasonable
Y ness of any restrictions or condition
5 which may be imposed upon the doinl
} OF business by omigrant agents whit
/, have licenses The facts alleged b.
] this respondent as aforesaid as form
l ing reasonable basis for the cnactmcn
Of said Act As are as follows:
! % That the Territory of Hawai-
has agricultural resources In excess q
: its available supply of labor. Tina
there Is already invested in agriCultul
al pursuits within said Territory ~
wards of Scvcnty-iiye Million Dollar
I worth of capital devoted to tho rails
Il ing Of sugar cane and manufacture o
7 raw sugar, together with a larg
G amount of capital devoted to the rais
J. ing of pineapples and canning pin,
/ apples, to the raising Of sisal. coffee
l. cotton, tobacco, and like industries
J. That the available supply Of labor
o insufficient to meet the requirement
n OF these various agricultural indus
o tries. together with the requirement
l. of the incidental and other lecitimat
Z occupations of the citizens of this TIE
r Titory. THAT the raising of sugar can
n In particular requires continuous wor
cl of agricultural laborers throughout tn
q year. and that any considerable dim
u mutton of the number Of laborcrs 81
= gagged would result in irreparable il
s Jury In u very short time not only I
s said sugar industry hut to all indu
II trial enterprises and all other bushes
. and financial interests of this Teri
T. tory. That the security of the Capiti
n already invested. ms well RS the futnI
II development of this Territory, r.
@ side Of this Territory of n large nun
" per of laborers.
C. CD That the Territory Of Hawa
is geographically situated over tN
\. thousand miles from the nearest Ian
n tO-wit, the Pacific Coast of the Unite
W States. That said Pacific Coast Is NJ
II available as source OF labor for tn
N Territory and that the nearest ava
n able sources of labor supply for tn
ID Territory are the Philippine Island
1t tho Island OF Porto Rico and Continel
10 of Europe. together with tho islanr
adjacent to said continent. That ~
n ing To the distances involved and OF
or conditions the cost Of getting hbO
H. crs to come to the Territory OF Elawa
O. averages over One Hundred Dolla
So per man. That tho average annu
y value TO the industries OF the Ter
r. tory of Hawaii of the services of ea'
Id laborer so brought Is upwards Of On
lie Hundred Dollars,
r. CD That the Territory Of Hawa
10 through its duly organized Board
s. Immigration Is and for many yea
Ia last nagt has hppn pnuiiuupugly q