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

, ing sugar, also expends large sums of
money annually In getting laborcrs in.
to the Territory of Hawaii, the princi.
pal sources of supply under existing
laws being the Philippine Islands and
the Island of Porto Rico. (
(i) That II has been and is the
policy Of the Congress Of tho United
States and of the Executive officers OF
1.-THE United States to encourage and
assist, both for industrial and mill. /
tary reasons, the development of this ,
Territory by the Introduction OF i'm |,
migrants who are citizens Of the Unit. !
ed States or capable of becoming citi. |
zcns.
90 That owing to the geographical
situation of Hawaii, the possibility of
losing large proportion Of the labor
ers after they arrive AT their dcstina-
ton, and other conditions, the bust.
ness of soliciting. inducing, procuring
and hiring laborers to go beyond the
limits Of the Territory of Hawaii has
never been praCtiCed by individuals
on n small scale but on the contrary
said business has always In the past
and may reasonably be expected IN the
future to be practiccd only by the
agents of corporations undertaking
sale scale, including the advancing of
moneys to laborors SO solicited, in
duced, procured or hired, for the pre-
payment of their passage money from
Hawaii TO the port OF destination, to
gethcr with other necessary advances,
and by the chartcring of special steam
crs at large expense tn transport Ia
, borers so solicited. induced, procured
or hired, from Hawaii to their destina-
= ton. ..
d ca That the laborcrs brought to
; this Territory by the Territorial
Board of immigration and by the lla-
5 waiian Sugar Planters Association
: are for the most part unfamiliar with
. the English language. ignorant, often
= improvident, and easily mislcd and
T imposed upon by cmigrant agents
4 speaking their own language. That
I they are easily attracted by offers of
+ higher wages on the Pacific Coast of
: the United States and in the Terri
=. tory Of Alaska without realizing that
/. said wages are offered for short sea.
!. son. whereas the wages Of the Terri
tory of Hawaii are available all the
Y year round. That In the past large
[ numbers Of said laborcrs have been
I led by promises of higher wages and
I by false representations as TO the con-
/ ditiOns of labor elsewhere, to leave
y the Territory Of Hawaii, and that a
large number of those. SO leaving have
= by reason Of said false representations
= found themselves, at the close Of the
;. working season, or u short time there
J. after. In destitute circumstances and
I a charge upon the people among whom
h they have gone. That on account of
@ this condition OF affairs it has been
o necessary for the Hawaiian Sugar
:. Planters Association to have arrange
a mcnts with the Associated Charities
# of San Francisco. anh other persons,
:, for the return of such laborcrs rs
;. should have become, destitute under
n these circumstances, and large num-
s bcrs of laborcrs have been so returned
4 to Hawaii at great expense.
q Is That the business of soliciting,
d inducing. procuring and hiring labor
o ers to go beyond the limits of the Ter.
, ritory of Hawaii has in the past and
u may reasonably be expected to he con
& Quoted by corporations having no prop
q crty within the Territory of Hawaii
y and by means Of agents having little
l. or no property therein, which agents
II are Customarily paid according to tho
number of labOrcrs secured by thcm
Il the natural and inevitable tendency
" and result being that said agents arc
It led to obtaining labOrers 'promiscuous
r. ly among the employed as well as the
D. unemployed and by means of false and
= eXtravagant representations and prom
S, iscs. and by stirring laborers into un
IF iustihablc unrest, dissatisfaction anC
70 hostility towards their employers
3. that said agents have no feeling of re
O, sponsibility to the authorities or citi
@, 2cns of the Territory of Hawaii, ana
5. that said business Is frequently con
Is Quoted both by the principals anC
Is agents therein In evasion or open de
e. iiancc Of the laws Of the Territory o
Is Hawaii, aud so as To create genera
10 unrest and apprehension among tn,
n. citizens and residents of said Terri
10 tory.
* (O That owing largely To the irrc
10 sponsiblc character of the agents en-
H. ployed to speak to the laborcrs II
n their own language and thus COminl
n In direct contact with the laborCrs, tn
to conduct of the business In the past ha
IL. resulted and may be reasonably OK
IS pected to result In many cases II
RI. which husbands have been induced L
al leave their wives against the will an
re often without the prior knowledge O
O. their wives ana without providing 70
IT. such wives, and many cases In whic
NJ minors have been induced to leave tn
Territory without the consent a
vi knowledge of their parents and guarC
yo ians. That previous to the passage G
id, said Act As no Territorial authOrit
ed had any check on or knowledge OF III
OF ultimate destination OF laborers hire
lis to go beyond It's liMits, and there hay
H. been cases where persons so hired I
lis go beyond the limits of the TerritOr
Is. of Hawaii have died at some remot
mt place of employment where there wer
ds no established authorities 10 Issue &c
W. tihCates Of death, and noamcans {
H. procuring satisfactory prON Of dealt
lr. whereby the families of such me
nil could receive the benefits due theI
RS from certain mutual beneficiary scot
Ial ties of which said mon were member
RI O0D That Act so of the Sessio
ch Laws of 1911, entitled AN Act Decla
nc ing, Establishing and Defining Legi