The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-08-06
CONDITIONS HERE
NOT 'DEPLORABLE"
John Wilson Did Not Say What
Report Of Labor Convention
Credited to Him.

Democratic National Committeeman
Wilson is being sadly misrepresented
if the extracts from the minutes of the
Tacoma International Longshoremen I
Association convention, handed out t.
the public BY David Ewaliio, are what
they purport to be. The minutes oi
the convention, at which Mr.. Wilson
was a delegate, say:
Brother Wilson delivered mi
mute description OF the deplorable
conditions existing in the Hawd
iian Territory, brought on by the
greedy and wealthy classes of the
Islands, and requested the cooper.
alton, assistance and advice of the
convention. He went on to sta .
that marked Improvement had tax
en- place since the advent of our
organi zation in the Territory and
felt very much encouraged.
President Kean expressed tae re
gret of the convention on account
of Brother Wilson's early depart
ure, and assured the delegate that
anything this convention can 10 TO
assist the Hawaiian locals VIII be
done.
81 didn't say anything about de
plorable conditions in Hawaii now,
said Wilson yesterday, when asked t
Justify this report of his address il
Tacoma 81 went back about thirt,
years to tell about the old cohtrac
system and the old black birding sys
tenn, but l was careful to explain tia
these conditions do not prevail now
As matter of fact, there are no de
plorable conditions in the Islands
| have Just been back East and l saw
what the conditions were there Com
pared with the position of the laborinI
man on the mainland, the laboring maj
of Hawaii is fortunate.
Aliens on Federal Work.
eve took up the question of tn
employment of aliens on federal con
tracts. That was my hardest work a
the convention. That cannot be re
garded here as anything antagonist
TO the plantations because my idea wa
to make the japanese go back to tn
plantations, where they belong. 1 d
not think it right that these alien
should have the work on the publ
contracts, however.
In this connection, the convention
adopted the following resolution:
Whereas, the continued per
sistency of the federal authorities
to employ alien labor on certain
government works in the Territory
of Hawaii is policy that would
tend to discourage citizens to be-
come members of any labor union
in that part of our commonwealth,
when at all times American citi-
zen labor is not wanting, therefore,
be it
ON July 81 discovered that spatte
bench had appeared on the north bant
implying that the subsistence of tn
bench must have kept pace fairly even
ly with the sinking of the lava. Larg
infallings of pieces of the northeas
wall took place during the afternoon
and the roar of the many fountain
ever the greater part of the pool ha
! increased, together with some increas
of heat and glow. There were cavern
Gus hollOws with stalactites at the levC
| of the lava on the west end and at th
south as well. The walls were bein
hombarded principally east and nortl
and frequently the streaming was rs
dial from a quieter spot near the mic
die of the pool. On this day, July 3,
the level was measured with some car
and the depth of the surface below tn
rest-houses was the lowest of the yea
| 359 feet The last low level was 80
feet on June "a, and there was a sim
ar subsidence imperfectly measured
on January 20, recorded as $3.50 feet.
Today, August l, Mt about 1:4S p. m
the seismogaphs recorded loo;
earthquake.
| The week has been a notable one b,
cause of the visit on July 2S of d
Charles w. Eliot, president emeritu
of Harvard University. DIR. Eliot sa'
the lava pool in a condition of remark
able and varied activity. ana he wrot
in the Volcano House book, "Tbe mos
wonderful scene have ever watched.
| Very respectfully,
It. A. JAGGAR, JR.,
| Director.