Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-16

4 IOIy IN flOidllOil Vi lHdl Jaw.
Mr.. Carter. 1t was no subterfuge 1t
| was an open bill passed by the legis
lature. ~ ..~~
Senator Reed. Well, call it a dc.
vice. They continued to do the same
thing = ~ -.~.. +.
Mr.. Carter. They proceeded to car
~ out the provisions of that act
Senator Reed. How many people
have been imported into the islands
under this device?
Mr.. Carter. think probably an
other four OF five thousand. / could
not say definitely. K 49, r
Senator Reed. Is that going on yet?
Mr.. Carter. Yes; think it is, and
will go on as long as there is such
an income tax. ...-.. .>......
Senator Reed. You spoke a little
while ago about bringing these peo-
pie in for the purpose Of Americana
ing the islands?
Mr.. Carter. Yes.
Senator Reed. Did you think you
were Americanizing the islands very
fast when you were importing Portu-
guese from the Azores?
Mr.. Carter. Some of our finest cit
liens are descendants from Portu-
guese, educated in Hawaii.
Senator Reed. That was your idea
Of making this truly an American
country?
Mr.. Carter. Not necessarily. We
were endeavoring to make the COM
munity there homogeneous with the
mainland, raising the standard of liv-
ing, and reaching for higher ideals
and educating the children to better
standards.
Senator Reed. Yes. You say when
these people come to the islands they
are perfectly free to go and work for
whomsoever they please; but, as a
matter of fact, there is nobody to
work for except the gentlemen who
have paid their fares over there, Is
/ there? 4
Mr.. Carter. Why, yes, sir; great
many stay in the towns and many of
| them get on the steamer and immedi-
ately go to San Francisco.
Senator Reed. But Tor all business
purposes those who stay have to look
for their employment to the sugar
industry, and that Is why the sugar
Industry put up the money to bring
them over, Is 1t not?
Mr.. Carter. There Is acertain sup
ply and demand for labor, and as the
supply increases 1t makes 1t possible
to increase production.
Senator Reed. At the time you
landed 1000 of these human beings in
your port the only real place for them
to get work was from the men who
put up the money to bring them
there?
Mr.. Carter. No, sir; they could get
ssork from others. 1t was voluntary.
For instance, there were sugar plant
ers that did not contribute that got
some Of the labor. When 1t was done
by tax many of them that arrive go
to work for their friends-clerks in
stores and as porters, and whatever
they can get.
Senator Reed. But the real source
Of the labor, certainly the substantial
source. is the sugar plantations?
Mr.. Carter. But you put into my
mouth the statement that they all go
| there.
Senator Reed. Oh, not all of them.
say, that is the real, great, substan-
tial source or market where they can
sell their labor-with the sugar plant
er-is it not?
Mr. Carter. Yes; but they do not
all go there.
Senator Reed. Is not this also true:
That 1t was not the idea of American
izing the islands by bringing in the
Portuguese that was the dominant
thought; but is 1t not well-known
fact that you found your Japanese
workmen had become somewhat bel
ligerent, or-that is not the proper
Iterm-they had become rather unruly
and untrustworthy, and you were
seeking more docile labor; is not
that well-known fact out there?
/ Mr.. Carter. No, sir; on the con-
trary, it was very difficult to get the
plan into operation; and what you
i quote is not a well-known fact, nor is
1t so.
Senator Reed. That your Japanese
had become rather unruly and untrust-
worthy?
/ Mr.. Carter. No, sir. Your question
involves an intimation that we were
seeking lower class of labor, more
6ocile class.
Senator Reed Yes; more docile
class.
Mr. Carter. No, sir; we were seek
ing class that could became Ameri.
can citizens after we had educated
them.
Senator Reed. They why did you
not send to the north of Europe, where
4 they have blood that makes American
| citizens, finally, instead of sending
down to country that has lived un-
der king always? -. ..-.. i.
i Mr.. Carter / will answer that.
/ Those who come from the north tenn
4 perate zone are not content to live in
the tropics. We find that those who
come from regions that are more or
less tropical are more content, they
fit the life better, and they are hap
4 pier and better off; and as to sending
to this country, we had made several
attempts, but emigration will not flow
/ from this country to Hawaii until the