Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-20


whose work was at 73 cents a day
for 10 hours day. and who buy what
they have to get in the way of sup
plies that the company-controlled
stores
Mr.. Ballou Pardon me. but that
statement is not correct. that last
clause. that they would have to buy
tof the company-controlled stores.
Senator Reed. Well, you expect to
/ fill the islands up with American la,
borers at 70 cents day, 10 hours a
day?
Mr.. Ballou. We do not. We pay
our Caucasians $24 as q minimum.
do not know how that figures out; but
| It Is $24 month minimum, and there
is every opportunity for earning more
Senator Reed And they get about
$50 for working on the farms in this
country?
Mr. Ballou. / think not, sir. think
the figures in President Tafts Cana
dian reciprocity measure gave agri
cultural wages on, the farms, and II
showed that Hawaii was not very far
below the average. ! know the case
of Johnson v. Alabama, in the Su'
preme Court, passed on contract
that only called for SIS month, az
ricultural labor.
Senator Reed. You do not mean to
say that the case Of Johnson against
Alabama settles the price Of labor
lon farms in the United States?
Mr.. Ballou. No.
Senator Reed. is this about the av.
erage Of the number of Americans
that are really out there? Twill read
the figures that this wicked man
Keefe has in his report and see II
we can get comparison. The Eva
plantation has 2,151 employes-oi
that Americans, So; Hawaiians, s.;
Porto Ricans, 145; Portuguese, IT,;
Spanish, 1O3; Russians, z; Filipinos,
l69; Japanese. 1,4S5; Chinese. So; Ko.
reans, So; and all others, 1-2,151. Is
that about the way the population
runs that is, the working population!
Mr.. Ballou. ! have no independent
recollection. The actual percentages
would be given in that other report
| for the whole island. That other re
port states that the decrease in Ash
attic labor has been one of. the most
prominent features of the past two
years. That is on the page from
which i was reading statistics to Sen
( ator Walsh. If ! may be allowed to
refer to that
Senator Reed What want to gel
at is the question OF the number Of
Americans there are as compared
with the other people.
Senator Cummins. In order that
j / may be able to get my bearings
about this. to what part of this litera
lture is this examination directed
Senator Reed. That ] was asking
labout7
senator Cummins. Yes. want to
/ get my bearings. It Is claimed that
some Of this literature Is misleading
and false. To what part of it Is this
particular inquiry directed?
Senator Reed. asked a question
from figures which found in Docu
lment No. So, which Is q report that
the witness-bein the report Of Dan
Iiel ]. Keefe. The witness now has in
his hands an official report, the title
of which he can give.
Mr. Ballou. 1t is the bulletin Of
! the Bureau of Labor.
Senator Cummins. How can his
answer determine whether what he
has done here Is right or wrong?
Senator Reed We are somewhat
nfield. but ! am coming back to 1t.
Senator Cummings. Some time OF
fother we have to get within our linn
its If we are going to end this inves
LEGATION.
Senator Reed. It all happened be
cause the witness insisted in explain
h:ng his article. Let us have the fig
ures.
Mr.. Eallou. The total number Of
(, Americans employed on the planta
,tions is GIT.
Senator Reed. Six hundred and
Itwenty-seven in the whole island?
"A Mr.. Ballou. Yes; it Is only Is pei
cent OF the whole. Is that the per
centage that you wantedtto get.
+ Senator Reed. Have you table
there before you?
Mr.. Ballou. Yes.
Senator Reed. Let me see it.
do not know that 1 care to ask any
I more questions about 1t, because
! think / am content.
/ Mr.. Ballou. The table is there. II
is the official table.
Senator Nelson. To save time, car
we not print the table in the record
Senator Walsh. If you are through
Mr.. Ballou. Just one minute.
want to ask the privilege of making
a statement.
The Chairman. Do you know {
man named C. c. Hamlin?
Mr.. Ballou. do.
i The Chairman. Where is he?
Mr.. Ballou. He is beet-sugar man
The Chairman. Has he been here
| in Washington?
Mr.. Ballou. Not this winter. He
was chairmans of the executive com
lmittee of the United States beet-sugal
industry last summer and, was sue
ceeded by Mr.. Harper, of Cleveland
!. last fall. He is beet-sugar man.
Senator Cummins. He is nephew
Of Senator Clark, of Wyoming, ant