The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-11-08
More Friends Gained
For Emergency Labor
Relief For Hawaii

Letters sent to influential business
acquaintance on the mainland by
business men of Hawaii urging that
support from congressman for the
Hawaii emergency labor resolution be
secured in the interest of the bust
ness on the mainland that is depend
emit upon prosperity of the Islands
continue to bear fruit and friends for
Hawaii's cause are being constantly
won as is shown by the following
correspondence which has been hand
ed to Maui News.
The writer of the letters is a Cali
fornia capitalist and the correspond
enCe is self explanatory. 1t follows:
San Francisco, Cal.
October 18th, 1921.
81. Patterson, Esq,
500 Kahului r. r. Company,
"Kahului, Maui, T. II.
my dear Mr.. Patterson:
"In accordance with the request in
your recent letter that I write to our
California congressman advocating
the passage of the proposed H. r.
Joint Resolution No. III for the labor
relief in the Territory of Hawaii. |
enclose copies of my letters to the
Hon. julius Kahn and Hon. ]. A.
ElstOn respectively.
Trusting that you will find same
in order and that the Islands will re-
ceive the relief to which they are
certainly entitled.
with kind regards, l remain,
Yours sincerely,
"a. MCMILLAN"
Letter to Kahn
"San Francisco, Cal.
October 18th, 1921.
Honorable julius Kahn,
Member of Congress, 4th, Cal. Dist.
San Francisco.
MY dear Mr.. Kahn:
81 presume that you already know
all that there is to know about the
labor shortage in Hawaii, and the
measure for relief of the situation,
II. R. Joint Resolution No. III.
Nevertheless, l venture to add my
opinion to the many that have been
obtruded upon your attention.
THE evidence that the shortage
of labor actually exists is convincing
to my mind. l am also convinced
that the proposal to admit to the is
lands a limited number of Chinese
agricultural l%aborers, under regula-
tons that will assure their return to
China when the emergency shall have
passed, is the only practical method
that has been proposed.
Il have always opposed the immi-
grafton of oriental laborers to the
continent, and l cannot conceive of
any emergency here that would cause
me to change my view. But here we
have a case where, if the work is to
be done at all, it must be done by
oriental laborers; and it seems to me
clear that temporary and well regu-
lated importation of Chinese is the
only way to meet the situation.
Il thank o for your attention, and
trust that you will not consider it in
appropriate for me to add my thanks
for your long and able service to the
state and to the nation.
Yours very truly,
ANTHONY MCMILLAN"
Letter to Elston
San Francisco, Cal.
October 18TH, 1921.
Honorable j. A. Elston,
Member of Congress, 9th Cal. Dist,
Washington, d. C.
Dtdl OH.
AS one of your constituents, | take
the liberty of urging upon you favor
able consideration of the measure
now pending in Congress, having for
its purpose the relief of the Territory
of Hawaii from it's shortage of labor
in the sugar and pineapple industries.
AS you doubtless know, the relief
measure is embodied in proposed H..
r. Joint Resolution No. III.
Il am convinced that the emer-
gency exists; that if relief is not af-
1orded, the interests of California, as
well as of Hawaii, will be adversely
affected TO a great extent; and that
the only feasible method of meeting
the crisis is to provide for the admis-
sion to the islands of a limited num-
Der of Chinese agricultural laborers,
under such regulations as will assure
their return to China when the emer-
gency shall have passed.
Il am, and always have been, I'M
conditionally opposed to the immigra-
ton of oriental laborers to the Am
crican continent; but it is manifest
that the unskilled labor that is neces-
sary to produce the Hawaiian crops
must be done by orientals, if it be
done at all.
Thanking you for your attention,
| am,
Yours respectfully,
ANTHONY MCMILLAN"