The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-08-05
CAMPAIGN TO
SECURE LABOR
GROWS WARMER
Honolulans in All Branches
of Business Come Alive to
Precarious Situation Devel-
oping in Washington.

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Awakening to the necessity of con-
certed and general action if relief TO
the labor shortage in the Islands is
to be secured has come in Honolulu
whence it is expected to spread to the
other islands so that the commission
now at Washington may have ade
quate support and cooperation from
home. Bringing to bear all possible
influence in favor of the passage of
the congressional resolution through
letter writing is the plan of campaign
that is now being conducted. Several
bureaus have been organized and busi
ness men in the financial section are
working actively.
Letter Writing Campaign
One of the plans that has been un
dertaken is outlined by Col. j. W
Jones who has been working with
stenographer and typist in the senate
chamber. He urged every business
concern that buys it's stock from
mainland houses to write to such
houses and explain the situation and
to show what the failure of Hawaii's
agricultural industries would mean to
such mainland concerns in decreased
trade, asking such houses to write to
the senators of their states and the
congressman of their districts and of
their acquaintance, making 1t clear
that the mainland is vitally interested
in the industries for which Hawaii
needs labor. He has requested that
the BUSINESS houses of Maui take that
action as is being done in Honolulu.
Some of the facts that may well be
brought home to mainland manufac-
turers and wholesale houses were
outlined by Edgar Henriques special
Honolulu agent for the Hawaiian EN-
ergency Labor Commission which, in
part, follow:
We are asking only for unskilled
labor for agricultural and domestic
service.
We do not want a single laborer
for whom job is not waiting his ar
rival
What we ask for will not displace
any citizen laborer.
On the contrary it will make more
jobs for the skilled American mechan-
ic.
We do not want any alien in job
which citizens can and will fill.
We are not after cheaper labor than
we now have-we only ask sufficient
labor to maintain our production.
We do not want to increase the
aliens of any one race unduly, in
jeopardy to our American national
and industrial control; diversity of
races insures our American control.
We do not want hordes of aliens
brought to Hawaii, but only such mum
bers as we can prove we need and can
not get from our citizen classes.
What is at Stake
Hawaii bought $54,000,000 of the pro-
ducts of the mainland of the United
States in 1920 and this gave employ
ment to thousands on the mainland
Hawaii sent $101 100000 of its pro-
ducts, sugar, pineapples, ETC., to the
sUhlited States in 1920.
Hawaiian sugar plantations will paw
federal government on 1920 income
$21 100000 in taxes.
Hawaiian pineapple plantations will
pay federal government on 1920 in
come $3,200,000 in taxes.
Hawaiis total assessed value of
property in 1920 was s2S7, ,007,00 of
which over SO per cent is estimated to
be owned and controlled by citizens.
The real value of Hawaiis personal
and real property is approximately
$5O0,000,000
Honoulu's business district was di-
vided up in sections and one section
each given to various prominent busi-
ness men, who went from establish
ment to establishment taking up the
subject of sending letters to mainland
houses.
Japanese Hand Appears
One of the important developments
in Washington was the admission by
VI Trie
so-called labor representatives from
Hawaii, that their expenses to and at
Washington are being financed to the
extent of $500 by Japanese interests,
thereby precipitating the Japanese
issue into the proceedings. The effect
of their testimony is reported to be
reaction in favor of Hawaii's requests.
On the other hand, an admittedly
serious situation has arisen by reason
of the strong opposition that has de-
veloped in the beet-growing sections
of the United States, where the i'm
preston seems TO be that Hawaii is
seeking to secure labor at a lower
wage than is now being paid.
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breaking pin. This device protects
the tractor and all other parts of the
machine from undue strain. The
length of each arm is Immediately ad-
Unstable and each arm is slightly
bent at the outer end to enable the
arms to move smoothly over or along
the burrows.
Mr.. Gilbert has expressed the opin
ion that machine constructed upon
these lines, with perhaps 4 few Sigh.
changes which experience may dictate
will go a long way toward solving the
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