The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-09-23

! Washington Condemnation of the
despicable and un-American proposal
of the sugar planters to import $4,000
/ Chinese coolies into the territory of
Hawaii has become nationwide The
conscience of the entire mainland cit
izenship has been aroused over the
conspiracy as shown by the many
kilograms of protest received by
Chairman Johnson and the members
of the immigration committee of the
house
SO alarmed are the sugar planters
that their scheme has gone awry they
have opened a propaganda factory in
Honolulu for the purpose of flooding
members of congress with cablegrams
and letters urging them to admit Chi
nese to Hawaii
The emergency labor commission
whose members are in Washington
lobbying, has organized a local agency
in Honolulu The local agency has
called upon all residents of the
islands, especially those who are re
lated to a United States senator or
representative" to cable or mail them
an appeal for the passage of the
"coolie bill" The local agency win
see that the expense will be paid
The business men of Hawaii are
apparently threatened with boycott
if they do not send kilograms to their
business connections in the States
asking them to wire at the Hawaiian
business mems expense to the mem
bers of congress in their respective
states to support the "cooIie bill"
1 Hawaii is a territory of the United
/ States just the same as Alaska and
4 just the same as all other former ter
ritories that are now sovereign states
of the United States. Those who seek
to introduce peonage in Hawaii are
just as culpable as those who would
seek to bring them into the continen-
tai United States, because it would
be the entering wedge" as the sugar
planters are said to have put it, for
their eventual admission to the main
land
Passage of the .coolie bill' would
result in the repeal of the Chinese ex-
cluson act and ali laws forbidding
peonage and debt slavery 1t would
repeal immigration laws forbidding
the admission Of all classes Of Grim
mails and the like 1t would abolish
the literacy test. It would repeal the
clause in the the enabling act of the
territory of Hawaii that specifically
prohibits contract labor 1t would
permit the deportation of aliens who
are under contract or agreement to
perform labor if they refuse to work.
1t would make null and void section
of the immigration law which pro
hibits contract laborers who have
! been induced. assisted or encouraged
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employment to perform labor in this
country Of any kind. 1t would also
repeal the head tax of So as provided
in the same section Of the immigra-
ton law 1t would repeal the pro-
visions in the immigration law linz
iting immigrants coming 10 this
country or to its territories to 3 per
cent of the number of any particular
nationality who reside in the United
States based on the census of 1910
Section 169 of the criminal code
makes peonage a crime in the United
States. This would be repealed In
section 3844, United States, laws
compiled in 1913, it is provided that
the holding of any person to service
or labor under the system known as
4 peonage in the territory of New Mex
leo, or in any other territory or state