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Comer Fort and Beretania Streets Opposite Fire Station PEONAGE, WAS Sight-Seeing Autos Leave Hawaii Promotion Committee Headquarters MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY 10:30 a. m., Pali; 3 p. m., Moanalua or Panchbowl, TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY 10:00 a. m., around Diamond Head; 3 p. m., Pali. SUNDAY 10:30 a. m., Pali; 3 p. m., around Diamond Head. CHARQE PER PASSENGER, $1 Cars can be hired for special occasions, $5 per hour. For par. ticulars anoly . Hawaii Promotion Committee Honolulu Power Wagon Co., Owners. Office and Oarage, South Street. Near King (Continued from Paee 1) their Inspection was ns strict an tho law directs, .Mr. (tampers letter by Interference reflected on. territorial mucin's. Tho full text of thu letter follow: Juno 7, 1910. Sir: An appalling atnto of nffnlra, which for noma time past lina been existing on the Territory of Hawaii lias been brought to my attention, I Understand that your Department is now Investigating the facts reort cd to you through a rctltlon present fil to you on behalf of over one thou sand Russian peasants lured into the Hawaiian Territory by tho sugar planters of the Islands acting under the cover ot tho Hawaiian Territorial Hoard of Immigration. Taking ndvnntugo of tho provision of Section C of Iho Act of Congress of 1907, referring to thu prohibition or Contract Labor 1-nw, whereby the States anil Territories under tho Jur isdiction tif tho United States aro exempted from punishment for adver tising In Foreign Countries, the sugar planters of tho Islands procured tho passage of nn Act by tho Hawaiian Territory on tho 22nd of March, 1909, whereby they liavo permitted them selves to be taxed n special two por cent Inconio tax under the high sound Ing title "To promote tho conserva- lion and development of the natural resources of tho Territory through tin. migration and other means. Trior to tho puBsago of sold Act a public hearing was called by the Commlttco on Ways and Means of tho two boutes of the Hawaiian legists ture. Tha Chairman of the Senato Coin mlttce was Mr. Kalrchlld, who. at the time, was and I hellevo still Is, the manager und part owner of Col. Spalding's sugar plantation; ths Chairman ot tho Committee of tho Houso ot Representatives was Mr The Second Week of Our Great Sacrifice Clearance Sale Will Begin Monday, Aug. 8 OUR GREAT SACRIFICE .CLEARANCE SALE is the talk of the town. Through every department articles are marked at HALF and some at LESS THAN HALF of their former prices, offering rare opportunity to purchase at little cost a supply of GOOD DRY GOODS. You have seen many dry goods clearance sales. You have seen odds and ends that were offered you. You have noted the left behinds the. dry goods that were in vogue several seasons ago. You must; not compare such fabrics with our offerings, for these are all New Goods The huge reductions speak for themselves. The opportunity is now. COME ONE ' COME ALL COME "EARLY A. Blom, Fort Street, opposite Catholic Church Robert hlngle, President of the Wat-' ci houso Trust Company, and wtll known to bo heavily Interested as owner ot sugar plantations. The President of tue Senate. 'Sir W. O, Emlth, Is the Secntary of the Sugar Planters' Association Under the above 'personnel, It was but natural, that, notwithstanding the strong opposition 'against the passage of said Act led by Kx-rioterniir George A. Carter, the Act m pass ed tinder tho, high pressure brought about by tho owners of the planla-j tlons, who, at tho hearing openly du-i dared that they were In urgent need of Importing alien labor for their' plantations, and were perfectly will-' Ine to nay for Imuortnlluii of mic-h labor, but that i they could not do' under tho Acts of Congress unless the Territorial Act bo passed. Pending the tassa);o of tha- Act above referred tp, negotiations were conducted with a Illusion Agent In Hnrhln, Siberia, concerning tho tin portnHon of Hussion peasants for the Hawaiian sugar plantations, and with this In view the Act panned on March 22, 1909, under Section fi, distinctly provided that tho Act tliull bo In effect frbm tho date of Its approval, and relate retrospectively to give full effect to the provlilons therein con tained with respect to taxes for the first taxation period thereunder, and under Section III It Is provided Hint tho first taxation period under the Act shall bo tho year Immediately preceding tho first day of January, 1909, during which first period the tax wns to bo ono per cent, which was to bo payablo In full on or bo- roro November IS, 1909. It Is self-evident that that Act, as passed nnd worded, was carefully planned to cover the expense of Im portation of tho first gang of three hundred Russian peasants, whoso pas sag? whs prepaid from Harblu to Ho nolulu, anil who were brought to Ho nolulu at tho end of October, 1909. TheMJoard Qf Immigration of the Hawaiian Territory has established a regular offlco at tho City of Harbin where tho peasants nro recruited through alluring pamphlets and emis saries promising luxurious employ ment on tho" Islands, with represcn tatlons that men were ablo to earn as much as from forty to forty-five dollars a month. Tho people were promised houses with heat, electric light ami even fur nlturc. nil free of charge, and with an acre plot of ground fit for garden lug. The liouso nnd pint were to bo como the ownership of tho men after three years, or In lieu of such owner ship to recclvo throe hundred dollar? In cash. i Evening schools,'tfrec hospltnls, half of regular wages In' case of sickness. froe railroad fares. to and from the dwellings nnd places of work, free elementary schools for children, nil these great advantages were solemn ly promised both In tho negotiation! with tho men and tho printed pimpli let spread broadcast. With such great allurements tlr contest for tho prl'vllcgo of being tak en from Russian Siberia to tho Ha wallan Islands wns so great that with in tho lust year over on a thousand Siberian peasants, men nnd women wcro brought Into tho Hawaiian Is! ans, and Immediately upon tlielr ar rival wcro distributed among the plnnters upon tho four Islands main ly operated by tho sugar planters. Instead of nil tho comforts above described, tho people found wooden shanties, without roofs, the floors made of rough boards, set apart with wide crqylces, Tho fnriilturo consist ed of a few benches, a tablo and u few beds; Instead ot tho promised electric light, kerosene lamps wero to bo used, tho oil to bo supplied by tho men themselves; the fuel consists of tho roots of sugar cano. which ftio men wcro to carry from threo to soven miles. Coal Is a great luxury, which Is but seldom obtainable Instead of thu free, transportation to and from work, tho man had to walk to .thu plsca of work at a ilia tanca of flvo mllenv and tho tlmu con slimed was not Included In tho work Ing day; lateness ot from flvo to ten minutes was punished by a deduction of a quarter of a day's pay; tho wugoi are $22.00 u month for men and $13.00 for women. Tho men aro compelled to buy nil their provisions In tho plantation storo at such exhorbltant prices that they exceed tho earnings' duo and thoy becomo thu debtors of tho planters. In short tho conditions nro such n would fully establish a condition of peonage. After llirco mouths ot suffering nnd quiet submission, tho men having spent not only their scant earnings, Benjamin Clothes Correct Clothes for Men TT is not a difficult matter to interest careful dressing men and young men in BENJAMIN CLOTHES every where in this country. They're known as the best styled garments which it is possible to obtain. BENJAMIN CLOTHES are made in New. York by the most gifted tailors in the world. Their grace and good form is recognized by the critical men and young men the world over and their quality is an absolutely known quantity which over a third of fitrtiamin Clothe? a century of experience has made ex- ,'"&'" tremely high. Prices from $20 to $35 P y W A. J i but tho money they brought with them, realized from tho sale of their real property nnd other belongings at home, the men rcvoltod; they left tho plantations and went to Honolulu with n view of Informing thu Ameri can Oovernment, through Its regular ly constituted authorities. Tho peoplo looked for work else where, but could find none. Tho Governor of the Territory wns Informed by a delegation sent by thu men, ot tho unbcarablo conditions, ;ut thu only answer that they receiv ed from tho G-overnor was that they ncre to return to the plantations, and a promise to Improve thu conditions of their llfo was made. Tho 'people rcturnod to work, but found no fulfillment of any of tlio pro mises made, and tho peoplo began to appeal for assistance from Alio outside world. Tho people roso In protest, then they wero driven from tho planta tions. Somo hnvo found employment work ing on Japanese vessels. Hundreds of others wero left bread loss and homeless, all ot them hav ing been driven from their shanties, their b 'longings having been thrown out Into the open fluids,. where the men, with tha women nnd children ire now unlng under thu open Bky. pleading und crlng for help. They hao sent two delegates to go to Washington; on their way these delegates stopped at tho Imporlal Russian Consulate at San Francisco and thoy wcro thcro assured by the Consul that thcro was no necessity for them to go to Washington, ad- vising them to return to Honolulu, tho Consul having rcfened them to a Rus sian representative ono Kerbcrg, who, ho nssured Ihem, would tako earn of their grlovancos and remedy nil wrongs. The men returned, but nothing wus done for tho people, nnd thu owners of tho plantations evidently took an other course to drlvo tho peoplo Into submission. It started with tho arrest of their tin eo lenders, A, Vasllleff, Illloff and Surupoff, who charged with vagrancy were sentenced to three months' Im prisonment; then enmo ten morq ar rests for alleged vagrancy, and six of them wcro sentenced to six months' Imprisonment. At tho time VuBlllcff wns arrested the icople rose In Indignation, de manding an1 explanation for1 tho arrest of their leader, but they were brutal ly attacked by tho police, wounding many of tho men, ns well as tho wo men and children. Rumors have been spread through tho prciy dominated by the planters, with a vlow of ovoruwlug tho peas ants nnd forcing them Into siilmils slon; tho Pollco Commissioner of Ho nolulu had ordered tho pollco to shoot to kill. From the examination of tho above It seems very clear that u tlagrant violation of tho contract labor provl slons qf tho Act of Congress ot t907, Sections -t and 5, has been continu ously nnd systematically curried on by connivniico between tho author! ties of tho Hawaiian Territory and tho sugar planters of tho Islands. No matter how well thoy seem to havo covered their avert acts, n thorough Investigation by your Department will dlscloso that tho assage ot tho peas ants has been prepaid by tho Agents of tho Territorial Ilonrd of Immigra tion, which Is a violation of tin? law nnd from which tho officials ot tho Hawaiian Ilonrd of Immigration aro not exempted by tho provision of Sec tion 0 or tho Act of Congress of 1907. That tho Intention of our Oovern ment seeking protection for Ameri can l.abor shall ho so frustrated by our Annexed Territory, rules and do minated by cxploltes of labor, wilt not ho tolerated by your Department,! Is tho sincere hopo of American Or ganized l.nuor, which I hnvo tho hou-. or to represent. And with this sin1 cero belief, I tuko tho liberty of lay ing tho matter before you, ' I trust that Immcdlnto steps will bo taken by your Department for tho prevention of tho continuanca ot tho! pconago system practiced upon our, Territory, nnd that those who havo, heretofore violated tho law-will bo legally prosecuted for tho violations? ot laws by them committed, nnd tlmfl legal nctlon wtll also ho taken In hcj half of tho ctlms of fraud and mls'-l representation, pursuant to Section & 111 IIIU 4iK HI li"M- Very resiiectfully jours, SAMUEL OO.MPKRS, President American Federation i Labor. HON. CHARLES' NAOLB. Department of Commerce Labor, Washington, D, l HEDEMANN WILL DO PROMOTION 1 Manager Hedclnaun will leave for tha coast on tho Korea on his wa; to New York to place a part of th contract for the now Formosa augan mill with eastern foundries. " 3 Accepting his offer to do anything In the line of promotion for tho Is lands while ha Is on tho mainland, the 1'romltlou Committee lias asked Mm to "size up" the situation at Ati lantlc city as regards Hawaii's exj hlblt on the board walk. ' .... . ... .. necreinry ooq, oi me rromoiion Committee will arrive on the mlna next Tuesday. i x Bulletin Busineti Office Phone 253 Pnlletin Editorial Boom Phone 183 -omotlon WllhelJ - 1 We Are Packing Up! Remember That It's the Last Chance for Real Bargains; PARISIAN ART CO., Fort Street, Harrison Building v 1,1' ... . .-: ,lfcvii.;:rtiaM1Ji, imi, L-J-LL.Jik.ir... , , - II iitMi'iniiiir"- liVlVifcniii lt