ences with many of the “higher
ups” and they are much inter
ested in tiie case we present. I
wrant you to portray to Senator
Curtis the same pen picture that
you have in your letter to me..
Also play up the treatment that
Bone and his co-conspirators are
attempting to hand out to the
natives. I am maintaining that
he has raised more strife not
only between the white people
and the Indian people than can
be overcome in twenty years; not
only this but by his advocacy of
a new constitution he has brok
en up all the ties between the
Divisions of the Territory and
created a political strife among
them that has been a great set
back to the Territory.
Mr. Bone has returned to Alas
I
SHELBY C. SHUKICK
Physician and Surgeon
Upstairs over U. S. Customs
Hours 1 to 4 and 6:30 to S
Sunday by appointment only j
Telephone 5 7 i
KETCHIKAN FOUNDRY
H. P. HANSEN, Prop.
Manufacturer of j
STAR TROLLING GURDIL5
Phone Black 12i Box 843 j
C. M. & R. L. CARLSON
l Optometrists Opticians
i 219 Commercial Bldg j
Phone Black 4‘-55 *,
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| Ji. W. EDMONDS, PROP. \
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Sheldon Jackson
School
SITKA, ALASKA
High School
and
Industrial Training
Write for Information
ka. Mr. Ritchie who has been
here a wees, or more leit lor New
York last evening. Bartley How
ard will remain here until about
tiie first of the year. He and
Judge Ritchie seem to be quite
friendly and are continuously
together. YYe expect George
Hazlet next week.
The weather here has been
fine, no snow but considerable
wind. It has not rained since we
came.
Always glad to hear from you.
Yours cordially,
.John W. I ramo,
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:FORM OF CONTRACT SIGNED
BY FILIPINOS IN HAWAII
-o
Upon acceptance of a laborer
by the recruiting agency the la
borer signs a general contract
with the Hawaiian Sugar Plant
ers’ Association. Through this
contract the laborer is guaran
teed— \
1. Free transportation, sub
sistence, clothing for himseh
(and also his family, if any)
from his home to the plantation
in Hawaii laborers.
2. Bonus of 10 pesos to unmar
ried laborers and 20 pesos to
married laborers
3. Free rent, water, fuel, and
medical attendance during his
stay on the plantation.
4. Free return transportation
to his home in the Philippines,
provided he has worked 720 days
during three consecutive years.
5. A minimum wage of 40 pes
TOURISTS CAN GET
ALASKA CURIOS and
MOMENTOS at
Skagway Drug Co.
PERRY HERN
Totems, Moccasins, Spoons
Skagway, Alaska
KETCHIKAN STEAM j
LAUNDRY |
F. J. Chapman, Proprietor
Nothing but first class work done j
Satisfaction guaranteed j
Ketchikan, - Phone 24 - Alaska |
os per month of 26 clays work to
consist of 10 hours in the field
or of 12 hours in the factory.
Wives doing laboring work are to
receive 28 pesos per month, and
children arc to be paid according
to the amount of work they per
form.
The laborer contracts himself
for a three-year period, but
there is no penalty for violation
other than the forfeiture of
guarantees, including free re
turn to the Philippines.
A central labor office, with a
statistical division, is maintain
ed by the Hawaiian Sugar Plant
ers’ Association in Honolulu.
This office centralizes the re
cruiting work and keeps all the
data relative to the recruited
laborers.
Supervision by Philippine
Government
The Philippine Bureau of La
bor does not intervene directly
in the recruiting of laborers for
Hawaii. It is, however, that bu
reau’s duty to inspect all con
tracts signed by emigrant labor
ers, and to investigate to see
that they are acting voluntarily
and with full understanding of
the terms of the contract.
Cost--of-Living Budget of
Filipino Laborer
According to the director’s es
timate, an unmarried Filipino
laborer can live on $18 per
month, the items being distrib
uted as follows: Food, $11.10;
cigarettes, $1.50; incidentals, $2;
soap, 10 cents; clothing, etc.,
$1.50. In the case of a married
laborer, this estimate is increas
ed 50 per cent for the wife and
15 per cent for each child. Thus
the minimum for a family with
three children is $35.10, which
would necessitate a daily wage
of $1.35 for 26 working -days per
month. Moreover, the above es
timates include nothing for re
creation, nor for local tax per
year on each adult worker.
As a matter of fact, the great
number of Filipino laborers in
Hawaii are either unmarried or
have left their families at home.
Indeed, the great excess of un
attached men and the scarcity
of women is believed by the di
rector to be a serious evil which
needs to b remedied.
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