Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-01-10 | Page 10 | Let Haw Aii Import Her Labor From Europe

LET HAWAII IMPORT HER LABOR FROM EUROPE WASHINGTON, Jan. I'. The House Committee on Immigration today voted lo report favorably the bill introduced by Representative Hepburn of Iowa suspending suspend-ing for six years the law prohibiting the Importation by the Hawaiian government of IHuropean contract laborers. The purpose pur-pose of tho bill la t.o permit Hawaii to satisfy Its preference for Europeans rather than Asiatics for plantation labor ' The bill permits Hawaiian planters to j contribute to the government. Immigration fund.