Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-05-18 | Page 8 | Filipino Labor Menaces Hawaii

Filipino Labor Menaces Hawaii HONOLULU, May 17 (By A. P.V 1'nlaaa mean are devlaad to Instruct FtUpjpoa, a largo number of whom hare been brought to Hawaii by the plantar' aaaocla tlon, la American atandarda and eustotna. tha territory win fare a anenaen such as no other oommunlty haa ancowntered. H. W. MeteaJf, anperlntendent of tha Filipino Fili-pino renter of the Hawaiian board of mlaarons, has told the chamber of commerce here. Failuro to take action previously ti theeo Hne la the direct can, of tha preaent atrik of aom Filipino plantation lahtw-era. Mr. Met calf said. The only way to control tha larga Killptno population would be large-ly large-ly tr rough Plhiino leadArahtp. and Filipino ahould be trained for this purroM. he rontinuad. miipmon coma to Hawaii with no rone pi Km of tha value of money, ( and look upon work as puntahment I and not ae a nerMity to bun rain life, I th tMlkaf rontlnilanH M allvAnairaul I th amployment of twenty KiLipinoe J hv lending cowimemlal concerns so that I thev anl.fht be trained, and In turn! train their countrymen later. He aakt I they ahould be started m th lowest poMftlon at small pay and be per-1 mltted to develop gradually. I "In thla wav It would ba polbl to prnduc killptno leadera who wild itndarautnd tha customs, ideals and ! prnctia of the custom. Ideals End ' j II va. When It Is considered that ha ; Ufa of J1Iiplrvoa In their homeland 1 entirely different In every reapect froe thalr ealatano here. H is a marve) to me that thea man have adapted them-eeivaa them-eeivaa to local conditions aa well as, they hava." Mr. Me tea If said that the Filipinos ! now compoaj the aerond largeat racial i group In the territory, being led only by th Japanea. j i