Show JAP PLANTATION LABOR TO STRIKE 1 1 Silence on Plans lans Subject of off Sole a-Sole Solemn a-Solemn n Vow Is Report HONOLULU T T. T II H. Jan 2 Japa 2 Japa Japanese nese laborers of Hawaii to the number number num num- ber of of are expected to go on strike at any moment That is 19 the assertion in Japanese circles h here re fo following the absolute re refusal refusal refusal re- re of the Hawaiian sugar planters to raise wages or the amount of the bonus Meanwhile the Japanese labor union heads are maintaining maintaining main main- a a. strict silence a nce-a. nce a silence which h they agreed upon at atthe the initial meeting meet meet- ing In October I VOW IS TAKEN The report Iii in in Japanese Japan clr circles les is that each member of the executive ex board of the Japanese Federation of Labor took solemn oath to hold si silence silence si- si lence until the board unanimously agreed to make announcement of its course of action To break such avow a a- avow avow vow might mean meal mean suicide for the one wh who broke it It is feared in financial circles here that the declaration of the Filipino laborers to go on strike would result in the Japanese following their lead but those in closer touch with the situation situation sit sit- declare that the Japanese art arb planning their own course courso of ot action regardless of what the Filipinos do John Waterhouse the new president of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Planters as as- association association a.- a. announced the action of th the sugar planters a few days ago when the planters refused to o accede to the Japanese demand demant that wages be raised from 77 cents a a. day to 1 25 a a. day The only thing that the planters changed i iwas was the monthly advance adv of the bonus I Hitherto 50 per cent of or the bonus was was was' paid monthly to the laborer and 50 per cent retained until the end of the j year ear ar No NoW the laborer will be paid 75 p per r cent of ot his bon bonus s monthly besides his salary and will wIlI get the remaining 25 per cent nt in December of or each year I The bonus rate will start at the same point as pow now 84 a n. ton or 1 25 a hundred hundred hun hun- dred and continue C on up to a A. price of or 1 12 cents A pound for tor raw Sugar is at IS s cents a round pound at dt pr present sent |