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Show Heavy Rains Come As Blessing to Hawaii HONOLULU. T. H., April 24. Recant Re-cant heavy- rains throughout the Island Is-land of Aahu meant millions of dollars ! saved to tho sugar planters, according to reports from the cane fields. Handicapped by the laborers' strike which began January 19, many of the available workers had to be employed on irrigation. The abundant rain released re-leased these for work in the fields and the mills, while the heavy downpour provided a reserve of water for irrigation irriga-tion purposes, which will last a nnm-ber nnm-ber of weeks. Hawaiian Sugar Planters' association associa-tion records show that more than seven sev-en hundred Filipinoos have arrived since the first of the year from the Philippine Islands to work on 'the plantations. plan-tations. Upwards of four hundred more aro expected within the next three weeks. The great majority of the original 2C00 striking Filipinos have returned to tho fields, while about 2000 striko breakers also arc on the job it is reported. The Japanese Federation of Labor headquarters reiterates lib assertion that It will hold out for the higher wage demand and that its members not return to their posts until the demand is granted Island of Maui branch of tho federation recently voted vot-ed to continue is contributions to the exchequer of the Ishland of Oahu strikers ono month .longer. No announcements an-nouncements on the subject or contributions contrib-utions navo been received from the Islands of Kauai or Oahu. Plantation managers say that ro-rponsible ro-rponsible positions formerly held by Japanese have been permanently filled with Americans, Hawaiians, Portuguese Portu-guese and Spaniards. |