The former slave contracts. the latter all but free. The wages now are but a few dollars more a month than in 1898. and the advance in prices of necessaries equals the raise. Now. what benefit has American labor reaped by annexation in matter of immigration to Hawaii? This table shows that Oriental laborers have increased by immigration to an alarming extent since our flag was raised over Hawaii. It shows the people on the islands in the respective years: 1890. 1898. Census Japanese -------------------------------------------1 2.360 25.000 6.111 Chinese ------------------------------------------ 17.002 21.500 25.767 Hawaiians - ------------------------------------------ .000 87.918 Portuguese ----------------------------------------- -------- 15.000 ..........
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