Let me. call your attention to: the existing labor conditions and- the. opportunity of skillled! and unskilled labor in. the Territory. You are more or less familiar with. the fact that the Army and Navy- maintain posts on the island of Oahu. Considerable construction work has been. carried on in the past and still. is being carried on by the Government on the military. and naval reservations there Upon this. work the- Government has. been and still is employing cheap. coolie. labor who are not. citizens and are. ineligible to become citizens of the United States. and only because their labor. is. cheap: In the efforts to Americanize the Territory and to. induce Americans to come from the mainland and to assist the citizens to compete with this cheap. alien labor. the. Territory has. laws which. make- it compulsory that citizen labor only. be: employed on all. governmental work. either done by the Territory itself or by contractors for the Territory. [Applause:] The American Legion. of Hawaii i working. diligently to the end that Hawaii become thoroughly Americanized.. It has passed resolutions in favor of this provision. and: also a. resolution whereby it is sought to have tle: business: houses- of the Territory give preference. to citizens in employment. and are seeking to have the business- houses- follow the resolutions to the letter. r call. this fact to your attention. gentlemen. to. show how every effort is. being bent. to bring about good. results along thist tine. and.
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Cheap coolie labor is being employed because their labor is cheap.