The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-08-25

of decent women hardly one. Hence, we shall
soon witness the arrival of say 1900 more China
men. with may be not one woman at all! Be
sides, the Chinese lately arrived from San Fran
cisco, on finding their countrymen SO weH-oH in
these Islands, are likely to send word to the sons
of the Flowery Land in San Francisco, where
they number 1000 or more. and are at present
rather roughly treated by the Caucasians-invit-
ing them to come on to the Ell Dorado of Hawaii
nei, SO that there is reason to apprehend that
this country will soon be inundated by a male
immigration of Chinese, unaccompanied by fe-
males.
1t is true that at present there is a great de-
mand on the part of the planters for laborers,
and the influx of 80 many Chinese will naturally
be regarded by them with great satisfaction. 1t is
far from our intention to say anything unfavorable
to the highly important question of labor for our
plantations. But the matter of Chinese labor is
becoming very perplexing, to say the least and
we feel impelled. 70 ask the planters. and the
country, and the Government in the name of
common sense, of outraged morality, OF due re-
gard for physical laws and the animal condition
of human nature,-what is to be done with all
these young men, most of them in the prime of
life, and full of the animal instincts natural to
that age? 1t is plain that, where 50 great a dis
proportion between the sexes already prevails
here, and the males are 80 much in excess of the
females, there is no possibility of even a very
small number of those Cinnamon finding honest
wives in this country. Moreover the habits of
the Chinese are opposed to such a course, were it
possible. There is only one unhappy conclusion,
in this case, and it is that, almost of necessity,
the females of the country, married and unmar-
ried, who are brought in contact with these Chi
nese, run the great risk of being utterly debauched
and ruined. Now this is an awful consideration;
an appalling danger to the virtue and morals of
many of our females, married and unmarried, and,
if the planters, blinded by self interest, shut their
eyes to these considerations it is the bounden
duty of the government to take action at once in
this matter, and to endeavor to discover some
remedy for this crying evil.
No Cinnamon, in our opinion, should be al
lowed henceforward to come here from China,
unless they are accompanied by their women. If
this rule Is once laid down, the result will be
that Cinnamon, who wish to come here direct
from the Flowery Land, being aware of the con-
dition sine qua non, will soon provide themselves
each with a helpmeet, before starting, from
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choo-foo, or wherever they like,-and, provided
they come here mated, what business is it of ours
to enquire into the previous character of their
helpmeets in their own country? "Oftwo evils,
choose the lesser" says the old adage, and, we
ask, whether is it O lesser evil to have numbers
of our females, married and single, debauched by
Cinnamon, than to admit married Chinawomen
who may have been sc soiled Doves in Annoy or
Canton? For the sake of the morality of the ma
ton, let the planters decide to engage from China
only married men, or mated men, and we think
that the Cinnamon will find their mates easily
enough before leaving home, and that lots of
Chinawomen will be glad to come where they
know that they will be well provided for. AS for
Cinnamon who come from San Francisco, their
number is limited, and in the pressing want of
hands on the plantations, it may be necessary to
tolerate for some little time longer this abomina-
BILE nuisance, at least, from the point of view of
morality, of introducing such numbers of young
men into a country already suffering from the
scarcity of women.
To say the truth, even married Chinese are no
desideratum, as far as the question of population
is concerned. For, in the first place, the Chinese
seldom settle Town definitely in any foreign coun-
try, and if they die abroad, they are not happy
in the spirit world till their bones are brought
home to the Flowery Land. Then there can be
no great advantage in rearing a race of Chinese
on these Islands, were they inclined to settle down
to family life amongst US, which is not likely.
Happily, however, the prospects of obtaining a
plentiful supply Of labor from another quarter
under much more favorable circumstances, are
growing brighter daily.
We refer cursorily to the East Indian Scheme
of immigration. The public do not forget that
our able diplomatisr, the Hon. Mr.. Carter. is now
in London, and in all likelihood, will speedily
come to an understanding with the British gov
eminent in the matter which forms the object of
his mission. Erelong, we may hope to witness
the arrival at these shores of the first lot of East
Indian immigrants with their wives and families.
This will be an suspicious event for Hawaii mel.
The advantageous results Of East Indian immi-
grafton to the British West Indies should prove
very encouraging for US. Recently, His Excel
lency, the British Governor of Trinidad, expressed
his opinion that the British West Indies and
British Guiana had been ssaved from ruin" by
East Indian, or, what His Excellency calls
" coolie" immigration-though We never liked to
adopt the word, as it means in Hindostanee ga
~slave,'' which many people ignore. We insert
in extenso an article on this subject from the June
number of The Sugar Cane ION our fourth page)
published at Manchester, England. Its pcrusal
must necessarily impress all its readers with the
vast superiority of East Indian immigration over
Chinese immigration and the opinion of a Brit
ish Governor on the ground ought to be a good
authority in the matter. We hope to see a first
Iof 0r Eaak Tnd;oDo r-;1o - Az. 1o.-k.- If
the close of this year, or early next year. Mean
while, as labor is SO much needed here, the inev-
liable Chinaman must be put up with, we sup
pose, for a little while longer. But as matters
now stand, We think that the Government ought
either to insist on allowing only mated Chinese to
come here from the Flowery Land or else, to
bring over at once. from China, two or three ship
loads of C~hinawomer, the best that can be got,
or any young Chinawomen whatever willing to
come here-so as to provide a temporary remedy,
however open to cayiI-for a most monstrous evil