The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-10-12

THE Central Committee of Agriculture
and Industry of Tahiti Is about to discuss,
and probably has by this time discussed, a
question which we are constantly having
before us. viz, Chinese immigration. En-
ouiries had been instituted by the Tahi-
tan Government as to the position OF
affairs here. and a reply had been received
which spoke Of the Chinese none too ia
vorably. The report says that the Chinese
coolies corrupt the Hawaiians, teach them
to gamble, TO smoke opium, and slowly but
surely dispossess them Of all their cult
vable lands In seeking labor, therefore,
i would be wise to look either TO the Por-
tuguese Of the Azores or TO try Indian
coolies. This report Is apparently In thor
ough accord with the opinions of the Com
mittee at Tahiti, and confirms the opinion
which the Commandant al Tahiti has fire.
ouently expressed From what we can
gather from the Tahitian papers, the
scheme for importing Chinese coolies Is
very likely to be knocked on the head ;
and labor required viii be brought either
from British India or from the Gilbert and
Solomon Islands. European emigration,
so the Tahitian paper says, presents consid-
erable obstacles which If would be difficult
for the colony to surmount- We cannot
exactly see why the difficulties are greater
in getting people from the Azores than
from British India, indeed they appear to
us less but we presume the Tahitian Ad-
ministration understands It's own affairs
best
The bringing up Of the Chinese question
before the Agricultural Committee IN Ia
hiti. and the manner IN which It Is re-
garded there. Is well worthy the attention
Of our statesmen l. Tahiti, the evil from
which we are likely to suser severely some
day. has not yet made itself ielt; but the
danger and the moral results from eleth-
ora of Chinese are fully appreciated, anS
Tahiti appears TO be prepared TO legislate
IN a manner which viii prevent too great
an influx of celestials into her domains.
Here, IN spite Of having the evil under
our very noses, IN spite of all the
knowledge we have on the subject, we
seem to be making no effort to in any way
restrict Chinese immigration. We under
stand that Mr. Loo Ngawk has gone to
China to personally superintend the col
lecting and shipping of large number of
Chinese coolies; these are expected to ar
rive early in March. This seems to US to
mean that early in next year we are going
to be flooded with another horde, as we
were at the beginning of this it means
probably that We shall have larger num-
Der of the present laborers thrown out of
work, and the already large army of un-
employed Chinese hangers on considerably
increased. Now we can only do this kind
Of thing for limited time; the pitcher
goes to the well and at last It gets broken,
and the Hawaiian pitcher may 60 to the
Chinese well once too often This contin-
ued influx OF Chinese Is viewed with very
hostile eyes in the United States. 1t is
displeasing to the Government there. and
our country makes no headwsy in the esti-
nation of Its powerful neighbor by follow
ing out the course which it has been
allowing itself to follow-or rather, we
should say, allowed itself to be driven
along.
We would therefore urge upon those
whose duty it is to guide the ship of state, /
TO weigh this subject we'll; not only to favor
immigration from other sources, for that is
being done, but 10 prepare measures for
the next Legislature, wei digested and
thought out, which shall put a proper re-
striction upon indiscriminate importations
of Chinese.