Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-02-07

"rHE CHTNESE INfISTOS."
Rev A. O. Forbes is a gentleman
~ whom the writer has esteem. His
sincerity is unQucstioned His useful
mes, in the sphere he has chosen to
work in Is not less un4ucslioned But
we cannot agree with his conclusions
on the subject OF admitting unrestricted
Chinese immigration II the Chinese
who go to the United States or come
to Hawaii could be asslmiIatcd in
generation. their children become lIa
waiianS or Americans and their in
dustry go to help on the harmonious
development Of either country We
should say "Opcn the gates by all
means But we do not think they
can be We know very well that what
is known a, the exclusion policy has
earned the scom of many generous
land able) Americans, and is just as
odious to many Hawaiian thinkers,
Every American remembers the elo-
qucnce of Patrick Henry when the dis
couragcmcnt OF British immigration
was discussed "A century ago "Shall
we, who have laid the proud British
lion at our feet now be afraid Of his
whclps p asked the fiery orator "No ("
thundercd the American nation, and
for a hundred years America has been
land Of promise not only for British
cousins german but for second cousins
from every state of civilized Europe
"Thc fathcrhood of God and the
brotherhood OF man was a sonorous
saying But neither the one nor the
other can blot out the fact that John
Chinaman and We cannot exist on
equal terms under any free government
fright equipment for the battle OF
life IS synonymous with ability to live
on minimum then the Chinese is a
better man than the Anglo Saxon. Mo
rally considered the Monaghan has just
as good right to existence as the Aryan
TTs TTssss,,on .'sss,, which is the better race
;n,.uoc,raII' II',,sed cut no figure in the
m'e''cc'ua,'y "S~,o ., tbc srr,;,,1
debate. 1t is a question: Oh the survival
of the fttes, that is Ne ht'eSt ito
make a living We gram that, yet we
do not think the Anglo-Saion ought to
lie down and die merely to 'obIise his
Mongolian brother. 1t is really ques
ton Of the right OF might |. we "a"
protect ourselves, it is right we S'1oUid
Let us state the question cogently
Thisisalittle nationofaboutSo, 900 souls;
10000 are Hawaiians, 10000, Chinese,
some rs, ,oooare c Caucasiansand 2 ,oooare
of other natonalities The islands have
at present no export product which is
cultivated at a large profit The large
agriculturists are, for the most part,
running behind The times demand
economy and the times indicate that
those who can live with the smallest
possible expenditure are the ones who
will eventually control the fortunes of
this kingdom. Clearly the Cinnamon can
exist on less than any other people
inhabiting these islands In order that
there shall be no confusion of terms,
please do not understand us to say that
the Chinese can live oa less "money -
than other people Money is measure
of value, nothing more, nothing less
A certain amount of labor, either
mental OF physical, is exchangeable for
certain amount OF commodities meas
ured by certain amount of "moncy."
Now II the average Chinese performs
labor which is measured in value by
one dollar the commodities which he
can buy with that dollar will keep him
alive much longer than Cet us say twice
rs long as) the commodities which the
average white man can purchase Ergo,
II circumstances bring about such
scarcity in the demand Tor ,abor that
the average wages of all the white men
in the country are reduced to the
actual cos, OF living, Chinese will be
able to perform the same work for far
less Qet us say one half) Conse,
quen,ly, If the Chinese do not 90 the
white men must
That Is the logic OF it. Let us
examine the facts There are at pre-