The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-05-27
Serious Aspect, of the Population Question.

Some friends have expressed the opinion that
bad a tendency Of viewing the population question
under exaggerated cOlOrs. while consider, on the
ntrary, that It Is difficult for anv exaggeratiou OF
language TO make It appear more gloomy than it Is
in reality For the edIhcaton of my optimistic read
ers, shall therefore, add few details to those
contained in my last paper. And first about the
japanese.
said previously. that if not better treated the
Japanese here will dol ought to have said are
doinC-their level best to prevent any further i'm
migration Of their countrymen. This assertion. to
which 1 challenge denial, Is proved BY numerous
sigus and rests specially the facts of the Jap
anese beng very susceptible, tOuchy kind Of
people, and OF their cilngIuS together the prin
ciple Of the admirable Swiss motto: 'One for all
all for one II one of them Is iIl-treated or i'm
AGNES himself slighted. they will all side with
him. whether he be right or wrong, and as they
nearly all know how to read and write they are
not tardy in formulating their grievances in writ
ing. One recent fact know of, and of which the
Government here can hardly DENY being coguizant
Will illustrate the point. One japanese recently i'm
ported. considering himself abused. immediately
sent written complaint to Japan, having readily
found over 200 Of his countrymen here to endorse
his grievances and TO back him with their sicra
lures. Even suppOsing that his complaint proves
grUuudless, one may readily imagine what disas-
trOus effect such document as that will produce
on the population of Japan, where 1t will certainly
Be published. This alone might be enough to prey-
ent any further immigration. and as this Is not an
l-oidltl Idcls Out on tue CONTRARY as the JauareSe
emphatically express their dissatisfaction in ali
their private letters, 1t Is than probable that
the much footed arrivals shortly expected, will
prove 20 be the last. If strenuous efforts are not
made to conciliate our japanese immigrants.
And further, As the Government cannot ignore
this state of things, 1t is really pitful nauseatiug
TO see the official organs Growing so much about
the few hundreds nov expected. and irving TO
throw dust IN the peoples eyes about the true i'm.
portan5e OF the japanese Immigration movement.
They want Us to believe that 1t contains the germ
Of something important for the country. and
shamelessly want TO lnll Us into false security
about u. when the probabilities arc that not only
this immigration viii soon stop, but that the Jap
anese already here will leave as soon as their con
tracts are ont. The only way to keep this valuable
addition to o1r population would be BY enabling
them. by grants OF land. to start on small farming
for their own account. But 1 shall at some future
day. treat more specially of the government lands
and the farce OF the homestead law.
Nov about the Portuguese, and this question is
not less gloomy than the other. As a rule the Po=-
tneuese are well treated the plantations, but
nevertheless they hate the contract system. and
can sly without fear Of possible contradiction that
there i not one OF them who does not sigh for the
moment when he viii be able to terminate his en-.
gacemeni. They cane here to amellorate their
condition. TO assure better future to their fam
HES with hopes OF arriving some day at the desired
goal of owning some Egnd, but not with the insen-
tlOn OF working all their lives as hired laborers
Their disappointment at finding no availlbe lands
Is great, and another of their greatest causes OF
discuutent i the rigid and unwiSe enforcement Of
the Sunday lav,-an important question on which
intend 10 dwell shortly, more than can do now
Then they have also special causes Of irritation
know. for instance, Of one planter-zbose name
ought 10 be handed down to posterity but whom /
vii spare that honOr-Eh0 has caused much 'ex-
element by his Interpretation Of the CONTRACTS
which call for ten hours Of field labor. or twelve
hours Of indoor labor be argues that those twelve
hours can be counted at his pleasure, from four
N the morning to four IN the afternoon. or from
nine A. ~ to nine ?. M Just as vel as from ten
? u 10 ten N the morning. and clever Havsfiln
5udees might be found to endorse such lunatic
views Another cause. specially n the damp dis
tcts- IN hio for example. Is the scantines Of their
clothing, which results IN their being speedily and
universally affected with liver Complaints The
consequences Of this general dissatisfaction will BE-
As sld before, that at the expiration Of their
all those whose contracts ara shortly coming 70 an
end VII not renew them, unless on better terms.
and outside of the euticsmeuts offered 10 them
from New Zealand and Tahiti thew have been urp-
pairing for making their future movements oniy
~ c1tHatsslitrs ~ clfHs-. can here give an er-
SIMPLE Of their silent preparations d which he
planters are probably unaware One of them hap
penlng some time ago to be going over TO Mexico
a KIND OF Subscription Was made 10 give him
purse Tor the purpose Of enabling him to travel
about IN the Mexican States, FOX studying the
country and reporting to the prospects which Il
eoold o1er 70 those Who might 90 frun here with
their families And the report proves satisfactory
We must expect to see quite ulEber starting for
Asz1co AZ the cost ever Of eharteri1g a ship 10
carr them over