The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-10-15
The GREAT COMPETITION.

oDJecUlOn nau Deen maze TO
Mongolian immigration on the
grounds of Christianity and mora
lity. But place Chinese man for
man against the renegades from
Christian nations, and they are
equally desirable as inhabitants.
Their loose morals was generally
what worked against white laborers
from Christian countries. Are we
prepared to say we do not want any
more Cinnamon? They produce
three-fourths of all the wealth of
these islands. 1t is said that the
white men are being driven out by
the Chinese. If he. with his Chris
tian schooling and training, could
not compete with n heather he de-
served to go under. 1t was integ-
rity, ingenuity and skill that gave
the Caucasian the advantage. If
the Chinaman could live on rice at
five cents pound, white men could
compete with them with beef at two
and a half cents a pound.
The above remarks made by Mr..
j. M. Horner in the Planters meet
ing, on Tuesday, are important, as
conveying probably the first formal
defence of Chinese immigration
hitherto given to the public, and as
expressing anti-restriction opinions
in the boldest and at the same time,
most fallacious terms imaginable.
We have no personal attack to make
upon Mr.. Horner, whom we esteem
as a gentleman of intelligence and
public enterprise but we would not
be performing the duties of journal
ism, if the opinions expressed by
that gentleman were allowed to
pass uncriticised. The objections
made to Mongolian immigration on
the grounds of Christianity and
morality, have been reiterated from
time to time by every writer and
speaker on these islands who has
hitherto given any attention to the
questions affecting the future well
fare of the Kingdom, and these OBJ
jections have never been met, but
stand to-day in bolder relief on the
face of our social system than ever
they did at any former period.
These objections remain unanswered
and unanswerable. That Mongolian
immigration on the one hand and
"Chrstianity and morality" on the
other, are two diametrically opposite
elements in society, has long since
ceased to be matter of opinion an6
become a matter of fact. "Chris,
tianity and morality" have beer
demonstrated by experience to BIZ
the greatest factors in the best
development of enlightened civiliza'
ton, and Mongolianism has beer
proven with no less force and clear
ness to be the destruction of every.
thing better than Mongolianism itself
With reference to the second sen.
tence in the above quotation, nc
comparison is needed between the
Chinese and the renegades from
Christian nations. The ruinous re,
suits of the large immigrations ot
Chinese in the past are not claimed
to have fallen upon renegades, bu
on the respectable, industrious trans
plants from Christian nations. Th
condition of the white mechanics o
Honolulu in the face of Chimes
competition, was ably stated by
respectable mechanic speaking for
respectable class of citizens, throug
the columns of this paper on tn
2nd of this month. The " Christia
schooling and training" of th
mechanic referred to and hundred
of others with him, are the yer
qualifications that render them in
caple of competing with tn
heathen.'' AS to whether tina
feat is possible or not, the "if"
wholly superauous. There is n
"if" in the business at all. Th
workmen of Christian schoolin
and training" never did, and neve
will compete with the heather.