The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-10-16

pay, We may look forward to a profitable
production Of sugar in competition to other
csne-growing countries.
This is the language of the Planters
Labor and Supply Company en-
bodying its policy and not the guarded
phraseology adopted by Mr.. Davies
ira communication to the Minister
of Immigration, asking for pledges
guaranteeing that contract laborers
would be introduced in such numbers
as should break down wages, and en-
able the planters to compete with
other sugar-raising countries. What
this meant was bluntly stated by Mr.
j. NJ. Horner at the recent meeting
of the Planters Labor and Supply
Company, and we find no protest
recorded from Mr. Davies or any of
his associate members against Mr..
HOrner's statement
Mr.. Horner, who by the way has
the merit of Outspoken manliness and
does not hide his opinions behind a
screen of cant and hypocrisy, said
Objection had been made to Monaghan
immigration on the grounds Of Christianity
and morality. But place Chinese man for
man against the renegades from Christian
natiohs, and they are equally desirable as
inhabitants. Their loose morals was gen
orally what worked against white laborers
ilti tVfar Ara Il
to say do not want any more Chinaman?
They produce three-fourths of all the wealth
of these islands. 1t is said that the white
men are being driven ont by the Chinese
If he, with his Chris stan schooling and
training, could not compete with heather
he deserved to go under. II was integrity,
| 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 pound.
This is simply the honest interpre-
tatiOn of the paragraphs from the re-
port on Labor adopted by the P. L.
and S. Company, 1884; and the silent
acquiescence or verbal approval of the
members in 1885 demonstrates that
such is the case. We respect Mr..
Horner for his manliness; but what
! can be said of the PecksnifIian whine
| Of Mr.. Davies, that the Planters asso-
citation chad been pilloried by the Press
| speaking for the Government, as hav-
ing been in favor of unconditional,
unrestricted Chinese immigration?
Yet these are the men whose organs
in the Press pirate against "Asiaticis-
ing the country and who hold this
very association up as public exem-
/ plars.
We thank the Planters Labor and
/ Supply Company, which is the head,
and heart and brains of the Opposi-
| ton, for showing their hand thus
early in the game. White mechanics
and laborers now clearly perceive
! the fate that is in store for them if
! these enemies of dear and free la
/ Dor carry the election. They must
| be prepared either to leave the coun-
try or work upon equal terms with
| Chinese and live as they do. Home
| life and Christian surroundings are
! impossible under such conditions.
! Yet that is the issue which is before
them in the coming election, and the
only barrier to-day between them
and eXpatriation or reduction to
labor serfdom is the much-maligned
| Administration. Let it fall, and the
Hawaiian Kingdom would become Il
Chinese dependency in fact, if not in
name, within twelve months. We
call upon all native Hawaiians and
white men of whatever nationality to
down this determined attempt to rob
them of their manhood and country.