Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-08
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Ocean.
HALAwA, KoHALA, Hawaii, II. l.,
July 3o.--'rhe journey from San Fran
CISCO to Honolulu is not so monotonous
as might be expected Sailing out OF
the Golden Gate thrills you. Such
magnificent scenery, such impregnable
forts, the open sea before you. The
bar is soon reached; the sense of the
thrilling and glorious is changed to
dizziness and retching. The idea Of
calling that Ocean Pacific, Balboa must
have been either drunk or crazy with
sightseeing. Surely no sane man would
have thought anything calm there
abouts. After week of hopes and
fears land was sighted. Officers and
passengers we're out on dress pa
rade. Diamond Head was seen in the
distance. 1t is an immense extinct era
ter six miles from Honolulu. Recently
it was put up at auction, and several
patriotic Americans made an effort to
buy it, but failed. The Hawaiian
Government was the successful bidder,
the sum Of $Io, 900 being paid for this
souvenir. The meaning of Honolulu
is pheasant Harbor," and it is well
named. AS the ship approached the
dock scores of black heads appeared in
the waters
THE NATIVES ARE REGULAR DUCKS
They will dive for piece of money
and get it every time, always ready to
make quarter if it costs no manual
labor. The natives are regarded higher
than the negro at home, and yet, as a
class, they are not as independent in
thought, nor half as industrious.
Honolulu is strictly cosmopolitan
city. Men out of every nation are seen
here They retain their idiosyncrasies
with vengeance.
j The most prominent among them is
the inhabitant of the Flowery King
dom. These islands are the Chinaman's
paradise. They flock here in great
numbers, and have not worked the
same mischief as at home. Laborers
have been extremely scarce. This
whetted Johns " avarice, and fabu-
lnus price he asked for labor, and he
got it. There was no help for it until
the recent importation of japanese and
Portuguese. This has brought wages
down little. The difficulty has been
with the Chinese that they wanted
enormous wages, and were unwilling to
render even fair equivalent for the
! same The meekness of the California
5 Chinaman and his willingness to give
honest labor for small pay is all as
sumed. Here he is the reverse, and
no Shylock can distance him in his
: greed for money The influx of flaborers
! has released white people from the
tyranny of this bondage. There are
good (relatively) and bad Cinnamon
The Christian Cinnamon are most
eagerly sought after, as they are less
superstitious, approach nearer to hon
esty and truthfuness, and are much more
reliable than the frequenter OF the Joss
house.
'JoHN" is sHREwD.
Let that idea once get into his head
and he'll swallow any creed, from Theo-
dore Parker to Joseph Cook, if it will
, increase his revenues People in the
East have not had sympathy enough
with people Of California in their fight
against these heathens. Once let man
dwell there or here and he will be a
convert quickly and thoroughly.
The Portuguese are fine class u
Iaborers as rule. Very few Of them
can read or write, and yet they are all
most devout adherents Of the Roman
Catholic Church. Mgr. Capel forgot
this class Of people when he boasted
that the Catholic church was the friend
of education. Such bombast in the
Hawaiian Islands would "astonish the
natives" On the contrary, the Pro
J testant church has brought education
here, and there is not native who has
reached the age of rs but can read and
write. And her influence has been
such as to educate the children-by
compulsion-of the Chinese and Por-
! tuguese. Since this must inevitably
. bring its results to the Catholic church,
she has few schools here and there to
: attempt to cover her shame for ne
glecting the parents. The japanese
are the best laborers.
They are better class Of people. The
. forehead is higher, and the neck and
lower brain not so heavy. They are
most honest quicker to learn, and
; when once they learn they retain it.
They have not that sullen obstnacy
: about them that characterizes the Chi
naman. The japanese mostly have
had Christian instruction at home, and
it shows itself upon them abroad. They
are not gwen TO petty thievng like the
: Chinese and Portuguese.
THEY ARE AWAY ABOVE THEM.
The "Japs' will not work in the same
) part ofthe field withthe Chinaman. This
, suits the planters exactly, for they do
not want them contaminated with the
vices and meannesses of the average
Chinaman. Such, with a few natives,
Americans, and other nationalities
, represented by the Anplo.Saxon blood