The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-09-11

That all men are born free and
equal is not denied, contrary, it is
we'll established doc .ine. | believe |
myself that before cd, all men are
born free and equal. But what has
that to do with our political life and
and our domestic conditions: If
man is born equal to myself, but
does not behave ,r i've like m1.if,
have / not right to keep him .rom
my house? If a private iudiN .duul
has that right, why not o country?
Is that class legislation here more
than in other countries to prohibit
unwelcome or certain natIonaltes
to come into the country? Does
not the Chinese consider themselves
a class? Do they assimilate with
the white population, here or any
where else? Do they adopt our
mode of living? If not, why ought
they not TO be treated as class?
They ought to be compelled to
bring their wives along with them"
Has Mr.. Jones thought about the
consequences of that? l think not,
because, do not believe that he
would have made that statement if
he had? Have we not Asiatics
enough here already? Can it be
possible that Mr.. Jones wants an in
crease of the Chinese? What would
then become of our white and native
population? They would simply be
driven out, their bread would be
taken from them, they would be un-
able to support their families, they
would starve, and it makes me
shudder to think what starving
population can do, when it is driven
to the wall.
Then again Mr.. Jones says that
the white man sends his money out
of the country as well as the China
man. True, but truth with modi-
fications. What does white man,
supporter of family or single,
spend in the country to live? And
what does the Chinaman spend for
the same purpose? A white man
will have to pay $15 to $40 per
month for board, and besides that
he has to pay for his lodging, and
what does Chinaman pay or how
do they sleep? Will any white
man stand up and say: Well, the
Chinaman lives on % cents a day,
they sleep 6 in room 6x9, go
thou and do likewise? The China
man has a pair of slippers, a pair
of wide pants and a jumper. You
ought to be as they? Is that the
meaning? How would it be to see
all the laboring men that now comes
to church, dressed IN that attire? 1t
is to go to extremes, will you say,
but / think that it is only the conse-
quences of the proc Chinese policy.
1t is easy for a rich man to say to
the laborer, it is good enough for
you, but believe me, Mr.. Editor, it
is hard for an honest man TO hear
such words, to hear from the lips of
man of his own kind and race,
that he, in social life, and IN family
life, is just like u Chinaman or any
other Asiatic-so long a. the Asatic
does not acquire the white mans
mode Of living.
Would we have had the Kinau.
the w. G.. Hall, or Other steamers
if the white man had not invested
his capital? Would we have been
blessed with telephones, electric
light, railways, ETC., if he multi
tude of our citizens were Chinese?
What right has white man in Chi
ma? Can he enter any harbor he
likes, acquire property, travel where
he wants to in China, like the China
men do here? Is there class-legis-
lation in China or not?
think, that as servants and COM
mon laborers the Cinnamon are use
full and that we must have them. |
think further that limited number
ought to be here for that purpose,
and that they ought to be sent back
when their contract for time is up,
or re-ship. l think they are like
the, from the Gods stolen, ,fire-good
as servants, bad as masters.
MIR. Jones gave an illustration,
will give one also. A man came
here in ship, which was laid up,
and is now for sale. He has been
unable to secure berth in another
vessel, he has not money enough to
pay his passage to California, and
he cannot obtain work; What is he
going to do? Is he TO be arrested
for vagrancy when he cannot get
any work? He has applied to the
Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co.,
to Wilder S. S. Co., to many others,
friends have tried to get him work,
but all in vain. Please solve me
the riddle. will add that the man
in question has conducted himself
in respectable way here, and that
he is so burst that even is unable to
travel to the other islands in order
to seek employ, is surely not his
fault. There are more than him
here under precisely the same cir
cumstances. Ii.
Honolulu, Sept. G, 1888.