The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-02

the question that is troubling me and
my fe!low-countrymen. 1t is evil
dent that, if such as he should turn
out to be strong enough to get their
own way even volcano might prove
more merciful to the Chinese than
they. "Who is next TO suffer-" he
asks. We Chinese do not want any
one to suffer, peace and quietness
and good will TO our neighbors have
been our watchwards all the long
years that we have been living in
Hawaii and, helping it to prosper.
But, most sure it is, that if through
the evil counsels of such as he some
one should suffer, it will not be he
and people of his kind, for they
have not enough at stake to be hurt.
One more question of II. g. Ms
is "Do you think that the lands you
are paying rent for now would be
idle if yougo away?" This he answers
himself very glibly, and tells us
there are plenty of people here who
are ready to take our places. This
l do not think he will find any one
else ready to believe. If these "men
and families" are prepared to be-
come cultivators if we give up, why
are they not at work now? There
are plenty of places where they can
go and take the wild lands, or the
rush-covered swamps and reclaim
them and make them yield wealth as
the Chinaman has done and is every
day doing. Or is it our civilizations
that have cost us so much labor that
they are waiting for? If this is so
l can begin to understand the mean
ing of the 'Chinese Question: Up
10 now have all along been puzzled
why so many haoles get up an agi-
tation against my countrymen who
do so much to make the country go
ahead. But if for envy and greed
they want to drive us away to get
the lands we are cultivating, that
may be reason, (can L call it a
Christian reason?) for what they are
doing. But then this is all nonsense,
the people are not here who could
carry on the agriculture of the Chinese
and make it pay, and if we should
be driven away, rents would GO
down very low, and half the land
now being worked would soon be
swamp again, or covered with weeds
and useless scrub as we found it.
There is always much talk in the
newspapers about settlement. While
the white man has been talking we
Chinese have been at work and have
settled the country wherever ther,
seemed to be chance of getting
from the soil a return for our labor
Chinese have and whitemen have
not, the endurance to conquer til,
difficulties of settling country like
this. Both these facts, what W,
have actually done, and why we sue
ceeded in doing it, need to b'
thought about, by people who wisl
to rule this country, and to be talk
ed about as statesmen. There ar,
two foundation stones on which tn,
welfare of Hawaii rests at present
One is solid substantial block tina
can be relied upon. That is the in
dustry of the Chinaman and hi
power of producing. The othel
may, just now, look larger, stronge
and better, and any moment it may
from its very nature, crumble away
and let the building of Hawaii
prosperity fall down on that side
This is the sugar-planting enterprise
Even now it has to be braced al
about with subsidy from the Anne
rican Government in the way of
remission of sugar duties, to keep
from falling to pieces of itself.
would be very short sighted polio
to get rid of the sound foundation
and trust the welfare of Hawaii t
the sugar alone. If my white fello,
citizens would think a little NOR
about the practical part of the mat
ter, l believe we should soon hea
the last of the loud talk against th
Chinaman. Yours,
S. H. CHUN SING
Honolulu, September % 1883.