The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-09-11

committee, but considered that the
measure as it stood was a farce. The
boast of the Chinese that they are twenty
thousand strong was only bluff; they
did not come here to make disturb
ance. What is required is the regulation
OF Chinese immigration so that it should
be for plantation labor alone, also means
for compelling the idle Chinese now in
the country to go on the plantations.
The Chinese now here are almost mas
tiers of the situation from scarcity OF
labor, and would be wholly so if immi-
grafton of others was absolutely stopped.
Admit Chinese only as coolies TO be de-
ported at the end of their contracts If
they do not renew their bound service.
a mechanic believed the legislators
could do something practical in the mat
ter if they wanted to, but, as they didn't
want to, they were wrangling about
roundabout course OF doing nothing. He
had not read the latest version OF The
amendment and could not say il it was
an improvement upon the original.
A leading merchant, who hadn't read
the amendment, considered that the
Chinese had the upper hand now. 1t
only remained to regulate those in the
country in the best manner possible for
the national welfare, admitting more
only upon strict conditions against their
entering into competition, that must al
WAYS be unequal, with the races that
sustain our civilized institutions.
Mr.. NJ. Goldberg, dealer in clothing
and gentlemen's furnishings, said: My
idea is that the whole passport system
is swindle. Why not let the Chinese
depart like other people without return
permits, which would put the incoming
of all of them within control. Merchants
such as Goo Kim and Alec do not need
passports to return, as they are we'll
known to our Custom House officers.
About $50 Chinese left by last steamer.
Do you suppose that these, ii they do not
come back, will not sell their passports
AS long as you give passports to coolies
YOU will have swindles. That book
keeping business is all nonsense. A
Chinese merchant las to hire white
book-keeper, and whatever mistakes are
made he will charge to his book-keeper,
when an investigation is made in his
bankruptcy. Abolish the whole pass
port system is the only way to get rid OF
the Cinnamon in this country. Look at
it in San Francisco: it is the same here.
Mr.. E. g. Schumann, carriage manu-
facturer, said he had not considered the
Chinese amendment. He agreed pretty
much with correspondent OF the Bulle-
tin, in the view that legislation against
being overrun with Chinese was not class
legislation. Otherwise the Constitution
itself is marked with class legislation, in
its exclusion Of Chinese from citizenship.
Class legislation refers to equality as be-
tween individuals or callings, rather
than to the relative standing OF aliens in
the body polite. There is great deal
of class legislation now in our laws, in
their regulation of certain kinds of bust
ness. 1t is Mr.. Schunann's opinion that
if matters 20 on as they have been doing,
people will get so accustomed to having
Chinese on the same footing as more
civilized peoples here, that it will not be
long before they will be allowed to share
in the government of the country. That
would be an outrageous development, in
view of the fact that large proportion
of them are nothing, more nor less, than
pirates from Hongkong, who have not
even the regard of the Chinese Govern
ment.
A gentleman who has been one of the
most prominent of our practical planters,
but who prefers that his name should be
withheld, gave views combining the re-
suits OF former experience and recent
observation. He would deprecate any
thing being done against the Chinese
now in the country, or the doing of
anything hastily that might be re-
GREETED hereafter In late visit
to certain planting districts he found
that Japanese were coming into increas-
ing favor as plantation labor in both
field and mill. Also that Portuguese
were,in places running the Chinese out
as storekeepers. 1t seemed to him that
it would meet the exigency of the situa-
ton if more Japanese were admitted,
also a due proportion of Portuguese,
which would permit of the safe stoppage
of further Chinese immigration. The
| Chinese here would then be obliged to
90 to work at the rates offering or else
| starve, as there would be an end to their
power of controlling the labor market.
When he was in the business the first
| instalment of Japanese was bad lot,
and he took strong prejudice against
| IfloIn. DuC he I0dIucu LlldI 1dUCI diIIfdlS
of that nationality were of much
better class, hence the esteem before
mentioned in which they are now
held. There were not the same evils
connected with Japanese labor as with
the Chinese. They we're not so clannish,
and his experience was that, unlike the
Chinese, they did not screen each other
in wrongdoing. He had a vast
number Of Chinese under him in
his time, and it was cut-throat
business with them all through.
When they got him in 8 corner they
pressed their advantage to the utmost,
compelling him when the reverse was
the case to cut them down remorselessly.
Moreover, the Japanese were OF more
free-handed nature and impressiOnable
material than the Chinese, hence being
more amenable to training in white
mems ways are less of q menace as COM
petitors, at unequal odds, with other
nationalities.
--$O0-S