The Daily bulletin., 1889-10-26

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90 lsi,crArg unieaa the Agricultural
necessities Of the country require il,
nor urtii the legislation hereunder
Indicated be secured,
Sd. That Chinese not nov engaged
in trade or the mechanical occupa-
tions, be prohibited from hereafter
engaging therein,
We believe that The legislation
hereby indicated is necessary and
iustifablc on the ground of self de
fense aud self preservation, and Is
fully sustained in principle by the
precedcnts cited above.
History tells of many inyasions of
one country by inhabitants Of an
other, in which the invaded people
were conquered and blotted out as
nation. In those times the in
vaders came with fire and sword,
and meeting with q like resistance,
they did not reap the benefits of
the conquered land without the
risk and danger of battle and
loss of lives. The invaded peo-
pie fought in their own de-
fcnse, and no doctrinaire, even in
this age, maintains that they were
not morally rs well as legally iusti-
fled in resisting the enemy 10y every
means in their power.
The Chinese have for the last 20
years been carrying on an invasion
of this country which is no less ef-
fectual because il has been peacea-
ble, than the old nvasions by force.
They are now gaining all the advan-
tages of successful war without
any of its dangers. Silently, but
surely, year after year and step by
step, they are invading and taking
possession of almost every means of
livelihood insthe country, and sup
planting native Hawaiians and
others of the Western civilization.
With these facts before us, there
| is but one safe and honorable course.
TO sit still and do nothing is both
cowardly and suicidal. We must
| then meet this peaceful invasion by
means as peaceful, but sufficient to
reach and cure the evil.
The opponents OF restrictive and
protective legislation concerning
Chinese are divided into two
classes:
First, those who look at the ques-
ton from purely material point of
view and need cheap labor.
Second, those who consider the
question from moral standpoint,
and contend that :" a man is n man :"
that Chinaman has as much right
in the country az anyone else, and
that it is unjust TO discriminat tt
against q man on account of his
nationality.
To those who urge the material
view we would say that the Cabinet
fully recognizes that sugar and rice
are the staples of the country, an6
that under ordinary circumstan ces
cheap labor is necessary to raise
these products in competition with
other countries producing the same
articles with the cheapest labor il
the world. 1t is not the object OF
the Cabinet, and we know of no ont
who proposes to interfere with thu
necessary labor supply to carry OF
the plantations. On the contrary
it Is the desire that the Chimes,
should remain on the plantations
and not engage in those other EN-
ploymcnts which must be the mean
Of support. of those Of Anglo-Saxol
civilization if any such are to re
main here.
Moreover the statistics of Chinese
labor on the plantations show tha
the unregulated influx of Chimes
has been of little If any benefit t,
the plantations.
The following facts are compiled
from the Reports Of the Board o
Immigration, the Census table am
Custom House statistics:
The number of laborerS and o
Chinese on the plantations is obtain
ed by actual census.
Chinese Chinese on Total laborei