The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-09-21

correspondents.
The Chinese Question-From Lady's
Standpoint.
Mr.. EDITOR: Having read in your
issue of Sept. Goth, MIR. Kalua's
speech and taking good deal OF IN
terest in the Chinese question, l must
ask you to publish the views of one OF
the women of Honolulu; as hither
I believe, the women are about the
only class who have not taken part
in the public discussion.
I wish Mr.. Kalua would reflect a
little on the condition our house
holds would be in without the aid OF
the long suffering Celestial. Would
Portuguese do our cooking and
housework, would natives work IN
our gardens and keep our lots tidy?
It is because we cannot get other
nationalities to work in SO persever-
ing way that We are forced to en-
ploy Cinnamon. How often do we
have to hand our children over to
the care of China-boys simply be-
cause it is impossible to hire res
pectable native or Portuguese wo-
men. Which do you suppose we
should prefer? What other nation
alities would work away as they do
the whole year and be content at the
end with three days holiday.
Though of course women, whose
minds naturally turn to their homes,
think of the Cinnamon more with
regard to their qualifications for
homework than for aught else. l
would like to know, and now l am
honestly asking for information,
how much the Chinese pay yearly
into the Custom House, and if that
sum is not considerable increase
to the public funds? Also, as Mr.
Kaiua complains that the Chinese
have "frozen the natives out" why
don't the natives combine together
and work in a serions and indus
trious manner? If the kuleanas,
taro patches, and fisheries, are taken
unfairly from the natives, why have
they suffered it? They are ever
ready to go to law. and know the
courts of justice are always open tC
them. Why did not the natives re-
claim the hundreds of acres of land
which now, under Chinese cult
walton, are fruitful sources Of in.
come? Does Mr.. Kalua never drive
out to Moiliili or Eva, and admire
the beautiful rice fields, which
within the recollection of our ten
year old children were barren wastes
Why did the natives allow their oc-
equations to be taken from them9
As to the 'covetousness and the
stamp of hypocrisy" to which Mr.
Kalua alludes, the average China
man is quite equal in his honesty to
most Christians and being ''full
fedged heathens" if Mr.. Kalua does
not approve of their religious opin.
/ ions, why do not some of his own
nationality convert them? I am
glad he so appreciated the benefits
of Christianity. We have yet to
learn of the Cinnamon disturbing
the peace of the night as some OF
our friends did July Both. Where
is more law-abiding people? Any
other than Cinnamon would long
ago have been demanding votes
and representatives of their own
choosing.
At the conclusion of his speech
Mr.. Kalua is truly generous, he seeks
no unjust and illegal measures
against them" I suppose every
thinking person sees that it is neces-
sary to restrict the numbers of
Cinnamon who appear to wish to
come here, but can such speech as
MIR. Kalua's do good, even to those
who are of his way of thinking?
Live and let live," Mr. Kalua.
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