The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-11-22
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FRIDAY, NOV. %, 1889.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.

CnlneSc, ana VIC nccu Tue ASlaIlCs'
Our plantations must have cheap
labor, or else go TO ruin. In fact
we have too few Cinnamon here, and
the best that could happen is the
introduction of ten thousand mere.
Then the labor market would be
supplied, the wages would regulate
themselves, and we need not pay
such exorbitant rates rs now. The
lower the wages the more prosper
Gus the country. All individual in
terest must and ought to be set
aside for the common veal, and If
the introduction of more coolie la
Dor should lower the wages 80 that
the white population now working
on the plantations, and having fami-
lies to keep were obliged to leave
the country, it would be to the hene.
fit OF the country, although temper
arily hardship on them. There
are TOO few Cinnamon now, their
secret societies have too much
power, and m addition of several
thousand more would most effectu.
ally break that power, as they then
would have too many to provide for
To strike for higher wages, as they
sometimes do now. There would
be another advantage, and one that
would save the country thousands
of dollars every year, and that is
the smaller amount of teachers need
ed in our public schools. Where a
school has say 200 Portuguese chill
dren, SO native and 10 Of other ma
tionalities, there would only be
about GO pupils, and three or four
teachers less. At salary of $40
per month the saving for the public
treasury would be immense.
"Besides, John Chinaman is the
most obedient, tractable, peaceable,
honest and reliable Of house SER
wants. They know of no holidays,
and are satisfied in their ignorance
of anything better. If other ma
tionalities cannot and will not worl;
and live under the same conditions
as the Chinese, they are at liberty
to go away from the country. Let
MS christianize the Cinnamon, and
this Paradise of the Pacific will
then truly become the Paradise ir
the Pacific. -
| Yes, Mr.. Editor, these are the
sentiments and expressions l have
heard from people who profess tc
be Christians, go to church every
Sunday, attend prayer meetings
give freely Of their money to mis-
sions, sit in their easy chair looking
on while the daughters Of the natives
are ruined, not caring whether :
man can sustain his family or not
lifting his eyes to heaven so as no
TO see the misery below, thanking
God that they are not like othe
people, they don't \swear and the,
don't drink, and only wish tina
stock in plantations, par value 500
sold in open market for $3.50, woul'
rise to $500, and if it don't, TIL
plantations will go to the dogs.
These people ought to have thei
names recorded in gilt letters an'
these records framed in gold frames
and hung up in the National Mu
scum. l say File, what shame t
have and express such views, and
even if they look Gay, there is sol
row and misery behind. The whit
men with their families are slowl
but surely driven to despair, an
God protect us from desperat
population! Look at the Chins
towns all over the islands! wins
are they but hotbcds of crime, mi.
cry, seduction and debauchery
Who distributes the opium and ii
vile poisonous stuff called liquor,
the people but they?
How can you expect TO raise Il
natives, to make them good Chris
tians and good citizens as long (
they are under the unlimited inal
ence of the Asiatic hordes? WIS
is the reason that the natives al
sinking back again into their o.
ways, from which the noble o.
missionaries raised them up? The
wives and daughters are the victim
, of the Asiatics' vile ways, their mo
atty is ruined, and an immoral pop
lation will have, according to u
law Of nature, immoral offspring.
|, You, who like the Chinaman
well, why do you not let him mar
your daughters and become one
: your family? All no, no, there !
will draw the line, you say! VIII!
If they are so much better than 20
white brethren, they ought to ha
the advantage Of il. That they co
spire against the government is n
thing, in your eyes, il is only
their credit, it shows grit.
We hope and feel sure, that t
next elections will prove who n
the strongest--the few planters
the many honest white laborel
toiling for their families.