The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-06-30


1889
Hawaiisns own about three millions
OF property. Whites snd foreigners about
thirty millions. The latter have gath
cred the values that they have created.
The Government IS q limited mon
srchy; the majority rules; the Queen
reigns.
What OF the voter who rules? On the
answer turns the tate OF Hawaii As l
understand Is, the average native votor
has a common school education, seeks
one ior his children, reads newspaper,
contributes to the church very literally
in proportion TO mis- means tabout two
thirds are ProiestSnts and one-third
Catholics and, 50 lar, has easily gotten
s comfortable support IN this comfort
able climate.
But how they live IS as important as
what they know.
II 1850. when they had been pro-
nounced Christiauized by the American
Board. some Il, 600 having been gathered
! into the churches. l accompanied my
father on one OF MS inspecting tours
around the Islands, and found them
Z living pretty much N the old ways. IN
Erass houses without partitions, quite
well clothed. though garments were
( hardly : necessity, with 2 minimum u
! household iurn;,ure and OF home regu-
! iari.y: always cla-ningly aOspitable.
Indeed. their mutual hospitality made
/ individual thrift almost impossible.
There was no struggle Tor liie-Slight
daily effort sulEcad Tor existence al
were happy, careless OF the future.
When ! again made the tour OF the
Islands IN 1880, the grass cabin was the
exception; the p2r.itioned frame house
was the rule, but there was net cor
responding change II personal habit:
they shared their goods il common
pretty much as o. old. leo often the
owner lived IN the open basement rent
ing his his room above to foreigner.
There had been an advance, however,
and g comparatively refined class OF
gentle manners and decent ways of liy-
ing had appeared. There was 8 marked
growth Of industrial life from the needs
Of and the good wages offered by the
! sugar plantations, some natives making
an excellent s1eeess IS superintendent
entS, making money more easily than
/ they held l. This increased activity
was most wholesome and helpful.
I shall. in this brief visit. eleven years
1 later. hope . again study the conditions.
/ The home life IS everything. Has the
! great increase OF wealth weakened or
| Strengthened the good feeling between
] the labor:ng class and the weIl-to-do or
/ the wealthy class? Have the obliga-
/ tons Of superior advantages been ful-
/ filed BY the latter.
/ In this, as 10 every country, the future
IS safe and sure only IS the educated,
and the rich shall act out the principle
expressed in . noo.eSse oblige." There
IS no place n modern civilization for q
| leisure class; It Is as dangerous as the
| lowest class. There Is 20 salvation for
those who do not work.
| Christian patriotism and philanthropy
Is the price OF future homes and security
for our children N every land. l have
not forgotten 2 few examples Of wise and
thoughtful care OF plantation employees
! that l saw n ISS0. The distance be-
| tween the masters and the hands seemed
great; a state OF things that, in time OF
strain, may not be safe, and the strain
! will come IN time. You viii get what
I = - y ~ - 4-4 --a -A--AaEE u d4C
/ 70 get that; out 60 uoe complain il YOU
Go not get other things that make home
and country safer and better unless YOU
work for them.
: have been eager % see the illuStra-
tT2tions O Hawaiian nobility-of It's
trueS- nooility-in the Lun2iilo nome
and n the kameBameha Schools VIII
the whites and foreigners, with their
thirty millions O dollars, match the pub
lie benei2ctions oi the natives with their
three millions2
believe that this decade, unless one
OF disaster, viii see 2 great advance over
the last OF gifts for the public good from
J the many conscientious men who are
able 70 give 10 the country that has
given them 50 much. No git Is greater
than that OF service.
From over the ocean have heard OF
faithful. quiet ministries among these
people More than one man has done
for the Leper Settlement what he could,
Indifferent 70 praise. That strong, manly
life that was broken from incessant labor
for your Chinese population is far more
honor TO his country than anything you
car show me OF building or improve
ment. The long and tireless ministry OF
woman IN the temperance cause on
these islands Is ten times more credit to
Hawaiian civilization than her costly
roops and parades.
But know too little OF the real work
and worthy living here-it Is not adver-
tised. Guide books don't point 1t out l
hope 10 learn more Of it in the next few
| weeks
Will seli-governnent succeed in-Ha-
Waii, for she Is bound 70 govern herself !?
She is the weakest and the strongest OF
the nations. Needing no army, only q
strong police force, she has the fleets Of
America and Europe 10 assure her sta
bility. Her only danger Is within her
sell. Can she meet that? VIII rum,
opium, Eeentio1sness and demagogism
conquer the Hawaiian voter or VII they
be conquered by him?
Elections are coming and progressive
and non-progressiye and perhaps dan
J gerous ideas viii struggle Tor the mas