The morning call., 1893-03-17
JOHN EMMELUTH.

Mr.. Emmeluth is an American citizen and
has long been prominent in Hawaiian poll
ties as supporter and leader of the
mechanical and industrial classes. lie is
tinsmith by trade and is the head partner
in the firm of Emmeluth & Co., plumbers
and importers of housekeeping goods. Mr..
EmmeluIh is also interested in the develop
ment Of small farming in Hawaii and has
lately invested. with others, large amounts
therein. He says:
LAS TO the annexation of these islands to
the United States-a chain of propitious
circumstances has brought us face to face
with The issue-royalty gTasping after lost
preroEatiye; bOcdle seeking TO feather its
nest with the lottery franchise, and British
intrigue TO thwart any attempt at closer re-
ations with the United States, have all
assisted in the happy consummation.
Shall these islands be annexed now?
Yes, if ever The hauling down of the
stars and stripes from the Government
building would simply mean future pre-
ponderance of British influence in the af-
! fairs of this country, fer, with the monarchy
restored and kaiulani on the throne, a
British protectorate for the country would
come as naturally as did the guardianship
Of her own person by a British subject :;
then British occupation would become as
absolute, exaeting and exclusive in Hawaii
as it is to-day in Egypt. Uncle Sam, annex
Hawaii now.
Annexation to the United States will
give us stability Of Government, security of
investments and protection Of the Hawaiian
people and their interests such as would be
absolutely unattainable under any indepen-
dent form OF Government.
,,-ilI Ia s o.,
ernment and place large sum of money at
our disposal for internal improvements.
which has heretofore been thrown away Cd
royalty and its adiUncts.
ut will throw open the crown lands,
either to settlement under homestead act
or to a more just leasehold system than has
been in vogue during the time the lands
were in control # the sovereign, and Incl
dentally it will tend also to break up other
gigantic land monOEolies now existing by
| making possible more equitable system of
taxation than has obtained in the past
ut will secure a permanent market for
fresh and preserved tropical fruits and
fruit products, and thus directly lessen the
undue influence OF the sugar planters in the
POLITICS of the country by creating an op-
portunity for the influx of a desirable class
of American small farmers and ranchmen.
ut will do away with the eontract-labor
system. and thereby tend to check the fur
ther importation of Asiatic laborers.
at will give The mechanical and other
small industries the protection from Asiatic
| aggression for which we have vainly strlven
during the past ten years, and without
which every line Of trade capable of assimi-
laton or imitation by Mongolians must ere
long have been abandoned to them, as no
white man can compete with them or prac-
tice their economies.
Government by commission selected
from among the residents of the islands for
a term of, say five years. with the privilege
of assuming regular territorial func,ion
thereafter, would seem to me the most prac-
tical and feasible form that could be de-
vised. because:
"First-It would allow all those eligible to
citizenship to qualify for the same in the
manner prescribed by the constitution of
the United States.
'Second-'fhe freedom from discussion of
political issues would tend to concentrate
the thoughts and efforts of the people on
much needed internal reforms. the develop
ment of our small industries and the per-
| tecting of proper means for speedily and
! safely marketing our products.
"rhird-The time so passed will prove to
be a period of probation, during which
every person eligible would be able to de-
termiue for himself the superior advantages
| of the new state Of affairs with the result of
insuring his intelligent support of good gov
ernnent when allowed the ballot"