The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-06

TfPcSN W MI. haIsueus opinions.
, III Is said that he is a good
orator who convinces himself r
qouot IL the last speaker has done so.
ne mas argued in one groove only
and i think he believes what he
uenles: 1t is true that almost eyerv-
thlng here depends upon the sugar in
uustry- But the same thing has been
seen In the United States. The great
plains were, only short time AGO
devoted entirely TO the grazing indus,
Try, ana people said that if the cattle
were driven away those states wonId
De ruined. But after time, when the
snaii farmer began to come in thew
cnanged their minds. You are afraid
1I the Japanese, and you all know il.
I government says that il they
cannot nave the franchise thew shall
not come here. The Chinese are not
quite so aggressive as the japanese per-
maps, but they have a patient pIoddinp
| way that leads them where thew want
10 be If they are given time.
In 1891 they worked for 81 or So a |
month. Now they get enough to sat |
isiy them. A few weeks ago they |
| heid mass meeting and passed q set |
OF resolutions that were wholly with |
In the law, but which contained one
| clause that read: we will have no
respect for any law that does not put |
us on the same level as any other res
ldent of Hawaii This is not a oues-
zion OF preserving the plantations,
which are good enough in their way.
but OF preserving men. A few men
are worth good deal more than few
plantations. 1t must be humiliatino
TO a man of Mr.. Marsden's INTELLIGENCE
10 say that he introduced a law to the |
Legislature for the restriction of Chi
nese, when you cannot move ten feet
III Honolulu without finding q China
doing UnrE hot h /
should be doing. He drew a picture
OF desolatlon in the event of not bring |
ing more Chinese here There wouid
De scene OF greater desolation if we
acknowledge that we cannot get along
without them. / would draw a better
picture than this. L would portray
hundreds and hundreds of small |
farms, each with their own small cane
field, which the farmer and his sons
would work. AS to white men not
being able to work here, this is not a
tropical country. Your summers are j
not as hot as those of Iowa and j
Illinois, and yet white men work | T
there. You can get men from Amer
lea almost as cheaply as you can the ;
Chinese. You cannot make a citizen I
out of Chinaman. Let them I
get $1,000 ahead and back they I
go to China. You can make an Amer d
lean out of a Portuguese, but never C
out of a ChinamaE. No man with /
any liver in him will say that a thing {
cannot be done because it is hard. y
They will cast about and find some | :,
way out of their difficulty, and / be- +
Iieve that will be done here"
Mr.. Marsden, in reply to Mr.. Towse,
said:
"Mr. Towse is new to this country,
very, very new, and he does not o.
know anything about this question. o.
He does not like the Chinese. No IL
more do /, and L should not advise CT
getting them if they would conflict e,
With white labor. He spoke of white a,
men and small farms. L want to see r
hem here as we'll as he. But can you e,
ret a white man to work and board r
himself for SIS a month? / never said
hat Chinaman would make a good III
itizen. He will not; but he does make p'
good laborer il you keep him there. &C
number of you think you know A
low to run plantation, but dou't II
hink you do, unless you have been on ar
ne for long time, as / have. You ia
must look this problem square in the 81,
ace. The law as it now stands is a o.
God one, il it is carried into effect, III
egistration. / do not especially adj ..
'ocate Chinese, but any labor that
will not hurt white men. Mr.. Towse n
oes not know the first thing about
his subject. He could not, for he has =
ot been here long enough. You
annot crush our mainstay, the sugar
unless you crush us all at
he same time"
Mr.. B. F. Dillingham; next spoke on
The Development of Hawaii" He
aid:
"My subject is certainly an interest
ny one, but it is so comprehensive
nat even the ablest statesman might
~, h 81
resent and prospective possibilities.
We are standing today upon a provis-
,nal bridge spanning the gulf that
sparates US from the historic past and
glorious future. We cannot go
ack, even if we would, for all the
ridges we have thus far crossed are
urned behind us. The voice of the
lture is calling loudly to every citi-
IN of this fair land to turn away from
lie dead past and look with conf
ence to a happy future. We have
Ist come to feel proud of our progress
the past. In less than three
larters of century the Hawaiian
ON condition of barbar-
IN to an enlightened civiliza-
ON. The agricultural and commercial
evelopment OF this country from 1875
1891 was something remarkable In mu
40 about S2,000,000 was invested in sgl
le sugar business, and ABOUT l2,OOO
ms were exported. In 1891 $50, 000,- "'''
o was invested in sugar. Diversified
dustrieS are now receiving atten- wh
on and outside capital is beginning six
seek investment here. The open and
e up Of hOmesteads will have a di- hsv
1T bearing upon our permanent well galr
re. Millions of dollars were sent out al a1. u
this country between 1850 and 1890
r investment elsewhere, i'm conse- IL
81 loci of. u -, n
e stability of the Government then
listing 1t would be false to say am