The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-05-29
A MODERN EDEN .
nv JULIEN u. HAYNE.


words there is not to he found one
elementary principle which voices
the need OF practical training for in
dus'rial pursuits; the result OF which
is that the native Hawaiian Of to-
day. although educated to the en-
tent OF being able to read and write.
las no fixed habits of industry: the
Chiuaman cultiyatcs the tarO and
pounds the poi to the exclusion of
the son Ut tho soil, who. modelling
his life on that of the missionary.
tres to live without manual labor.
lie has lived to seq the fruits OF idle
ness--personal upulrnce, which he
tries to copy. II has always been
fashionable, or rat her the fail. in
Modern Eden Ia stigmatiIe the ka-
uaka as the LATEST Of mOrtals. This
il rs old on the Sandwich Islands as
the aggressiveness of the missionary
and quite as unwarrautod. In 1873
, the public prints Of Eden made the
following statement: I'VE often hear
sneers about the laziness of the Ha-
waiians, but our experience in these
islands entirely disproves the charge
/ TO our mind. The kanaka Is hard
worker, and can beat the European
7 in any exercis, 81 physical endurance
IN these attitudes; and
when we speak Of their industry il is
rs independent workers and not as
hireiiDgs. There are comparatively
. few loafers among them: and we
nave not yet met with siugle
pauper. In this connection il may
he well to call attention To the fact
that the Hawaiian Government has
to-day, nor has il ever had, any poor
laws The INDECENT, unfortunate
and helpless kanaka is cared for by
his relatives always. In this way
. they put to shame the WAYS and
manners Of civilization such as we
are pleased to felicita,e ourselves
with"
The men who came hers To te"ch
the ancient Hawaiians civilization.
knew absolutely nothing Of the
elementary principles of labor; they
did not know how to- go To work.
How then could the natives learn to
become intelligent laborprs! The
amount Of skill possessed by the
missionary teachers clearly appears
from the following extract from an
old diary KEEP, by missionary yet
living: when New Years morn
dawnrd. he" referring TO the mind
which now guides th. d.siinics Of
tn. Mendacious Mrddlcr--"had two
horses caught Ia be- hitrhrd into
harness a.d srt Ia work. tie was
absolutely 50 inexperienced in res.
poet tn practical planting life, that
H.. did not consider that horses
which might bear a saddle would
not tolerate. all nj once. any drag At
their tails; 50 he came near having
runaway aud losing his pluw. But
he had child with him. who had
been reared 10y q grandIat her on a
plantation, aud who laughed at his
inexperienced venture. and advised
him To- experiment first with the
horses. by making them drag log
{ around the valley" This accoun,
, goes on To stat" that blowing with
horses was finally abandoned: and
that this pioneer agriculiurist, to-
grth"r with many natives, took hold
81 n rope made last Ia III. beam OF
the pillow, aud plnwed up about one
mr. "hi'h was S"Wh |" wheat; he
rh'iu hho," mentioned h"id the
. hahh'"'o'h" Pi"W' nat ac"uimeh,
,afy upon VI" P.a;t"hi Workings 81
III" hilsS'9"a,y' LUIS amusing occur
renee TOOK place "h q plantation on
, "hi'h was Ga,h"r'u "a company ol
, ha''N"'' "N''"' 'hr nir''e'"h "i wha'
was known u, Mi'Si"hary INDUS
'riai H"rm'y '''"ra say. ~" mark
Nnr''hpi" 'iim'' ra'l"h "i III" hiIn.
'a''hg ,he pil'"' .
bnt the writer was not the "risl
= naI d'se"'"r"r "' ~" Tact that, -
= var rs n'ai"r'h' advancement wa
y '""''f''''' ,h'' MISSIONARY ma" peer
= a'n'se 10 the hhi'Hha' AGAIN l hn,
" ~ tue p"n,ic pr'n.N ni Eden undo
: "a'e "i M"f'h -, roo an article
eh'it'"u Ss"i''s' E!u'a''"ii, whici
T. frhos ~ '"iioMS' mat VIII s"un'
almost '"'r'h'Sio", 70 some u
, sleak oI an! h'hu "i scholastic
!. "u'a'i"h a. peins useless; bu
y. ""n'"t'on Inc many aho'her goo'
th.nS - "Se's'' anu even Pernicious
u ih're Is h" proper condition
:. 'hinSS 10 warrant IT'S acquisition
an" fenoer u proh",lSe 81 gnod
, we u"h th''ih 'ha' u u anything
=. 10 nfaS "i thal HAWAIIAN MAJ