The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-24


sails" Here. again, you do not point
out clearly what their Christian duty
was. unless il was 10 prevent Asiatic
I immigration.
4yh. And so you believe that by the
action Of the sons, the natives find
I themselves bearing burdens that are
not OF their own creating, etc. You
also charge the haole generally, as
well as the sons OF failing TO OBJ
serve the admonitions Of Christ. And
YOU. with much cleverness, cite the
strong feeling. in the United States
against the competition of the Asia
tics.
You say nothing about the struggle
| for existence all over the world, and
in which very many Of the sons and
daughters of the missionaries are
deeply involved, as we'll as the natives,
but seem. honestly I am sure, 10 be-
! lieve that the sons" are especially
/ responsible for the hardshipS of the
natives know that the ma
tives believe with you in this, 10
some extent. II is precisely the same
belief that thousands Of people have
all over the world. that their unfor-
tunate condition is entirely due TO
some body else, and not 10 their own
errors and failures. have seen some
serious bread riots in other places
owing 70 their feeling. I do not be-
lieve that you have carefully studied
out all Of the facts in this case, when
YOU make this charge against the
sons"
The visits Of Capt Cook. the greed
and speculations of your chiefs in
sandal wood, during the early days,
the annual visits OF thousands of
reckless whalemen. the crowds of ma
tive women fiocking 10 this port for
immoral purposes during the whaling
season. the thriftless habits of the ma
tives regarding their lands, the volun-
tary giving up Of fishing, and taro
planting 10 the Asiatics, the wide
spread use Of gin. and. above all, the
foolish desire Of the natives TO aban-
don their lands, and live in the city,
have done more 10 make the condition
OF the natives unfortunate that any
failure of duty on the part of the sons
Of missionaries. Your own rulers, in
time past, have repeatedly told the
people that unless they were indus
trious, and thrifty, and abandoned gin,
they would go 70 the wall. Now,
when they are at the wall, as you say,
do you think it fair to charge the
sons" with responsibility for it?
There is not a native today, who is
capable of working. that cannot get
il somewhere on the Islands if he real
" desires TO. Mr. w G. Irwin tells
me, and he has much aloha for the
native that he directs that natives
shall be employed in the loading and
unloading of sugars, in preference TO
all others, and he says, further, that
ne is not able as rule TO get all the
men he wishes. But generally the ma
tive will not leave the city. He does
not wish 10 cultivate land. He can find
abundance of it on Hawaii, now, but
he will not take it. He prefers Ho-
nolulu. The sons" living here make
il a point TO give him employment, but
you would not like 10 see in print
what their experience is, even when
they pay double prices for native lab
or
Now, what would you have the
sons" do? Let the native forsake the
land, and fishing, and taro planting,
and live in the town at the mission
aries expense? In other countries,
the greater part of the poverty in the
cities is due as it is here to the de-
sire OF all classes of people to live in
the cities and have a good time of it,
even If they do suffer.
l know that whenever a native is
/ thrifty, and tries TO save his money,
and gets a nice home, a lot of thrift
! less loafers, male and female, at once
T saddle themselves upon him, and eat
him out OF house and home, if they
can. and they usually do. Do you
wish the sons" TO take up and sup
I port these loafers? If you would only
tell me, just what these sons ought 10
do, I would understand the situation.
As 10 the native women, the case is
much more serious than that OF the
men, in many ways Owing to the
vast, unnatural preponderence of men
over women, in numbers, on these Isl
ands, there is condition OF things
which inevitably creates social abomi-
nations, TO an extent that is not real
lied. 1t is violation Of the laws of
/ civilization, and makes moral progress
I OF the people impossible. For their
part in aiding and permitting this
abominable system the sons cannot
! escape responsibility. But as the mat
/ ter was not in their control, they are
not more responsible for it than the
haole's generally, or the natives them
selves. This is a subject that cannot
1 be enlarged upon now.
No doubt it is a very serious error
to educate the girls TO a desire 10 live
in a style which is beyond the means
of the average native, unless somt
way is opened for them to honestly
maintain the better style. Such edu-
cation makes sad mischief in all coun-
tries, especially now in the United
States. 1t is one OF the serious prob
/ lens everywhere.
I The bitter complaint in America to-
/ day is, that the education of the young
is defective We are all learning. =
vast amount OF time is thrown away
] in useless education. Your native
girls, largely educated by charity,
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