The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-04-05

take care Of his wife and children On
plantation wages, We simply give in re-
5oirte- the comment oss Po--usues
made yesterday On his letter: 80 can
NJ. Lowrse take care or his vile and
children On plantation wages and -
can Mr.. Davies CT Mr.. Arherton. II they
are forced to-
N-- Lowrte asks Il We are engaged in
-ntsn politics Yes exactly 80. very
high politics.
The Eva plantation with It's slO0e.-
o1o o. capital and The other planJa-
-5on with $4,000 900 must Be protected
by sone body OF men Who viii pass
the laws. both domestic and trts-r&-
ional, that make or bresk plantations,
Some Of u here are asking the ques-
ton. who VIII prOoect this capt,al2 who
VIII make these lawS2 who viii elect
legislators who VIII maintain law and
o-dsr2
NJ. Low-ts knows that the dominant
party here has earnestly asked the
Urt-e6 States 90 annex the Islands, On
the ground tha1 We, the AngIo-Saxons-
cannot stand alone" As the United
States seems unwilling 70 annex 81 pre-
sent. and We must ind assistance
among our OWL people, If 1t Is possible,
We turn TO the better class OF POrru-
Euese among Us. because they are near
s-s 10 Us. On The racial lines. and be
cause We have. so far. not brought into
these Islands any large number Of our
oz-r race. But Of the 1900 males on
the Islands. there are les than three
psr cent. Of them who on racial lines.
believe il American civilization here.
Tie high politics that Mr. Lowrie
snee-z ST. Is the politics which shall. i
possible, increase the small percentage,
BY adding men. who viii so synpa-
rhize with this civilization that It viii
join in making guod government for
the country If Mr. Lowrte believes It
can Dc sucured from Portuguese Or any
other Labores who are merely tenants
OF plantations. homeless with 10 stake
I II the soil he has got 70 find out that
| It Is this very class IN the United States
/ that creates disturbances. and breds
uonuunisrs and anarchists, and strik-
IS at capital The Government now in
power. and It's friends eagerly desire TO
/. do away with the cold steel" that now
stands behind IL Il must have 3 farm
81 class. Z class owning the land and
. loving Il who viii be large enough 70
maintain stability when the 81 PER cent
entanger IL The Government knows
that the Eva plantation can only be
protected from destructive legislation
. By such & class.
We know that the prevailing feeling
among the intelligent PortugsSe IS that
( they cannot compete with the Asiaries,
IN any pursuit, and that the Asfatic
standard Of wages in the cane field viii
be the standard II general
Il Is the purpose OF high politics
70 prevent this growing discomfort
among the Portuguese and American
Lzborers. BY creating conditions which
will If possible. avoid undue friction.
High politics bangs, not on what Mr.
Lovrte thinks, but on what the intel
Lgeut Portuguese think. because what
they viii do here IS their affair, and
not Mr.. LoErte's evidently. so far, they
. DO lot follow the example Of lLr. Low
RES nine men, and We cannot make
them But the three per cents. or
AngIo-Saxons must IN some way bring
them into line, or they viii line up on
the other side, and make the laws and
taxes which govern all plantations very
undesirable. This case Of the three per
cents. against the 81 Per cents. exists
without, as Mr.. Lovrie says, being our
-seIf-uade difficulty" Facts are stub
born things, Is he says. and the fact
that only 1862 free POrtugese Iaborers,
out Of total Of 15,151 Portuguese peo-
PIE are On the plantations are especially
stubborn things. and the reasons why
they are not there are equally stubborn
facts We need not only high poll
tics but the highest politics in order
70 get out OF state OF things which
American Senator's who oppose Us say.
IS the very reason the United States
must not handle this Hawaiian affair.
THE EDITORl.