The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-21

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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.
I know that whenever a native is
thrifty, and tries to save his money,
and gets nice home, lot Of thrift
less loafers, male and female, at once
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
port these Ioafers? If you would only
tell me, just what these sons ought TO
do 1 would understand the situation.
AS to 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 a condition of things
which inevitably creates social abOmi-
nations, to an extent that is not real
lied 1t is a violation of the laws of
civilization, and makes moral progress
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
be enlarged upon now.
No doubt it is very serious error
to educate the girls to a desire to live
in a style which is beyond the means
of the average native, unless some
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.
The bitter complaint in America to-
day is, that the education of the young
is defective. We are all learning. A
vast amount of time is thrown away
in useless education. Your native
girls. largely educated by charity,
have no right, I believe, to complains
that they are any worse off than nun
dreds of thousands of American girls,
when they are not. The mistakes OF
the missionaries, and the 'sons" are
the same as those made in the most
enlightened countries. All we can do
is to correct mistakes as rapidly as
possible.
Your charge that the Asiatics are
crowding out the needle women is to
some extent true, but I am told that
a really skilfull and industrious Ha-
waiian needle woman can find abund-
ance of work. But trifies are not
wanted. Young native women who
are educated and mean to marry
some haole who will keep cook
| are not specially wanted. You know
! the reason why.
1 think you are honest in your be-
! lief that the sons are largely re-
| sponsibIe for the presence of the ASIA
! tics. But if you will look over the tax
! lists. you will find that these sons
do not own a tenth of the property
here, and very few of them are rich
1t was your own King Kalakaua, that
negotiated the introduction of the Jap
anese into these Islands. And when
he put that adventurer Moreno into
his Cabinet in 1881, it was because
that adventurer proposed an immigra
ton of $4,000 Chinese, and big loaI
from China. The haole with the ait
of the ''sons" stopped it by threats.
So YOU must not charge the sons
with creating your troubles. You viii
find, if you look closely, that tn
baoles who have married natives, AM
the part natives and the natives them
| hcTn
natives especially are willing to rem
their land to them, and live in town o.
the rents received. Can the sons
prevent it? The natives seem to los
money like other races and have neve
hesftated to get it from any source.
/ do not say that the sons or tn
better class of haoles, have discharge
their whole duty to the natives. Blu
YOU cannot find in any part of tn
world. an instance of greater, NOR
J continuous, or generous charity tina
that of the stronger to the weake
race. on these Islands, during the las
sixtv wears. | know the majority {
the natives would today be willing
be treated as paupers, and be SUI
ported at the public expense. But
would be a misfortune to them
treat them so. The greatest good, i
my opinion that could be done fc
them, would be encourage them to g
back upon the land, and raise the
own food. But will they do it? Ce1
tainIy not The President of the RI
Dubhs has romantic attachment IL
4 the native race. But he finds that
. is not the natives that desire land O
| Hawaii b1It the other races. Even
Kona when they may easily raise the
own supplies, and cultivate coffee, an
. the women might be relieved of pres
ing wants, they refuse to take up Ian
but flock to the city.
So long as there is an abundant
Of good land to be had by the native
almost for the asking, on Hawaii an
elsewhere. the Asiatfcs cannot crow
the natives. The sons and daughter
= too of the missionaries have been a
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