Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-07-15


ceeds Of each holding for the maintenance of the
irrigation systems The country which had fire.
quently been visited by famine and calamity pros
pered under these benifcent changes. For two
thousand years art, science and invention flour
ished with greater activity, perhaps, than has
ever been known in the history Of any other
people in the world. Philosophy became the fad
Of the educated mind and it probably reached
higher ideals than that of any other people. Hav
ing taught themselves to believe that they had
reached perfection the Emperor declared him
self the sacred head of the middle kingdom and
ruler of the world. All progress was then stayed
and China slept mouldering in the 1nusty memo
ries of past glory and philosophy, restrained by
inordinate egotism from further progress for two
thousand years. The war with Japan was rude
awakening. Her impotence invited the aggres-
sons of Russia and Germany, which has been,
to some extent, curbed by the diplomacy of Eng
land. Under the influence of these nations rail-
roads are being built, and China will embrace
Christianity and Western civilization.
What does this portend? Who dares estimate
the potential power of China in the industrial
field? Already the Chinese have proven their
rapid adaptability to Western manners and cus-
toms and grasp of American industries. They
have exhibited such industry and personal econ
on1y that they became a menace to American la
Dor, and it was expedient to exclude them from
further immigration. With Western methods in
troduced into China the Clnaman can compete
with American labor just as we'll from his own
soil if he were in America.
China should not be parttioned Each por-
ton that became an ntregal part of the territory
of any of the civilized Powers would become
menace to its industrial system and the United
States would be put to great disadvantage. I'm
der the rule in diplomacy Of spheres of Unfit
ence," when these spheres are agreed upon, the
integrity of China can be maintained under the
strong hand of the Powers. Individual competi-
ton between the citizens of civilized Powers
must cease within the borders of the nation and
competition made possible only between nation
and nation. In the meantime the "open door"
should be maintained in China. Indeed. this is
vital to the maintenance of American civilization
The Chinese must be kept at a disadvantage by
the loss of energy, not only in individual compe
tition, but in being compelled to compete against
the conserved economy of centralized industry
and commerce.
1t behooves the American people in their cr,,-
SADIE against trusts to be thoughtful and careful
not to legislate them out of existence They will
doubtless require severe measures to curb the
tendency toward greed The trust problem will
solve itself as soon the industrial re-organiza-
ton OF China makes its influence felt from with
out. Then will the farmer be enabled to buy
goods at the lowest minimum of cost plus profit
and the laborer maximum wages for his work
The results OF the conservation of industrial ener-
gy by the Capitalization of capital must event,l-
ally be beneficial to the people at large. 1t is
doubtless the ntuitive realization of the forego-
ing truths that is responsible for the complete and
magical industrial revolution in the United
States and the movement is entirely in the line
OF progress.
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