The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-15
THE ADDRESS.

L
ing was more pertinent to the opinion
of the hour than the remarks upon cor
porations upon the necessity of sup
porting the small proprietor. The small
land holder has ever been looked upon
with kindly eyes by Governor Dole in
the various capacities in which he
served the monarchy, and the indepen-
dent republic, and it was natural that
he should refer to the subject when he
took up the burden of chief executive
OF the Territory of Hawaii. The home
stead legislation of the past is due to
Governor Dole.
The danger from corporations was
clearly shown by the Governor, and
that this danger will be enhanced as
time goes on he made evident. He
showed that the pressing demands of
agricultural corporations for cheap field
labor will continue as in the past to be
an obstacle to the development of such
a citizen population as shall safeguard
the political future of Hawaii These
are bold words, but they show that the
Governor thoroughly understands the
situation and is not afraid to give his
opinion in words.
IT is undoubtedly true that the enter
prizes of commercial demands for labor
and the building up of a citizen popula-
ton are mutually hostile" That the
lone is interested in men as machines,
and the other as factors in the develop
ment of the State" Equally true is it
that the danger and antagonism will
increase "as the control of such corpor-
ations gradually passes into the hands
of those who are without the restrain
ing influences of local and traditional
associations, and are not interested in
the growth of the Hawaiian commune
ty." This is a keynote struck with no
uncertain sound. If there is a danger
1T should be shown to the community,
and there is no one better fitted to point
out the danger than the man who has
been appointed by the President to be
chief executive of the Territory.
Again, the Governor was strong and
unflnching in his views as to the devel-
opment of the Territory upon pure fam
lily life. Pure family life is the basis
of success of any nation. 1t is the pure
family life of the masses which has
made Great Britain and Germany
great. 1t is the pure family life of the
New England States which laid the
foundation of the greatness of the Uni
ted States. Nothing can injure people
of pure family life. Conquest may sweep
over them, but they will remain
Instances of this are innumerable. AS
long as the Roman remained true to
his ideal of home life, Rome remained
great, but when the family ties became
dissolved Roman decadence began, and
ended with the frightful crash of the
fifth century. If the main body of citi-
zens remain true to the traditions of a
pure home life, even the dissoluteness
of the court will not sap it's vitality.
Cromwell and those who thought as he
did impressed their ideal of pure home
life upon the bulk of the British peo-
pie. The ideal may have been rigid and
stern, but it was grand ideal. 1t built
better than it knew. 1t was the Puritan
mass which prevented the dissolute
Charles and his court of tipsy baccha-
nails from running England. 1t was the
Cromwellan ideal which inspired the
founders of the United States, and gave
them great statesmen, great soldiers
and great sailors. The home is the
foundation of a state. 1t is the home
life, and frugality of the French peas
ant and small landed proprietor which
saved France from destruction after the
extravaganza, luxury and vice of the
empire had very nearly wrecked it,
The Governor was therefore but en-
phasizing an incontrovertible truth
when he deprecated any interest stand
ing in the way of the development of
pure family life, Either by the enforce
ment Of unfavorable conditions upon
the field laborer, whereby family life
is made morally impossible, or only i'm
morally possible, or by opposing the
settlement of the small proprietor"
Yet the Governor looks forward to
great Improvement and expansion in
our main industry, and he is correct
in his view. There will, under the Ter
ritorial form Of government be a Won
derful increase in our great agricul-
tural and commercial enterprises. The
fertile soil of the Islands will give us
the one, and superb geographical posi-
tion will give us the other But along
side this expansion the Governor, and
not only the Governor, but every citizen
who has the welfare of the Territory at
heart, desires to see sturdy class of
small proprietors grow up; a people
who will be the backbone of the body
polite. 1t is not the millionaires of the
United States who give it it's greatness,
it is the sturdy population Of small land
holders its population of skilled me-
chanics, each with a little home the
result Of thrift and industry; it is the
schools which educate, free of cost, the
millions Of children who come from