The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-15

The arbitrary denial of the franchise
and consequent representation to these.
places upon the rest of the community
whether as voters, legislators. the courts,
or the Executive-the consideration of the
In terestS of these unrepreSented persons.
Neglect of this obligation would not only
be an injustice to them but would inevi-
tably menace the welfare OF all.
AS a corrective to race prejudice, our
educational system reaches all children
of whatever nationality. The Chinese
part of the day or night. but he must
take up his English lessons in regular
school hours. AS a result the boys of
compete with each other in their school
room work and play ball together on the
playground. BY the time they are grown
! 1s melted away.
] Tho pressing demands of agricultural
corporations for cheap field labor, to;
t gether with their great Influence. will
continue as in the past to be an OBJ
stacie to the development of such citi-
political P' future as of s Hawaii. The two two
+, enterprises are mutually hostile. The
one Is interested in men and machines;
the other as factors In the development
OF the State.
/ AS the control of such corporations
gradually passes into the hands of those
who are without the restraining inf1u-
ences of local and traditional associa-
tons, and are not interested in the So
cial growth Of the Hawaiian community.
ing than heretofore.
All vitality Interested.
Every one who Is resident here. not
merely to amass wealth, but to live a
home life and perhaps to bring up chill
dren who will necessarily become attach
ed to the country, it's climate and it's so
cial life, is most vitality Interested in hav-
ing this matter rightly solved. This
means that IL shall not only be possible
but settled beyond all question, that no
moneyed interest shall be allowed 10
; a pure family life In any part of the
Territory of Hawaii: either by the en-
forcement of unfavorable conditions up
is made morally impossible or only inn
morally possible, or by opposing the set
Element OF the small proprietor; indiffer-
ence of government or employers to the
inalenable rights of men. women and
. children to ideal home environment
must result, sooner or later in the re-
Our shores and mountain slopes offer a
fertile soil and an infinite variety OF
homes of such citizens and enough OF
, them shall assure honest and capable
government and statehood in due time
The land policy of the Republic of Ha-
vail, whereby public lands are opened
, for settlement in small holdings should
BE- continued by the Territory with such
changes as experience has shown TO be
necessary, and carried on with vigor ana
! es carr in the hope that many Amer,
, , from the Mainland to Hawaii
: Future to Work For.
This future is something to work for
wisely and persistently. Business il
: shortsighted and win not strive for the
: ideal result unless 1t pays to do so. Lei
5 ~ mat TIT 1t VII pay to do this
! and in the meantime let the citizen anC
: ms representative aim to prevent enter
prise from doing the least thing against
the interests of the body polite.
, Two other great enterprises will espe
: ciailg enlist the thought and energy o.
the Territory-the Improvement and ex
: tension of highways in measure con
r sonant with prospective needs: and the
r creation of municipalities. This will re
r quire the profoundest study and an hon
est public spirit, that such government
= may perform useful service and not be
! come. sources of civil corruption ant
: thereby oppressive to those within theii
7, jurisdictions
. A happy feature of our late period o.
civil dissension was the usual survival o.
q friendly relations between individuals o.
/ divergent political opinions and conse
i quent public action. Few friendships
: lations disturbed. Mindful of this, l fee
the utmost confidence in calling upon al
r OF whatever name or opinion, to allow
:. the political irritations of recent years tC
q disappear in the shadows of the past
and, turning to the future, to join hands
in the creation of an ideal commonwealth
out of our complex conditions.
Outlook Excellent.
q Our outlook is most suspicious. The
= shores and islands of the great Pacific
: ocean have already become the theater Of
8 drama, the successive acts of which
will affect the mutual relations of the ma
t lions of the world.
The great Powers are massing their
: forces in this ocean for the protection
: and development of their commerce anC
the promotion of national prestige.
r Hawaii Is the one mid-ocean refuge oi
the north Pacific-a halfway house
2 where all passers-by must stop for re-
= treatment
A stately procession Of ships carries
= our products around the stormy Cape to
, the Atlantic shores of the United States