The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-11-26

false The question comes 20 ose
uir5. Do these wealthy people actn-
ally intend 70 make Hawaii their
hore for themselves ard children. OF
ara they by misrepresentation and
under the cloak OF religion simply
making = temporary home until thsy
have drained the lat drop from the
b dies and souls OF these Islands ara
then remove 70 distant lands 20 enjoy
their flEgutrea gains II locate here
an / leaving an Inheritance 20 nv
children which Christ would have ne
leave or an placing them n = eoaa
tn soon to be oyerrun with vice. con
ficting religions, ignorance and q
mougTsl community, from which
they can never h Pc 70 escape unless
thew leave all they have behind
them2
The solution Of the labor question
in the mind OF the writer. evolves IL
self into this You have your ORR
entail laborers already on these Isl
auds You claim you cannot do
without them and even need more
Place the Oriental in the cane fields
where he belongs. and where yCu
seem so anxious that the Congress of
the United States should imagine he
: emploved- Place YOUR machinery
in the hands Of American machiuists;
~our carpenter work with American
carpenters Your book-keepers. time
keepers. Iunas. and all OF your skilled
aborers should be American people
Offer them homes b. themselves, and
wages on which they can live. Do
not require that their children must
live among the classes now EMPLOYED.
and give them what America stands
for-public schools and a free fire
side And with all DO not forget that
the term American citizen covers
many nationalities, under one and the
same flag. and all loyal TO its stars
and stripes.
We all know that the American
workman makes his home where he
works. spends his money where he
earns it, and honors his country and
its flag Although the rich few may
not directly receive each quarter the
great dividends which have been add
ed to their treasures. vet less money
will be paid out in the prevention OF
disease and crime. taxable property
will be increased and Hawaii made q
home of which we can all be proud.
On the other hand, continue the en-
ployment of Oriental labor, and what
will be the result? The wages paid
go to Japan and China in hard gold
coin. Taxable property is decreased
and the money market constantly
tight on account of the constant drain
TO the Orient: Hawaiian homes be
come the novels we see about us; our
children are contaminated aud the
morality of the country and its laws
set at naught The churches give
place to lighthouses and places Of
vice. Soon capital will refuse to 10
cate with us on account of the I'M
settled condition of affairs. We can
receive no favorable legislation from
the States as the great labor organ
izations are against us, as we'll as the
Christian people of the States. who at
last have discovered the true meaning
of our piety.
Instead of Hawaii becoming the
bright spot on the map of the Ameri-
can nation. where we can point with
pride to the American homes, and
where labor works hand in hand with
capital we see a blot. whose blackness
is scarcely equaled by that of the
former slave States.
| see some of our people are max
ing great efforts against the saloons
of the Islands. and calling the same
the greatest evil of the land. This
may be true. and | would be the last
to knowingly place a stumbling block
in the way of this movement, if it is
done for the purpose indicated. The
anti-saloon advocates claim that the
saloon-keeper is destroying the coun-
try. running our children. increasing
the taxes. driving capital from the
land, and making Hawaii place unfit
for the homes of our children. Sup
pose we grant all this. and il so he
is a monster that should be removed
at the same time permit me to ask a
few questions.
Is this movement what it represents
itself to be. or is it cloak to cover
| a blacker or equally as black a sin?
Is it love of country and humanity
that prompts this action, or is it be
cause the dividends are going into the
NTOnS pCChetS
Is the traffic carried on in violation
of the laws of the land and against
the flag?
Can the man who takes up arms
against this business do so with clean
hand and a pure heart, believing be
fore his Maker that he is guiltless and
| can throw the first stone?
| make no charges; simply ask. if
in answering the above questions. car
anyone place the plantation manager
and his agents on a higher level OF
morality than the saloon-keeper if tbs
| former and his advisers further the
importation and use of Oriental labor
| TO the exclusion of white?
Is il less sinful for the member oil
the church to engage in keeping a
| saloon. from which he derives rev
enue from a legalized business than
for the plantation manager and the
several stockholders to engage in an
| Illegal business consisting of the i'm
portation OF an element among us no
less injurious than the results of King
Alcohol
Is the money any less blood mon
ey" received as dividend from plan
tations under the present condition
than that received from the liquor
traffic.