The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-24
IS WHITE PLANTATION LABOR
PRACT ICAL IN HAWAII?
by NigEo Jacobsen.

waiian policy. as foreshad"wed in his
message L. Congress. has become. OF a
necessity. the aU-absorbing topic Of the
hour. say of a necessity. because I
take the stand Of the overwhelming
majority of Intelligent Islanders in
maintaining that this is sugar coun-
try, that nature has obviously SO or
dained il. and that the material vel
fare of every man. woman or child ~
Hawaii. Of high or low degree and in
whatsoever walk of life. is more OF less
involved in the prosperity Of that in
dustry- Any one who does not concede
this much. will find nothing To interest
him in this article and need proceed
no further.
1t is not my purpose 10 inhict upon
the patient reader a dimusive expose of
my personal views in the present crisis
It's true that I 10 not own a dollars
worth Of sugar stock. It's also true
that while / have been close observer
Of local events uninterruptedly for
thirteen years. ] have always consist
emily refrained from any participation
in politics. Logically. therefore, / am
probably as able To form an unbiased
opinion as my neighbor. / may . e.
think il no treason to suppose that
President Roosevelt is not infallihle:
that il is no reflection upon Il man Of
his brilliant attachments and record to
say that. n may be insufticientIy in
formed as To the unique local cDndi-
lions. SO that had he fully known them
that portion Of his message dealing
with Hawaiian affairs would possibly
have read somewhat differently. l may
agree with Mr.. Thomas Fitch in saying
that American Imperialism is only in
its experimental stage anyway. and
that the United States may yet reCog-
nize. as did Great britain a century
ago. that the policies suited 10 an
ocean bound country. inhabited by a
homogeneous people. may Ice altogether
unsuited To a country of mixed races
beyond the seas" Au Contraire. I may
equally agree with the Advertiser cor
respondent who over the nom-de-plume
Of civil Engineer scores strong
point when he asserts that we have
failed hitherto in realizing what
very small factor these islands cut in
the general political economy of the
United States even though l might
not bring myself 70 believe mat the
President would deliberately sacrihce
great ana thriving industry by making
the chinese exclusion act ana the gen
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