The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-09-16

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asHamUi .r afraid I0 unfold The lio-
Publican ratiy save hputs tn 900, land.
Ieas il.ulh DEMOCRACY voted SOL M
gave freedom tn tHH slave though
DemU.m,F so o. save uuc 1ae Oh
history to humanity ana Goo hope
"uItn.ui H strip" ,rUF.l Hr polluted or
n einr'r f.ur uhe.uIpd though Demo-
yHyy voted SO o. gave tHp Conf'dpr-
ate debt 90 the waste baskets of
finance. though Democracy voted No'
Il drove the free trade wolves uf
Poverty and Hunger away from the
workers door. though Democracy voted
NO. applause
Ana today tails great proud. free.
prosperous nation owes It's prosperity.
rs freedom. l.s greatness and It's power
to the success of Republican policies
and the wisdom OF Republican states
men.
Permit me In conclusion 10 offer a few
AA'hrAAAE ~ 'fNAAi'NAa 'AA " AAA at l'AA
tics,
THE LABOR PROBLEM.
II is the laudable desire OF all good
citizens to develop here robust Ameri-
can civilization. This can only be done
by developing a foundation OF Ameri-
can industries. on which shall be build
I'd a superstructure of American homes.
The great Napoleon said that an army
nj 10 q
true of the Industrial as Of the military
army. American civilization depends
upon the bread and butter supplies of
the civilizers You cannot induce AN
American to come here or stay here un-
less he can earn something. In order
to earn he must have work to do, and
somebody to pay him for doing II. II
you foster a policy that will destroy or
cripple the sugar industry of these ISL
ards. all other industries Will fall with
it, for all other industries are depend
ent upon H.. 1t is beating the air with
vain words to say that 1t is bette" to
have an American community, than TO
have industrial prosperity, for If your
industrial prosperity is destroyed, you
viii not nave an American or any other
kind Of community. ne American
who journeys here from the Mainland
will not be content to sit in idleness
and hunger, and drape the stars and
stripes around his empty dinner table
When he cannot find job he will find
a ship to take him where he can obtain
a job. CApplause)
The sugar industry depends for its
success upon a kind of cheap labor
which no American ever consented to
undertake, and which | hope 10 God
no American will ever be compelled to
perform. / is dirty, disagreeable, SER
vile labor. The Portuguese work opt of
it in few years; the Porto Ricans
shirk out of ii in IA few months; the
japanese drop it as soon as they can
find other employment and the Hawai-
ians who labor cheerfully in the taro
fields, and in the shops where they soon
become skilful mechanics, draw the line
at the plantations, and will live on poi
and raw fish rather than work in them
Cries of That's 500
CHINESE LABOR.
Only the patient, Industrious, unam-
bilious Chinese are satisfied to work
in the cane fields. AS / have said else
where, in the cultivation Of sugar the
man with the hoe ought to be the man
with the queue Congress which is su
preme In territory, can so modify the
exclusion law as to admit to these ISL
ands, as agricultural laborers only,
thirty thousand to fifty thousand Chi
nese and SO save Hawaii from ruin
The law can be so framed as to exclude
them from any labor except in the SUI
gar and rice fields. Their presence will
not harm American mechanics On the
contrary, they will create values that
will give we'll paid employment to
American mechanics. (Applnn..i
n Is not impossible ! think to secure
the passage of such law. If the Sena-
tors and Representative from the Pa
cific States will favor 1t, it can be pass
ed. They will favor 1t surely If their
constituents desire 1t. If i were con-
Quoting campaign for the sugar plan
ters / would appeal unto Caesar. ]
would try to touch Caesars pocket
nerve. / would go directly to the labor
organizations of the Mainland and cali
their attention to the fact that the ex-
ports and imports of San Francisco and
Portland and Seattle to these Islands
are in excess of their trade with all
trans-Paoific ports combined. Millions
of dollars worth Of goods manufactured
by California and Oregon and Wash
ington mechanics are sold in Hawaii.
Thousands of coast laborers are en-
ployed in transporting and handling
Hawaiian products. If the sugar in
dustry is destroyed it will mean loss OF
employment to American workers on
the Mainland, ana ii will be crippled if
not destroyed ultimately unless the
plantations can be supplied with Chi
nese laborers. Chinese allowed to come
here for agricultural labor can be ex-
cluded from any other kina of labor,
and excluded altogether from the Main
land. 1t is clearly to the interest of
Pacific Coast workmen to favor the
passage of such law. (Applause)
And If / had my way l would make
such a modification of the Chinese ex-
clusion law exceedingly popular, by
proposing TO so change treaties and
laws as to place japanese and Chinese
on an equal basis. American workers