The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1902-01-05

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our industries. We should not put all
Of our eggs in one basket. tor u the
basket should tumble and fall we
would lose everything We have
thrown our entire energy into sugar,
because large fortunes have been
made out OF il: but other industries
can be carried on here Man may not
get rich out OF them: but they can
raise hardy sons and industrious
daughters. and grow on this soil a
new population OF healthy and intel
/ ligent men and women. who viii fear
God and do righteousness. / do not
think for example. that coffee should
F be abandoned. In 1897 We exported
f 2Ss,2S pounds OF coffee, valued at
{ ss.s13.ss. in 1s00-1s01 We exported
2.sS0.14s pounds valued at sS12.12S;
and | find that on our export list in
recent years are such articles as ba-
nanas. pineapples. fruits and canned
z fruits. honey and beeswax, and 9th
er things showing a growth OF smaller
industrial enterprises than our sugar
plantations
Need Small Farms.
( We should. therefore. pursue such
policy slowly. gradually. carefully
as will diversity our Industries, as
( will place small farmers in fee sim
pie in the hands of actual settlers. 1t
I is mistake to suppose that this can
not be done, because of past failures
/ in efforts by sugar plantations to es-
/ tablish small farms. These efforts
: have failed for several reasons. the
main one being that the families
brought here could get no fee simple
/ title to the soil, and because the plan
I tations looked out for their own inter
ests both as to water and grinding,
and the small farms suffered in con-
sequence. Let groups of farms gath
er round a cooperative mill, and
there will be success.
Cheap Labor a Menace.
The experience of mankind teaches
that we can not keep up large estates
without cheap labor. and that cheap
labor in whatever form is an incu.
bus upon the body polite, and a men
ace to the prosperity and life of
nation. Knowing this fact from
wide and deep study of the economic
history of the ages. President Roose-
welt wrote these words:
We need every honest and eff
cient immigrant fitted to become
an American citizen, every immi
grant who comes here TO stay,
who brings here strong body.
stout heart a good head. and
resOlute purpose to do his duty
well in every way, and TO bring
up his children as law-abiding and
Gcdfearing members of the COM
munity. But We should aim to
exclude absolutely all persons
who are of low moral tendency
or of unsavory reputation. Final
ly, all persons should be excluded
who are below certain standard
Industrial field as competitors
with American labor. There
should be proper proof of per-
sonal capacity to earn an Ameri-
can living and enough money to
insure decent start under Am
erican conditions. We should al
so protect our labor so far as it is
possible from the presence in this
country OF any laborers brought
over by contract. or of those who,
coming freely, yet represent a
standard of living so depressed
that they can undersell our men
in the labor market and drag
them to a lower level. regard
it as necessary, with this end in
view. to re-enact Immediately the
law excluding Chinese laborers.
and to strengthen it wherever
necessary in order to make its
enforcement entirely effective
In expressing these views. the
President voices what has been the
settled policy OF the nation over
quarter Of century
Faith of the Pilgrims.
And now let us ask. what does the
President mean by the words "our
aim must be to develop the Terri
tory on the traditional American
lines" He meant nothing more nor
7 less than that this new possession.
receiving now for the first time its
baptism of Americanism. should be
brought up in the faith of the Pilgrim
Fathers, the faith OF the Revolution
airy heroes, the faith of the defenders
of the constitution and the Union.
The early settlers in America were
deeply imbued with, the love of lib
erty. and with the belief in the right
OF every community to govern itself.
When this right was challenged. they
fought for it. and secured their indie
pendence. In I776 Jefferson wrote
these immortal words: we hold
these truths to be self-evideut. that
all men are created equal" and he
furth declared rha. f-oya-,-....-