The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-18
FIGHT FOR EXCLUSION.


lacking in it. This is the spirit of di
rectness. While the greatest danger
for those who advocated the admission
of the Chinese in greater number and
}, in wider class than the student and
traveller laid in the Lodge bill. which
merely re-enacted the Geary law foI
! indefinite period. the coast men, fear
I ing perhaps that it would be unwise 10
lose their place as leaders in the fight
or maybe from political reasons. began
TO out Herod Herod, and drew a bill
which for its many provisions may we'll
be termed remarkable.
Reference has been made to its clear
ly unconstitutional provision that the
children of Chinese born, for instance,
in Hawaii. should not travel freely
| among the States. and to the breadth
which was sought TO be. given in the
powers of the officials who should have
| the administration of the law. All of
! these attempts to make the law air
! tight have had the result of making the
general public fearful of the results if
| the bill should pass, and the members
from other than the immediate Western
States, rather more critical of the en-
tire policy.
To add TO the feeling of discomfort
at being made parties to such seem 1
ingly unnecessary legislation, for the
East does not comprehend as the Cali
fornian seems to believe, that Ameri- |
can institutions are in danger from the )
coming into the country of residents
who will never be citizens, Congress-
men from the Eastern States now see
that the Chamber of Commerce and
the Merchants Exchange of the West
ern metropolis, representative of the
c+r hrr-f -ief, {Lof
the merchant class of the Oriental pop
ulations be permitted to freely enter
the country. The direct result of this
will be without doubt that the lines
will be broken and there is reason to
believe that there will be failure to re-
enact the exclusion law during the
present session of Congress.
1t would appear that there are pow
erful interests which have not shown
their hands above the surface, which E
are at work to prevent the enactment g
If such stringent legislation as is pro- 2
posed. What are these elements is not Y
clearly apparent at this distance, but r
t is safe to say that not the least of C
hem are the sugar trust and the h
leavy investors in Cuban plantations
Who see the signs of the times in the t
Sewlands resolution, providing for the il
'uba are somewhat like they are here b
here must be field labor, a class of d
IorkerS who do not look to a tomorrow q,
f shopkeeping or independent farming. W
his class cannot come from Ameri-, T,
ans; the people of our country will
ever be content to work year in and n
ear out, with the same hoe and over N
ne same furrow. There must be drawn
} fields which would be made to pro-
uce tropical crops a labor which is
0ntent to strive and save knowing
lat the day of respite is not tomorrow
ut some time in an unpioneered flu pa
Ire. of
Should Cuba come into the United M,
-ates there would result such restric- n,
on of labor that there would be an in di.
ant diminution of product, and sa
sses which would exceed any shrink i'm
&c in values suffered here. The de- lai
,lopment of the new estates, planned n IN
T that country, will have little of III
'ccess if there is not to be full sup IA,
Y of workers in, the fields. IAN
1t is question how long the labor co,
lions of the States will be able to est
animate the farmers. With the de- the
lopment of the Middle West, partfc- ed
arly in the raising of sugar beets Dy
ere comes a new demand for field la
IT. This is not being met and the re- or.
1t will be in the near future an in Low
eased rebellion against the yellow the
ar which seems to possess the me- reg
anic when the yellow peril comes into '
discussion. The field laborer has been vii
more than a generation the incom- WI
= -. tt, ~ WI oA ent
age and knowledge of the country. sid
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to the shops. The demand is for la are
+ which will stay on the farm, and bet
is seems to be possible only when abe
2 Chinese or Japanese coolie is per- 1oll
tied to take up the vacant places
As to the action of the San Francisco 81,
erchants there seems every reason to &C
lleVe that for once the words of Min bre
er Wa have had a great effect. the
hen that astute Oriental lawyer said
at the Chinese would retaliate if ]
ere was an exclusion bill passed, he anc
ew just what would touch the heart deg
'ated in the pocket. of the merchant a
the seaport city. What with doub- IL t.ie
& of Oriental trade in a decade. San y
ancisco cannot face with equanfrnity
retaliation policy. The anti-Chinese y
pers and orators say that the trade "a
5 grown in spite of the exclusion law. mo-
It the powers have forced China to Ma
come modern in ideas and practice Kill
50 far as they have the power Then larC
= powers must be prepared to wrestIa son
tn the giant awakened by their
'ws. Altogether there promises to be h
very lively fight before the end arr al,
mes, and the breach in the front of .nr'
: Californians, will surely result in a
akening of the influence of the West T..
the struggle to keep the doors clos
against the man with the cue. who ii
nts 70 take up the hoe. IL
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