The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-07-08
ANOTHER RACE PROBLEM.
The Multiplication Of Japanese IN Hawaii


the Moro problem in the Philippines
the United States will soon have
Japanese problem in the Hawaiian Is
lands
According to q report on labor con-
ditions in the Hawaiian Islands, just
madc by Commissioner Of Labor Car
roll D. Wright, the Japanese element
in the islands is multiplying SO rapid
ly that in few years, comparatively
speaking, the Iiawaiian-born Japa-
nese- American citizens Of the islands
will outnumbcr the citizens of other
races and will be able to control the
politics Of the territory.
The present population of the is
lands is slightly over 10000 and
majority of the inhabitants are Asia
tics. In 1900 the census showed that
39.G8 per cent Of the inhabitants were
Japanese, 24.43 per cent were Hawaii
ans and persons with an admixturc Of
Hawaiian blood, 1872 per cent were
Caucasians and 1913 per cent were
Chinese AS the death rate among
tho Hawaiians is in excess Of the birth
rate, the people of that race are grad
ually dying out. The application Of
the Chinese exclusion law to Hawaii
ia resulting in decrease in the num-
ber of Chinese in the islands. The
Caucasipns and the japanese are in.
creasipg, but the increase Of the Japa-
nese population is going on at much
more rapid rate than that of the Cau
casi>ns. The fundamental reason for
this is that the sugar planters Of the
islands demand large supply Of cheap
labor. It is almost impossible to get
white American workmen to do the
work on sugar plantations at any
wages. The experiments Of introduc.
ing negro laborers from :ho Southern
States Of the United States and work
men from the island Of Porto Rico
were practically failures.
THE PORTO R1cANs NO GOOD.
In all about five thousand Porto
R:cans were carried to the Hawaiian
Islands. They were very poor speci-
mems physically. Many of them were
taken to the hospitals almost as soon
as they arrived and the death rate
among them was large. They did not
know how to take care Of themselves
and had to be taught how to live in
their new surroundings. They were
morally upset by their long travels
and changed environment, and found
it difficult to acquire the new habits
OF life necessary to their new condi-
tions. So considerable number be-
came strollers and vagabonds, ard, ).
whenever possible, aocked into the
towns. There was much complaint
about them BY the people in Hawaii,
se .heJ were not personally friendly,
a1d were also unpopular on account of
tho number of criminals who acoompa-
MED them. Before their arrival doors
and windows of private residences in
the islands were seldom locked and
property could DO left about uncared
for with perfect security. Despite
their small number relative TO the en-
tire population, they have contributed
large proportion to the inmates of
the prisons in the islands.
NEGROES EVEN WORSE.
Comparatively few Southern ne
groes have been taken to the islands.
1t was found that the men would not
stay on the plantations, but drifted
into the towns, where they found en-
ployment. There were also strong so.
cial reasons for not taking negroes to
the islands. The color line between
the Hawaiians and the Caucasians has
been very loosely drawn. The schools,
churches and society Of Hawaii are
open to both alike, and many of the
leading American and European resi-
dents have intcrmarried with the na-
tives, who aresnot racially allied with
thelncegso;lthough approaching him in
colofs Thus, for political aud social
reason IaWaii public sentiment oon-
sidaFs 1T undesirable that an element
beASd sdEtothe population that would
beN nin time TO disturb the cx-
is:iDgRdppy conditions, and TO create
or emphasize prejudices which are
thought to be unnecessary at this
time.
JAPANESE TyIE BEST WORKERS.
So it has come about that the Ha-
Raiian nlanfera have heen comnallod