Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-22
If forms Of worship among their Asiatic
employees.
Moral influences Of Priests.

Moral Influence Of Priests.
'The moral and social influence of the
priests among the laborers Is thought to
be good But cases are reported where
buddhist committees have been at work
using their moral influence and even. 1t Is
said. employing a form Of boycott. to force
Christian Japanese to send their children
to Buddhist schools and to rehounce their
adopted form OF worship. Aside from
their religion. patriotism alone Is a potent
influence in keeping the Japanese loyal to
operate and make considerable sacrifices
to maintain schools where their children
can be taught in their mother tongue and
in accordance with the customs and be-
hefs Of Japan.
Favor Chinese Labor.
''The planting interests have usually,
though not unanimously. been in favor of
Chinese labor An ideal situation In the
eyes OF most managers would be to have
force of unskilled employees divided
about equally between the two oriental
nationalities If confined to either one OF
the two. probably majority would prefer
the Chinese, partly because they still re-
tain lively recollection of their difficult
ties with the Japanese at the time of an
nexation. The two peoples. in spite of their
kinship have marked disstmilaritieS. The
Chinaman Is usually the more steady and
reliable but the less energetic laborer Of
the two. and is preferred for irrigation and
cane cutting.
Japanese Has Greater Strength.
THE Japanese has greater physical
strength. and is the better man for load
ing or for general roustabout work in the
MILL He is more frequently seen with a
team than is the Chinaman. He Is more
clearly about his person and tidy about
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readily all the superficial tokens OF eau
casian civilization. He wears European
clothing. carries a watch and seeks most
eagerly for variety in life. He Is constantly
new trades. He represents the radical.
the Chinaman the conservative, side OF
oriental character. His white employers
consider him mercurial. superficial and
untrustworthy in business matters. His
vices more occidental than those of
the Chinese. He does not fall a victim to
opium or the unnatural practices of the
later, but Is fond of intoxicants- Partly
on account of his religion he is usually kind
to animals and largely vegetarian in his
diet.
Wholesome Food Needed.
when the Japanese first began to ar
rive In the country one Of the difficulties
employers experienced was to persuade
them to eat enough wholesome and
Notwithstanding food to do fair days
work The Chinaman Is said by planters
to spend half again as much for his pro-
not unusually Is to be seen tramping home
to his quarters with a canvas-wrapped
ham on his shoulder. In matters OF bust
ness honor the Chinaman is considered
vastly more reliable. He seldom deserts
a contract. even though he lose heavily,
while Japanese will walk OF and leave
a manager in the lurch If he falls to get
what he considers profitable bargain.
H,,of Of
who had dealt with the Chinese for thirty
one years. buying rice from them and ad-
vancing them money on crop loans and
mortgages. stated that he had never lost
cent through their dishonesty or had one
OF them fail to keep his side Of an agree
ment fairly entered into or attempt to
evade a business promise. They are also
said to be constant In their domestic rela-
lions and to bring up their families with
strict regard for their own ethical ideas.
They have less national sentiment than the
japanese. and number of them have set
tied and made permanent homes In the
islands, where their children, either pure
Chinese or mixed Chinese and Hawaiian.
form small but constantly growing ele-
ment of the population.
In Evening Dress.
1.-THE Americanized Chinaman contributes
a not unimportant element to the Hawaiian
people. and there are Indications that he
Will stand on certain social parity with
the Caucasians Young Chinese are occa-
sionally seen in evening dress at balls and
receptions where whites predominant.
When they adopt an American manner OF
life they soon cease to be depressing fac
tor in the labor market.
''Those best qualified to speak Of the
Hawaiian Chinese state that they are rapid
1y acquiring the habits and tastes Of Amer
lean working people, and demand the same
standards Of living. Many of those who
make but temporary sojourn in the is
lands carry back with them to China pack
ing cases full of American lamps. clocks.
tools and Implements. sewing machines. and
other novelties and conveniences Of various
kinds, knowledge of which they often in
troduce for the first time to the remoter
parts Of their own country. Some of them
return to build and furnish homes, like
those of the Americans, in their native
villages. The circulation of oriental labor
through Hawaii has been a potent but
little-heeded influence in extending famil-
iarity with western civilization and a de-