The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-09-08

gressional bill admitting limited num-
Der OF Chinese to Hawaii for linz
tied time and for a limited purpose.
Following Is the argument which he
will submit with 1t:
The objections of many citizens of
the United states to Chinese immigra- |
ton Is well understood especially of
residents of some of the states and |
Territories west of the Rocky noun |
tains vet in the face OF these obiec- |
tions the writer. who believes In the
fairness of Americans to listen To rea-
son, would dare make proposition for
the enactment of Il law permitting n
limited Chinese immigration TO the
Territory of Hawaii. AS Congress has
already made special legislation where
by the Chinese of the Territory are
prohibited from going to the mainland
it has the same power to make SPECIAL
legislation permitting Chinese to come
to Hawaii and such coming could III
nowise conflict with the laporinE ele-
ment on the mainland.
The Territory of Hawaii has n locus
and history peculiar to itself and diff
fers in every respect from that of the
States and Territories carved out OF
the part of the Union west of the
Mississippi An isolated group of ISL
ands, 1000 miles remote from the main
land and lying wholly within the trop-
les, and one too in which the aboriginal
inhabitants have steadily diminished
from the time of its discovery by CAPT.
Cook in 1916, 1t has indeed its peculiar
necessities in regard to desirable popu-
Ilation to develop its resources.
In olden time, when the Islands were
] ,,,l,n tnI nd
needed to supply foodstuffs and other
necessities of human life there was
, still much land which was valueless to
the people in that 1t was marsh or salty
soil. Gradually as the aborigines dimi-
nished in number more land was ADAM
doned The introduction of cattle from
the mainland. while opening a new IN
dustry had the effect OF killing off the
forests and destroying the natural
rainfall causing the area of irrigated
arabic land to farther shrink.
The whaling industry and the Cali
, fornia excitement of 40 had the dou-
i BILE effect of taking off many of the
l. male Hawaiians and drawing the pop-
e ulation into centers. Thus. much OF
I the land lay idle and the aboriginal
: population, through epidemics and 9th
err causes, had fearfully diminished
= In the first two decades of the EAST
century n trade with China had beer
established and n few Chinese came
s on the returning Hawaiian vessels
These recognized the adaptability OF
the climate and soil for rice culture anc
J. on reporting the conditions to thei
countrymen more followed. Finally
when the sugar industry superseded
the whaling trade and gradually as
sumed such proportions that n sum
L cheney of native labor was not obtain
T. able the Chinaman volunteered to tak'
d his place, to the great advantage o
n those who had invested their capita
in sugar. In the meanwhile he had re
claimed much land from the sea, hat
converted marshy land into ric
60 patches. and had utilized much of tn
abandoned taro land and rendered al
productive, and. rent and tax produc
ing.
OTHER IMMIGRANTS.
Thus we find that the Chinaman ha
been a very useful factor in maintain
ing and developing the resources o
the country. He wax not however tn
ideal immigrant in that no Chinama
ever left Cathay with the intention @
making his permanent home in for
62 eign land, at least such a Chinama
would be n rara avis.
To supply the place of the defunc
aborigine, as political factors, 1t be
came necessary to look to other land
for recruits and the late Hawaiia
government spent much money an
solicitude in vain attempts to obtai
true immigrants from many parts c
- the world 1t is unnecessary to her
% recite the attempts to secure South Sc
Islanders, Portuguese. Norwegian
Germans, negroes from the South, POI
to Ricans etc. which have proven a
expensive as abortive. To secure la
borers for the development OF the cour
try 1t appeared equally difficult unit
treaty with Japan was established
the result of which proved the undoin
of Hawaii. Owing to British law
which prohibited the departing of CHI
nese from Hongkong or any port !
China, within two hundred miles there
of, in British bottoms, under contrac
laborers from China We're unobtainabl
Thus the Japanese began to flood til
country in such numbers that it wa
feared they might attempt to conve
Hawaii into n colony of the empire
Japan At this time an arrangemer
was made whereby Chinese lahore
might come, without contract, and {
an offset over seven thousand Chini
men were introduced These howev
were not immigrants in one sense
that they were all males and were vi
der agreement to depart in three year
whereas n proportion of the Japane
consisted Of families. This fear
jealousy of the possible intent OF Il
Japanese was the prime cause of Il
tender by the government OF anne
alton OF Hawaii to the United Stat
and which tender was ultimately a
cepted 1t was the determination
the Caucasian residents that II Hawa
must lose its independence 1t shou
not become vassal OF any nation bl
the one, America. which had done
much towards civiliZing, Christiani
ing and making Hawaii one OF the nj
lions of the globe. Thus the attem
of the government to repopulate Il
Islands was the cause of the loss of h
Independence, or rather her gain in b
coming one of that great family
Stntes and Territories denOminated III