Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-17

WASHINGTON, Jau. G.-Governor Tart
has the following 20 ETY. in his annual
report concerning the admission OF
Chinese laborers into the Philippines:
"The complaint OF the american and
foreign merchants Il. tDesc islands that
the labor to be had here Is altogether
inadequate has 1ecurC acute, and the
chambers of commerce representing
American, Sapiish. English, Ger.'an
and other foreign interests have sent
representatives to the United States
TO invite an amrndm,n mt to the present
Congressional le gislad, II which extends
the Chinese exclusion at of the United
states to these islands, on the ground
that It Is necessary TO admit Chinese
Tor the business development of this
country.
ION the other hand, Il Is quite APP
parent from the declarations Of the
Federal party and otncr political or.
sanizations in tre Philippines, and
from the vigorous muiIfesto of the only
labor organization in TIL islands, that
there will be mich oppt sitton on the
rart of the Filiomos TO the further ad.
mission of Chinese. That this Qpposi-
ton has been cnie1y die u the COM
petition which the Chinese have Offer
ed in the matter of sores and trading
Is obvious to ony one wno has looked
into the question; JUt IL would be un.
wise to infer from trs that the intro
duction of Chinese as llborers here
would not be very uuIrpular policy
en- the part of the GcN eminent.
1.-THE Chinese lahorsr becomes
merchant with;n year or two aftei
lie reaches these islanGs and then be-
gins the competition With the Philip.
plue tradesmen, which in the end
drives the Filipino on. of business.
Were there unlimited Chinese immt
grafton into these IsiinG, | 40 not
doubt that the tendency would De to
relegate the Filipl"J 90 the position
which the May occupies IN. the
Straits Settlements. Moot of the ave
nues OF business woa.d be commanded
by Chinese as they now are in Singa'
pore and the Straits Settlements. and
the islands would ultimately become
rather a Chinese county than Fill
Pine country. At j. doubtless true that
were the doors opened and Chinese al
lowed to come in freely II would te.d
toward much more commercial and In
dustrial DEVELOPMENT OF these islands
that We are now hkc,y t. have; but in
this respect think The merchants and
~ ss.# ~ no .
ed in the trend which affairs would
take.
at has not been possible in Borneo
TO introduce Chinese into the fields; he
has declined 10 become farmer or
farm labOTer in lhaL Island, and as the
Conditions are very SIN liar to those
which prevail here we may expect the
same result. Their, are today, al
though there my be 100000 Chinese
in the islands, but very few engaged
either in farming or in laboring upon
farms. The attention 0 the Chinese
IS given either 10 coo!le labor or skilled
labor in the cities y" to the tending OF
stores and TO commercial business. II
is quite possible that the admission oil
Chinese would redIce the wages oil
the stevedores, Of domestic servants
and of coolies IN the cities, but there
is grave reason for dorbting how eff
Client the Chinese NAY be in carrying
on farming operation.
From a political standpoint the un
limited introduction Of Chinese into
these islands would be great mistake
| believe the objection on the part o
The Filipinos to suca u course to be en-
tirely logical aad ju y!fied. The devel
opment of these islands by Chimes
would be at the expense OF the Fill
pinos, and they may very well resen