The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-07
BURTON UNDISMAYED

WASHINGTON December Ex-senator Burton of Kansas
ht that he will again offer his amendment admit Chinese
into Hawaii agricultural laborer After subcommittee
has made its report of Hawaiian conditions shall that
amendment either to the immigration bill other said
Burton.
81 am satisfied the whole committee will favor my amendment
Senator Mitchell in the debate my amendment admitted that
great industrial and financial depression exists in the islands
which be cured only by the admission Of agricultural abors
who will work in that tropical White will will
the Hawaiian natives 1t is significant that while the amendment
opposed suggested remedy for the conditions. Ha
wall has imported Portuguese American negroes Porto Rcans
New Zeaander Samoans Lascars and other abore without
success would favor placing enforcement my amendment
in the the of Immigration the Chi
attempting perform any labor other than agricultural
who tried to leave Hawaii for the mainland would be Immediately
deported"
Discussing the subject further Senator Burton said
you will observe that in the debate the other day
posed amendment admitted by Senator MITCHELL and in
deed is notorious fact that very great industrial and financial
depression throughout the Islands You will also observe
that in that debate suggested any other remedy than
the proposed. The remedy embodied in my amendment
the that everybody the islands favors say every one
substantially every and certainly large majority OF all
classes including native Hawaans skilled aborers merchants
planters manufacturers trades people lawyers doctors in tact
wengh every think that the only remedy that will
afford relief is Chinese immigration
ut must be borne in mind first that Hawaii tropical coun
try, and next that white will work i'll the in op
ca country Again we'll known that the native Ha
waian will not work in the fields any than will the
white Before annexation the kingdom of Hawaii spent
great deal of money made large appropriations for the purpose
of importing labore from great many different countries La
borers have been brought there from the Strait Settlements New
Zealand Samoa and Porto Rico we'll American negroes
Portuguese and Others yet only labore that will go
the fields Chinese and Japanese. These experiments
have covered great many and deal of
Nov up against the proposition whether will permit
the apnese dominate the labor the islands and eventually
and control the country permit their COmpet
the Chinese there and perform agricultural labor
To admit them under such restrictions in way Injuries skilled
labor the contrary skilled workmen in Hawaii tell would
be to their great advantage.
Under treaty the Japanese coming by the shpOads
and they all classes of service and perform all of
labor and they only debating the CT labor be paid
the farms and by the planters but they also invading the
fields of skilled labor They driving the Hawaiian the
and controlling the fisheries They desirable
plates that the admission of the Chinese should carefully
guarded and gdy restricted agricultural labor only. know
there prejudice against of this kind based upon
the idea that species of bondage, and that degrading
labor because is cheap labor True cheap but is the
best and the employers knowing to be the best the
Chinese WELL and they better off every because
their coming They do stay, but after working
number of and acquiring by industry and
potency they their native they have benefited
themselves they have benefited their employers they
fitted skilled labor they have benefited they
with less knowledge of laws and civilization, and
with higher ideals Of life than when they came
Il only good in allowing them perform this
kind of labor know is said that this letting bars
and establishing precedent and there will be
restricted Chinese immigration for the mainland 1t will be
ceden only for tropical possessions will precedent
for admitting Chinese to this There is part of this
continent where the white perform labor in the
even IN the tar south We comprehend the difference
tween the temperate and the tropics egsate for
the tropics and when do such legislation will not anv
be regarded precedent for conditions the main
land We responsible for the conditions which the people
of Hawaii find themselves. They prosperous kingdom
and republic but when labor laws were enforced in that