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

| injured by the Chinaman being permit.
ted TO come there for that purpose
then ! shall be ready to withdraw this
amendment. But until he can do that
think a fair investigation will force
the conclusion upon everybody that II
is to the benefit of the Chinaman who
s allowed to come. and who wants to
% away after staying a limited pim.
er of years. and II is to the benefit of
he men who are building houses. who
re building manufactures, who are
,uilding mills, and who are trading,
and who are growing cane, and who
are growing or want to grow coffee,
pineapples, rice. and other products. II
is to the benefit of everybody and to
the injury of no one except that 1t
,omes in conflict with preconceiyed
political theory; that is all.
Now, Mr.. President, have said very
much more than expected to say. In.
deed. | did not expect to say anything
on the subject at this time.
Mr.. Balley-One more question, II
the Senator will permit me.
have an idea that the early settlers
of New England and the later settlers
Of some of the Southern States did the
African a distinct good when they
caught him in the iunglcs of his native
country and brought him to this coun.
try and put him in slavery. but hard.
ly think the Senator from Kansas or
any other Senator in this Chamber
| hat la nt
slavery today. have no doubt that
Chinaman in the less thickly isettled
Islands of Hawaii would be somewhat
better OF than he would be in the
ldensely settled Kingdom of China.
am not one of those who have al
: ways protested friendship for labor.
have not always been able to support
the demand of the advocates of labor.
, I have never been able to support the
eight-hou" Jaw, which denies a citizen
If the United States the right to con.
ract for hls personal services, and
ever will. But | do think that as
sincere n friend Of labor as any good
, citizen can conscientiously be. though
may not be such good friend as
D some profess to be.
, However. what object to Is the NOR
al. or rather the immoral. feature--the
writing in \ statute book of this coun
y try law that condemns as unskilled
laborer to be unskilled forever which
!. says to them as long as they will work
!. for a cheap wage and at vocation sc
A laborious and so burdensome that tn,
/. people who are native in that country
will not, as the Senator admits, pursue
, II, so long as these people brough
- there will pursue that vocation which
:. none others will take up. they can re
n main: but the moment they lift thei
a eyes to a higher plane OF labor tina
a moment they must be banished unde
o a deportation law. never will con
\. sent to write that kind Of Il law pgains
. the labor employed in any Fart OF thi
A. country.
e Mr.. Burton-The comparison tn
- Senator makes is complete answe
y his argument. In the first place, W
ID lid go to the jungles of Africa and W
ID bound some and brought them to thi
IN land. We are not going TO China L
1t bind anybody to bring here. SO tn
ID comparison is not a comparison. but
Is contrast.
Of Under this amendment the China
r. nan would come here of bis own FIRE
At will. and he would come permitte
RS o do only certain kind OF work. TIL
DR. African came here because he was cal
at tured and forced to come and was the
IN put into slavery. What comparlso
Or could anyone except the learned SEM
tor from Texas make between the G,
or sting condition OF things in the oil
es regime and this proposed amendment
n Now, Mr. President as | said befor,
as answer this question: Does not IN
II Chinaman get distinct benefit II yo
n allow him to come? He does not war
,e to stay. He will not stay. He want
I'd to come and engage In a certain kin
to of work for term of years and x
c. back He OF his own voliton col
n. tracts TO come and TO do certain worl
10 just as much as any laborer Is emplo.
ne ed TODD any specific kind OF work. TIL
is only difference is that we say he sha
or not come unless he will contract t. d
10 only that specific work.
n. Now. he can stay in China II
le wants or he can come, and he wi
". come, as he wants to come, because
ps Is benefit TO him TO come and gres
ne blessing to allow him to come. II Is a
W Improvement to the Chinaman. He ca
ries back to his country something ,
- n knowledge of our wise laws and o,
J, better civilization, and the employe
.a instead of being mean to the Chin
"a man. instead OF being small with hir
=, wants to keep him, because he is cor
:. mercially honest. He wants to kee
- him because he does keep his contraC
He wants to keep him because II
v beneficial both to the employer and
the employed,
or Now, Mr.. President. ask the chat
Ily man OF the committee II he is not wi
tie ina that this bin shall go over, 81 TIL
wv this amendment may be considered
be connection with the bill? We can N