The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-04-22

HI ALIENS
Dlst ussion As TO the
Benefit To
Hawaii.

| Culehy lhttTtSttu tutiu WAS WHelHeT IL
paid to educate the Asiatics at the ex-
pense of the taxpayers to eventually
compete with American citizens in the
trades and professions. There was
talk also of possible legislation at the
next session of the legislature relative
| to this matter, and a strong commit
tee was appointed to investigate, and
| II advisable, to report with bill
which might be presented to the next
| Legislature. The majority of the MEM
bers took n rather discouragng view
of the situation, believing there was
no solution possible, and that the Asia
tic children, being American citizens
could not be shut out from the advan-
tages of the schools.
Charles Carter was the only MEM
Der of the old committee present, and
he reported that he had run against q
stone wall and couldn't get over it,
He said that from his Investigations
he was persuaded that the Japanese
and Chinese children could not be kept
out of the schools. He believed that
the best way was to drop the agita-
ton and to permit the Asiatics to get
an education.
t'tdhity stephenson Sdlu NC
studied the question at one time,
chiefly from being in a city where the
Japanese overran the place, and forced
the white children into Easements and
new buildings. Finally the commune
ty was compelled to issue 100000 in
bonds for new schoolhouses and then
an investigation was made, the cause
ascertained, and 1t was decided to
charge the Japs, tuition sufficient to
pay for their share in the educational
system.
John Emmeluth thought the COM
mittee should have brought In statis-
tics to show the cost per capita and
the amount of taxes the Japanese are
paying towards the support of the
schools. He said the whole thing re-
solved itself down to n question of the
survival of the fittest, and in this case
the fittest would be the man whs
could live at the least expense and do
the most work.
Mr.. Clark stated that the aliens paid
their taxes, and that in the country
districts they paid the bulk of the
school tax.
Mr.. Emmeluth disputed the assertion,
and said that the entire school tax
amounted to but 100000 per year, while
the cost of the schools aggregated $780,
900 per annum.
Mr.. Howard suggested that a more
equitable division of taxes would be an
assessment against the parent for each
child of school age. He said that
neither the Chinese nor the japanese
We're illiterate; less so than the people
of the Eastern States.
Mr.. Carter said that the Asatics were
brought here originally to till the soil,
that the taxes came from the panta-
lions which were titled by these men.
and that he did not believe that any
thing could be done to relieve the pres
ent situation.
l.. 10. Pinkham read letter which he
had received from a school teacher in
response to a question as to what
should be done with the Asiatic I'm the
schools. The reply had been, that, had
the Asiatics been given any induce
ment, other than field labor, when they
came here, the problem would be much
more complicated. But as they were
brought here for field labor, they should
be educated for 1t. 1t did no good to
educate them for good citizenship as
Hawaiian boys had no incentive to
study when they had to compete with
the Chinese. The teacher believed In
America for the Americans, and only IN
good loyal American citi-
zens.
Mr.. Pinkham said that Hawaii was an
agricultural country, and to educate
Asiatics made them opposed to field
work. He admitted that the Territory
was right up against 1t"
Mr.. Howard told of a Hawaiian who
had come over from Kauai to take
Course In farming in the higher schools,
and afterwards returned but would not
work on his farm.
Jas. Mott, Jr., opposed the proposition
Of taxing every man according to the
number of his children, and asked who
was to pay for the orphans. Mr.. IL. e
Hendricks believed i'm the more prac-
Teal education of both Hawaiiaps and
aliens, and said that the best way was
to make them better citizens, what
ever the cost to the taxpayers.
Mr.. Stephenson said that they could
Mt be made into American citizens,
hey went to the public schools In the
morning, and To their own churches and
schools In the afternoons, He believed
n making them American citizens only
{ thCy paid pro rata for the support
II the schools,
Mr. craig thought II deep and
oriOus question ana said that the leg
Stature would take II up IA the next
psHion he suggested the enlargement
4 the committee. ana the committee
van finally Instructed lu continue its
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