The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-09
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Two Masons of high degree from Ha-
waii-Hon. Henry E. Cooper, former
secretary of the Territory, and Mr..
Joshua Daniel Tucker-have been tar
rying here during the past week. Mr..
Tucker came first and put up at the
Arlington Hotel, spending his time in
the main attending sessions of the Su-
preme Council, Southern jurisdiction,
the Scottish Rite Masons. During
the week he was initiated in the hon
orary 33rd degree.
Mr.. Tucker expressed in an inter
view his opinion of conditions in Ha-
territory under three heads, speaking
as follows:
elm the first place we are seriously
in want of Asiatic labor, and by that
I mean Chinese labor, for the China
man is the best worker of them all. [
understand that in the United States
proper the people are opposed to them,
but their coming to Hawaii is altogether
a different proposition, and can have
no sort of bearing on the labor situa-
tion in the various States. We have
plenty of japanese, but they do not fill
the bill, and are likely to give US
trouble in the future. They are ag-
gressive and cocky, unreliable as labor
.ers, and ambitious to compete with
white men in all lines OF business. To-
day the Jap is as unpopular in Hawaii
as the Chinaman is we'll liked.
.EOur second heed is the election of
a white man as delegate IN the Con-
gress of the United States. This is a
matter that we of Anglo-Saxon origin
are agreed upon, but the trouble is that
the kanakas outnumber and outvote
us. We are going to keep up the fight,
however, because We know the Terri
tory will never get much attention at
the Federal capital until it is properly
represented Another thing that would
make for the betterment of Hawaii
would be the appointment OF Henry
Ernest Cooper to the gOvernorsh1p. Mr..
Cooper, by education, natural ability,
and standing, IS man OF ideal quallh-
cations for the office. It is hard place
to fill satisfactorily, but his selection
would give our people renewed hope
and confidence that public affairs wouIo
be capably administered.
Mr. Cooper came in a day or two
later. He has been to Boston on busi
ness. In which he said there was no
news, and stopped off here to attend
the Supreme Council and to mingle
with Masonic brethren. His visit was
brief. Mr Cooper intended to stop en-
route between here and San Francisco,
but probably will sail for Honolulu on
the same steamer that carries this let |
ter Mr.. Cooper was satisfied with the
outcome of his trip to Boston. He, too,
mentioned a few things about condi-
tions in Honolulu and Hawaii, saying:
''Let us go back for moment to the
era Just preceding American absorp-
tion. Hawaii was then an exceedingly /
prosperous little country; its people
were happy and contented; there were
ideal trade relations with the United
States which resulted in our spending
with American merchants from $780,
600, 900 to $30,000,000 annually, and we
had an abundance of cheap and eff
eient labor This wa9 the state of
affairs in 1896 How il it today, with
the proud flag of Uncle Sam floating
over us7 / do not wish to seem pes
simist. and / have NOT vet abandoned
hope that our destinY under American
ownership and controS will be a happy
one bpt inst at present. the melancholy !
facts cannot be ignoreE
80 Under the ironclah system OF laws
which answer well irs the States, but
which are totally unstaited to Hawaiian /
conditions we have {been going down
hill. and for the past two or tnree
wears have been in esore straits. The
exclusion OF Chinese3 labor mas "orheo
orea+ harm r. the ,sountry, depriving
US of a class of peoppe whom GOV 1aIs
esteems desirable in Sthe fh1iippInes' IL
dasirabla +bere whk not in Hawaii,
where thew cannotT possibly compete
with white men? {
To-day, while VIE have no scalc+.y
of capital in Hawaii, nobody wants 10
borrow money. for thf uncertainty anu
instability of our conditions mas Paia
lyzed all business enterprise hoho
lulu has lost 700 inhaPltants Wlthih "
recent period, and numbers OF peoPle
have abandoned their homes. Nopouy
viii invest a dollar in \any new onsi,
ness and curtailment is the watcnworo
all along the line. Unlfss there is
radical change in the nehr future we |
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