The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-11-17


The Springfield Republican of Oct 90 has the following from
the Mohonk Conference:
Hawaii among the speakers and in the
last evening Prof Frank A. Hosmer of Amherst but lately
president of Oahu College, Honolulu and member of the council
under the Hawaiian provisional government
and Needs in Hawaii Today Boston,
20 years business in Honolulu and later Hawaiian consul
general England presented paper ON The Qus
ton in Hawaii which read by Dr. Douglas p Brne of Rye
n Y Prof Charles Hitchcock Of Dartmouth college, who has
visited the islands and resided there for considerable time spoke
on 1.-The Situation in Hawaii and Rev. Dr. Doremus Scudder,
of the American missionary association Hawaii and
editor of the Friend of Honolulu the closing address, Prof
dosmer said in his address
Unlike Cuba, Philippines Hawaiian
ands the Union by the free will and of the think
Union regularly organized territory The United coastng
and shipping laws work hardship that only vessels sailing under
the American flag freight from American
port to anohea regulation adapted to the mainland OF
but largely reducing for of communication with the
there being the time only five steamships the
trade Honolulu and Francisco The application
laws turning away tourists from the island and diveng trade
from California British Columbia.
The public spirit of the territory has been shown in that
the federal failed provide adequate lighthouse
vice. the local has maintained lights its
and in addition during the last four $4,000 has been
expended by the territory for dredging and charging the habor Of
Honolulu The lighthouses have within the been taken
by the federal and the service improved and
preparation has been made for increasing the depth of Honolulu
arbo but the harbor o the only possible harbor the large
island of Hawaii still need of beakwaer to render
safe shipping Again the Honolulu chamber of calls
attention to the fact that 1t is now time to take sanitary precautions
in Hawaiian ports preparatory the of the Panama
exception the Portuguese, the supply
available
field work White and will stand the work in the
fields Some relief to the labor situation should be
Gov Carter therefore suggests that would be of
vantage to the agricultural interests of these the United
States immigration laws could be amended permit
ing of desirable class of
neghborng islands, if there could be modification of the Chi
exclusion act permitting the immigration these islands of
limited number of Chinese agricultural aborers abores
restricted agricultural labor and domestic service
with Chinese aborers the islands rival Louisan
distance from the market adds heavy of
portaon expense production The Chinese boycott
goods calls public attention to the dissatisfaction
the Chinese with the exclusion laws and ouche
the the planters of the South and merchants
the Pacific and throughout the country informed hig
authority less than that of the Chinese minister himself Si
Chnung ng Cheng that the Chinese while demand
respectful treatment the classes of Chinese visiting M
country and while acquescng the exclusion of the cooe
from the mainland and the Philippines willing compromis
admission of Chinese aborers Hawaii that this
quest incorporated in the proposed treaty with the United
States The granting by Congress of this request viii
satisfy the Chinese injury American labor
and the labor situation in the Hawaiian islands.
u Prof Hitchcock spoke in part follows