The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-03

The following keen dissection of Rev
DR.. Kincaid's address at the MohonR
Conference, was made by the scalpei-
neu of one of his congregation. the Rev,
DIR. Serene E. Bishop. 1t appears IN
the washington Evening Star of De-
cember 2:
HONOLULU. Nov. 6.-This letter IS
written to offer criticisms upon the
various statements concerning HaWah
made BIZ several gentlemen in attend
ance last month upon the Lake Mohollh
conference. Some of these statements
appear to me very seriously to misreP-
resent existing conditions here.,As II Is
possible that the reputation OF the per
sons making them may carry weight
enough materially to affect the OPINIONS
of o,1r congressional legislators in deal
ing with Hawaii I desire to offer such
corrections as seem to be called LOT.
have especially to controvert the
statements of my very highly esteehleo
friend. the Rev. DR.. Wlillan hol -
bincaid. who is the able preacnef anu
o>,cauan+ Dastor of the Central Union
Church in Honolulu, an American ~
,raeational church, largely led ana OF
of the old missionaries. Mr. klncaip
&c bright thinker rather than ols-
ori,ninating one He has seemed espe-
o;.ry rrone to accept statements man
So, .eainst the capitalist class, out
without due foundation Ihe cdpies
lists certainly do many evil thinss' pu.
one need not attack them ollnuiy' an
am certain that nowhere on eai III -
+here a more honorable or peheVoieii-
cot of these captains of industry lnaii
in Hawaii Notwithstanding Dr. hi
cai5,s manifest prejudices against tiieiii
Dr Kincaid is reported as saying
1swhen I went there (HaWahI the oo.r.
tract labor system was IN Nosu ,
was slavery without responsloiii.S
nr Kincaid arrived here in September.
1898, three months after the NC" CO.
act. which established American gov
,o,,+ +are involving abolition of the
<oo+rac+ system. He could never nave
-,i+nassed its working. He most lhdc-
rrotaIv calls it slavery, because MS
,,,antal attitude was such as 10 he''.i1
aor+ the statements OF eXtreHiioe8
without due verification- was Vai
o,,slx familiar with the WorhihSS "
that system for thirty-hve years anu
l,pow that it's worst abuses rarely ap
oroxinoated to slavery, ana lild1
general operation was humane as wei
&c most beneficent. During most VI
tho+ time a vigilant supervision was
exarcised by the government Which
<uIlv secured the many weak anu ls
,orant Iaborers from oppression oii"
abuse from any brutal oVerseefs- any
sucb abuse released the laoorer IIoiii
the obligations of his contract "hiie
ti,a er,nIover was held against capri
cious dismissal.
ADVANTAGE OF THE SYSTEM
rrho ,,,aio advantage of that contract
zx-s+a,,, was that it facilitated the I'M
-,o-+ation of distant immigrants p<
,,o,-,oapt of their passages from Ma
daira and European ports. as well as
from China which no employer couiu
do unless the laborer was oouho To ms
service for the usual three years 9iiiee
its abolition hardly any immigration
1,as baer practicable at the expense OF
tho Iaborer, except Japanese ana Will
+baea there appears to remain some
BONDAGE TO assisting immigration CUM
1anies in Japan. It is difhcult to say
whether or not it is better Iof 10 '4i'.
such a system has come 10 an emu
Dossessing such an element OF oolid Sc
f,i@a 8I,+ such an inveighing against
st as DR.. I<lncalu 10 d"itO .
He ,nisst7tes also as to the wages pala,
which rose above $13 mohth ~
md ST. long before annexation. u
sro,,1d he said that the contract IA
+,2,,ar was sr1DpIied without charge with
water fuel and medical attendance pc
ei5as housing. generally in very COM
for+ah1e Quarters At any rate. ltleiS
nov survives 10 feature OF pohu SCI
vice in Hawaii. and the introduction oi
that topic was wholly rreleF1iO ~
discussion at Mohonk.
ECHOES OF ROYALIST ABUSE
s+f1I more serious misrepresenta-
4fo,, h. the excellent doctor is Whefe
he saws of the Hawaiian people Iney
bava lost to the American everything
Of v,I,1A their nationality their IahoS'
abo,,+ everything we care for our
caves, In this strain Of talk ne Is
merely echofng the current abuse Oh
rnvaIfsts. which he ought 10 ia
more discriminate than to accept as
+rn+b The Hawaiian people have iosl
,,,-I,f,v which has not been far more
than arrplv made up to them T. ven
tt,a;,, ,,a-iona1itv is not lacking to them
The, remain full and complete cltIZeiiS
Of their native Hawaii; and added 10
4Ja+ i the glorious citizenship OIL
,r,or;ce +b, e,randest in the world, al
though the royalist, white or darN'
4aacLee them to despise that endoW-
,ne0t and count themselves denatlolle,l-
;za5 as Dr Kfncaid seems also to DO
what sort of an American is that man.
e. that they have lost their ma
fionaIity? Look at the rest OF 'he