The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-23
SARGENT ON
IMMIGRATION

weRian IMMIGRANT and his wife with
their twelve sons and two daughters, a
colony by themselves, with about $500
in money--a good substantial family.
The man came to the United States to
make il his home. He went to Dakota
and took up homestead. Such people
are among the most desirable immi-
grants, and such people are the ones
whom you should bring down here to
the Hawaiian Islands to help populate
the Islands and develop them. hope
to see such class of immigrants come
here and you should encourage them.
They may not always raise cane, but
they can raise big families to swell
your population and develop your
farming interests. Hon. Frank p.
Sargent, U. s. Commissioner of Immi-
grafton, Monday evening at the Young
Hotel.
The development of the farming in
dustry Of the Hawaiian Islands, the
increasing of the population by acqui-
!. sitions of desirable immigrants, es-
pecially those who may already have
emigrated to various sections of the
United States, was a principal feature
of the address of Hon. Frank z. Sar-
gent, u. S. Commissioner of lmmigra-
tion before the Mothers and Teachers
Club meeting held I'm the makai pa
vilion of the Alexander Young Hotel.
The speaker made what may be des-
ignated as one of the strongest and
most forceful pleas for the upbuilding
of the Hawaiian Islands by Americans
or naturalized Americans-not Asiat-
les. but the sturdy stock which is maxi
ing Dakota and Minnesota bloom like
Eden.
Mr. Sargent gave equivocally, his
personal opinion of what he thought
was best for the islands. The islands
must be Amerlcanized. not Asiaticzed.
Promotion work was far from being
useless, for every dollar invested in 1t
was of value, and exhibits of what can
be grown here should be displayed even
at Ellis Island TO meet the gaze of the
thousands of immigrants landing there
every month
After telling of the evils and ad-
vantages of immigration as observed at
Ellis Island. Mr.. Sargent came down to
local issues. He is an easy speaker.
gives statistics and facts in way
that hold the interest and his address
teemed with humor. He Is natural
born talker. He spoke of the diseases
of immigrants which We're sufficient to
turn them back whence they started.
referring especially TO trachoma, an al
Fiction too frequently found In Japan
ese immigrants bound for Honolulu.
Fortunately, you have not exper-
fenced much of this difficulty here" he
said. 1--WE have few in each ship
brought to this port who are denied
admittance TO the Islands,"
He then spoke of the Norwegian fam
lily. as given above, and continued:
Here in your country the immigrants
are OF the Asiatic class, some very de-
sirable people j know something OF
the character of the immigrants here.
You have the highest type of Chinese
in the Islands, higher than we have on
the mainland, and | so reported when
/ got back to Washington from here
two years ago. In talking with the
business men of the islands l found
they considered the Chinese here as
men to be well thought OF. Unfortun-
ately perhaps, the laws of our country
exclude from the United States the
Chinese coolies. 1t is not for me to
criticize my government, because any
law that is passed it is my duty to be
loyal and submit to 1t, but do think
that We are admitting into our coun-
try today many people who are not Sc
desirable as are many of the Chinese
that / have found in Hawaii. Perhaps
as we become better acquainted with
the conditions of this particular section
of the country, and we expand and
become predetermined, some moder-
ate law may he passed whereby that
particularly desirable class of Chinese
which you have here, will be admitted
"You have the japanese in large num-
bers here. 1t requires no statement OF
mine to give evidence of the wonder
full advancement of the, Japanese, They
have made their own record and now
stand before the world as nation
among the great nations. There is no
restriction upon the Japanese coming
to this country l infer that they are
very desirable class of people and are
not of a class you Sould desire to have
excluded as some of our friends on the
mainland indicate by their recent ac'
tion. We have large numbers OF
Portuguese in New England and they
make most excellent people. You have
the Koreans and my observations Of
them here indicate a very good class OF
people to be employed on your sugar
plantations.
II hope to see class of immigrants
coming to your islands that would aid
in upbuilding them and you should en-
courage them to come. While 1t is
true that the great interest here is to gel
labor to be employed upon the planta-
tions, you will pardon me If l say there
is something else needed thar
labor for plantations. You want to en-
list the people of the mainland to a
knowledge of the splendid opportunities
you have here for investment in differ
ent ways; you want TO increase youi
population until the islands are fillet
with a sturdy class of people from al
parts OF the world. but especially from
the mainland Of the United states. O.
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