The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-01-10
TINE why AND WHEREFORE.

TINE Why AND WHEREFORE.
The genesis OF Mr. Ylnkhan's at
tempt 10 discredit the work Of those
who are trying to build np Hawaii on
traditional American lines" and thus
carry out the noble aim Of President
Roosevelt. as expressed IA his first mes
snge 10 Congress, r. about as follows:
The planters having agreed that SO.-
200 chinese laborers were needed In the
Hawaiian csncnelds. an EFFORT war
made to sound the leaders OF Congress
and the administration in advance as
to whether legislation admitting these
Inhibited aliens could be had. We are
Informed that Governor Carter, when
last In Washington. raised the question
and found the leaders much more dis
used to encourage white settlement
here than Asiatic. Naturally they
wanted this Territory to be American
ICED. not put under the thrall OF Asia.
Governor Carter. sharing in the gen
eral opinion of the planters that Ha-
Producers, though he was willing
enough to introduce white mechanics
In their stead. at once cabled Acting
Governor Atkinson to send out Mr..
PiLkham and n committee of labor men
to report upon agricultural and labor
conditions and to spare no expense"
Mr.. Pinkham was, presumably, known
to the Governor as an opponent of the
small farm idea, for he never concealed
the fact; and If executive faith was re-
posed in his ability and willingness to
report that white farmers or laboring
men could not make a living here and
that the soil must either be left untill-
ed or turned over TO the yellow man,
then such faith was surely not mis-
placed. MIR. Pinkham took up the task
Of discrediting Hawaii with great ca
gerness and by means of exparte meth
DDS. the nature of which has already
been described in these columns, he
produced a report which, from its APP
pearance of plausbility, may be used
in future to keep American settlers at
distance and leave Hawaii to per-
petuate. in its special way, the baronial
traditions in agriculture OF the South
| efore the war. Fortunately the trades
union interest, which supplied the la
Dor members of the commission, have
refused to let the latter sign with Pink
ham, so the report will be a minority
one at best. But 1t Is to be used, with
the assent of the Governor, to persuade
Congress that there Is no virtue in
the patriotic argument against Mongol-
iZing Hawaii.
That 10000 Chinese would be useful
here the Advertiser has no doubt; but
it has believed that as an Offset to
yellow and brown immigration, every
effort should be made to bring in farm
ers and fruit growers and establish
the American middle class. 1t wants
to see the planter and the farmer thrive
side by side. Governor Carter and the
planters. we are informed, offered the
6bor unions an opening for their ar
tisans and engineers on the sugar es-
tates in return for their assistance in
making up the Pinkham report, and II
was because of that the labor commits
sion went on its travels. But the
scheme did not work in the last analy-
sis. II we understand the Governor
Alright he honestly believes that ar
| American middle class may be madt
out of mechanics. and so 1t may, IL the
mechanics stay on the soil, but as they
are a nomadic class, not often home
builders, and as the plantations call fol-
Il number far less than is required fol
the population of single Eastern vii
lage, 1t is plain that, IL we are to have
an American middle class, its basi,
here. as elsewhere, must be agricultur-
al. The farmer buys land settles down
establishes his home and builds his in
situations OF every civilized country
he is the stay and the prop. Unless he
is brought to Hawaii to offset the
growth of Asiatic numbers and the
| threat of citizenship by Asiatics born
on the soil, Hawaii, twenty years from
now, will be no place for white men
, So far as the Advertiser is concerned
1t will devote all it's energies to max
, ing this an American Territory in fact
as well as law. not seeking to harm tn.
! planters on the one hand, nor being
willing to permit interests inimical tc
white civilization to deceive Congress
| on the other. If Governor Carter Is
willing to help, he, as well as the Terri
tory, will be benefited.