Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-03
SAW AMERICAN
LABOR Driven OUT
DR.. KinCaid On Hawaii
At Lake Mohonk
Conference
OVER CAPITALIZATION OF
Of SUGAR PLANTATIONS
LOCAL DIVINE TALKS STRAIGHT
FROM THE SHOULDER ON Ia
Dor AND OTHER coNoI.
TIONS HERE.

neSe treaty now III process OF neROtla-
ton between our State Department
and the Chinese authorities compro.
mises on the exclusion dispute by per
hitting limited admission of Chinese
to Hawaii, while keeping them off Our
mainland as now, is the belief of lion.
VIM. II. Castle. a close student Of Ha-
waiian affairs. as expressed in one Of
the papers presented to the Lake Mo-
honk Conference. This will provoke
serious struggle in the Senate over
ratification. The Hawaiian problem
seems to be largely a labor problem
The archipelago now contains $4,000
native Hawaiians, 1000 Japanese, 90
900 Chinese 5000 Koreans, $4,000 Por.
tuguese and 5000 whites" strictly
speaking, OF whom only 5000 are Amer
leans. The Asiatics are not natural
lied under our laws. but their child.
rem by right of birth become American
citizens. 1t, therefore, looks as II citi.
zens of japanese stock would In an
other generation control the affairs OF
the archipelago, and that when 1t Is
admitted to statehood, men of that
stock would come to the United States
Senate. This prediction was not made
by any Of the speakers here. although
It is fair inference from the show.
Ing they made of growth Of the differ
ent races and II has been specifically
pointed out as a reason for admitting
Chinese, that 1t is desirable to neutral
lie the rapidly increasing japanese in
auence there. This is said to be the
largest japanese colony, outside the
Island Empire, in the world.
And yet the American labor unions
will make haste slowly" in admitting
the Chinese to any part of the Ameri
can domain. Even the arguments pre-
scented here in favor of that policy, a
though they carry business force, are
not invariably of the sort that will ap
peal to the labor unions. DR.. William
NJ. Kincaid, the minister of the Cen
trail Union Church of Honolulu, paint
ed a perfectly clear picture Of econon
ic conditions there which doubles
does full justice to both sides.
"The japanese really control tn
labor situation in Honolulu" DR.. Kin
, caid declared. 81 have seen then
: drive nearly every American mechau
ic out OF the city. Three years ag
there was an imposing Labor Day pre-
cession, made up of white laborer
: and mechanics. On last Labor Da
only twelve American mechanics coul
be brought together in Honolulu. Tn
Americans themselves will not emplo
an American laborer in Honolulu; tn
japanese, and few Chinese, will d
the work for half the price. becaus
they can subsist in their huts on ric,
and the American mechanic simpl
can not live along side them. We ar
the sugar plantations, and We mus
have the cheapest Of labor In order
pay the dividends that are expected
When | went there, the contract labC
: system was in vogue. 1t was SLAYER
without responsibility. In America "
had slavery of the patriarchal kind
there II was without this element. TIL
. average wage under II was thrice
dollars a month, and the laborer ha
to take care of himself Today, tn
average laborer receives SIT, feedin
himself. And this Is the reason tn;
every steamer which leaves the po
of Honolulu is carrying to the mai
l. land as many laborers as 1t can poss
bly, provide accommodations for;
California they can get $50 mont
There Is the labor question In nu
shell.
:. "As pastor of the American churC
my work lies chiefly with the Amer
, can element. But love the Hawaiis
people; they are docile, gentle, lovab
and when treated properly there is |
difficulty in getting their confiden
= and in helping them on to high
plane. But the race problem Is
tense because on the part OF the Anne
leans there has grown up lack
confidence in the natives, and on the
y. part suspicion Of everything that '
Americans try to do for them. T
gulf seems to be widening. We mu
o. remember that they are a dying pc
: pie; they look upon the American as
trespasser. They have lost to I
American everything Of value, tn
nationality, their lands, about eve
Z thing we care for ourselves. We CT
not blame them II they suspect @
motives, even when we go to thu
with the Gospel and try to lift thu
st up. There was time when the ]
,.' waiian people were supposed to
ID evangelical. Since then there
Ihaan n Gradual dacreasa In the nat