The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-02-16

/ rnftals ~ Nasal several millions ~
nnmhef who mas be- drawn on vita
luut are ting ans patiicuiaf community
90 auy fpfrcihbit dsrrcf ta AID. flc-
eur ans dcl,rf her from labor shortage
ana forever make hrr independent and
ssIf.fsllant Tho fact that q es, iabnf-
ers have from time immemorlal yearly
pfudu, "a millions OF haies ui cotton and
/ thousands " toms Of sugar is sum
DIeut endorsement Of their ability 90
do equally a. well for Hawaii Ana
the further fact that they have done 20
on wages by haif smaller than paid by
i Hawaiian planters argues wen FOR a
ready acceptanc. by them ~ the more
lucrative Inducements offered In the U.s.
lands
refer to that sturdy Industrious,
hard-working and God-foaring class of
laborers who people the Southern PLAN
tations. who from year to year Till
the soil ana know nothing but hard
and faithful work; who have made
their employers rich by their brawn.
diligence and fnithfulness to daily la
Dor; who work because they know
nothing but work and who expect to
work to the end. l particularize be-
cause | do not wish this overwhelming
HflNtIt dEf VI iiAhhNAi iphS hil fAbNNN
ing Southern plantation negro labor
ers to be confounded and classed with
the riff-raff negroes that swarm around
towns and labor not, as some of those
unfriendly disposed toward negroes in
general will endeaVor to do.
Already many corporations and mu-
inequalities are turning their attention
to these industrious and plodding
Southern plantation negroes. and seek
ing them as desirable auxiliaries and
principals to aid, upbuild and expand
their schemes of development. Only
recently a British Columbia province
set apart body of land to be occu>
pied and cultivated by a colony OF one
hundred and fifty families OF Southern
plantation negro laborers who had dis
posed of their effects in their sunny
southland to better their condition in
the cold and rugged, yet inviting and
promising northland
| This is only one of the many in
! stances that might be cited, going to
show that the much despised negro of
the South is not without friends who
appreciate his worth, and who are
ready. willing and anxious to welcome
him as co-worker in the development
of inviting fields. His day of resur-
ection Is at hand and soon many hands
will be outstretched beckonlng him
to come their way to aid In some need
ed work. He is a hard worker, a
steady Garner and ready spender,
and withal a thorough American who
wastes no time on strikes or boycotts,
but who at all times will be found
loyal to his employer. 1t can not be
denied that there is much discomfort
and unrest among the sturdy and bet
ter class of hard working and produc-
ing negroes of the South on account of
certain well known existing conditions
there and that many of them are cast
ing about for some genial cline where
in they may better their condition
/ financially and otherwise There would
not be in any one community enough
of these people with nerve and energy
sufficient to make an exodus to a long
distance to result in producing a labor
famine in that particular neighborhood,
and that is as it should be. From
each locality would come only few
! families together bound by blood and
association and therein would lie their
homogeneity rendering them capable of
forming a congenial circle of their
| own. Perhaps, in few instances the
migrations might expand to the exo-
dus of whole church community led
by their pastor as was the case during
the Kansas exodus of 1883. And even
| in the latter case there have been in
stances where the best citizens of the
| locality bade Godspeed TO the migrat-
ers. Fortunate indeed, would the Ter
ritory of Hawaii be, were its planters
and citizens able to induct few thou
sand families of the kind herein speci-
fled to cast their lot within its con-
fines. / say families for when they
I locate as families as distinguished
from individuals there would be GER
tain ties that would make the stay
pleasant and lasting. And be II noted
i that in families of this kind the wo-
men and children are also serviceable
hands in field work.
| Millions OF dollars are paid annually
to the coolie laborers of the islands of
which only a very small portion reach
es American channels of trade. In
stead thereof, this vast sum is divert
ed to Oriental tradesmen or sent back
, to the Orient, thereby depriving Amer
| lean citizens of their just and legiti-
mate business heritage. and systemat-
/ ically impoverishing the Territory and
destroying its vitality. So long as this
| cOnultlOn OF AFFAIRS exlStS, so long VIII
the islands not only not be prosperous.
| but will continue on the downward
grade until financial ruin results There
must be implanted in the Islands
class of laborers who will spend their
earnings with white tradesmen and
citizens, thereby retaining and keep
ing within their own confines the cream
of their products and surplus wealth.
From the islands must be eliminated
the alien element which is ever antag-
onistic to American interests and to
the social and political welfare of the
community. Unless some speedy and
methodic course be pursued to avert
the result. ere many years the islands
will have become thoroughly Oriental
lied and the majority of the electorate
will be composed of the descendants of
aliens. In fact, this is so obvious that |
1t seems wise, even now, to inaugurate !
steps to amend the Organic Act so that /,
only the worthy few may exercise the
elective franchise as was the case in
the days of the Republic.
The yery conditions which must AL |