The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-05-29


here of men with a low standard Of liv-
ing which would reduce the standard of
our own people. We should bear in
mind what President Roosevelt said in
his last message to Congress:
Hawaii shall never become n Ter.
ritory in which governing class of
rich planters exists by means of coolie
labor, even If the rate of growth is
thereby rendered slower. The growth
must only take place by the admission
of immigrants fitted in the end to u.s.
sumo the duties and burdens of full
American citizenship
Our President, you will notice, use
the word "shall'. He spoke for the
American people, who viii insist that
Hawaii be Americanized, even at the
expense of retarding our growth, fnI
growth away from AUGMENTATION IS
| not wanted. The sooner We all learn
| this lesson the better, for it need not
retard our growth if we accept it, put
| if we rebel and still seek coolie labor,
| and attempt to grow rich upon it, we
shall encounter hostility that will
check our ultimate development
1t is the duty of the citizen to cult
waite the highest and best citizenship
among those who come here. In lit.
| tie while your children will take upon
themselves the duties of citizenship.
They must not be brought up as graft
ers, for CRATER is just an ordinary
| thief. They must not be taught to
wax fat upon the wealth earned
through the sweat and toll of cheap
labor. They should be taught to toll
for themselves, to earn their living
honestly, and to be just and equitable
in their dealings with their fellowmen.
ESTABLISH HOMES. .,
1t is not intended or desired that Ha.
waii should be, or remain, Territory
from which money can be drawn to
enable those living elsewhere to pass
their time in comfort, ease and luxury.
Homes must be established here, the
homes of those who work and the
homes of those who employ labor. In
| this way, by upbuilding community
of homes We may hope to overcome the
| local tendency that exists to impugn
the motives and place wrong impress.
sion upon the actions of our fellowmen.
Such tendency eventually recoils
upon the muckrakers. Let us search
for the good that exists rather than
for the evil.
THE kNOCkER DENOUNCED.
The "knocker' is the modern muck.
raker, in slang. Let us Judge our fel.
lowmen with charity rather than with
suspicion that is usually the out
growth of a morbid, diseased and UNI
charitable mind-or the offspring of
idleness. jealousy and discomfort. The
narrow, fault-finding, nagging and
pickering disposition that exists here
is mean and contemplate in the ex.
IRENE. Seeking fault in others. the de.
liberate Instrumentation of motives
suggests need of introspection-the
casting out of the mote that il in your
own eve before irving to pluck out the
beam that il in thy brothers. eve.
Judge not lest We be indeed
l have used the term muckraker
which. since President Roosevelt q ref.
erence to Bunyan's famous character
has become n term applied generally TO
those who have ewes onlv for muck.
Honest, fair, well-founded criticism or
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