The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-06-19

| fHAN NNHN NNH ! NfN IIIoIiIIrH a. IIIiINNf
lhai \ y etirmsiy deuhtfal pheihsf
ihty would a. o., here Experiments
~ ~ if.ss win European iatat have
isi been p tuttsss
in.~ Tho ISLANDS nfs ~ value na ~.
fofdlnn cable station ~ fHmlna
the rruss roads ~ commerce ~ tho
oticnt and 60 Australia. Thoy are
valuable also AZ place where most
Interesting race problems are being
worked oai. Now here do different races
| live together with such mutua, respect
and good ain The Otirntals here
| acquire the habit ~ using American
goods and 40 back 10 their homes
tending to oacn new markets. Those
who return carry with them also ideas
as To- govcrnment which come from
residence here Dr pott OF 81. Johns
College. shanghai. tells me that the
| boys from Honolulu revolutioniKe the
Ideas of the other Chinese students. N
the vision OF the United states gov
ernment We're large and generous
| enough To make Honolulu free port
as Singapore and Hongkong are. Il
would be- "A large and prosperous city
and center OF commerce. and infiu-
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| do with the awakening of the Orient
il.-It seems TO me that no one can
doubt the need OF fortihcati-r and OF
making this naval base.
19.-That is "A question on which I
have no opinion. The canal will be of
service to the islands and the islands
OF use certainly to the traffic of the
canal
81 do not know.
14.-From wide acquaintance with
tourists who have come here. have
yet to find one who did not enjoy the
visit Consumptives should not come
here but those not strong who need n
delightful climate and place where
they can live out of doors can find no
better place. For the transportation
OF tourists there is need of q larger
steamer solely for the Hawaiian trade.
But even that would not dispense with
| the hardships which come from the
coast navigation laws applied to us.
In conclusion. l would say that
while l greatly admire President
Roosevelt. his policy for these islands
| shows that he has not the faintest
idea of the situation as no one can have
conditions. In 1908, the President
said to me: II do not believe In orient
alizing any American Territory" /
said: "Mr President. the Hawaiian
islands We're orientalized long before
they became American Territory. Be
sides every ship which comes from
the Orient brings many Orientals. The
japanese can and do come. but the
Chinese who largely made the islands
from an industrial standpoint and who
are liked by all here. these are shut
out"
l did not say what / might have
done, namely, that If China had a
navy, the Chinese would be treated
differently. We should remember
that one day soon China will have "a
navy. The Chinese are often treated
in a way which / believe to be illegal
and unconstitutional. Why are Chi
nese who were born here and who are
American citizens. If they wish to go
to San Francisco. obliged TO obtain
certificates and papers with photo
graphs attached, all this costing no
small sum In fees? Why are they held
up at the other end or IL they travel
held up and asked to produce these
papers? Why. because they are Chi
nese. We do not treat the Japanese so.
No. Why? Because Japan has ma
Wy. | have seen the faces of Chinese
men and women. educated, refined peo-
pie burn with shame at being held up
before the public for papers and those
so held up were American citizens by
birth.
Again, in having policy for these
islands which threatens what is prac- |
tically the sole industry, the plea is
the Americanizing of Hawaii. 1t
sounds very well, but II the industry |
is ruined, there will be soon very few |
Americans left here. We are told |
to get American small farmers. 1t |
must be remembered IL such come
they have to enter into competition
with Orientals and Portuguese already |
here in large numbers. i know Ameri- |
can farmers, and when / see Japa- |
nese and Chinese pilng up lava until |
II is In mounds 10 feet high and Is |
feet in diameter and a short distance I
apart and growing vegetables in the
small spaces between / can see little
pidcc ioT ine american SInall farmer |
much as ! should like to see him here
do not believe there is white man
in the islands who would advise a
friend possessing say from two thous-
and (2000) dollars to five thousand |
(50OO) dollars to come here and go
into small farming in any line now
known.
| met man the other day who had
gone to Hilo when lands were opened
seven years ago. He had 100 acres.
He planted 1t in coffee and rooted II
up. He planted 1t in bananas and
they failed to pay. He had now rent
ed 1t to Japanese and was living on the
income. ! myself believe in leasing
the lands as present leases become
due at prices which would, / should
think, go far towards paying the ex-
penses of government. ! believe the
lease system IL better for these Islands
than selling lands.
II lands were given or sold 10 white
people as homestcads and they agreed
10 raise cane for the mills. II would
not be long before the white man
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