The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-20
GOVERNOR TALKS ABOUT
THESE ISLANDS
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but John has been an exemplary citi.
zen, never displayed the least tenden-
ley toward arrogance and has been {
real benefit 10 the country. His mora
force is there as an Oriental, however
and against him as much as his Japa-
nese neighbor the resentment of the
whites is beginning to show.
JAPAN HAS OTHER PLANS.
"Alatau L. c. Atkinson, the Secre-
tary of the Territory, with the ap-
prevail of President Roosevelt, has
| lately, with the assistance of Immi-
grafton Commissioner Sargent, started
movement for immigration OH a
large scale of Portuguese and Spanish
laborers TO take the place of the time
expired japanese in the cane fields
These japanese will be sent back to
their own country as fast as possible
and it is understood that the Japa-
nese government will stop issuing
passports to laborers to go TO Hawaii.
The Japanese government is not doing
this out of any feeling of particular
regard for the white population of the
islands, but simply because it wants
the men 10 colonize Korea and Sagha-
lien
These Portuguese and Spaniards,
who in the past have proved them
selves better workers in the fields than
the japanese but demanded higher
wages, will be taken into the country
under a homestead scheme which it is
expected will make small farmers of
them and thus insure a permanent
population of soil tillers for the is
lands which we have not at present.
Two steamers have already arrived
with 1000 of these. This includes the
families of the men of course and in
the course of time we will probably
see the Japanese Iaborer entirely sup
planted by the Portuguese and Span
lard both of whom learn the language
quickly and make capital citizens AS
an instance we up till recently had a
Judge of the Supreme Court, Antonio
Perry whose father and mother were
Portuguese emigrants when a similar
was started in the '70s. So |
much for the labor problem and the |
japanese jealousy.
MANY POLITICAL PARTIES.
I'm politics we have about as many |
parties as there are letters in the al |
phabet There are Republicans and |
Democrats, Home Rulers of both per- |
'uasians, RoyaIist and Independent /
who want a restoration of |
Independence for the islands, but with |
| Republican form of government. And !
LII these parties show commendable |
in the methods they pursue |
o obtain office.
1T is impossible to please them all |
md the virulence of their antagonism
S something astounding. Your native /
Hawaiian is too indolent to care a rap /
whether the government is Republican 1
II Democratic. Unless persuaded to /
he won't go near the polls but your
lalf white is quite a different person.
lie will not only go to the polls but
will insist on hanging around the booth Il
on some weaker brother II
he way he should vote. What with II
he inordinate desire of every one of
hem to be elected delegate to Con-
sress or some other office each man
orms a party unto himself. Well, we
lope to make progress in our efforts
o keep the standards in the islands
occidental but 1 have no more time
o devote to it,
will Prince Cupid Kalanianaole, II
he present delegate in Congress, sue
eed your
Ask the President was Mr.. Car
er's reply.
Mr.. Carter only stayed over a few
ours to join some friends from Os-
7egO who were going West with him.
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