The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-18
AMER|CAN|z|NG HAWAII
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those who were brought here and who
have by their labor so largely made the
islands what they are. We should show
that Americanism means justice and
fairness in our treatment of all men. /
was in the family of an educated Chi
nese the other day, and two men, very
intelligent, said: How is it, Bishop,
that Americans who believe in Jesus
Christ can be so unjust and unfair in
their treatment of the Chinese? There
are men on these islands who came
here in good faith before annexation
and left their wives and small children
in China, intending to send for them
later. Do you think it Christian to
separate families, to doubt us to hu
initiation, to disregard the Constitution
and compel Hawaiian Chinese
American citizens to get expensive pa
pers before they can go to the main
Iand2" I told them, as they talked OF
these things, that some day the United
States would suffer for this injustice.
Some day China will have a navy and
she will not forgot. The boycott orig
mated here and I was a witness OF
the act which first suggested the boy
colt. / saw the look on determined
faces as they said to me, I'VE will
write to Hongkong and Canton and
Shanghai about this And another
said, I'VE will urge them to buy no
more American goods" Many of us
here know that a Hawaiian-born Chi
nese, educated and Christianized, will
make as good citizen as a man of
any race. Only Eastern people who
do not know put the Japanese as su-
perior to the Chinese in mental or
moral qualities.
I hope that in Americanizing Ha-
wall we shall not do as we have done
in Americanizing the Indian. How
ever, let it be understood that true
Americanism exists here in true Amer
lean hearts, and yet many of us do
not believe that, because a system
works we'll in New England, 1t should
be forced upon Hawaii or the Philip
pines, or that it will be forced upon
them. If Britain adapts her govern
ment to conditions and races, why
should not we? We have here Amer
lean labor laws exclusion laws, tariff
laws, etc, and if any one suggests that
these are not applicable here, his talk
is said to be un-American. If Britain
tons under the great principle of fair
ness, justice, expediency, why should
not the United States do the same?
The Americanization of Hawaii may be
made to mean the ruination of Hawaii.
Why is it American to have laws here
put upon the islands by Congress in
the Organic Act which mean disaster?
One law permits planters to lease gov
eminent land for only five years, and
vet it takes nearly two years to mature
a crop, and as crops come on and are
harvested for nine to twelve months
of the year, they have to be prepared
for on the land for years ahead. why
is it American to prohibit corporations
from acquiring over 1000 acres of land
when that acreage is not sufficient
with which to conduct a plantation as
things are today? These laws only in
vite schemes to get around what
would otherwise mean ruin to the in
dustry. NMA
If the United States is going to hold
foreign territory. let the Americana
ing embrace great principles and their
Just application, and not the imposition
of restricting laws and regulations,
suggested by statesmen from the labor
unions, or by men from Arkansas or
Oklahoma, who know as much about
Hawaii as they do about the moon.
Let Hawaii be Americanized by the
application of great principles rather
than by the application of selfish regu-
lations such as the coastwise shipping
law applied to these islands 1000 miles
out in the ocean, and the tariff regu-
lations made to protect industries in
Pittsburg or in Lowell. The people
here are all susceptible to true Amer
lean principles. / am not pointing out
a plan; I am describing conditions.
Professor Willis, of Chicago. recently
wrote of the government of island ter
ritory: THE American people seem
prepared to accept hope rather than
expediency as the basis OF their
policy" 1 believe that the people here
who have brought this country to It's
present state could best solve its PROD
lens if given power to do so. At pres