The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-12-13

succeed in developing the islands .,S
in securing the fruits Of that fer>,1,<.-
which God never intended shonId - !.
waste. All men were created s<,-.,>
but different. Some races can s-S,.--
extremes Of heat, under which ofbe--
would fail. For instance, 1t womb ~
refinement Of cruelty to decree fhs-
all cooking in Hawaii should be sor.
by the wives, mothers and daurh,s-.
OF the white race. Not only wou1a =
be waste Of a fine material. des,r,ss
by nature for better things. hut 4,
would be downright abuse. The saw
may be said Of stripping cane. It
would be a waste of material to ser
anyone OF the Aryan race at that par
ticular task
My argument Is simply this: Con-
ditions in our island possessions diner
from those on the mainland. II our
Institutions do not permit of fiexihil5,.s
to meet changed conditions, we shouId
draw in our outposts at once. and
retire to the mainland.
England's great success as an ad-
ministrator of dependent races comes
from her keen realization that nc nro-
crustean bed will answer for all OF her
wards. No two of her colonial gov
ernments are alike. They run along
the scale from the Independence IL
the Commonwealth of Australia to the
military despotism Of the crown COL
ony.
The best influence we have today In
Hawaii, next to that of the Missions.
is our public schools They will bear
inspection. Their work is of surpass-
ing Importance to Hawaii. and in a
degree to the nation. We are educa-
ting children of a dozen different ma
tionalities. All except the American,
English and German are being brought
up in paths widely divergent from
those in which their ancestors trod.
In educating so many children OF Ash
attic descent, and making capable OF
understanding their coming response
bilities, those of them. born in Hawaii.
who will become voters, Hawaii is in
part doing a national work. 1t would
be equitable to have this recognized
by a contribution by the National
government towards some part of our
unusual burden This might take me
form of supplying additional scho,l
buildings, or by assuming a measure
of control over our Normal school,
There are many obvious reasons why
1t would be wise TO bring this insti-
tuition in close touch with the Bureau
of Education in Washington Results
from the training in our schools are
beginning to appear not only in Ha-
wall, but abroad. For instance. the
reform movement now sweeping over
China has received impetus from Chi
nese of Hawaiian common school edu-
cation. At one time a price was on
the heads of some of our Hawaiian
Chinese. The Japanese are also re-
spending to the same influence
Governor Carter last summer intro
duced schoolmate os his, 4 japanese
of unusual stature tor that race, who
was born in Hawaii. He went to Jap
an after growing up; on his return
Governor Carter introduced him as a
good American. Up to that time 1
had not believed that a Japanese. no
matter where born, could be other
than Japanese in sentiment and at
lection 1t turned out that this man
had been deeply impressed with the
his countrymen are subjected in Jap-lf
an by the police and by all in author
ty. His common school training in
Hawaii had rendered the tryannical
type of government unbearable. He
openly stated that If a war should
ever come between Japan and the
United States, he was an American
and would fight for the land of his
birth and her free institutions. Ger
ain japanese fear the influence of our
schools. The Shinto religion is being
encouraged in Hawaii because 1t nur-
ures that peculiar blind type OF
PATRIOTISM which worships the head
# the State as a divinity. II is this
quality which has made the Japan
Sc invincible. They may be exter-
minated but never conquered. Joss
Iouses and Shinto temples are on the
Increase in Hawaii. OF this fact
here can be no question. Whether
hey are receiving encouragement
rom home in the hope of offsetting
he influence of our schools must re-
lain conjecture. 1t is so claimed by
ONE whose judgment and means Of
must be respected. There
enough danger to cause our
hurches to take notice.
Renewed effort has recently been
lade to introduce European families
Ito Hawaii Three shiploads OF peo-
lie have been brought around the
orn during the past year. -Four
seven hundred souls have
zen added to our population The
lpense TO the Territory has been very
-eat. aggregating three hundred
dollars. These people have
been given homesteads and work
rs been at hand 1t has been neces-
ny to furnish free transportation for
EN-. No intending immigrant could
~ his own way from Europe to Ha-
all Why should he bear the ex-
nse of travel from New York to Ho-
lulu? 1t is preposterous to expect
The expense must be borne by the
But here Congress steps
and prohibits all assisted immigra-
'n- By the present law not only is
lding denied to immigrants whose
ssage has been paid by another, and
10 are brought to the country with
promise of being given employment.
severe penalties are imposed upon
in OF