Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-28
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mental point upon which the pros,
perity Of the Territory will depend
There are men in charge Of your
industries who succeed with aliens
! have been told that the sugar cor
porations cannot afford to pay any
higher wages than they are paying
today. Whether this be true | know
not If it be true that those indus
tries can pay more then they ought
to pay more. If it be true that they
cannot pay more, then they ought
not to be compelled to pay more.
Sugar Tropical Industry
And there is another question,
and that is that ! know of no place
whore sugar cane is raised as a COM
mercial proposition except in a trop-
ical country and in tropical way
! appreciate the question that con-
fronts this Territory. And ] under
stand that it is Il grave and serious
question: but as this is a tropical
country and it has to be inhabited by
Il tropical people, there is no legisla-
ton on the part Of the Territorial
government, and there is no legisla-
ton on the part Of the Federal gov
eminent that can change it by one
iota or in one degree.
Il want to say that there is no
particular danger to property that
may be affected by the votes Of all
Hawaii. This is a government of the
laws and not of men, and the Fed
eral part is presided over by one of
the most eminent, distinguished, and
able citizens this great republic has
ever had. (Applause.)
No Danger from Japan
NOW there are matters connected
W!th' the safety of the islands. II
ought to say first that | am not filled
with any apprehension about u CON
Lfoversy with Il country that is
known as Japan. don't believe that
these islands, or any part of the
5reat Republic so long as the repub-
lo stands, will ever be in very much
LANCER from Japan (applause), not
the fact that there are
'ver fifty thousand loyal subjects of
he Mikado in the islands. | do not
.elieVe in the first place that Japan
'as any intention of ever possessing
csc islands; ] don't believe that she
las had any such design. The recent
controversy with Japan over the To-
al question in San Francisco has,
'erhaps, given rise to some contro-
.ersy. | do not now propose to dis
uss the merits of that controversy;
90 not intend to discuss whether
he people of the city of San Fran
'lsco acted wisely or unwiseiy in
nat controversy, but simply want to
u2gest, us to Japan's claims, that
hey will receive the equal protection
# the law. But let me say that
whether you be a voter or not does
lot concern the question. Any man
tho lives in the United States, in
ny part whether in a State, Ter
tory, in Alaska, or in the District
[ Columbia, that he will receive and
CT the equal protection of the law.
nd If Japan feels that, under local ;
her subjects have had s
heir rights violated for unwise and I
improper motives by the people of !
he United States, it is right for her {
} call the attention of the govern
lent OF the United States to the fact. [
fore an American citizen in Japan l
nd there deprived of equal protec- /
on of the law, and he applied to his t
Dvernment, to whose protect he is (
ltitled for the enforcement of his
gifts, and if the United States fail +
| in proper and honorable way to :
III The attention of the government +
Japan to the incident, then the t
)yernmeht of the United States +
Guild be under the contempt OF and s
: despiseG by the nations of the j
ord 4
ust Have Coal S
mo one need have any apprehen- |