The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-05-21
A CITIZEN
POPULATION
Honolulu. May 1e, 1907.


Editor Advertiser: What matters II
by what name we dub the men of our
own race who are endeavoring to win
for themselves an honest living from
Hawaiian soil? Why should we single
out Barnard. Bruner and Louisson, or
Tenney, Giffard and Pfotenhauer and
discuss the method and manner of
their successes and by what class name
their enterprises are to be called ?
Whether they are farmers, planters or
business men. large or small, is beg
ging the question. These and Others
have succeeded, in spite of all manner
of obstacles. by force of their own
integrity, thrift and business ability,
AND WHAT THESE MEN HAVE
DONE OTHERS CAN DO.
The question eternal as far as Hawaii
! is concerned is, What is to be the
outcome of unlimited Industrial ORR
entalization as affecting the future
population? 1t is an encouraging sign
that even the Bishop has begun to have
doubts Nas to the outcome. 1 quote
from his explanation in todays Adver-
tiser. The capitals are mine:
HOW SHALL WE INCREASE THE
POPULATION OF AMERICANS OR
| OF THOSE ELIGIBLE TO CITIZEN
SHIP? THIS Is THE QUESTION
WHICH SHOULD ENGAGE OUR
EARNEST ATTENTION. 1 believe
| that most important method is for
the planters to agree upon a policy of
employing citizens or those who can
become such, in every possible posi-
ton in the mill and the field. This will
cost more, but it will be worth the cost
OF course. / include here men born in
these islands of whatever race. We
have an Oriental American population
growing up which we can not ignore.
Again, every means should be used
by legislation and in every other way
to encourage diversified industry, that
the lands now idle may be cultivated.
l believe. and always have believed,
that many articles now imported can
and should be produced here, and
believe they will be produced.
AGAIN, WE SHALL HAVE TO
GET, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, La
BoRERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
CITIZENSHIP. In the end this will
be cheaper than to get transient Japa-
nese or others.
THERE Is, IT Is TRUE, NO
f1ELD Wo6h in TIE lSLANDfo
WHICH AN AMERICAN COULD NOT
DO. THE PLANTATION LABORERS
DO NOT WORK NEARLY AS HARD
AS THE AMERICAN FARMER
DOES. The heat here is nothing to
that of the Central States in summer
but the conditions existing on the
mainland are absent here IN large
degree. There the hired man looks
forward to the time when he can pur-
chase a team, marry and begin for
himself. AM SORRY THAT THESE
CONDITIONS DO NOT EXIST HERE
EXCEPT IN RARE INSTANCES"
l congratulate the Bishop on his
change of heart, and, most of all. l
congratulate the cause of Anericariz-
alton in Hawaii for this accession to
its ranks of so able an advocate.
The layman has the right to expect
that the head of the church shall be
militant for high civic and humans
tartan ideals as well as a leader in re-
ligious thought and precept. 1t is not
in accord that he shall preach mems
failures. There are enough prophets Oh
evil among the lay brotherhood.
II /, as an agriculturist, were to at
tack the ideals of the Church and base
my proof and argument on the moral
turpitude of backsiders from the fold,
the Bishop would be the first to attack
my line of argument on these same
grounds, namely, that negative evil
uence proves nothing.
Hawaii wants leaders who will dream
dreams and make them come true. The
bishop is commencing to see visions,
eyla of NV ideal would
be, not to fill Hawaii with ''laborers
eligible for citizenship" but with citi-
zens who will labor.
1t is not the "small farmer that Is
on trial; nor is it sugar versus coffee
and pineapples.
The men who are on top in Hawaii
today have been conducting labora-
tory experiment on a gigantic scale to
see whether they could not legislate
out of existence certain natural laws,
namely, that cheap labor when In
abundance displaces high-priced Ia
Dor; that civic growth is from below
upwards, and that the man on the land
of one generation supplies the urban
population OF the next. These natural
laws are innate in all humanity, world
wide in their application, as old as
history, automatic, and are founded on
the desire of all humanity to better
their condition.
on behalf OF those interested in "the
development OF a citizenship I'm Hawaii
along traditional American lines"
beg to present the following PROPOSE
tons:
First-That In Hawaii we have an ex-
emplifcation OF the workings OF nat
ural law, namely. that cheap labor
when in abundance displaees and sup
plants high-priced labor. A stimulus
namely. the granting of free Ameri-
can market to Hawaiian sugar twenty
two years previous 10 annexation. with
out conditions as 10 methods OF produce
ton, resulted In the Hawaiian sugar
producers flooding this country with
an Oriental population. This Oriental
population, seeking 10 better it's eon-
dillon In life, has driven out and sup
planted the laborers, artisans, farmers
nd merchants of Caucasian stock The
resulting condition is that In Hawaii
ss kays an American Territory thor
oughly Aslatie,
second That the situation IN Hawaii
Is acute. demanding Immediate, con,
slruelise legislation on the psfl af
Congress,