The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-05-28

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own vessels except she United states
uur mar which once foaied over ever
b rea. lu me hsfbnfs " every land. u
now found scarcely anywhere A,
Tor my opinion ~ 90 the cause ~ thia
: shall not propose ~ this time "a
answer nor as 90 the legislation that
may be necessary There a. n very
vide and marked difference Of opinion
az 30 the proper legislative course "a
be pursued. have talked Sufficiently
with both Republicans and Democrats
10 state that they are all in favor OF
some method for the revival OF Ameri-
can shipping.
The important question In my judy
ment II the one upon which the future
OF the industries OF these Islands de-
ponds. When 1 speak OF the indus
tries, refer to them all, both In ex-
istence, both In embryo and in hope.
The cost OF transportation to the Uni
ted States OF products, in order TO put
them on the market Is, in my judg-
ment, bound to be fundamental point
upon which the prosperity OF the Ter
ritory will depend.
There are men in charge OF your
Industries who succeed with aliens I
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atoms cannot afford TO pay any higher
wages than they are paying today.
Whether this be true / know not. II
1t be true that those industries can
pay more then they ought to pay more.
n,ore tho, ~. a,,..,, ~. Ia".o' pay
PEELED to pay more.
SUGAR y TROPICAL INDUSTRY.
"And there is another question and
that is that | know of no nlace ybaro
sugar cane is raised ne n commereial
proposition except in n tronical country
and in tropical way I annreciate
the question that confronts tbis Ter.
ritory. And / understand that il is n
grave and serious question. brt as this
is a tropical country and IL has to be
inhabited nv tronical neonle tbera
is no legislation on the mart Of tbe
Territorial Government. and there is no
legislation on the part of the Federal
government that can change IL Nv ono
iota or in one degree.
81 want to saw that there is mo mar
ticular danger to propertv that NAV be
affected nv tha votes of all Hawaii
This n government of tho laws and
not of men. and the Federal mart 10
presided over by one of the most emi.
nent. distinpuished and abla cit;zons
this great republic has ever had (An.
plause
No DANcEp Epo,r IApAN
a.
NoW tnele are matters connected
WIN tne salety Oh the lsiands: L ought
W say hrsV tnat am MOI hiled WIN
ary apprehension apout controversy
WIN county Vhd' 10 Known as japan
uoh = pellc'e thaC uhese lslahus' OF
any Pait ol the oreat neptune 50
,ohs DIS the repuphc stahus, VIII ever
pe IN very ihuch Hanger IRON japan
NapPiause)' NOTWITHSTANDING the 1act
thac there are over hlty thousand loyai
SUBJECTS ol inc nihauo III the lslanas.
! no hot peiieNe III the hrst pace that
Japan mas any intention OF ever posses
sing these lslahos; doi DeiieVe tnat
she mas mad any such design Inc
recent controversy WIN Japan over the
,oc"i question IN San FRANCISCO mas, per-
maps, gwen rise 10 some controversy.
L 10 not no" propose TO dlscuss the
merits Oh that controversy; L 40 not
in'enu 10 ulScuss whether the people
ol Ihe Guy vi san Francisco actea
put S,hlPiN want lo suSsesI' "s 10
- "P"h Ii"iil'' tn"' 'noS "ii iecI,No
we equ"l piotoe'iou VI 'ne Jaw puU
iI' l,o say 1""t "nolnol Sou NC " No.ei
VI noI uoos ho' oon'eih .ne quTst,on'
SLS man ""o W"
~ any pa, ~ S'a:e'
tu;at - :,',,,L;a - In -,
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InooI onnJ;,iors hor s,,Lioots hoya hod
tboir rinhts X,ioIated for uny;s, and
;mnroner natives Inv +be naonle of the
Jrni+od states II IL r;obt for ber IN
call the attention of tbe GOVERNMENT
of the limited states tn the fact We're
an American citizen in Japan and there
deprived of emal protection of the
law and he applied to his government
to whose protection he is entitled for
the enforcement of his rights, and if
the United States failed in proper
and honorable way to call the atten-
ton of the government of Japan to
the incident. then the government of
the United States would be under the |
contempt q and be despised by the ma
tions of the world.
mo one need have any apprehension
that there is any danger from