The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-20

also. to notice that the Chinese exclu-
sion is not a dead issue. The entrance
of Chinese laborers into the United
States and into Hawaii is a question
that viii come up again and again.
until right and justice is secured. The
mighty Empire of China, slowly
aroused TO knowledge OF her own
power and strength, will be able soma
day TO demand OF Christian America
just and Christian treatment Of her
people, treatment that viii not con-
t.nually break up the family life,
forcing away wives who would go to
like to be with their children The
first step in modifying present Chinese
exclusion laws is an arrangement
" hereby all papers and passports shall
be examined before leaving China, so
that there shall be no question as to
the right of entry when the United
be made in the existing laws permit
ting limited number OF Iaborers to
come TO Hawaii and the Philippines.
while not allowing their entering at
Coast ports. This would require spe-
cial legislation. which it is said can
not be secured. But special laws have
already been made in regard to the
Chinese and Japanese. setting aside
Hawaii as different from any other
State or Territory in the Union. The
final end to be sought, however, is a
general immigration law which shall
treat all nations alike, and which. with
proper restrictions applying to all
alike. will permit of the best class OF
laborers from any nation entering the
United States Thousands Of the low
est classes OF Europe come monthly
into New York. Are they benefit to
the country? Two thousand laborers
may come from Porto Rico or from
Spain Are they coolies? An early
treaty with China was so framed as to
prevent the Emperor from interfering
with the coming of his people into the
United States: and in twenty years
special laws are directed against China.
singled out among the nations of the
earth, to keep out the citizens OF that
great empire. It Is this special legis-
lation that brings the bitter feeling in
China, and has and will continue to
interfere with American commerce and
trade A general law excluding tfls
undesirable classes Of all nations would
never be objected to. The Chinese
government is strongly opposed to a.
large immigration of her people.
Hearty cooperation could be secured
for any reasonab restrictions. Less
than one-tenth of one per cent. of the
people of the United States are Chinese
With or without exclusion there is no
danger of a great food OF Chinese.
Ten times the number now in the coun-
try if fairly treated, would be source
of prosperity and a blessing to Amer
lea Their thrift and persistent indus
try is a benefit to any nation Would
America allow the poorest. humblest
of her laborers to endure such treat
ment as is given to the Chinese What
other great nation on earth would con-
sent for a moment to such unjust and
discriminating laws as now are in force
against China
China has a right to ask better
treatment. treatment such as is ac-
corded to the most favored nation"
She will ask it and secure it some day.
Another question that comes up in
this Oriental exclusion. business is,
Who is excluded The cable states
that the bill passed is to exclude Jap
anese coolies from going from Hawaii
WHO ARE THE COOLEST
The word .-coo1ie'' is most IN,
pleasant word never like TO use IL
in speaking of our Oriental friends
We would not like to think OF our for
mer ancestors, Iaboring among thu
rocky farms of New England, as
American coolies" Even though they
may have been poor, and may not all
have had the best Of education; even
though they may have had 10 work
hard in the field from morning untn
night. with faces tanned by the sun,
and hands soiled and toughened with
the digging in the soil, yet we woulo
not call them coolies" Better say
they were poor men who had to work
for a living Who. then. is the coolies
Some win say he is a plantation Ia.
borer or one who comes from far Asia
TO do the hard work in the field that
the white man can not do. In fact.
the Chinese often use. TO express tbs.
sound of this rather unpleasing word.
two characters. sKu-ii,'' or the
strength Of bitterness" giving some
idea OF the hard life Of these toilers in
the field. But the word '.coolie" does
not mean that II very likely comes
from some Indian or Eastern wordn
The Hindu word, as Mr.. Giles tells US,
is "Kolis" the name of a degenerate
race OF Rajpoots in Guzerat. India Or
perhaps It IS from the Turk word
'Kuli," "a slave" It is generally re.
ferred. ar all events. 10 the hard.
" orking burden bearer who has to
work life a slave. Do our Chinese and
japanese people like TO be called
coolies2 Would Il not be better simply
TO speak Of them as laborers2 And
when il comes TO deciding who of tia
japanese living in Hawaii have ths
right to go to the United States il may
be a question hard TO determine In
many cases. And because a man
comes here as a iaborer must ne al
ways remain 50? Has he not a right