Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-16

the rate of wages paid in the United
States for farm labor. The rate with.
out board | found was $22.14 per
month. and in Louisiana, the section
of the United States that completes
with Hawaii the rate of wagee paid is
SIS per month as against $40 and
more per month In Hawaii with house
rent, fuel, water and medical attend.
ance thrown in. And It seems to me
that under these circumstances the
Hawaiian laborer, the Japanese, Chi.
nese and Portuguese gets full more
compensation than the laborer in the
same industry in the United States.
1t ought to be said for the men ell.
gagged in the sugar industry, the cor.
porations, that they have in my judg.
ment, exercised a liberal, progressive
and patriotic attitude in connection
with the question of the introduction
of the right kind of labor and its prop.
err utilization in Hawaii.
A great deal is said in Hawaii about
the introduction of small farms and
small holders. Do you realize the fact
that about so per cent of the land
that is susceptible for the cultivation
of sugar cane is now under cultiva.
ton? And do you realize further the
fact that all land that is arabic in the
archipelago is simply that surround
ing the mountains, which were thrown
up during volcanic upheavals, and run.
ming up to the foothills of the noun.
tains from the seashore, one, two,
| eight or ten miles as the came may
be, and that when you get outside Of
that zone, practically nothing can be
cultivated or titled to advantage IN
the Hawaiian archipelago except sug.
ar? | haven't time to speak of the ex.
| tent to which other agricultural pro-
ducts such as pineapples, coffee, etc,
can be raised.
Why do not we have this labor
Americanized? It is not being rapidly
Amerieanized. The Japanese are a
great factor In II. 1t is said we are
not Amerlcanizinu the Japanese very
rapidly. That Is true. The Japanese
do not seem to be ashamed Of the
country from which they come, and up
to date have not learned Of any very
good reason why they should be
ashamed thereof.
,. On the contrary they have right
to be gratifed by the fact that they
come from country known as Japan,
because there is no other country in
any other land, civilized or uncivil.
lied, Pagan or Christian, and do not
bar from that comparison the Repub.
lie of the United States of America,
Gustrial economic and warlike devel.
: opment compared with the preceding
period that the japanese have shown
during the last fifty years, and they
are entitled I'd the credit of it. Every
Japanese has the opportunity In Ha.
wall to attend the public schools they
also have their own schools. There is
q prejudice in Hawaii over the fact
that they have their Japanese schools,
but take this ground upon that prop.
osi'ioh' h"'e ho
chilureh Oh the Japahese-ueIhs euuca''
cd III Japanese history anu peihs Id,
mliar with Japanese trauitiohs' ana IL
pe true 'ha' ,ne euuoa'ioi' Vi 'iese
: cmldren IN Ehsiish history ana 'he''
knowledge OF our country anu itS
achieVehlehtS ana its ue'e'opihei'S' ID
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, periority' am perfectly "'iiihs' 81
I lar as / am cohcerheu' 10 y,eiu 'he
!, PAIN 10 them' Let 'heni aunere u
:, their country
But THIS ought 10 De ea'd: 'he az
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