The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-19

the Chinese United Society of Homo
lulu, the following letter has been sent
To the Chinese Ambassador at Wash
ington, as the beginning of definite
movement to secure more Chinese for
Hawaii.
Honolulu, H. T., March IS, 1908.
To His ExceIlency, WI Ting Fang,
Washington. D. c.
Your Excellency: All fair minded
Americans, as well as the many Chi
nese of Honolulu, are very much pleas
ed with the excellent ruling from
washington, on the recent Lo sun case,
secured through Your Excellency's in
1aence.
We also trust, that the question of
permitting a limited number of Chi
nese to come here, for Hawaii's needs
alone, may be carefully considered.
There was a provision, in the Act an
nexing Hawaii, for a possible future
change in this matter. Sec. TX reads:
''There shall be no further immigra-
ton of Chinese into the Hawaiian Is
lands, except upon such conditions as
are now or may hereafter be allowed,
by the laws of the United States"
There can be no real objection on the
part of America, to allowing limited
number of Chinese Iaborers to enter
Hawaii, say a number equal to the
japanese in the Islands. This would be
of great benefit to both American and
Chinese interests in Hawaii. The fol-
lowing facts will give some idea of
the character and present condition of
the Chinese now in the Hawaiian Is
lands.
CHINESE GOOD CHARACTER.
There is nothing in the nature and
character of the Chinese, when allow
ed a kind and fair treatment, and an
American education and development,
to prevent their becoming good and
valuable American citizens. In proof
thereof we submit the results of the
fifty years residence of the Chinese in
a people of exactly the same
class, and from the same localities, as
the Chinese who have gone to Cali
fornia. The undersigned, after twenty
years work among the Chinese, in
America and in China, with knowl-
edge of their language, their literature,
their ideals, and the country homes
from which they come and having
spent seven years in charge of the
Chinese work throughout the Hawai-
ian Islands can testify to their assim-
Hating characteristics. 1t is true that
the Chinese in Honolulu and Hawaii,
present a definite and unanswerable
demonstration of the fact, that many
Of the laboring classes of Chinese who
<e.T, f1x III Ia
treatment, can and will become real
part of the great American people.
with true American ideas, ideals, and
ambitions, with a home and family life
like our own, a credit to themselves
and to the Nation. In Hawaii today,
can be found scores of Chinese Amer
lean homes, where the children all
speak English, where the home life is
bright and beautiful and arranged on
American plans. The Chinese are, on
every side, declared to be among the
brightest and most faithful students
among those in the schools and col
eyes. Many are doing splendid work
n offices and banks. More than four
hundred Chinese men enjoy the rights
md privileges of American citizenship,
some belonging to the young mems
political clubs, to the knights of Py-
HAS and other organizations.
MORE CHINESE FOR HAWAII.
What these islands need is more Chi
lese -1aborers to fully man the plan
ations and bring greater prosperity to
Hawaii. Is it just to allow Korean,
Japanese, Porto Riean or Italian la
oorers to come into Hawaii, and not
he Chinese? They are quite willing
hat America should have exclusion
avs, and regulate or limit foreign Ia
oor. But they insist, and justly so,
hat the laws should apply to all alike.
Nearly every Chinaman in Hawaii
will contribute to the movement to
ecure fair treatment for China! It
5 the one subject discussed, not only
lere in Honolulu, and on every plan
alton, but in every port in China. |
can have no idea of the |
antagonism she has been |
tirring up slowly but surely during |
he past twenty years. She does not |
now the strength of the trade guilds |
nd Chinese tongs, and she seems to |