The Democrat. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1910-1910, 1910-11-01
WARNING TO HAwA||ANs

Mr.. Hawaiian Voter: The rich plan
ter is politically Republican, and, being
such, seeks your vote for that party on
November 8. And whyY Are you not
able to understand why he needs it? 1t
has been your vote in the past that has
made it possible for him to wax fat in
the land. With your votes, through the
legislature, he has been given the right
to import hordes of Asiatic laborers for
his baronial sugar estates, and this same
labor has driven you to the wall in your
native land. Do you think the sugar
planter cares how soon you go over the
Pail so long as nothing disturbs his
large dividendsY Well, think not. Did
you ever notice how the sugar baron
howls when you talk Of higher wagesY
Now if it were shown that they were
unable to pay higher wage all would
be well and good, but quite the contrary
is the fact, for witness all the wealth
they possess.
And how have they amassed this
great wealth? In no other way than by
employing Asiatic coolies at starvation
wages to the exclusion of yourselves at
reasonable wage.
Mr.. Hawaiian, you have the power
with your vote to make life better for
yourself, but never by voting the Re-
publican ticket, which means the pro-
longation Of conditions as they now ex-
ist. If this sugar clique" had ever
done anything for your interests, we
could forgive it.
When the Japanese strike was on last
year, this same Asiatic cheap labor,
which the planter had shipped here by
the thousands, refused to work; then,
and only then, did the rich Republican
planter need you, but not for long, for
he let you go mighty quick when the
poor Japanese, hungry and beaten, re-
turned to work.
Workingmen, stop and let us consid-
er your own interest now You have
looked after the planters long enough.
In past legislatures you have favored
them only to the detriment Of your
selves. Vote for the party in this COM
ing election whose platform and princi-
Piles are for your upbuilding The Dem
ocratic party is your only hope. You
have had ten years to learn how much
to expect from the Republican party.
Your interests and those of the planters
are in direct opposition so long as they
are permitted to import cheap labor.
and if you think the planter is doing
business for your welfare you are
nightly fooled. This planter element
has kept you from owning the Govern
ment lands for all these years, and why?
Because they wanted it for themselves,
and they have the most of it too, have
MT theyg
Mr.. Hawaiia-l, heretofore, you have
worked together, struggled together.
starved together, and gone to prison to-
gether, but you have never learned to
vote together, and that is the secret of
your downfall. Why do you vote for
the clique that wants to fill the country
with poverty stricken immigrants who
are certain to be placed in position to
take away your own opportunities II
the Islands needed them, all would be
we'll But we are not suffering from an
insufficiency of labor; we are suffering
from an insuficiency of wages. Look
at the poverty and misery of the last
government-aided immigrants COMPEL
ed to labor for next to nothing. This is
what the planter wants.
The Democratic party promises, if
placed in power, to stop this wholesale
immigration business, and it is up to
you, Mr. Voter! You have the power
to place your disapproval on the sugar
schemers on the eighth Of November.