The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-01-08

still the veriest barbarians when they take
to drink.
They have no love of money, to make
them stingy. They have no love of power
to make them prudent. They have no loud
call to thrift and industry. They are gentle,
handsome, hospitable peaceful But they
are only ninety years removed from naked
animalism. The liquor traffic simply muir
ders them.
For the sake of humanity and decency,
the spirit of the international agreement to
keep alcoholic drinks from South Sea peo-
pies; and the policy of our own government
which keeps American Samoa safe from the
saloon; ought to include Hawaii
But the Territory is unequal to this plain
duty, though we'll enough disposed, until the
sturdy, middleclass democracy arrives. 1t
has not arrived, and is not yet beginning to
arrive
Hawaii has a population of 10000. Sew
enty thousand of these are Japanese, pre-
senting problem that is serious, if not dan
gerous. Their children born in Hawaii are
American citizens. The time is not far
away when they will be an important factor
in politics
Twenty thousand are Chinese Sixteen
thousand are Portuguese. Seven thousands
are hybrids. And ten thousand are Anglo
Saxon. A percentage of the beneficiaries of
Hawaiian plantations reside away from the
Islands,. They receive their monthly divi-
dends on sugar stock and their Semi-Annual
interest on Sugar bonds, and contribute
nothing to the actual man-to-man problem
of good government few of the strong
white men take their political duty seriously
but, speaking broadly, the better whites
avoid politics. The Legislature is controlled
by natives. The constabulary is native. The
Territory is at the mercy of the liquor men,
who are white, expert INSCRIPTIONS, and
interchangeable
A majority of the natives are opposed to
the liquor trade. But they cannot cope with
the liquor power either in cunning or stabil
ity. There is abundant sentiment and cour
age; but both are undeveoped as to fight
ing-power and stayingpower.
Even If the native officials were more
nearly adequate to deal with the cleverest
of all public enemies, the representatives of
the Internal Revenue Department of the
federal government, while very efficient in
that service, are-even by their very eff
ciency-prcctically abettors of the illicit
liquor sellers. The fault is not in the Off
Gals but in the law, save in one particular;
they do not enforce the law that requires
the Special liquor dealers tax receipt to be
posted up in a conspicuous place.
The Illicit business in the islands is not
great in volume, but Il Is very serious The
government and the military and naval Off
GERS protect the camps on the inside, and
the Territory does its best to cooperate, and
to protect the fish market-the great gath
ering place of the natives. But the illicit
liquor seller-with his federal tax receipt
overwhelmingly nullifes them all, and in
the operation, furnishes his brethren of the
legitimate trade with the stock argument for
their business existence7-that prohibition
, does not prohibit"
Hawaii is purely a problem of conserva-
, ton and reclamation The porous lava
mountains are saturated with water, like
giant sponges. Leaward agriculture means
first and always development of the latent
moisture and it's distribution by irrigation
l. systems Titanic pumps, today are lifting
G water five hundred feet for farming pur-
poses This means enormous capital and
q herculean labor.
). Leeward sociology presents precisely the
n same characteristics. The Hawaiian race
= which controls the law-making, law-enforc
ing function in the islands, is rich in mora
D. and political potentialities. The fruit Of
=, ninety years of missionary work surely
S. abides But the soil of barbarism is very
r porous and the application of Christian eth
e les to democratic social tillage is still mat
ter of many years of social engineering.
- In short, the present developed police pow
- er of the Territory cannot meet the liquo
situation. 1t can help and is ready to help
- and in the long run it would win. But thu
S present need is too great to wait for a re
n motely future remedy.
Hawaii is the Capitol of American peace
ia and the model of American missions. TIL
in federal government ought to control ca
s. control the liquor traffic in the islands. TIL
n. ports are in it's hands. The federal of
y, GERS are capable and locally unentangleC
10 It's power is respected and feared. The fec
~ eral judges are independent, and very able
10 The federal government ought to take tn
matter in charge promptly and finally. TIL
~ native people are entitled to it, The hes
IS, interests of the army and navy demand /
as All classes of helpful and honorable bushes
he men would favor it, And the object lesso
d., would be famous throughout the world.
IN l therefore ask your earnest cooperate
ey in an effort to secure the passage of Sci
re ate Bill 1862 now pending in Congress giviI
re prohibition to Hawaii.