Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-02
THE DUTIES OF A
CHINESE STUDENT
BY IN YOUNG.

as students, TO suggest and find rem
edles to correct this wrong impress
sion Of the American people. Per
haps you will ask me how this car
be done? This problem is, indeed. ,
difficult aad perplexing one. Let III
think while II there is a solution
to this problem.
Up to this time our people have Sc
cluded themselves in particular sec
lions Of large cities. This is not with
out cause. Many Of them have LIVED
In this county for years, and they
stay as long as they can in order u
earn enough money to live comfort
ably for the rest of their days aftel
their return to China, because wher
their feet are once on American sol
they have breathed the last OF Anne
rican air. On this account many o
them work day and night by dolnf
laundry work and various other Jobs
in order to hoard a comfortable sun
to take with them to China. YOU
may ask me. why don't the Chinese
spread out as people OF other nations
do and mlngle with the white people
and why don't they seek work else
where, instead of secludlng themselv
es in colonies? But. what encourage
ment have the American people given
to them? Where can they find work
elsewhere than to carry on business
among themselves? In factories? No
In railroad companies? No. Some
time ago, one OF our students who
graduated from textile school want
ed to acquire some practical knowl
edge In his profession. and applied for
position in one Of the mills in Phi.
ladelphia. but Boz the superintendent
turned to him and said MY friend,
| would take you In without a nom
ent's hesitation II the labor union
would not threaten to shut down my
factory because Of my employing
an Oriental in my mill" Absolute
ly no announcement has been given
to our people to become citizens.
handieaps Many.
Indeed, even the best educated Chi.
nese of today. regardless of the length
OF time he has been here. can not
become a citizen. No charitable In.
stitutions have been established to
help the unfortunate ones. You hear
and read OF American organizations
raising funds 90 help the unemploy.
ed Italians and Hungarians, etc, and
to build charitable institutions for the
crippled, but no such organizations
have been established for our people,
outside OF the few missionary work.
ers who have attempted to teach the
people Christianity, sometimes by
dogmatic means, the result OF which
in some instances have been rather
harmful than good. The municipal
governments have followed the Lais
SEE Faire policy. Very little attempt
has been made to correct the evils
existing In Chinese quarters. except
when occasion demands. or the Ave
thousand or more In New York City,
hundreds are unemployed. The lower
classes of other races, the unemploy.
ed Of the white race, flock there, be
cause OF the noninterference by police
forces when crimes have been com
mitted. As n result, we have the cos.
mopolitan OF the Stun. People from
other parts OF the country upon their
arrival in New York are magnetized
by the advertisements OF the sight
seeing automobile agents, portraylng
exaggerated scenes which are suppos'
ed to be In existence In Chinatown"
and when these newcomers have been
transported to this curious spot, they
see things from the outside and form
an opinion that all Chinese are In the
same condition, irrespective OF class
es. My friends, there Is a social pro
blem for us to solve. II does not
come from books, but II Is our duty
to help TO better the condition OF our
people. As messengers OF China's
good will and friendly feeling toward
the world. we must struggle to re-
move every trace of misunderstanding
existing between our people and the
people of the West, and by our ami
cable words and good conduct seek
TO establish an envlable reputation
for China and among her sister ma
lions.
Thus far ! have not offered any
solutions to this problem. but | be-
lieve that, with the help OF the din'
erent municipal governments and the
of the representatives OF
China, II is possible to enforce strict
or sanitary laws and to help TO scat
ter the unemployed by helping them
to find suitable work, and that thus
great improvements can be made.
AS students II is our duty to ask
ourselves questions concerning the re-
lation between the government and
the governed, the employer and the
employee. Is the American home
nearer the ideal than ours. The high
sense OF honor and manly courage
possessed by the American people ex.
cites our admiration. The polite at
IGNITION and chivalrous conduct to the
fair sex are worthy OF our considera'
lion. Such and similar questions we
should pay particular attention to
while we are In America. There Is
much to approve and much to con
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