The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1911-07-25
s. SHEBA SPEAKS
To JAPANESE
Some Straight Talk
and Good Advise

Following is an address given by
S. Sheba last Sunday at the Kapaia
. Japanese School. the occasion being
the celebration of the completion
of work in charging the school
building:
have learned since coming
here that a man had visited you re-
Gently to sell book on the Ame-
Japanese War and gave
lectures OH that subject in MANY
places, and that not a few Of you
feel uneasy about the talk of war;
that some of YOU even gave Il p
taking contract work and many are
closing up accounts with Il r
friends to be ready to depart for ia
pan at the outbreak of the rumored
war.
l have read the book and know
that it is full of hot air copied
from Hobsonian utterances. l
heard that the lecturer has been
argueing for the possibilities f
: the war to make his book read sen
sation and make it better seller.
am sorry that YOU did not adj
] dress that unscrupulous lecturer i'll
this manner. If the war is inevi-
% table we do not care to spend our
! money now, but if it is not coming
! we may buy a copy to amuse our
=, selves with the war story. | am
+ pretty sure tn a t the lecturer has
+ changed his argument to suit his
: selfish purpose the minute Y o Il
y said so, for all he wanted was 0
e sell his book. Have YOU ever had
. patience to read the literature o t
"a patent madicines? They tell you
:, many things. For instance, if you
+ had headache it is made to make
n YOU belive that it is a symptom OF
cold, indigestion, bilousness, ner-
vous prostration and, indeed, what
> not. You are made to believe that
" the simple headache is beginning
- of some serious trouble and that you
!" must take that particular chemical
to be out of the trouble. If L
believed all what is said for the me
: diCine you are foolish II man
- Likewise, if you believed all what
:, a lecturer said to sell his book yor
'" are also very foolish man.
Foremost resident japanese are
advising you to go into contrac
work in sugar plantations and tC
take up independent small farming
\ which all means settling down o
our countrymen in Hawaii, an
want to-adviCe you likewise anC
IN not to pay any attention to foOlisl
NJ and unfounded talks,
Yesterday saw a gang of Japa
ncse women coming h o m from
rs their work with hoes OH h i
in shoulders and as | have not eI
r our sisters in such a wretChed ap
pearance l feel orry for them
Yet when their conditions are com
% pared with those of women in ia
e pan, their is far superior to thos,
l. in our home land where living i
is becoming harder every day II {
N many work for mere subsistence
ID You have heard the story of IRA
to shima Japanese Rip van Winklc)
r. He lived in a happy land wher,
-r he found d everything beautiful
n and was we'll provided. HoWeve
le he got used to the place and cOulC
IN not realize his happiness and long
It cd to return to his native p |
IS He knew that once he left t h
re happy land he could II o t return
G there. You are all familiar witt
the story and know how sorry
a Urashima was when he found him
o. self a poor old man in his native
le place at last,
t. Many a Japanese leave Hawai-
5 without realizing whata good plac,
G. this is and find themselvesin Japai
lie when they return in same condition
Is as poor Urashima found himself il
his native place, l hope you woulC
realize how much better your pre-
II sent condition is when compared
III with that of those who returned I,
i. Japan and what a bright futur
t. there is for our children in Hawaii
as Our children will enjoy whei
a, they reach majority the same righ
re and privileges rs the children o
NJ other races from which rights ant
n privileges we ourselves are barret
lg by an uujustla law at present. Ou
tn children are entitled to homestea,
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