The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-11-03

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fornffY nn tmali allowance 81 nth
ava abi, De- s rather mora Independent
economically than mra OF che uufhiaf
class la noiihrfa climates.
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him Dol q hundred ways BY plafing upon
his utaincsfes no has been battered
with hanqutls W lunus ne has been
eohNei and caiuled hy whites who
spoke bic language. and he has boon
/ Wuu over hy appointment or election
iO ineonspqucniiaf political Offices, And
recently, M Ne has learned the rules
Of the game, largo sums Of money have
been used IN the elections. Hundreds
0f the leading natives are hired Ht
high wages a. runners and before
election they 60 among their own poo
pie and by the use Of 0ratory and pig
and gin, win their support Moreover,
through the division Of the natives be.
tween the Republican. Democratic and
Home Rule parties their influence IL
noutralzcd.
"The Anglo.S is not particular
about having the name Of power; what
he looks for. always, are the actualities
Of power. He is willing to have the
Ilawaiians hold many of the Offices,
even though he regards them as in
efficient administrators; for IL hatten
the vanity Of the native, preserves 20.
/ litieal peace, and does no particular
harm--so long as nothing is done 70
disturb hin--the dominating white
man-in his control Of the land, the
I machinery, and the labor supply of the
Islands Thus the mayor of Honolulu.
many Of the territorial legislators, and
many officers in all the Islands are Ha.
waiians-and the road work and much
other public work of the territorial
government is done, at high wages, by
native voters. But the offices of real
power are practically all held by
strong, quiet, able white men-who
hold the government with steady
hand.
CAN example of this difference be
tween the ornamental name of power
and the actuality of power is shown in
the case of the chief elective official of
| the islands, mean the delegate to
congress. This would be fine posi-
ton for any white man to hold, but
the dominant group in Hawaii, repre-.
scented by the Republican party, has
chosen safe native Hawaiian, who,
owing to the fact that he is one If the
few remaining natives of royal con.
nection, possesses wide influence among
them. The present delegate, Prince
Kalanianaole, sometimes called Prince
Cupid, is a man of ability in some
lines. He has good humor and tact, he
is an excellent speaker and man who
makes fine appearance on ornamental
occasions. AS native making a senti
mental appeal for his people, he can
sometimes get things done in congress
that white man could not get. But
when he goes to Washington as the
representative of the Islands he has
with him quiet but shrewd white
| secretary, Mr.. George Mex. Mcclellan.
Mr.. Mcclellan mot only receives from
| the United States Government the
usual modest salary of private secre-
tary, but the business interests Of the
| Islands also pay him an additional
large salary, said to be $4,000 a year.
The secretary is said to receive more
money yearly than the delegate, and in
all matters OF real Importance to the
| big interests of the Islands he is the
actual representative. He, with the
high-paid legal agent of the Planters
Association, who is always in close
attendance during congressional SEES
sions. are the real ambassadors of King
Sugar from Hawaii.
elm short, while the government of
Hawaii is in name an elective democ-
raey. in actually il is government
| by very limited aristoeracy of
wealth. 4 very few white men control
the destinies of the Islands and of its
100000 diverse people.
'What does the dominant white
group gain by its political controls
''WelI, it gains practically every ad-
vantage it has. 1t is able by control
ling politics to get the legislation neees-
sary to protect its land holdings-es-
peeially the large tracts of government
| land it holds under lease-it keeps
down taxes, it is able TO provide money
! from the territorial funds to bring in
laborers for its plantations, and above
all to present strong front in Con-
gress every time the sugar tariff comes
up for discussion Hawaiian sugar
comes into the United States free: that
is, it is protected from foreign com
petition by tariff of some $34 y ton.
Without that tariff privilege, which is
a tax paid by the consumers of the
country, many of the sugar plantations
of the Islands would have to shut up
shop
1.-THE very great prosperity of the
planters today, like that of some Others
of our law-made trusts is based not
so much upon natural advantages, as
upon legislative and political advan
tages. The enormous protective tariff
on sugar has enabled them TO open
thousands of acres of land which they
could not profitably cultivate without
that tariff.
"'With "A high protective tariff or
sugar and, until recently, free trade il
labor, the planters have brought il
large numbers Of Orientals who work al
cheap wages, and live ON low scale
When commodities cannot come into (
country, the people who make the com
moditios must come. The influx Of
such swarms of cheap lahorers TO de
: velOp an artifcially stimulated indus
try has tended 10 drive out white labo
and white citizens, and TO prevent 9th
ers from coming in. Too much cheap
low-standard labor drives out high
standard labor just AS depreeiate'
currency drives out gOldi and on over
whining diafranehieed nanaanl r