The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-06-13
MUST FOLLOW ON
MAINLAND POLICY
Oh. VICTOR 3, CLARK REVIEWS
HAWAIIAN IMMIGRATION
MATTERS.

Tho last addresses in connection with
tho serics that have been running nm.
der the auspices Of the Men = League
at Central Union were delivered Turs-
day night by c. c. James and DIR.
Victor s. Clark. At the conclusion Of
the meeting vote Of thanks was pass,
ed to Doctor Clark for the energy and
enthusiasm he had shown during the
time the series has been rlnning and
also for the efficient way in which he
had mapped out the schedule and car
ried it through.
During the time these addresses
have been running, some interest.
ing facts and figures in connection with
immigration and emigration have been
given. The meetings have been well
attended and the addresses have shown
that great amount Of serious consider
alton has been given to the subject un.
der hand by the various people. The
audiences have also been made up of
a serious thinking class of citizens and
the results of the series should be far
reaching.
Mr.. James in his address dealt with
the effect of immigration on the eoun-
try of destination. He took the United
States as his example and at the outset
stated that it seems hardly right to
speak of the effect Of immigration as
though it were definitely agreed to by
all that it must either be one thing or
the other, good or bad for the coan-
try. He then traced the history of the
wave of immigration to the States from
it s inception.
First Were Best.
The first settlers were the best They
came mostly from the middle classes of
northern Europe and went to the new
country to better their condition. Now,
however, the tide has shifted down to
southern Europe and the demand is for
laborers more than anything else. Most
of these come across as assisted immi-
grants. By the rosy pictures that are
painted thousands are being induced
to come to the States who are totally
unfit and soon become charge on the
community. He quoted figures in CON
nection with this contention These
were taken from the reports published
by the commissioner of Immigration
and showed that in 1908, 100000 of the
million immigrants were detriment
rather than a benefit to the industries.
The matter of how many immigrants
arrive and how many emigrants leave
is taken by the manufacturers as a
sign of the times. 1t has been shown
that when the incoming flow is large
that good times are ahead. At times
when a great number leave the coun-
try, it is the reverse. This was more
so on account of the fact that they
generally took moro money away with
them than they brought in and their
going also means a loss to the CONNER
cial people.
General Effect.
In summing up James quoted from
Ross as follows: "On the whols it
seems that INN grafton and the compe-
tition of inferior races tends to dry up
the older and superior races when
ever the latter have learned to aspire
to an improved standard of living, and
that among the well-tordo classes, not
competing with the immigrant but
made wealthy by his low wages, a
similar effect is caused by the desires
for luxury and easy living. -
He gave an excerpt from John II
Commins, who says: "a moderate
ed and absorbed into the body polite
stimulates industry and progress, but m
excessive and indigestible amount leads
to the search for coercive remedies anG
ends in the stagnation of industry"
The Best Country.
Doctor Clark ran over the whole OF
the immigration question IN connection
with Hawaii and gave general tall
on the pros and cons of the question
If they regarded Hawaii as tropica
country, he told them, then they mus
expect non Caucasian conditions. AS {
| tropical country these islands are fal
and away the best in the world at the
| present time. This stands good no
only as far as labor conditions 90
| but also socially.
AS far as the policy of the board o.
immigration goes, it must follow
largely that put forth from Washing
ton. Hawaii can not 90 against TIN
| AT bub DItbbHL
this is trending against any furthe
influx of immigration. There is nj
more subtle policy than that whicl
holds for the exclusion of the Asiatic
from American soil. This feeling a
far as we are concerned here is a mat
ter of military tactics.
Not Hostility.
FIt must not be thought. however
that the policy of exclusion is one o.
hostility" said the speaker 9TH
home government recognizes that il
case of war-and it would be exactly
the same if these Islands were situated
two thousand miles out in the Atlanti,
Ocean instead of the Paci6c-it woult
come down to a matter of feeding
some one hundred and twenty-five Il
one hundred and fifty thousand PEG
pie"
Speaking of the matter of immi
grants being allowed in here and want
| ing to continue on at a later Deriod q