The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-03-05
ALEXANDER FORD ANSWERS GENTLE JAPE
BY OUTLINING AIMS FOR GREATER HAWAII

working Land in hand today with the
oriental and the Hawaiian.
1t is interesting and worth working
for to see at a meeting Of the Public
Service Association the Governor, the
general in command of the army in Ha.
waii, the admiral commanding the Pa
cifc Fleet, the Castles, the Cookies, the
Thurstons, the Dillinghams, the Turtles,
the Sedgwicks, Shebas, Chu Gems, and
dozens of others of every walk of life
getting together for Hawaii, each
pledging himself to do his share and
all equals. Gradually the barriers are
being worn away, the men who have
been placed on a pinnacle by their fell
low men want to come down and be
sociable, the men not on the pinnacle
are beginning to realize this and are
reaching up to give them a hand to
come down and join the crowd of
workers for Hawaii. There is going
to be one big organization in Hawaii
of all men and races and all organiza-
tions to work for the welfare of the
country-as it is in every great city
and State on the Coast today. The peo-
pie are going to get together, and its
worth waiting years in Hawaii to see
this come about.
The average man wants to do some
thing for his country. Let him. Find
what he is best fitted to do and put
him at it, and it is wonderful the work
you will get out of him. A young
newspaper man came into the public
service last week and was employed to
/ do some rush work. When pay day
came, he Indignantly refused remunera-
ton. "The fun / had helping out paid
/ me more than any money could" he
/ insisted. That is the spirit spreading
in Honolulu today The individual asks
to be allowed to help. Some like polo
Others the game of boosting. Boosting
is the most thrilling game in the world
and it makes patriots, not politicians
If you want to Americanize our poly
glot population follow the Swiss plan
and give each man duty to perform
for the good of his community. Get
us all working and pulling together and
the Americanization will be easy. You
won't Americanize anyone by sneering
at him. If the oriental IS standard of
living is lower than yours, teach him
it is his patriotic duty to elevate his
standard to yours and work with you
for Hawaii.
| thought little of the oriental when
first came to Hawaii, but this Hands
Around movement has made me realize
that he is going to vote soon, and we
: had better have him work in harness
: with us, instead of pulling against us.
: Why should we mott Establish in our
: colleges departments where the oriental
, may learn his own handicrafts There
: is splendid pottery clay in Punchbowl
hill, and there is NO duty on oriental
wares manufactured here and sent to
, the mainland. We have the oriental
with us, let us give him something to
, do. Let us give the white man a
I chance too. 1t is up to us and it can
all be done in friendly way.
| What is there in itl A lifetime
8 study of the most fascinating game in
' the world. The helping in working out
of the great social problems of the
S races. Hawaii is the place for such
/ study. And the surroundings The
Q surf and the surfboard at your feet,
{ the mountains above your head and a
|. paradise between. In four trips around
o the world L have found no such garden
q as Hawaii. Forgive me if / deceive
\ myself into believing that it is my
g garden-and yours of course. And we
i are the gardeners who are to make it
}. the paradise for the world, SO let Is
a get busy and work together.
a All joking aside, won't you put the
n soft pedal on advancing any one in
h dividual to the front, and boost just
r. the organizations doing good7 When
n man does big thing, credit him that
"a once, but don't try to give him the
; big head and so force him into use
a less rut of standardization. We are al
= human. No one is absolutely neces
- sary now. The work together cam
- paign has progressed too far and to,
% many men are learning to work fo
- Hawaii. There are dozen able boost
4 ers today for one five years ago, ant
: there are more coming. The thing i
:. catching and it is the most gloriou
y, ~ sport in the world. To be able to picl
~ out the best spot in all the world t.
" live in and have friends who will stan,
10 being insulted, cajoled, jollied, knock
80 ed, slandered and libeled, as you d
g e sometimes from the writer of this
:; without coming back save in the wa
" of helping to boost. Is it not wort
10 everything than any money!
- live in such place and have such fe
~ low players in the game of boostin
H. for your home placei Now, ism It itf
le Yours in mild protest,
20 ALEXANDER HUME FORD.
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