The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-15
GOVERNOR FREAR'S
REPLY TO KINNEY'S
BRIEF FOR KUHIO

I Caucasians from the mainland of the
! United States, from Europe and else
| where who are already American citi-
zens or who may be naturalized. 1t
is doubtful if there will be more than
1000 or 1900 voters each of japanese
and Chinese by 1928. Since the last
| census the arrivals of Americans from
the mainland have increased con-
siderably.
There is therefore little ground for
the compliments alarming predictions.
The Portuguese vote alone is increa5-
ing more rapidly than the Chinese
and Japanese votes combined. In ma
increased from 594 in 1902 to 1 $50 in
1910, while the Chinese and japanese
vote combined increased only from
146 to 400 during the same period.
Moreover, the Chinese and Japan
ese cannot be classed together for the
compliments purposes. The Chinese
and Japanese do not combine. In
deed, the proposition has been ad
vanced by high civil and military Off
GERS and others of allowing a large
number of additional Chinese to enter
the Territory for the very purpose
of offsetting the Japanese. Again, il
lcannot be taken for granted that
those of the Mative porn ,Uhinese
and japanese who may remain in the
Territory and who may choose to eX-
ercise their right to vote will lie un-
American. The actual results thus fal
seem to support the opposite view.
Governors Policy Caucasian.
Nevertheless, as stated above, it l.
highly important, both because Of eX-
listing racial conditionsOand for other
reasons, that the population of the
| Territory should be built up as rapid
ly as possible on Caucasian lines anc
this has been one of the policies Of
my administration from its beginning.
My reply to the Delegates earlier
complaint sets forth so fully many o
the specific ways in which l have
endeavored to carry out this policy
that very little need be said here.
In the first place. every effort has
been made, particularly through spec
ial instruction and patriotic exercises
in the public schools, to train the
children of all races in the Territory
in ways of good American citizen
ship
In the second place, on my recon-
mendation, a special income tax was
provided for by the first legislature
of my administration chiefly for the
purpose of promoting the immigration
of Europeans, and as a result during
the last two years more than 5000
Europeans have been brought into tn"
Territory at enormous expense and
about 800 more are now on the
way. Finding that conditions of EN-.
ployment and living were such that
many of these immigrants left the Ter
ritory sooner or later for the Pacific
Coast, law was enacted, on my rec
ommendation, by the second legisla-
ture of my administration, extending
the powers and duties of the Depart
ment of immigration from merely
those of introducing immigrants to
those of looking after them after
their arrival so as to make conditions
of employment and living such that
they would remain here In addition
successful efforts have been made TO
improve living conditions by requir.
| ing the maintenance of better sani-
tary conditions in laborers' quarters.
Wages also have been materially in.
creased and the prices of necessaries
reduced These and other matters
tending in the same direction have
had my earnest attention and some of
them | have personally taken up di-
I rectly with the sugar planters and
others. Very satisfactory results are
already apparent
In the third place, I have made a
| special effort to promote successful
homesteading, by getting the home
stead law radically amended by Con-
gress, by lettering transportation
facilities, by experimental work in
agricultural and animal industries
with a view to discovering crops suit
able for small farmers, proper meth
DDS of cultivation, raising live stock,
etc, by establishing experimental and
demonstrating farms in homestead
centers, by aiding in the prevention
and eradication of plant and animal
pests, by creating a government mar
keting bureau for instructing small
farmers in what crops TO raise, how
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