The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-24

uu tet hesn N.|atIsi aai b. ufI
oliai ehesr hbaf
on ths oiir hand. ihe frirfal eo
'fnmrni has absorbed 600 rHtll nH1
0ih,f refennr used 01rirHilf hf iitU ft.
public, nni b. wa a long hmt before
ihe cufpied i0lHi government uff0f
annexation, received InN compensation
from this arpr0n ailnh. Tho lhfgm
imn ~ The ckpen.o of ilc local gov.
crnment frll- ulion the plantations
This BE- given voluntarily and generous
u, ne well ns in fhr form of taxes
the ias on forty iu1r plantations in
1879 amounting to tlN03.p35 o.
D. applied 10 the support of o. public
school sysiem as good a. The best in
,he United States; TO the mainipnancc
~ public lihfaics aud in carving on
important scientihc work ~ which we
10 the stnics are snprsmely ignorant
Much fault hns hcon found with tho
employment ~ European peasant and
Oriental iahorcrs employed ia the cane
helda' one clhss of fauli-Hndcrs object
ine TO having .thcni therr az all and
anoiher, with hppoeriticai pseud0-svm
pathy. cummiserating them a. slaves
deirauded Of rightful rcwnrd FOR their
A. with the Oriental truck pardner.
work in the helds is labor that Angeri
rans could not aud would not 40. and
only the Portuguese and Spanish
amongst Enfopeans and eoinparativcly
few OF ti.sse, viii undertake IL Tho
sturdy Japanese do the work willingly
and well, and ther pay would bo riehes
A
NJ $50 per month each married man is
furnished, rent free, a comfortable
hoilse, with garden plot, on which he
raises fruits and vegetables; fuel
water, the care OF physician for the
nek And excellent tree hOspitns are
maintained on many of the piantatio ons.
With competent physicians and fegu
lsrly trained nurses in charge. Ia
these hospitals all the most advanced
methods OF treating and caring for
patients are employed. even 10 the in.
stallment Of the Roentgen ray appara.
tis. The children Of the Oriental and
European laborcrs have the privilege
of the public schools, the japanese at.
tending their own. as well. IN the after.
moons. when they are taught in their
ewn language. The schoolhouses are
well built and are supplied with the
best modern appliances, pictures, maps
and charts
The civilization. sinfe 1920. Las been
purely American and in the early
seventies Isabella Bird Bishop furetold
it, inevitable annexation 20 the United
states Americans were the chosen
advisors of the old kings. Americans
drafted the first constitution which
gave the people free speech, a free
press and the right 10 worship accord.
ing 10 their own conscience. and the
first schools and the first printing press
we're established by American mission.
aries. The American spirit thus ex.
pressed has always prevailed. The
United states has furnished profitable
market for its sugar, and IL is in the
American market that the greater part
Of ITS imports are purchased.
The total value Of domestic merehah-
disc shipped TO lIawni from the. main.
land for twelve months ending Deeem
Der, 1919, WIS S2s 1929, ,2iO-an Increase
Of moro than S7,0O0.0O0 for tie same
period in 1910 and 1911. OF this total
for 1919, $2G2iD,9lG was carried IN
american steamships and 81 1924 ia 1
American sailing ships
All tins wonderful activity and pros
perity Is now ominonsly threatened, for
The plantations can not produce sugar
any more chcaBly than It is being pro.
duced, ship it across the Pacific and
'eave profit sufficient to Justify the
cost and labor Of production. And |
here is no Industry that can take It's |
llaec. With the West Indies and Cali. |
Iornia as competitors in close proximity |
10 the great markets Of the East. and |
the great Middle West, it could not /
export fruit even IL enough could lie |
raised, 10 yield an adequate revenue. |
orni hay, oats, rye and potatoes can /
not he raised ut all-and al these |
,tapies are purchased from the States.
iNcept potatoes, n part Of which come
from Austrnlia.
The Democratic party sOlomnly af /
irined that only such tariff legislation
should be advocated "as would not
niuro or destroy legitimate Industry. -
The removal of tine tariR will destroy
he entire beet industry OF the United
states and the cane sngnr industry of
'nr Southern States ana Of the Hawai-
an Territory In Hawaii this means
he wiring ont of al that has been
accomplished there by American indus
ny aud public spirit Can the Demo.
rate party wisely ecuntenance such
lespnebohl