The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-06-30
RESTRICTION OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORK
TO CITIZENS

MIX TO CITIZENS
The discussion Of the proposition restrict federal
work to citizens and those Of naturalization has elected
from Japanese published in this city the protest that would
be unfair discrimination against the Japanese and the
by the Star Bulletin that might raise international question
The Advertiser has not been and will not be advocate Of
party to- unfair discrimination against the Japanese other
nationality class Hawai neither will it be party to raising
sration in the solution Of the difficult and complex questions
at issue between II and the japanese government
The Advertiser claims that the proposition that the government
any kind Neither adoption
The instances and pecednt in support Of citizens alone being
permitted to perform certain duties and exercise certain functions
within their country numerous and all pevadng that
the right to pursue such course removed from all possibility Of dis
For example, Every the federal state terri
toria county municipal Of the United States from
No but citizen be member of the bar any in
the United States subdivision thereof officer of
be notary public whose chief duty is to take
acknowledgements TO instruments unless he is citizen and such
illustrations can be multiplied
these restrictions claimed that they unfairly Disseminated against
Aliens or gave alien nation ground of complaint
How be claimed that it just and legitimate exclude
aliens all of the empoymens
and gmate exclude aliens from doing any work
which the government may have to be performedi
Whether aliens be permitted work the employ
Of particular doing particular kind Of work
purely question Of policy to be decided in accordance with the
by government
performed and other and alien has
of complaint decides that its best interests require
the limitation of particular work. Office function under
the government to its citizens
continued employment by government aliens
should result in the substitution Hawaii of aliens for citizens
the that all citizens driven of employment and
out Of the Territory that there would be citizens left the
Territory and the only people left available to perform the work Of
the aliens Is there who would claim that
discrimination international the
United States attempted to such results
The illustration extreme and exaggerated bring
the point involved light but the of affairs
Hawaii today differs in degree only from the illustration
All of the citizen mechanics have not been driven out of the Terri
tory by alien competition but seventve of the
ton work Hawaii is being done by Aliens and the
proportion Of aliens engaged constantly increasing
Reverse the transfer the situation aliens
employed the various departments of the japanese
If The Advertiser is correctly informed aliens employed
heads and instructors until the Japanese had learned themselves how
ITO do the work. whereupon the aliens dismissed and at the
department which possibly
the work. Japanese citizens alone employed % IgsN
This gives the United States and people of
complaintnI is right; it is fair; 1T is -
Even dog sucks its before II does those
Shall the government Of the United States Be less aenabe
the than the
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With all due appreciation Of the of aliens the
and development of the Territory Of Hawaii the conditions this
Territory such that the continued existence ofcens with
resident American citizen will be curiosity unless radical
are taken to prevent such condition OF affairs
Already the male aliens in Hawaii ounumber the male citizens
two there being by the last resident within the
Territory approximately thousand male Asacs
including Hawaiian The available show how
this thousand also aliens but enough such to
make certain that aliens outnmbe citizens by than two to
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Under these circumstances citizens only JUS
the federal will be its duty itself and its
citizens it does take immediate steps to remedy this remark
able and unprecedented condition. f A%#- '' ~
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