The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-05-07

pan TOT speclal labor agreement
affecting these islands has been pre-
scented to members of the congressional
party by the United Chinese Society v,
and the Lung Do Society, by their re-
sPective presidents, zee Yap and SIN
Yam, This fact was given out by the
United Chinese Society yesterday morn.
ing On the return Of the congressio nal
party from the other islands, repre-.
sentatives Of the societies named viii
s. be given an opportunity to further ud
vance their requests. The burden OF
the memorial is equal recognition for
the Chinese and other Asiatic races and
immigration privileges. The memorial
contains the following; .,A#3s
can Opportunity presents itself at
this time, which may never occur again,
that the Chinese population of these
Hawaiian Islands, as a whole, can pc.
tition you to read these facts we pre-.
sent to you, and then collectively or in
dividually investigate the statements
we offer, also to accord us an audience,
as substantiation of what we state.
60 America and other nations, far re-
moved from these islands, do not have
the knowledge of our people, or we
would not offer these facts for your
perusal. s'...'
Early Commercial Relations .- -
AS far back as 1894, commercial re.
1ations were established between China
and the Hawaiian Islands. The Chinese
were the first founders of the sugar
making industry. What was swamp and
marsh lands the Chinese reclaimed and
introduced the culture of rice, which
industry hourished until annexation Of
these islands to the United States, and
the consequent operation Of the Exelu-
sion Act deprived the rice growers Of
labor. ,', 't.'5' 49,
'@''You will find that the Chinese resi-.
dents are by far the largest import
duty payers and property taxpayers Of
tnv Of the Asiatic population here.
Exemplary Citizens ; .."1, al. q
5 G 1.-THE Chinese are industrious, obedi-
ent, faithful and thrifty. = ~
1.-THE Chinese of Hawaii are, above
all thin 5, peace-loVing and law abid-
ing people. As nation, they are rare;
ly charged with crime; An inquiry
among judges or . search Of police rec
Ords will be q proof of this. Tong
wars do not exist on these islands, Here
in Hawaii our tongs or societies are
charitable and benevolent institutions
in every sense of the word. We have
no Chinese beggars or Migrants; our
own eleemosynary societies care for.
the aged and infrm. There has been
no world charity of recent years where
we have not cheerfully, voluntarily and
literally CONFERENCE.-The San Fran.
cisco Ere relief fund, Titanic disaster.
Belgian fund and many other charities
apart from our islands. 49,. ..
Gin the First Regiment, National
Guard of Hawaii, there is one full com
pany, Company H, the largest com
pany of the corps, composed Of Chi
nese young men who have sworn al.
lc lance to the Constitution and flag
Of the United States of America. As
to the Chinese women on these isl
ends, we can conscientiously assert that
9s per cent. Of them, yes even more
than that, are virtuOus as maidens,
wives and mothers.
Chinese Largely Depended On
Now, the object of these statements
il: Since Hawaii was open to the com
Irrce of the world. cultivation and de-
vclopment Of her two main Industries,
sugar and rice, in their early stages,
chinese labor was largely depended up
on, and it was through this class Of
labor progress was made in the com
nIcrcial DEVELOPMENT. However, after
aunexation of the Hawaiian territory
to the United States of America, Chi.
nese laborers became prohibited IN
these islands, and they were replaced
by people of other nations, the procur
ing Of which has involved plantations
concerns in the expenditure Of millions
of dollars, with strikes for higher
wages, the keenest Of which was In
bio.
Aiming at the welfare of these isl
ends, we deem it expedient to request
the Governments of the United States
and China, to enter into a special agree
fnent allowing Chinese laborers to
come to Hawaii so as to insure good
methods for the benefit Of plantation
owners, Increased import duties and
commerce in general in these islands.
Although the Chinese laborers aie now
under the exclusion laws of the United
States consequent upon annexation, yet
ny these islands are separated from the
mainland by the Pacific ocean at a dis
t"nre of more than 1000 miles, we le'
licve, il a special labor agreement is
made for these islands only, 1t may not
seem TO involve any violation Of the
tights of the American laborers on the
continent, but rather 1t would bring
an abundance of trade to the American
merchants both here and on the ,ontin'
ent and consequently much profit would
rnsue. In this we are only seeking the
Aame privilege accorded to Asiatics of
other natiOns.'
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