The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-27
The Japa,1ese III III a,Dai;i;

HURING the time, that Dr. Sidney H. Gulick
~ was in the Islands, on his mission of good
Wal and better feeling, he put vast number of
questions to plantation managers clerks laborers,
teachers priests DOCTORS ministers, judges fisher
men, and men and women generally, in all walks
of fife Some day probably shall have the
opportunity of reading the conclusions he drew.
In the meantime it is instructive to review the
summary of answers and questions prepared from
memory for The Friend by the Rev. F. S. Scudder.
I, No notes were taken, because to have done so
would, have been breach of courtesy in many
cases and probably would have hampered the in
terchange of ideas. Moreover, Mr. Scudder is
careful to say that his own summary of the many
interviews held in plantation camps, bath houses,
temples mills stores, hospitals and homesteads
may not at all be that of Doctor Guick. None the
less it is on its face conscientious attempt to
set down in brief compass, without color, the facts
brought out.
The Japanese revealed in the answer to these
questions are an ambitious, moral, industrious,
honest people, of very strong racial fibre, slow to
blend with other races and somewhat impeded in
their assimilation of American ideas and ideals by
their private schools, but none the less so deeply
affected by the greater liberty of life they have
touched under the American flag that the middle
aged man of long residence probably will finish
out his days here in preference to Japan, and the
younger generation educated here find themselves
positively unhappy, under the restraint of Japa-
nese social etiquette. ~ .,~.-
Here is a selection of the significant questions
and, answers: o..
I{tWhat proportion of the other races take con-
tracts? (for raising cane). Nearly all Do other
nations take contracts? Less frequently. Why?
japanese arc more ambitious.
Are your contracts with Japanese verbal or
written? Practically all verbal for periods of less
than two years. Two-year contracts are written.
Do not the Japanese attempt to take advantage
when the contracts are verbal? No. When a
Japanese contractor hires laborers, does he share
honestly with them? Yes.
e. Do Japanese ntermarry with other races? Very
rarely Why do not they chose Hawaiian born
Japanese for wives?. Educational differences, or
marriages arranged by parents who do not like
the independence of girls educated in Hawaii
What the moral relations of the sexes?
Testimony of teachers, excellent. Testimony of
doctors and plantatfon managers remarkably favo-
rable. "
Are the japanese becoming Americanized? AS
compared with twenty years ago, yes. They use
more American food and furniture. Can the young
people read and understand American newspapers
Yes, readily than the Japanese papers.
Do they understand the principles of represen-
tative government? No. Are they inclined to
avail themselves of the suffrage they come OF
age? Yes and no. Do you fear the consequences
in the Japanese vote should become prepon-
derant? Yes, they will elect their own people to
Office. No, they will make good citizens. It will
be great advantage to the Territory to have the
Japanese take part in government. There will be
more efficient service.
Do many Japanese desire to be naturalized? No
Do they wish their children to become American
citizens? Yes. Do the Japanese have military
drill? No. Do they have firearms in their camps?
No. Investigations have proved that they have
not.