Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

| wall than falls to the Iot OF any OF
our mainland fellow citizens. how are
We to go about the task? How are
We to tackle the job?
First and above all we must Guilt
vate a love of hard work. We must
appreciate the fact that no form OF
honest toll is degrading. We must
know that every form of honest toll is
uplifting and energizing. We must
put aside the false ideas of what
might call the peekaboo waist white
shirt professions.
My fellow citizens, the citizens
1 among us~ who do the manual labor OF
our industries, they and their wives
are the men and women who will
eventually shape and control the do
nestle affairs Of this American out.
| post. This is as true as the gospel
of work. There is no place in the
permanent scheme Of American ar
fairs for people who expect a Ger
| tain class of labor to be done by some
particular class of aliens, while the
citizens, the supposedly elect, sit by
| in state and direct the affair. The
people who build on any such founda-
ton will sooner or later find that
the alien is in control. The man who
does the work will control The vic
tories are to the brave worker, not
to the thoughtless or the cowardly
who feel that certain lines of labor are
beneath them.
! We need to bear this very much In
mind. 1t is a. living issue here in Ha'
wall because for many years the labor
in our main industry has been done by
aliens We face the fact Of some OF
us being not willing to seek work In
the industry on which the whole
wealth of the islands is founded, be-
cause aliens have hitherto done the
manual labor of the fields. There is
no use crying over spilled milk, but
is there anyone here today who does
not feel that ours would. now be a
better, more progressive, and d more
eontented commonwealth if the sons
of the soil, the citizens of the Terri
tory, our fellow citizens, were doing
the work in the fields Of the main in
dustry and in the mills Of the main in
dustry? Z
Perhaps you think l am intending
to preach the gospel of citizen labor.
If that means asking all citizens to
go to work, and be not ashamed of it,
then that is exactly what am driving
at
! 1t is true that the alien laborer, the
coolie type of laborer, has had de-
grading influence on certain lines of
manual labor, which in nearly every
other part of our country is regarded
as quite .dignified and very honor
able. Il
But the whole proposition of there
being anything degrading in agricul-
tural labor is thoroughly mistaken
idea and the people are beginning to
see it, Those who see it first and
act with the courage which is the part
of every pioneer will be the victors
and the leaders of the immediate fu-
ture. ~ -sasre seet.sr-5~sa. s-.. 81 b.. -sr. 49,
We hear much of the thanklessness
of republics. II is true enough, but
the citizen OF a republic Is supposed
to be constantly on the job in behalf
of his country, and not to be looking
around to see whether any one is no
ticing how hard he is working. He
is supposed to work for the honor and
upbuilding of his country and thereby
uplift himself He is expected to make
sacrifices. Our forefathers fought.
gave their lives indeed in order that
you and might have just that oppor-
tunity.
We indulge in much talk of the
development of so-called small indus
tries-small farming. Do you know
who / think will make the future sue
cess on the small farm in Hawaii?
come. 1t will be the boys, perhaps
the girls, born and brought up in the
country districts, who have regularly
attended school, but had to work in
the garden or the field. Thus they
came to know the soil in early child
hood. They understand how to make
things grow. They are acquainted
with the plant, the soil, the climate
and, by no means last or least, the
pests against which all growing things
have to struggle. Those boys ana
those girls are now attending our pub
lie schools. They are getting book
ledTullS IL yOu picdSS, anu hIlOh'
ledge Of the fact that this is a coun-
try of free and independent citizens
where energy and brains know no linn
It Those boys and girls in the midst
of their fun are learning how to work,
their brains are being cultivated so
that they are able to intelligently d.
rect their hands. They are wide
awake. alert. ambitious They can
see opportunities in our markets now
supplied from the mainland They
know that part Of our duty as citizens
is to be self supporting 1t may be
that some of them will carry their
studies to the point that will enable
them to bring the best scientific train
ing and research to their task An
increasing number will do this each
year. Those boys and girls will tackle
the problem of our fertile but cranky
soil And they will conquer. Once
the pioneers have led the way it will
be the popular route and the fields will
be full of them. Never too full.
We are facing a new era when the