Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-06
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China and the Hawaiian Islands. when
kamehameha ] was conquering the
group OF islands, binding them togeth.
er under one power. The Chinese were
the first founders OF the sugar making
industry and in 1862 the first sugar
mill was brought TO these islands from
China for the establishing OF a sugar
plantation complete. What was swamp
and msrsh lands. the Chinese reclaim.
ed and introduced the culture OF rice,
which industry aourished until annex.
atom OF these islands To the United
states, and the congeauent oreratiup
OF the Exclusion Act deprived the rice
growers OF labor. In 1916 immigration
OF Chinege to these islands com.
Ilenced, however, only I'm small mum.
bors until 1852. In that year the
bark Thetis brought from China a
large number Of men, women and chill
dren. In 1865, the two industries,
sugar and rice. had fiourished to srch
IN extent that there was dearth OF
labor, and in this year DR.. william
Hildebrsnd WAS appointed royal com.
missioner CT immigration md he was
sent to China by the Hawaiian govern.
fient to procure contract labor. This
was the first assisted immigration of
Chinese TO work in the cultivation OF
sugar cane and rice, and from this be-
ginning. the two staple industries OF
the islands, sugar md rice, aud from
which the United States government
are toby receiving large revenues,
we're developed.
ChiaeRe HEAVY Tsxnsvera
Let us now ask you to consider inn
port duties and taxable property, and
YOU Will find that the Chinese resi-.
dents OF these Islands are by far the
l1rgest import duty payers and prop
erty taxpayers OF any OF the Asiatic
population here: these are matters
which are easily obtainabIe by you.
This statement we make without any
boast on our part.
With regard to labor; the Chinese
are industrious, obedient, faithful and
thrifty. Working for themselves, they
have developed the waste places for
rice planting, taro cultivation. and veg
etable gardening. No labor is too ar.
duous, II there Is even only small
proflt The individuak difficulties
which arise from skilled labor are set.
tied amicsbly. They have never re-
sorted TO strikes, or caused loss to
other laborers or their employers. As
merchants, they have exemplified the
far-famed probity of the race to the
last degree, In fact, without egotism,
we can point with pride, that firms OF
other nations. doing business In these
islands, are won't to take the bare
word OF the Chinese in business trans
actions, as can be attested to In many
cases. All banking business and bank
ing deposits are transacted with and
through the American banking corpor.
ations OF Hawaii; this can also be
easily learned. and to what extent,
from the banks In Honolulu
Chinese Are Law-Ablding.
The Chinese Of Hawaii are, above
all things, peace-ioving and law abid.
ing people. As nation, they are rare
ly charged with crime; an inquiry
among judges or a search of police
records will be q proof Of this. Tong
wars do not exist on the islands. Here
81 Hawaii our tongs or societies are
charitable ana benevolent institutions
I'm every sense of the word. We have
no Chinese beggars or yagrants; our
uHn. eleemosynary societies care for
the aged and infirm. There has been
no world charity Of recent years where
we have not cheerfully, voluntarily. and
cOntributed-the San Fran
cisco fire relief fund, Titanic disaster
Belgian fund end many other. charities
apart from our islands. In all mat:
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and charities pertaining to the islands
we have rendered the same cheerful
ness OF giving. We have among our
people many who have embraced the
Christian faith and have erected
schools. churches and our own YOUNG
Mems Christian Association.
Chinese National Guard Company.
In the First Regiment, National
Guard OF Hawaii, there.is one FUN com
pany. Company H, the largest com
pany OF the corps, composed of Chi
nese young men who have sworn al.
legiance to the Constitution and flag
OF the United States of America. As
to the Chinese women on these isl
ands, we can conscientiously assert
that SO per cent of them. yes even
Lu0fc IMAM taot1 oTO Va tuOuo 40 moiu
ems, wives and mothers. In all these
Islands there Is not Chinese woman
who is habitne. cenizen, frequentei
or servant in any OF the houses o.
quarters of vice. segregated or other
wise; this we point to with pardon
1 "a ssride. : = -
The Labor Situation.
'sEDw, the object, OF these state
Iments Is: since Hawaii was open tc
the commerce OF the world. the cult
walton and development OF her two
main industries. sng,r and rice. in
their early stages, Chinese labor was
largely depended upon. and II was
this class Of labor progress
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