Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-24
MENOF ALL HAWAIYS RACES ARE
IOLDOF PORTUGUESE ACTIVITIES
More Than 100 Guests Sit at
Weekly Pan-Pacific Club
Luncheon Today

IOfiuSdf anu IIG
NJ. c. Paeheco. the chief speaker Of
the day, in well prepared paper
! showed what, the Portuguese have
4 done for Hawaii, their chosen coun.
i try. Before Mr.. Pacheco began his
reading, all the Portuguese present at
the meeting were introduced by John
! Comes. l.. G. Blackman sang a song
of Portugal, and A. A. Santos, master
1 Of the uknlele, played number Of
4 we'll known melodies on the instru.
ment. t
/ Rev. NJ. Kanimori, Japanese Saliva
! tion Army worker, In few well cho-
sen remarks, told of his work here
and of his delight at attending a
/ cosmopolitan Hawaii
| Among those present today were
Agnelo Pessoa, Portuguese consul;
George Castle, w. A. Bowen, Joseph
Rose, j. K. Santos, A. p. Taylor, Judge
p. l.. Weaver. Lorrin Andrews, Editor
s, Sheba, c. X. Al. Chu Gen, Frank
Scudder, Wong Chow. Paul Super, G.
H. Turtle. Rev. T. Hori, Rev. T. Okla
mura, b. NJ. Matsuzawa, j. T. Taylor,
DR.. s. Rhee, Henry Judd, r. c. Brown.
Prof. w. A. Bryan, DR.. s. d. Barnes,
+. C. Anterior, DR.. w. H. Fry, r. E.
Lambert, L. w. Norton and Y. Soga
Portuguese Activities.
The speech of M. G. Pacheco, on
behalf Of the Portuguese OF Hawaii.
WAS, in part, as follows:
These gatherings OF the Pan-Pa-
cific Club could very appropriately be
called the weekly concert Of nations,
because, figuratively speaking, IN OPP
portunity is being given to a repre-
sentative of every race Of numerical
Importance in Hawaii to blow his own
horn about what his people have done
and are doing towards the develop
ment of the country of their adoption.
II is doubtful II there is another com.
munity in the United States where
men hailing from all parts of the world'
meet together for the purpose of seri-
ously discussing the part that their
respective races are contributing to-
wards the upbuilding of the country
in which they all have q common In
tefest.
Il can safely say that the Portu-
guese people in Hawaii have unde-
niably furnished substantial founda-
ton for an intelligent and loyal Ameri.
can citizenship. The descendants of
those sturdy and virile pioneers and
their devoted wives, who adventured
the perils of sea voyage Of $4,000
miles in their searchs for a new land
where they might settle in peace and
contentment, have furnished to the
territory Of Hawaii an abundant sup
ply of splendid industrial and COM
'mercial workers who are unsurpassed
for their reliability and efficiency. In
a community which the leaven Of
Americanism is represented by less
than so per cent of the entire
population, ~the Portuguese people
and their descendants have given
abundant proofs that they are compe
tent in every way to serve with in
telligence and loyalty the country OF
their adoption.
Many Costly Efforts.
THE costly efforts that have been
made in the past to induce the immi-
grafton OF alien races to Hawaii as
permanent residents and prospective
citizens of the, United States have
been a bitter disappointment to those
patriots who would like to see the
growth and development of the terri |
tory OF Hawaii along and upon Ameri- |
can lines, pure and simple, and strictly |
in accordance with American princi- !
pies. 1t cannot be said, however, that |
the Portuguese people who have been |
into Hawaii. and who today |
represent about so per cent of our |
civic white population, are not fair
type Of the permanent residents, who, /
with their descendants, will best serve
to sustain, govern and maintain our
civic and public institutions.
I'm 1864 the board of immigration
was established for the purpose of !,
the importation of for
eign laborers and the introduction of
One of its first ordi-
nances was to prohibit private persons
from importing labofers into the king
dom under heavy penalty. Another
was to adopt measures looking to the
CT free immigrants, males
md females, from the Azores, Madeira,
Canaries and Cape de Verde in the
and from any of the Pacific
isles. The first ordinance gave great
offense to the planters, who did not
wish to be restricted from importing
cheap labor to man their sugar estates,
but the board, supported by over
public opinion, adhered TO
It's resolution.
Wanted More Chinese.
While all the discussion to secure
/ desirable class of fixed and perma-
aent residents or settlers was going
On, the cry was still heard that more
abor was needed for the rapidly in
demands CT the plantations.
Small importa:ions of Chinese were
made from time to time to supply
.hese demands. At first their labor
vas very unsatisfactory. Not under
standing the language nor the char
lcter of the work required, friction be-
ween master and servant frequently
But the laborers gradually
The planters acquired the
needed laborers, but great dissatisfac-
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