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China and the Hawaiian Islands, when
Kameh anneha was conqnering the
group OF islands, binding them togeth.
er under one power. The Chinese were
the first founders Of the sugar making
Industry and in 1902 the first sugar
mill was brought to these islands from
China for the establishing OF a sugar
plantation complete What was swami
and m arsh lands, the Chinese reclaim.
ed and introduced the culture Of rice
which industry fiourished until annex.
alton OF these islands TO the United
States, and the consequent operation
or the Exclusion Act deprived the rice
growers OF labor. In lS45 immigration
OF Chinese To these islands com.
menced, however, only in small mum.
bers until 1852. IN that year the
bark Thetis brought from China
large number Of men, women and chill.
dren. In 1865, the two industries.
sugar and rice, had fiourished to such
an extent that there was a dearth OF
labor, End In this year DR.. William
Hildebrand was appointed royal com.
missioner CT immigration md he was
sent TO China by the Hawaiian govern.
ment 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 and rice, and from
which the United States government
are tod ~ receiving large revenues,
were developed.
Chinese Heavy Taxpayers. .... <..-
LET us now ask you To consider i'm.
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 obtainable 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
dnous. II there is even only a small
profit. The individual difficulties
which arise from skilled labor are set.
tied amicably. They have never re.
sorted to strikes. or caused loss to
other laborers or their employers. As
merchants, they have exemplified the
1ar-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 wont to take the bare
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-Abldino.
.The Chinese of Hawaii are, above
all things, peace-loving and law abid-
ing people. As a nation. they are rare
III charged with crime: an inquiry
among judges or a search OF police
records will be a proof Of this. Tong
wars do not exist on the islands. Here
IN Hawaii our tongs or societies are
charitable ana benevolent institutions
I'M 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 contributed-the San Fran.
cisco fire relief fund, Titanic disaster.
Belgian fund end many other charities
apart from our islands. In all mat
tere of subscriptions, contributions
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. :
fIn the First Regiment, National
Guard of Hawaii. there Is one full com
pany, Company H, the largest com
many 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 50 per cent OF them, yes even
more than that, are yirtuous as maid
ems wives and mothers In all these
islands there is not a Chinese woman
who is a habitue, Genizen, frequentel :
or servant in any Of the houses OF
uuarters OF vice, segregated or other
wise; this we point to with pardon
able pride.
The Labor Situation.
..Now, the object Of these state
ments is: since Hawaii was open tt
the commerce of the world. the cult
walton and development of her two
main industries. sugsr and rice, in
their early stages. Chinese labor was
largely depended upon. and it was
through this class Of labor progress
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