Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-22
DIR. CLARK FINDS
LABOR IS TREATED
WELL IN HAWAII
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lation. Most OF them do not profess
the Christian religion. which forms
a cultural bridge between European
nationalities and our own.
Japanese Have Good Qualities.
The japanese have many qualities
which should make them very desir.
able as citizens. If the coming gener.
alton OF Japanese born in Hawaii are
treated with fairness, they may be.
come as thoroughly AInericanized as
any OF our citizens of European des.
cent and may contribute much to the
solution Of social, economic and poll.
'tical problems, instead Of passNely
existing in the community as knotty
problems requiring solution by our so.
cial, economic, and political mathema.
ticians
The prospect Of adding the Japa.
nese and Chinese In any large num-
bers to the conglomerate OF race
stocks constituting the body of Ameri-
can citizenship doessnot appear to be
Immediate. and it will be postponed
Indefinitely if we continue to Orient
alize Hawaii by fresh streams Of i'm
migrants from Asia. To Americanize
the Orienfals In Hawaii we must iso.
late them from direct contact and
competition with the laboEing classes
of Asia itself
Should Encourage Europeans!
Complimentary to such a policy,
necessary encouragement should be
gwen to the immigration of Euro.
Jeans. The Portuguese have proved
suitable. settlers for Hawaii People
of Iberian stock readily become Anne.
ricans in habits and spirit. They are
frugal and industrious, and they thrive
in the Hawaiian climate. On account
or the remoteness Of the territory
from Europe, it can attract immigrants
In competition with nearer countries
only by paying their passage, and the
law permits the government ito do
this.
Few Wealthy Homesteaders.
I'VE may view labor conditions in
Hawaii under two aspects. If we re-
gard them solely as present conditions
of employment, as topic exhausted
when we have tabulated wages and
earnings, hours of labor, Industrial ac-
cidents, and other matters pertaining
TO the present condition OF laborers,
the subject might be closed with a ref
erence to the tables in this report.
The tables show, considering the kind
CT labor used, the service it renders,
and the history of the laboring popu.
lation of the islands, satisfactory de-
gree Of progress.
Optimistic Over Future Labor Outlook.
I'm contrast with most tropical
countries the people who control the
industries OF Hawaii make their home
in the country and take neighbor.
hood interest in the welfare of those
who work for them. But IL we view
labor conditions in Hawaii as primari-
ly important because they will deter
mine the political future of the country
and the character OF its civilization.
then these other questions-of immi-
grafton and race control, of land and
voter policies, and the civic develop
ment-are logically parts OF the sub
ject. From the standpoint of our ma
tional interest in Hawaii, which gives
occasion to the law calling for this re-
port, these are the questions in rela-
ton to which labor conditions are to
be considered.
From this broader viewpoint the
increase of resident laboring popu-
latioh, the fostering Of industries 9TH
er than sugar making, the rise of a
middle class derived from the people
who work with their hands, and the
increase in small holdings, are all
hopeful symptoms Of progress toward
a true civic community. organized to
secure the welfare of all its members.
The federal government. in every po-
icy affecting the territory, should
strive to foster such community.
The remaining one hundred pages
of Doctor Clarks report are purely
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