The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-08-29

moreover the political influence of
these people, whose Amerieanization ia
still in question, win be reinforced by
heir growing economic influence. Tho
Japanese have continuously, Tor many
years extended their business aetiw.
ties, beginning with small enterprises,
until they are well entrenehed In many
lines Of commerce and manufacturing.
They control the local fisheries, and
their vessels conduct our trade with
the Orient and South America.
No legal BARRIERS stand in the way
o prevent their eventually acquiring
n large influence IN the sugar and
pineapple industries, in both Of which
they already have made n beginning.
japanese burn in Hawaii, but, in many
Asses, reared and educated entirely IN
Japan, are acquiring homesteads. Al
esses of small holdings they are rfpid.
y forming the beginnings Of local
Jeasantry. 40 far as future results
re predictablc from present tendencies
he japanese bid fair TO become own.
RS of large fraction of the arabic
and in the islands. not directly cult.
nted by CORPORATIONS. ~
Competition Noticeable ,.ss
a few year, ago one could enumer
ate the occupations Orientals were en-
tering for the FIRST time and coulI.
Observe tho RITE at which they were
driving other nutionalities out Of par
tlcnlar Cmployments. This competi
ION still goes on, especially in tn
NEE hanical trades, but il is not as move
n as conspicuous rs formerly. Perhaps
Nsiatics do not underbid American an6
taWpiinn workmen by such a wild,
margin as when they were new com,
petitors and before they had the famiI,
Expenses Of settled population. ~
Citizen mechanics protest against
me federal governments employing
1rientals on public works. The terri,
t0rial government employs no aliens.
This complaint against the nationa
government has been made previousF
m. respect TO different departments
nut just at present is directed apaius
ne war department. japanese mechan.
> cs, It is charged, are building its I'm
costs. The officers in immediate chara
II this work are not required by Law
o employ citizens. but are expecte,
o accept the lowest bids. This re.
suits in our government 3 supporting
nd encouraging in Hawaii an alier
population, when il needs very badI,
n that country a larger militia popI
alton loyal 70 the country"
In summarizing labor conditions in
Hawaii, Doctor Clark says:
"As sugar is the dominant economic
interest Of the Islands, it is conse
.qucntly the dominant political interest
The territorial government con
trolled in large part by the sugar in.
terest, seems to an outside observer
TO compare favOrably with the State
governments of continental United
states in point of honesty, intelli.
gence, and progressivPness
'The use of the native Hawaiian
language in Legislative debates and of
icial documents, carffcd over from TIKI
lays Of the monarchy, makes, the
carrying on of government more diff
fcult and expensive. A thorough
knowledge cf the English languag,
ihohld now be required of all office
holders and voters,
Refers To Government
1.-The county governments arc quite
generally referred to as examples Of
the corruption and incompetence thai
IRE bound to emerge when the suffrage
s granted to ignorant People uutraincd
in self.gOvernment Under Auglo-Saxon
institutions. AS evidence that there il
a public conscience it must be noted
that some of the corrupt county Off
'ials who misapproprfated public funds
and abused their power while in Office
are now serving sentences in the peni.
tertiary. 1t should also not be for.
gotten that corruption and inefficiency
are not unknown in connection with
local government on the mainland
There is no reason for an alarmist
altitude toward the Japanese. Those
in Hawaii are not unmindful that soms
mischance may in the future disturb
country and our own; but they do not
court such an event. They maintain
their national characteristics and al
lcgianee very stubbOrnly, and transmit
them to their children born in Hawaii
"TheiT Amerieanizatio ton is as yet on
thC surface; it has not touched their,
hearts. Nor is there much reassn why
it should. They are Disseminated
against in the matter of citizenship
and are separated by social and lin,
guistic barriers from the white popCila.
ton. Most of them do not profess the
Christian religion, which forms a cul
tural bridge between European nation.
llities and, our own. Fl,
Japanese Have Good Qualities
1.-THE Japanese have many qualities
which should make them very desir
able as citizens, If the coming genera
lion of Japanese born in Hawaii are
treated with fairness, they may be.
some as thoroughly .Americanized as
my of our citizens of European
descent and may contribute much to
The solution of social, economic, and
political problems, instead OF passively
existing in the community as knotty
problems requiring solution by our
social, economic, and political mathe.
" d
1.-THE prospect of adding the Jap.
lnese and Chinese in any large mum.
Ders to the lconglOmerate of race stocks
constituting the body of { American
does not appear 10 be i'm
mediate, and it will be postponed in
definitely If we continue to orientalize
Hawaii by fresh streams of immigrants
from Asia. To America nize the Orion,
iais in Hawaii we must isolate, them
from direct contact and competition
With the laboring classes of Asia it,