Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20
Beine Frank With Hawaiians

mate charity" said Mrs Walter Macfarlane this morn
ing while she was busy sponsoring members OF lns
Kawaiahao Al mnl Society for the surgical Work OIL
the Red Cross in the throne They have grown
think @" do nothing for themselves We
Daughters OF Hawaiian Warriors want them 10 reaiLe
that they can and must provide for themselves -
Star. Bulletin interview.
Mrs Walter Macfarane deserves special vot
OF thanks from the Hawaiians for her plain state
ment, and the Daughters of Hawaiian Warriors ar
TO be credited with undertaking the most importan
work now under way for the citizens of Hawaiian
blood
The greatest misfortune that has ever fallen upol
the Hawaiian people is the sentiment that has grow
among them that the world owes them a living ant
they have no need to work for themselves If the!
cat gain sustenance in some other way. This crue
folly, fostered in every political campaign tina
has been held since the islands have had universe
suffrage, has done an amount of harm that canno
be estimated but is evidenced by list of failures
resulting from one and only one cause, refusal t.
work.
The source of this trouble is found in racial pre-
JUDGES and the political appeals to race.
The cry is heard that the Hawaiians should have
the offices, and ii has become so general and TIT
towards who are not willing to tell the truth have
been so numerous that there has been an utter dis
regard of the consideration of capacity, training
In many cases the Hawaiian has been fed will
this political buncombe to such an extent that ht
has been swept off his balance of common sense HI
has forgotten that the first essential of success fol
any man, woman or child of any race is READINGS:
and ability to work. frugality, concentration, indie
pendence, character. he has formed an idea that &
blacksmith can be an accountant without much pre-
. liminary training, and the accountant can do al
that blacksmith can. ..'
This condition is reflected In the product of the
Kamehameha schools that have been so generally
under discussion. Not all have been failures by
any means, but the record of the young men has
been SUCH in too large number of instances, tc
create the impression that young men firmly believe
that institutions of this character put human mate
rial through some sort of mechanical refinery SC
that at the end Of stated period the finished pro
duct is turned out without any special effort or
the part of the person going through.
h The same mistaken idea has resulted in very
worthy young men being placed in public and
private positions and finding themselves insists
When plain statement of fact is made that they
are misfts, the political element comes into play
and the cry goes up that the is being attacked
because he is Hawaiian. There are enough haole
insists III Office to give this the sembance of truth
The political manipulation plays upon the untruth
zen who wakes up once year is too busy to worry
about the subject, and the unfortunate condition
travels vicious circle.
/ The progressive Hawaiian knows that he must
work to win.
4 He may gain temporary advantage by the old
prejudice route but it cannot be other than TEN
porary. He knows it, and so he buckles down to
intensive. consistent hard work.
No better example of the awakening of the pro
gressire Hawaiian has come to public attention
lately than the interview published in this paper OF
Editor Riley Allen with Denny Markham in Phil
adelphia. Denny, who is known as fine young
man and firstclass baseball player is studying to
become chartered accountant. He is heading for
rating an expert. he knows that most any
one can keep books after a fashion And anyone
who understands business appreciates the fact that
Markham will know hard work before he wins his
degree. Another example rs found in young Ha
waiian like Pahau who is taking the course in agri
culture at the College of Hawaii. He is taking adj
vantage of the opportunities that are open to
boy in this territory who is willing to work The
Desha boys are in the same class and it is crafty
ing promise for the future that the number is in
creasing.
The basic fact still remains that the misfortune
of the Hawaiians is their false idea of the manner
in which the "heights by great men" are reached
and kept" and an easy going willingness to be
carried along by others if the others willing to
carry them. .a.-...s....... ..... ~-- 49,. -
Women possessed Of the experience and vision OF
members of the organization with which Mrs. Mae
farlane is associated are just the ones to become
missionaries of progress among their own people
They can tell the truth without fear of the facts
being warped and the lesson distorted by the poll
teal racial outcry. ... -"
Intelligent and thoughtful citizens understand
that the example cited by Mrs Macfarane does not