New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

would make it possible 20. con-
veniently redeem the loan within
five years.
have had the opportunity to build
freslde and a family.
Picture these Eastern men, erap.ied
into the melting pots OF straner
lands and segregated from tbeit
cherished home ties and all that they
hold dear. What is going to happenr
The opportunist can tell one, for his
glib tongue works loosely for his
purse, all the time. But no one else
can.
Hawaii has been a paradise for
the Japanese. 1t is not difficult tc
imagine what the racial composition
of these fair islands will be within
less tran ten years. Plantation di.
rectors want the Japanese, ard .hev
are right, from their point of view
which is probably the old one that
labor is nothing but a contod;ty"
The japanese arc SO prolific that
they have as yet had no ticle to ron.
slider the more advance theories cf
the dignity and the rights Of labor.
When man is certain each year to
have one or two mere mouths to
feed he is not apt to consider deeply
an. thing but the means to that end.
Labor strikes in Japan have been
rather a surprise, and sonetifnes a
joke. The government does not tol.
crate any proceedings that look like
what it is pleased to consiler social
ism. Even dangerous thoughts"
have recently come under the ban,
although it has not been revealed
whether the X-ray or the third de-
gree was employed to uncover them.
Strong japanese labor unions nay
accomplish something some day, but
it is sure to be long struggle.
Harsh Measures III
Not Effective
Industrial employers who favor
admission Of hordes O. Orienta'
workmen into Western countries are
taking, I believe, a serious response
bility, and will do we'll to consider
gravely the possible ultimate effect,
rather than the Immediate advan-
tages to be derived. If the japanese
are brought into any white country
they will be efficient in a much
slower way than the boss" has been
used to. Even harsh measures will
not serve to speed them up. They
would suffer extreme torture rather
than be driven. If their families
do not come with them-and so far
l have not heard that any one has
proposed transplanting an entire
Oriental city in any country Of tho
West-who will be so daring as to
assert that wholesa c miscegenatlon
will not result-no matter how many
laws are made, or how much vigi.
lance may be exercised? Let those
who think they know most about this
subject come forward and speak
plainly to the public, but it would be
a pity and a disgrace should argu'
ments be based upon personal inter
est and temporary .xpediency. Thls
great question IS not one Of passing
moment, but is fraught with peril
and danger to future generations
One who has spent enough time OF
study in Hawaii to realize :aese
charming islands are now fairly 0rl'
entail in population, through tns
working Of the simplest laws Of nat
ure, will not, think, have much 10
say in favor of that convenient
solecism Of the melting pot. Hawah d
mixing cauldron seethes overtEne'
theie are % intervals of qAescence'
The student cf etl.nologv las Ter
tile field for observation ara--specu.
laton. Trere Is every graduation "
color.
Industrial Hawaii has dsveloreu
largely along the lines OF m'
easiest way" In no territorv or GU.
ony has commercial success pe'A
more rapid or more solid.
Butsnow. to-day, il one could nav,
the wizards power to fount an idsA'
civilization in these Hawa'ian 'siss
CT plenty and ease, would ne. Wv
open-eyed, self-centred de'ibera''o'
care to duplicate the racial hetsr0ss
neity that now exists?
One might asl, any AmeE'1s.
whose home is in Hawaii, ana p''
der a long time over his answer
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