The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-01

"Autoeratic indpstrialism,p Of Ha- /
'waii, the territorial land and water
policies, the importation OF FiIipinos
AZ laborers on the plantations and tho !
spermitting Of the better class of Europ.
.ean lhborers to leave The Isiaads; sbs.
scause ~ cannot yet its foot ON tho
fgronhg' are severely arraigned in
STATEMENTS made yesterday by Richard
u. Hnlsey, the inspector in charge Of
the Omitted States Immigration seryice
in Honolulu. " faesF 3. {. 3, 5..N
\ Due TO the great number of Spaniards
and Portuguese, estimated as over 500
persons for the months Of January and
December, who have left the Islands
10 secure homes in California, some Of
swhom said they wanted to leaSe Hal
wall because there was no. chance 10
Secure o tract Of land here, Mr.. Hal
iey has been making study of the
n onditions, environments and, general
treatment Of such, white laborers, which
have led to this exodus from the IsE
qnds when labor is in high demand.
He finds the white population decreas
ing by the thousands. y9 ~
i A. pertinent intimation, Of the In
,ector Is that some o. the. island. psople
are still on the pisins OF ehinar ana
worphinping the golden calf, II a.
h thb United States had similar condt
lions to those Of Hawaii 1.-THE nations
I1f the earth wpuld mock rs. IN our
|, syerthrow as did the powers Of DARK
X lehs Wllan the throued one OF BabyIon
Lfecarne, even ~ themselves and thu
I Tory Of the Chaldess excsllency had
/ zone down foreyst, y he sayS. Is, h
L EiiipinoE Poor Workers 800 ri
L Referring to the Filipino used, 20
'upplant the European and. Japanese
]aborers, he says; t'While there may
re individual exeeptionst among the
| filipino laborers. as mass Il IT, of a
ioorer grade Of workers whose inn
,ortgtion means an increasing proper
ION Of vice, crime, and murder, as -
Issh0wn by the court records.'s (,s 4
4 ~ There, Is food for reflection in 4
kcomparisOn Of the Governer's annual
eport for 1915 with that Of l9I7,'s
i Ays Mr. Halseys In lthe popnlatioa
harts we have 1909 given, us the po
lulation Of American, British, German
md Russian races. for the year ending
rune 30. 1915. The charts give % !
Is rs the population foi. these races
'or the year ending June 80, 1917.
@The charts show anr increase Of
l4,076, and this remarkable showing
Lis made by adding in 12,z50 Of the
,army and navy and 1900 Of the wives
and children Of men Of the army and
Euavy, total Of lf,050, and net in
,rease in this classs Of twenty-six on
bthe 1916 satisfied basis. /
"HT'he addition through the army and
Eravy was, not Feckoned 'heretoforc in
she popnlati6n proper Of the Territory.
md since June many have left and
many more viii do 50. As fur as bona
fids residents are concerned the charts
show an increase Of els Portuguese
and decrease Of 657 spaniards IN
IWhite Population Decreasing ~ 4
The total decrease. OF economic wliits
ucpnlaticn appears To- be 4I6. or about
one uercent thereof M sti
II ee'The incoming Of this resident Mill
Furry population here is offered in the
Governors report as an Offset for do.
nartures Of those Of European descent
Who left tie Islands by the reason Of
iiscouraRing TEXTURES OF the system 81
paternal industrialism. The. continuanea
VI this system has left them without
hope Of securing land or water with
which they. could become established
E'n homes Of their own. ), thus to form !
healthy middle class in, this communi
Fifty. The. excessive individualism OF
he few in Hawaii Observation-Disclosures thy
Emany, who are reduced to servile de-
pendence upon those who, falling Il
neets their reasonable economic aspira
ions, introduce In their place d elias,
# labor, which. while there nav bS
individuaI exceptions, as a mass is OF
! poorer grade Of workers and whosr
Importation means an increasing pro
Portion Of vice. crime and murder, a.
s shown by the court records as q
IFilipinOs. @# =,
PROM . moral and social standpo,u,
he importation OF chaap labor Ia ths
nest expeudves and time wiz demon
strate. that Il 10 90 economically anf
politically. Platitudss about thu
melting pot will not forever canon
'laRa the GENERALIZATION Of moral to ma
terial considerations, a %,rr "a. 4
Worsbipping the Golden GaN -.r Is
l. "If the whole Of the United State
we're snbieeted to- the kdomination o.
hose who are still on the plains 81
'hinar and worshippingg the COLDER
calf. imnndenre and vice and crims
"ould triumph, ovev, honesty and -
"ial, iustice until the nations OF, tn
ENartiv twouldsmoels uss iR our SRerthros
~ did the, powRra If darkness when tn
throPed one of, BabylOn became, eVa'
90 themselves and the glory Of th'
\ Chaldss' exceHency had gone dow;
forever, a r. -. ,
"In a crusade TO save hawaii fror
moral dissolution We CANNOT eVesloc'
ANYTHING, which tends TO inereas~ tn
percentage of vice md crime. Thas'
~ y" ''-a !" "eilHd houses NAV thaul
God that the DIa"ue does rn' e"-''
! near them hut the paw md th
D'tv Of il is that amhn0 the dwRniU"
of the moor there are introduced e'r
ments that break down the we"b hr
fruseS of nOvertv agninst the insidiou
r inrn"ds ~ cnrrnDtioB.,
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