Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-05

MEETING JAPANESE
COMPETITION IS BIG
HAWAIIAN PROBLEM
Declaring that the problem with
which the native Hawaiian is con-
fronted is whether he is to conform
to the Japanese standards of life and
work, or whether the Japanese of the
islands are to be forced to accept Ha-
waiian Ideals, the Rev. Akaiko Akana
outlined yesterday the differences be-
tween the two races and the causes
of those differences. The Rev. Mr..
Akana, who is on his way back to Fla
wall after appearing before congress
in support of measures proposed for
the welfare of the native Hawaiians,
has been the guest for several days OF
Capt. and Mrs. j. w. CrenShaw, S41
North First avenue. He left last
evening for San Francisco.
Hawaiian people, Mr.. Akana took the
position that their material salvation
VIII depend very much upon the meas
ures for their relief which have been
passed by the house and are now be-
fore the senate. These proposed stat
utes provide for the setting apart of
200, 600 acres of land in the Hawaiian
islands to be divided into farms for
agricultural and livestock purposes;
the lOaning of money in small sums
to families wanting to go back to the
land; and the appointment of govern
ment agricultural and livestock ex-
perts to live among the people and
teach them how to do their work, and
irrigation of the lands when neces-
sary.
Our people are not a grubbing.
money-mad race" said Mr.. Akana
'and until they are educated along
those lines they have no chance what
ever of competing with the shrewder,
more Woodworking Japanese With
money. but that we conform to a GER
tain standard of living. We like mu-
sic and dancing and pleasure, and our
evenings and many of our days are
given over to it while the Japanese is
busy among his fields. On moonlight
nights, while my own people danced
and sang with light-hearted abandon
/ have often seen the Japanese work
ing among their vegetables picking
away the bugs and turning over the
soil. Our women have adopted the
standards of their American sisters
they will not work in the fields as the
Japanese women do. and they will not
live the way they do. The result is
that the outsiders have gradually
taken over our peoples farms, and the
Hawaiians, migrating with their money
to the city and finding nothing with
which they can occupy themselves
have become a prey to all manner OF
foreign schemes for taking their money
away from Them"
Mr.. Akana smiled, 'You have no idea
how childish and trusting the Hawaiian
| is The foreign real estate men have
| taken their homesteads from them
often for mere pittance, and much
/ Of our valuable land has in this way
| passed into the hands Of outsiders who
do not care what they get out of the
soil itself. All they want is to make
just as much money as they can in
reselling the land, and then go bach
home. The rehabilitation bill now
| pending before the senate will con-
! serve all government land, acting as
it does. through the loan system, II
the nature of a long-term lease rather
| than a sale in fee simple"
| He then went on to explain how this
| bill had been drawn up by the legis-
| lative committee of the Hawaiian Pro
| tective association. after careful con-
| sideration of the needs of the people
and introduced into the legislature III
| the form of special resolution. This
resolution, when passed, was sent K
the United States by a special com
mittee consisting of the governor O
! Hawaii, three members of the senat.
and five of the lower house. 1t wa
| passed by the lower house of congress
| but when it appeared before the terri
/ torial committee of the senate 1t Strucl
a snag in the form of strenuous oppo
| sition by some of the capitalists. o
| Hawaii. A special meeting of tn
/ committee was called in November o
last year. and it was decided to sen,
a special delegate to the United State
to defend the measure. Akana wa
| sociated with the needs of the rae
that he could understand and talk OF
Il them better than anyone else.
Our people must be taught to un
derstand business as Americans un
derstand it." concluded Mr.. Akana
In the old days money was nothini
to us. our methods of business simpl.
being the exchange of one commodit,
for another and this holds good eve
today among many Of my people. w
cannot seem to adapt ourselves easil'
to the demands of the new day. Busi
| ness life and business methods are en-
tirely foreign and antagonistic to on
Il nature. and the race as whole mus
come up to the life and the standard
or today If it is going to endure. Thi
rehabilitation bin. / believe. will b
the greatest institution the Hawaiia
race ever has been privileged to hav
for itself. and one which will furnis
them with the business eXperienc
necessary for preservation.
81 feel that through it we shall b
able to create more native worker:
supplying our labor demand with on
own people rather than with the i'm
migrant And here T want to touc
lightly upon the subject of the immi
grafton problem as related to my ow
, country. 1 cannot speak too strongl
for restriction and prohibition of tn
flood Of Japanese who have invade
Paw 7. Curtis will hold reviva1 meat