Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 37, 31 ʻOkakopa 1894 — CORRESPONDENCE [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE

(We do not hold onrnelv«s r9spousibk for the opiniona or the utterances of our eorre»pondeut«.] Poliee vs Detective. [ Euitou Holomua: The (ollowing excorpt is from the S. F. ChronicU's epeeial Hawaiian correspoudence of Sept. 15th: “ •Succinctly stated tho firsl steps bave been takcn toward 1 tbe shntting out the further importation of Oriental Iabor to these islands M * * “ j Tho Cabinet met a number of the i Icading planters of Hawaii-nei, I and nt the close of the meeting ' tho Governmeut informed the planters, that hereafterthey must not expect to employ other than I European labor. Upon a question being asked the pluuters were I iuformed, that Oriental labor wou!d not be allowed iu Hawaii- , noi.” The fifth ‘plauk” of the platforra of the A. U. P. reads : “We are opposed to the employment of Asiatics upon auy i puhlie work.’’ One sbould suppose, that if the 1 Qovernmeut‘s “policy’’ and the i pnrty “pnneiple” meaut anything at all, except gush that Asiatics would be rigorously excluded i frv>m a.11 public patronago. Some mouth ago. the Oovernment declined tho dictum that all its employees, who refused to take an oatb to support it, or who bad not rendered it some special service sbould be “fired” forthwith, and in pcrsuance of thai “pol»cy M every Lanaka who refused to turn traitor to his countrv was summariiv discharged. At Tkomas Sqnare 0<e Goitrnmenl ha$ in it» emjiloy a number of Ckinese. Tbey have a house provided for Ihem, and are paid by tbe Government for workiog in the square. Dnring tbeir leisure hours tbey raise chickens that also manago to scratcb out a living from tbe anti-cbiuese GoremmenL At the Government nursery on Tantalns a gang of Japanese, includīng one female areemployed. They live in a comfortable house furnisbed tbem by tbe Govern.menL Did any of tbese Asiatics take tbe oatb of allegiance ? Did they render any apeeial serrice to the Government ? But, perhapa tbe Qorernment ie too poor to pay decent wagee and it is tberefore. a matter oi dire necessity. that eheap labor *hould be employed.

But no I for on agaio consalting ihe Chr. nid«. I find that tfae fioHDces of the country were never beforeinsocb aaatisfaciory • , con»i;tiuo The treaaary is | 1 Iiter<iiy overflowing. and the Gover«ment is meetīng its daily I oblig«t!ons right atung. Perbaj>s tben, it is becaose, labor is scarce. that Asiatics are • given the preference. Alaa I in the BulUtin last week. a yonng man, a 10 year's residents, sober, j steady and indostrioa.s, advertised i for any kiod of work “to keep °S f r0m *torving," and the ocly McCandless— ‘ oar aim" —says, * be eao gtt 500 men from America to eome bere and work for $10 | j>er moulh And Jim wouldn' t lie !! Not even for eoin !!! So we are forced to the reluct- | unt conclusion, tbat all the fair promises—anti chinese, pro-an- ! nexation, etc mu.st be taken , c#im jranu for the gooJ old j book says : *‘By their acts ye Huall know them. ? ’ AXTI-A8IATIC. I