Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 5, 21 September 1893 — STATISTICS. [ARTICLE]

STATISTICS.

We pnl»!ish to-d.«v a tihle <>f i the jK>pnIation of the Hawai mi Islands, sbnwing the uumer c;d strength of the differeut nati>>naiities, their political and fin«neial statns, the ai»d estiraated cbanges iu the populiition frora year to year, i»nd the occ"pation of the differeut nati<>nalities in the inain industry of the countrv. tbe sng>r cuitivation. M e aie indebted for our figures to the H<*n A. M iq'i»s. who has taken gre=it pams «nd care iu gathering these statistics. There is uo n an in this couutry niore familiai with such \vork than Mr. M;irques. and he de serves the gre.itest credit f<»r tne time and skill that he has dev< ted in presenting the world with an absolntely correct exhibit of the truo proporti<»ns of the Leterogeneous popul«tio;i of the Hawaiiau Islatids.

As plebiscite nndonbtedly will be t>ken in these islauds >u » | very near fntnre, the li"ures whieh we publish to-day will be of extreme interest to tbose who Lave tfce futnre of Hawnii at heart. A c«reful stndy of the tuble will ulso show what outI rageous lies the Provisional ComI missioners, and tfce annexation organs have manufactured u regard to the nnmber, wealtfc and possessious of tfce Americaa colouy in Hawaii. We shall in I tliis issue devote onr space to show exactly how the Americans ! wuo elaim niue-tentlis of uli tlie wealih here stand iu proportion to all the otfcer nationalities, whom they desire to force into submission to the Stars «nd the Stripes. Accoiding b> the censns of 1890. tliere were 1928 Amencans liere, iiiciudiug men w«>men aud cfcildren. The number of Amerij caus fcad decreased since tiie ceusus of 1884 by 138 souls, and tliis decrease fcas contimted since 1890. In tlmt year, tbey constituted ouly 2.14 per cent. of tbe whole populati>>n, and tfce total number of registered v«teis amonnted oulv t<> 637 or a ]>er- • centage of 4.66 >>f all rogister»*d voters n tho country. When vve re«d tlieso figires. we einnoi help being surprised at the andacity of such a microscop:c body of men nsurping to themselves the governmeut of the laud, as a right >nd as a mattcr of jnstice, bec;»i se s<»ue A eriean missionaries at one tmie e ime here, and g»ve to then.»tive I Hawaiiau Christi nity, aud tne I more or b*ss civilizati<>n followiug timt religion. Tiie euvoys of tfce Ameneau c«>bmy here. have | persistently represeuted tbe Araericans in H.»w ii, as being tbe doiniUHtmg class, aud have natmally created tbo i:upressu>n tb>»t tbeir iuimeric.il strengtb was of some <?ousequence. Tboy have demonstn»te»l thesugir ed«stiy as depending on American workmgmen while the facts are t!mt only 101 Amencaus are employe»l on all the plautations of the laml. and tbeir pl »ces could be fiiled to-m*>rrow by Euglisb or Germans, or in many insUnces by Japanese and Portuguese with out the slightest troubic. It is tben on account of their gre t weahh of whieh tbey boast that, tfcey eiaim to ii ve tbe rigbt to iguore the otber nationalities 1

here aml deeide tbo destiny of Hawaii, l>nt what do wo see when we look over tlie tipures relating to the financial status in onr table. We Cud that real estate is owned bv only 177 Americ.ms. agaiust 3,771 Hawaiiana. 226 Chinese, 234 Portngnese and 169 Ilritishers. The holdings of the Americans. we admit, amonnt to a Iargefignre. and they j ay £139.998.30 iu taxes every year, or 26 per cent. of all the t*<ses. Bit tho Hawaiiana jiay yearly $135.416.05, or 25.3 j per ceut. of :• 11 tlie taxes, while j the Asi ttics liere pay $139.214.51 or 25.8 per cent. of all the taxes. On what may we ask, do the Americans then base their olaim for snpremacy here? It mnst be reineuibered that CUus Spreckels «ud hi» interests here are inelnd ed in the 26 per cent. of taxes paid b}’ the A*neric ns. and that moro than one half of the amonni is paid throng‘i his lirm, leaving a very amall amonni for the Ameriean annexationists. Of conrse, the taxes i>aid percapita averages only $9 95 f»r a Hawaiian, wh le eaeh Amcrican pavs $105.26 as an average. but we eau hardly believe that they would nse th«t fact as an argument for the:r claims. Because if tbey shonld. we mnst eall their attantion to the f »ct that the average of t xes per eapiia paid by Britishers, amouuting to$10G.16, or s -mewhai tnore than the averages of *he Americans. We m coming issues, return to tbis interesting snbject, and shall

in the rneantime, suggest to onr frieiuls and a!so to our eon-tempor;u-ies to make a careful [ study of Mr. Marques’ figores to see what deiluctions they ' ean make from them.