Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 18, 22 January 1894 — Chinese Immigration. [ARTICLE]

Chinese Immigration.

The Advertiser, as the organ of the p!anters is trying to tlirow dast in tlie eyes of tho eommunity in its advocacy of a further importation of Chinese eoolie labor. It speaks in a very h«zy way about the restriction provided lor in the laws of 1892, and holdsout promises that these restrictions will be carried out to tho letter, aml that the number of laborers desired will not reach the limit by a long sigbt. All this may be swallowed by sorao of the Provisional Governraent’s supporters who are unfarailiar with the true state of aftairs relating to Chine.se imraigratiou, and who have had no opportuuity to fathora the trickery of the Advertiser and its faithful backers the planters. The fact is that iu spite of the newspaper’s pleasent words and solemn promises there is no inteution to briug Chinese here, except on the sarae manner as forraerly has been the case. And tlie reason is simply that the Chinese will not eome under any otber conditions. If the planters are allowed to impox*t 5000 Chinese laborers, umler contract for three years, it siraply raoans that the couutry will, after the three years have expired, number 5000 Chinese citizeus more (less than those who will bo killed by plantatiou lunas), and who will onter into the usual corapetition with our storekeepers, mechanics, aml working meu. Because if onee here they will never be forced to leave the country, aud thev will never bo made to observe any of the restrictions whieh the p!anter's organ mention, and uo one kuowā it better than the Advertiser. We have seeu this to be the case every yoar. A lawyer (a fee) a writ of habeas corpus a aecision by our Supreme Court and Mr. Ohiiiamau will be as free as any other man in the coantry and ean do what he pleasos (aml he won’t please to stay on the plantatiou). We do hope that a question of such importance is not to be rushed through by the governmeut with a very exhaustive debate. The attēmpt ol sorae members of the C o u n e i 1 s to r*ilroad a raatter of tliie nature should bo promptlv checked. lf the plunters must have labor why, may we ask, don’t tbay go to tho UuiteJ Statestor them ' We I have beeu told that if we had been annexed we could get all the free labor desired frora Amer i iea. If snch labor for our plan- ■ tations ean be obtaiued in case of annexation why ean it not be obtained now? We guess that tho free American laborers are ready | I to go where tbere are do!lars to | | make—but then the truth is that ■ the plauters ia Hawaii aro verv wi!liug io have free Iaborand ven* unwi)ling to pay for it. In the j plauters’ dreams tbe most • i pleasant vision is the Paradise of the Pacifie popalated by uothing i jexcept eoolie Uborers, planlen» aad tiieir slave drirers. Then 1 iad<».l it woald be a PantdUi!