Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 47, 26 February 1894 Edition 02 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

THE POPULATION OP THE HAWAIIAN ISL\M>S. . Is the a TDoomed ? i PRESENT AND FUTl’RE PROSPECTS. I [ Continua(ion $ee Holomua , Feh. 21.] Outside of eoolie Iabor, and of the «emi-Hawaiian», the only noticeable faetor of increase is tbat of the Hawaiian born Foreigners. These might also be a promise of stabilitv for tbe population, if they contaiued only the children of onr bona-fide permanent residents. But they principally include the children of tbe married laborers of various nationalities introdoced for planLUion work, the total number 7,495 of this element being composed (as far as the census reports may be correct.) of 4,117 children of Portugutse parents, (57 per cent.), 1,701 of Chinese and Japaneae parents (22 per cent.), 1,617 of white foreigners (21 per cent.) principally Caucasian, araong whom are the true settlers, and of 60 of other races; out of the above total. as many as 6,797 are under 15 years of age, and 5 : 455 under 7 years, and thcrefore of no aeeouni as yet as political factors. But even this eleraent cannot be consideied as stable for the future; many of them roay perchance remain in the country,—whieh is theirs only through “ au accident of birth,” —but they wonld «11 go if their pareiits departed, so that as a whole, even this class, although apparentlv a promising one for a growth of pcpnlation, eanuoi be relied upou mneh more than the rest of the foreigners, whose “ raison d’etre” is sugar. and wiio would rapidly leave the countrv if any crdamity befell that industry. In connection with this fact, 1 wish to state, that already in 1885. in a review of the census of the timo, I called attention to the sad fact tbat any increase of population through imported laborers was ouly “ fictitions, not solid, durable, of no use for the future of tbe couutry, and could not awaken or jnstify any geuuine satisfaction;” —“ if auy critical period was to befall to these Islands, a thing quite possible at the present age of crises and universal hard times, a general exodns of such laborers would in a few months leave the population down to tbe sole natives.” Politically. this Kingdom, throngh the good natureduess and hospitability of the Aborigines, otlers the extraordinarv, nnprecedented feature that foreigners are allowed the political rights of citizenship witbout becoming naturalised or taking allegiance to the country, this baving been one of the uufair, obnoxions resnlts of the “Missionary” Revolution of 1887. However, ont of onr motly crowd of population, only the natives and such foreigners who do not belong to the Asiatic races, enjoy the privilege of the ballot box, the total number of voters being 13,593, only 637 of whom are Americans, against 505 £nglish, so that the partv who cling to American protection while they nse their Hawaiian citizenship agaiust the autoncmy of the Kingdom, form only 4.6 per cent. of the whole Huwaiian voters, or 6.6 per cent. of the true native voters, and these figures explain quite satisfactori!y why the present Government have always so obstinately refused to eall on the Nation to ratify their assumption of power. Financiallv, outside of tbe monev invested iu sugar - « P estates, aud whieh is difllcult to appraise correct!y, (1) the American element has little to boast about, as it pays ouly 26.08 per cent. of the personal and real-estate taxes of the Kingdom, or, in their aggregate, only 1783.79 more than the share of the despised Ohinamen and Japane.se, and only $4,582.25 more than the share of tbemtives themselves. Moreover, the composite and nnstable nature of the whole foreign populaiioa, in whieh the Anglo-saxon factor is so exignons, does not afford the G«>vernment uny promise of a steady fiuancial statns, since any movement of eraigration araong tho laborers, would seud t!>e produce of Ltxes dowu to the bed-rock of the native elements. As further proof of this assertion and of the migratory, nnstable nature of the foreign inhabitants of this Archipalago, it will be interesting to add here the availab e oflieial figures of the “ movement of popu!atiou ” since the last census, up to July 31st, 1893. The arrivals and departures from Jannary, 1891, to July 31, 1893, have been recorded by the Custom House ; as follows: Arrivals. including Japanese laborers 21.397 Departures 14.153 Excess of arrivals over departares 7.244 Bnt, if we analyse tbese fignres, wo find an Anaiie incre«se of 8,146 (Chinese 276, Japanes«« 7,870) while there is a decrease of white foreigners of 922 (Portagne.se 803, otber whites, priucipally Amtricans, 119). In tLe mean while, from documents of the Bourd of Health, the excess (1) la cocB«ctioB with this r«rt oi th* snbject, to whieh Mr. onlr ntnkes * psssiDg •ilaūoa, Mr. T. G. T ram’8 strictiv iznp>rti&) ’ HaieaiiaM eoaūaae* t o poUiah. for pcrposen sbru*.i. t d«>nor«U uble of sagv nnd olher •gn<mltnnl eorpor»tioiis. fcr whieh he iBdignaaUT rspc- •• the • c pcnion ” of incorrBCtne*’: Thi» ubfc parporto to ahow th>t oot of 37 «aopoōo’ milliona of scch •iaehn. 22 milliciBV or »bo at 00 oet ceat. •n Amaiean whiie tb» n*tr*« Hawaiian *bu« ia only 657 tbo>aMnds;’ The Holomua, deni »1 «25-31 October. 1683.) of tbm pretennoa* hM #ew been gains*id, — it aumoi be—heenaM tt ia boa»d on aome awkward AOanuna. li Imhm» sngar inUmU and corpon»tīona «lone ni» wortb 22 miHiona, how i* it th»t tbe totnl *«««ri««m ahaie of real eat»te tm, »t one per oent, » only • aifiingcTer 135 tbaoMnd Aollnn? And if 60per oant. of tbe sagar prvpeny is in Amehean hands. how i» it that Amenoana my only 3$ per oene of the oarreaponding tax«’ f artb«more, whiie Mr. Tbram aweUa tfae »ugar »nd agricaltur*I corpcratfcna alone to 37 millkn». bow is it thst tbe whale T»lae of tbe Kingdom. indadiag notonJr sngarbot all tfae otber landa, and prouerbea, ie ooly Mtiwtod 3» miliioaa in tbe olEeial 1 0 f tnzH* T»t, sii§»i ■ t »mnnj manilil trr npwenl aboat 30 o| tbe totol fortenoof tbe ¥«([*«■: >bmfiii, U Tbntm’» ngu « tti«n niMt ln nntwrh Tf ang»r, M mūlknan wortb oi propnty. not toxod nnd not bobmg«g to Aiiniwu <w «f tbe Awwr : i Q are exne«. ngar totoneto anno* wartk S7 miEiona. m Thram Mys. bot only 11 milhooa- Tban agai», M tbe Eoiomea nsid. wh*t T»hd todn! And wby «boatid >be to8 at Wo»M por wi of ImwmIuwIw» b» te own snd rwle tbe 70 pa» wA ol rtb«g āwwha», lst «Iww i 1 i I i i I i { j i