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1054 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
Mr. MACARTHUR. Yes.
Senator DAVIS. Bo you regard them as a progressive people!
Mr. MACARTHUK. I do. I regard them as the most progressive of
all the three natives brought in there—Chinese, Portuguese, and
Japanese.
Senator DAVIS. YOU do not classify them with the Asiatics?
Mr. MAC ARTHUR. No; not at all. They dress well; they have little
gardens about their houses; they cultivate various things. The Azores
is very similar to the climate of the Hawaiian Islands; it is the same
class of soil—volcanic soil.
The CHAIRMAN. Did you understand from your examination of the
condition of the Portuguese in Hawaii that their coining to the islands
was a voluntary act on their part for the betterment of their fortunes?
Mr. MAC ARTHUR. Yes; betterment of their fortunes.
The CHAIRMAN. Not compulsion ?
Mr. MACARTHUR. NO; they sent out agents. They wanted to advance
the thing, partly Japanese, partly Chinese, and somebody went
over and by arrangement brought these people there.
The CHAIRMAN. Not under the cooly system?
Mr. MACARTHUR. No; the people of the Azores are the most liberal-
minded of any of the Portuguese.
Senator Davis. Do they have their wives with them?
Mr. MACARTHUR. Yes; and children. They have brought their
wives; they have little villages in Hawaii—the sugar companies build
for them Japanese houses. They did not like these houses, so they
went to work and made Japanese villages for them—little wicker things.
The CHAIRMAN. SO that, I understand you, taking a general survey,
the Kanaka population, the white population, and the Portuguese population,
it would be a disastrous economic movement on the part of the
United States to incorporate those people into our body politic?
Mr. MACARTHUR. NO. Bat for the future the laws of the United
States would prevent
The CHAIRMAN. I was speaking of it as an economic question—
whether you think it would be advantageous or disadvantageous to
the United States to incorporate such a population as you have been
describing into our body politic. Do you think it would be an advantage
or a disadvantage?
Mr. MACARTHUR. 1 think it would be an advantage.
The CHAIRMAN. YOU do not include the Chinese in that statement?
Mr. MACARTHUR. NO, not altogether. I think the Chinese are the
worst population of all, perhaps.
The CHAIRMAN. DO they bring their families with them?
Mr. MACARTHUR. Not to a great extent.
The CHAIRMAN. DO they intermarry with the native women ?
Mr. MACARTHUR. Not much. Some of the Japanese do, and I
think some of the Portuguese.
The CnAiRMAN. They come there as denizens, and not to become
citizens?
Mr. MACARTHUR. They cannot become citizens now.
The CHAIRMAN. I am speaking of their motives.
Mr. MACARTHUR. They come there to make money and go home.
The CHAIRMAN. This article which you published in your newspaper
November 20,1893, seems to contain a statement of your views on a
number of questions. I want to ask you whether you regard that as
your sincere impression now?
Mr. MACARTHUR. Yes.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 1065
The article is as follows:
"[From tho New York Mail and Express.]
"INTRODUCTORY BY THE EDITOR OF THE MAIL AND EXPRESS.
"Hon. Charles L.Mac Arthur, the venerable editor of the Troy Northern
Budget and formerly State Senator, has complied with a request of the
Mail and Express lor an article on Hawaii, the circumstances that led
to the overthrow of the Queen, and the personnel of the Provisional
Government.
"Mr. MacArthur went to Hawaii shortly after the revolution and
enjoyed thesamefacilities for observation as Mr. Blount had. A graphic
and entertaining writer, the veteran editor has made travel a habit for
years, and when he wants to find facts or objects knows just where to
look for them.
" IN HAWAII WHEN COMMISSIONER BLOUNT WAS THERE.
uTo the editor of the New York Mail and Express :
" S IR : You have asked me to write for your paper on the subject of the
Hawaiian Islands, now an absorbing theme of public discussion. I
premise by saying that I was in the islands with my wife the best part
of last winter, for weeks at the"same hotel in Honolulu with Commissioner
Blount and his amiable lady, saw them daily, and had fairly as
good opportunities as he had to get at the bottom facts of the situation,
the same sources of information being open to me as to him. Besides,
I had greatly the advantage of him in that I saw and conversed with
all classes of people and got at their inner ideas, whereas his reticence
repelled rather than invited free intercourse. It was unfortunate
for the object of his mission that he remained secluded in his quarters
most of the time, instead of going about with his eyes and ears open
and bringing into requisition the Yankee habit of asking questions.
It was also unfortunate that he did not visit the great coffee and sugar
producing island of Hawaii, the largest of the group, which has an
area seven times greater than that of Oahu, on which Honolulu is situated,
and six times larger than Maui, tho next largest, with double
the production of sugar and other commercial products of any other
island.
"As I understand it, Mr. Blount only visited tho island of Maui outside
of Oahu, and then only paid a visit to see the great Spreckels
sugar plantation, the largest in the world, where he was, of course, handsomely
entertained. What he should have done was to have visited
the great island of Hawaii, the garden island of Kauai, and the island
of Molokai, and have seen the conditions of these islands for himself,
and have conversed with the leading men of all parties throughout the
group, instead of shutting himself up like an oyster in Honolulu and
getting most of his information at second hand. I do not, however,
desire to make any adverse criticism on Mr. Commissioner Blount, at
least until his report becomes public, for he is a very amiable and courteous
gentleman, and all my intercourse with him was of the pleasantest
character. But I can't help saying that a trained newspaper man would
have bored into all the .sources of information and have swept the field
cleaner and more thoroughly in gathering material for a satisfactory
report by the methods ordinarily in vogue with newspaper men than
was possible by the methods and means adopted by the honorable
chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee of the last Congress

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-Mr. MACARTHUR:   Yes.
+Mr. MACARTHUR.   Yes.
-Senator DAVIS:   Do you regard them as a progressive
+Senator DAVIS.   Do you regard them as a progressive
 people?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   I do. I regard them as the most
+Mr. MACARTHUR.   I do. I regard them as the most
 progressive of all the
 three natives brought in there---- Chinese, Portuguese,
 and Japanese.
-Senator DAVIS:   You do not classify them with the
+Senator DAVIS.   You do not classify them with the
 Asiatics?
-Mr. MAC ARTHUR:   No; not at all. They dress well;
+Mr. MAC ARTHUR.   No; not at all. They dress well;
 they have little gardens
 about their houses; they cultivate various things.
@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 soil---- volcanic soil.
-The CHAIRMAN:   Did you understand from your
+The CHAIRMAN.   Did you understand from your
 examination of the condition of
 the Portuguese in Hawaii that their coming to the
@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 fortunes?
-Mr. MAC ARTHUR:   Yes; betterment of their fortunes.
+Mr. MAC ARTHUR.   Yes; betterment of their fortunes.
-The CHAIRMAN:   Not compulsion?
+The CHAIRMAN.   Not compulsion?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   No; they sent out agents. They wanted
+Mr. MACARTHUR.   No; they sent out agents. They wanted
 to advance the thing,
 partly Japanese, partly Chinese, and somebody went
@@ Line 39: / Line 39: @@
 brought these people there.
-The CHAIRMAN:   Not under the cooly system?
+The CHAIRMAN.   Not under the cooly system?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   No; the people of the Azores are the
+Mr. MACARTHUR.   No; the people of the Azores are the
 most liberal- minded
 of any of the Portuguese.
-Senator DAVIS:   Do they have their wives with them?
+Senator DAVIS.   Do they have their wives with them?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   Yes; and children. They have brought
+Mr. MACARTHUR.   Yes; and children. They have brought
 their wives; they have
 little villages in Hawaii---- the sugar companies build
@@ Line 55: / Line 55: @@
 Japanese villages for them---- little wicker things.
-The CHAIRMAN:   So that, I understand you, taking a
+The CHAIRMAN.   So that, I understand you, taking a
 general survey, the
 Kanaka population, the white population, and the
@@ Line 63: / Line 63: @@
 incorporate those people into our body politic?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   No. But for the future the laws of
+Mr. MACARTHUR.   No. But for the future the laws of
 the United States would
 prevent----
-The CHAIRMAN:   I was speaking of it as an
+The CHAIRMAN.   I was speaking of it as an
 economic question----
 whether you think it would be advantageous or
@@ Line 76: / Line 76: @@
 a disadvantage?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   I think it would be an advantage.
+Mr. MACARTHUR.   I think it would be an advantage.
-The CHAIRMAN:  You do not include the Chinese in that
+The CHAIRMAN.  You do not include the Chinese in that
 statement?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   No, not altogether. I think the
+Mr. MACARTHUR.   No, not altogether. I think the
 Chinese are the worst
 population of all, perhaps.
-The CHAIRMAN:   Do they bring their families with
+The CHAIRMAN.   Do they bring their families with
 them?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   Not to a great extent.
+Mr. MACARTHUR.   Not to a great extent.
-The CHAIRMAN:   Do they intermarry with the native
+The CHAIRMAN.   Do they intermarry with the native
 women?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   Not much. Some of the Japanese do,
+Mr. MACARTHUR.   Not much. Some of the Japanese do,
 and I think some of the
 Portuguese.
-The CHAIRMAN:  They come there as denizens, and not to
+The CHAIRMAN.  They come there as denizens, and not to
 become citizens?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   They cannot become citizens now.
+Mr. MACARTHUR.   They cannot become citizens now.
-The CHAIRMAN:   I am speaking of their motives.
+The CHAIRMAN.   I am speaking of their motives.
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   They come there to make money and go
+Mr. MACARTHUR.   They come there to make money and go
 home.
-The CHAIRMAN:   This article which you published in
+The CHAIRMAN.   This article which you published in
 your newspaper November
 ,1893, seems to contain a statement of your views on
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 impression now?
-Mr. MACARTHUR:   Yes.
+Mr. MACARTHUR.   Yes.
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-The article is as follows:
+The article is as follows.
 <small> "[From the New York Mail and Express.] </small>
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 "IN HAWAII WHEN COMMISSIONER BLOUNT WAS THERE.
-''To the editor of the New York Mail and Express:''
+''To the editor of the New York Mail and Express.''
-"SIR: You have asked me to write for your
+"SIR. You have asked me to write for your
 paper on the subject of
 the Hawaiian Islands, now an absorbing theme of public