The total available lar to the schools here. and those children speak English as an natural cane lands in the islands do not amount to four townships ordinary American child. There is little or no leprosy among of our land. They could not supply a tenth of what we consume. them or any cleanly. highly civilized people anywhere After Besides. annexation will make no difference to the farmer here. annexation the Asiatics would rapidly disappear. in. numbers as the raw or unrefined sugarof the Hawaiian Islands now comes under the operation of our laws and under the penal code of the in as free of duty under the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty as it islands. which would send back Chinese laborers very soon. would after annexation. and. the only man. who is affected is the The contract system would be terminated. The immigration refiner. who is protected now by the tariff against refined Hafrom this country would no doubt increase. I have Been little waiian. sugar. Refined* sugar does not come in free under the reason to believe that there would be any difficulty whatever in treaty. and if annexation comes the refined sugar will come in regard to any maladies save among those Asiatic elements and free. and of coursethe refiners are hostile to it. the Kanakas. There is leprosy. brought to the islands. it is said. Mr.
Identified stereotypes
Asiatics are associated with disease and cheap labor.