Speaker. it is urged that the people of the Hawaiian Islands are incapable of selfgovernment. and therefore annexation must necessarily be hostile to the best interests of the American people. Of the present constituent elements of Hawaiian population. the Chinese. numbering nearly 22.000. can safely be regarded as only temporary sojourners in the islands. With the application of American laws against further immigration. the immediate outgo of this element will begin. and in a comparatively short period of time they will become greatly reduced in point of numbers. if they do not entirely disappear. The Japanese are fairly good material for future citizenship. They are acquisitive of knowledge. industrious and economical. and easily molded in the forms and usages of the society in which they locate.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese are described as temporary sojourners, while Japanese are described as industrious and easily molded.