On social and political grounds the continuance of the Queensland Kanaka Labor Traffic must be a barrier to the true federation of the Australian colonies.
"5.

The Regulations under which the Traffic exists in Queensland are inadequate to prevent abuses, and in the nature of things they must remain so.
"6.

The whole system is contrary to the spirit and doctrine of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Gospel requires us to help the weak, but the Kanaka is fleeced and trodden down.
"7.

The bed-rock of this Traffic is that the life and liberty of a black man are of less value than those of a white man.