The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-03-17
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THURSDAY, MARCH IL

HUhSDA . IT L.
"ExcELsIoa" is the watchword of every one
who desires the prosperity of his country. I'm
less PROGRESS can be noticed in her all
alike look upon her with dependency. W. have
already advised our readers that charters have
been granted to introduce and monopolize, for a
term of six and ten yeats respectively, the inter
island steamer traffic and the supply of gas in Hon
olulu. These measures are OF so great Importance,
that we trust that those who have obtained the
grants will allow of no delay in the Immediatei IN
PRODUCTION of them. The mail packet Adelaidd car
ries the agent of the gas company, and the
next packet will probably carry the principal
concerned in the steamer monopoly-both leaving
with the purpose of Carrying out their respective
plans, at as early a day as possible.
The revolutions that gas and steam are des-
tined. when once introduced, to work out in our
domestic relations, are not to be sighted. These
charters are, however, not the only improvements
which the year heralds in. Our domestic wbal-
ing fleet, though increasing slowly, rs becoming
placed on a frmer basis old cane-helds are ex-
tending to their utmost capacity, while new COM
panies are being formed for sugar manufacture.
The working of guano islands in our vicinity, is
bringing to our shores the stately clippers OF the
East, which, though they may not at present
largely increase our imports or exports, afford us
communication with the great world without,
SO regular and frequent, that we are losing alto
eether hat feeling of isolation which, from our
geographical position, would seem to be the in
evitable concomitant of a mid-ocean home. Lit
tie as this guano trade nay now be thought OF,
and small as may be its beginning, it is destined
to place us in the center of a vast traffic, whose
object is to impart to the worn-out grain-felds of
England. Europe and America, that which alone
can support their teeming millions. And, unim-
portant as it may now be thought to be, thisguano
trade will aid m,re than any other one measure,
to introduce a line of trans Pacific ocean steamers,
which II in turn will add their trade and travel to
our shores
We also natiee a general awakening to our
domestic interests, for, singularly enough, 1T has
been discovered that we hare interests OF our own,
which only needed encouragement to promote
their development that we have fields that Will
grow cane, coffee and wheat, and hills and val
| leys that can be made to TEEN with vegetable
wealth. 1t has been ascertained. too, (sagacious,
penetrating people we are,) that our sugar,
which costs four cents a pound to manufacture,
cells for from six to eight, and that a little care.
full figuring would display the fact that opera
lions of this nature are slightly better than IN
vestments in real estate at one per cent. a month
or a profit of five per cent. on whalers' bills IN
November, with the money lying idle the balance
of the year. With all these discoveries breaking
in upon us, what wonder that agriculture should
take a new start and advance to the position
which it should long ago have occupied.
We have often enough, and long enough
meached. the doctrine that in agriculture and
domestic cmmerce lay our surest wealth aud on