The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-12-29
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Tie ~ f printing has Heen not lnaYuy 'lTN-
ii re -, r-~srvaaye q zl arts Tie d~ov-
-- Of science and the beauties q literature
wa-li De y-alue,es> 70 the great mass q man
kind. we've i uct fr Jhe Y-e Religion herself
w. = ,He ~; Of printing The fact that the box
= books J. toby scattered al over t1a World IN
almost every larEusge.
sa=zz=4- ssvs s&s - ~ s7~s
The r-vsrs.r.r has become the necessary aud in
sra-able adjunct 70 Civilization. without which
slierv would -,trosrads imueaSGrab-y- Imagine
r-a moment. how s.. uu>; have been with the
sr..s7rs-.be Greeks and E1uaD>-when the
news could only y learned ny Personally VISIT
;ng lie PLACES Of public -e>o-t, and spending IN
hour Of Two in gossip. The qUid nunc o. the
present. day caa =; quietly IL his room, N dress
ins gown ami slippers. ani through the GaHy
newspaper 2; thoroughly posted 8 70 what L
going on. not only in his own immediate neigA
borhoai. but 81 over the world. The tri'e say
iac that B. the pen i ~miEL;ier than the sword
Is in these days : grand truth
But while scarcely any one Of Intelligence can
b found who fails 70 acknowledge and aPpTe-
cia,e the great importance and benefit OF the
uewsyaVer. vet but few. outside Of those con
nectei with the production Of II, have any CON-
men>urate idea Of the amount OF labor, expense
and brain-work that 1t requires. As in many
other enterprises. the frs, 10 start daily news
uaper i frequently the loser. and i compelled 70
abandon it, while after Z time some one more
fortunate will succeed. The constant drain Of
eyrense i almost Incredible, and would SINK q
C-rsrs. For instance. we read the other day in
an exchange. that the Chicago Tr5lqe,-now
one Of the leading dailies Of the Nest,-cost,
during the frs, year Of its establishment, the
sum of two hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars. and did not return one half that amount OF
income, Besides the business tact and energy
which are required IN carrying on q newspaper
whether weekly or daily, but more especially the
latter-the post Of editor is a very peculiar one,
and entirely anomalous. One may be a good
lawyer, and capable Of preparing an unanswer-
able brief; an eloquent divine, who can preach
.polished discourse a shrewd merchant, who
has never failed in any venture and yet be
utterly unfit 10 fulfil the duties Of editor Of a
weekly country newspaper. 4 man may even be
I learned and talented writer.-a yoluminous
author-and yet fail as an editor. Indeed, It
has been generally the case that purely literary
men, whenever they have embarked in newspaper
enterprises. have found, to their cost, that they
have mistaken their vocation. The most success
ful newspaper men, have, in most cases been
practical printers, born and reared, as IL were,
in the printing Office. who. with a familiar
knowledge of the mechanical part Of the bust
ness. were ST the same time possessed Of the pecu-
liar and almost indescribable qualities OF tact
and judgment, in discerning what the public
mind requires To satisfy (which requisites are
absolutely necessary il a successful journalist.
1t would seem that the time has not yet arriv-
ed when honolulu can permanently support a
daily newspaper. no matter how small the scale
on which n II j. planned. The late enterprise, has
however, given our citizens q taste Of how COIN
Portable it i 10 have the news left on their tables
every morning, and many a one will regret
the stoppage Of the Herald. The day is doubt
and TIE ' in cts5ta' OF Tf bdsl fiss sT w1ii a VARIANT 4 ant and
demand the publication here of a daily news
pap@r.
The first newspaper in the English language
ever printed in Honolulu. was the Sqndcick Isl
ands Mirror, published by S. D.. Macintosh, in
the building nov occupied by Mr.. Rhodes, nearly
opposite our Office. That was in 1886. Since
then came the s. !. Gazette. the Polynesiqq,
Nescs, Times. PAcJFIc COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.
Hatraiiaa Ga-efte. and last of all the DoiIy
Herald, which has just been suspended. We
trust that ere many years past by, some one pos
sessed Of requisite means and ability viii establish
a daily paper. which will prove successful.