The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1870-01-05


Chicago, THAT Mighty city,
Has the appearance of anything else than
81 The Garden City " this dismal winter
month of November. 1t looked smoked. dingy.
aud dirty on the dull. chilly Sunday afternoon
in which entered it. 1t is in tact at any
time, a nondeseript sort Of place. as to its
buildings and general appearance and seems
like an awkSrd boy just putting on city man
ners. GorgeOusly embeliished i've story build
ings froWn down on their plain neighboring
twO-story houses. with an air Of doubtful dig
nifty, as though both. were out Of place; while
one horse street cars, creep by four horse Omni-
buses quietly, as though afraid to disturb
the ancient order Of things and the rough ILL.,
laid Nicholson pavement OF the streets, shows
that the foundations of this overgrown city are
by no means secure. There is such a CON-
mingling Of shops, warehouses, school
houses, brokers windows. theaters and Offices,
along every street, that stranger is puzzled
to find the center Of business, while each estab-
lishment appears determined to be one of its
own This may be ineonvenient, but rather
like it it is an indication that real estate
has not fallen into the hands Of spectators,
as at San Francisco, who ruin whole blocks of
business houses, by opening up unnecessary
streets to vacant lots of their own. 1t also
shows that different arts and pursuits can
flourish side-by-side without the petty rivalry
Of crowded streets of like establishments.
Still, must confess that Chicago did not i'm
press me with much of the dignity and gran
deur of city, until beheld the raging tide
and turmoil Of business on its streets on Mon
day morning. Then became astonished at
the activity and energy Of the deni1ens of this
fOggy, chilly, region.
1t is in its business energy and capacity
that Chicago outstrips all other cities Of the
United States, and is making its mighty inAu-
enee felt throughout the entire North. Her
merchants do not wait for trade to come to
their doors, but are knocking at every mans
door in this region urging trade upon him.
Some commercial nabobs may call this ped
ding, but no matter about hard names while
Chicago reaps the rewards of such energy
There may be monopolists, doubtless are, in
her business ranks; but this spirit of aggres-
sive trade at once alleviates their oppression
and gives the poorest man in town an equal |
chance with his rich neighbor. All that is
necessary among the farmers of small in
comes, is cooperative stores and agencies, to |
make the NORTHWEST" the most independent |
region of the United States With business 1
city, so ready to accommodate, they only |
need direct access to her liberal merchants to /
equAliIe prices Of what they buy, with what
they sell. 1 am only astonished to find the |
country so far behind the city in business /
activity aud intelligence.
Chicago is mighty rival of San Francisco, |
and if she does not revolutionize the whole |
system of business in the latter city, and make
it more liberal to the State Of California, and |
all its dependencies, We may expect Chicago |
to appropriate very large part of the trade |
Of the Pacific Coast to herself. She is making |
ready to do it. The Pacific Railroads.&c.
rOad-are on trial, and if they prove public |
highways in mid winter across the stormy 4
SierrAs, and the charges for freight do not /
prove greater impediment than deep SHOWS,
the coming Spring viii find mercantile agents
thrOnging the Pacific slope pushing the inter /
est Of Chicago into every mining town and /
camp Of that region, nor need you be surprised |
if your merchants are - solicited to trade " |
-~s.h shsa e,f.-r-=s;r.- .;t- Il :. tt.
of all classes of goods BY those priced, it viii
certainly be to the advantage Of Californiaus, |
0rezonians aHd the inhabitants Of the Terrific
ries, to :" do their shopping here That
Hawaii will be benefited by trade with the /
Interior Of this vast continent, there is no |
doubt. 1t may be, that the tariff of freights |
viii prevent at present, the sending Of sugar |
to Chicago, but may not the low price Of No |
lassez in the Islands afford a margin sufficient |
to justify its shipment hither At any rate, the |
Chicagoans are having an eye to the CON-
nerrs Of the Pacific, and doubtless would |
prove warn friends Of " Reciprocity" rela-
lions, if properly presented, as we'll as enter
heartily into the proposed scheme Of an Aus |
tralian line Of steamers. NOuld it net be /
well, if the proposed Treaty is again urged
upoa the Congress Of the United States. to Sc
care the aid Of such energetic men as are to
be found in the Chicago Board Of Trade. The |
time i approaching when the Planters Of
your Islands must end an enlarged market for
their sugar and coffee, as well as capital to |
open up new plantations Of both Why not
chieagOf But I must eesss this strain, or |
the AdSerfissT, viii Acc1ss ne Of seeking |
cOnsulshiP. OF Commercial ageneyI Let ne
return to ny first Sunday evening in Chicago,
and visit the
RlfualIsfIe servsee- ~
SITS Peters and Psul's Cathedral Ny first /
knowledge Of this ssrt Of thing At that Church.
vas obtained from newspaper picked up On
the cars, which sareasticaIly complained that ]