The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-15

a higher civilization. She had to create civilization
We live in the mids, Of it. Commerce made Tyre.
an island not larger than Lebua. rich and great and
50 powerful that for two years she resisted all the
resources Of Alexander the Great Commerce made
Venice rise IRON the marshes Of the Adriatie. TO
wealth, power and extended empire England owes
her greatness, power aud wide dominion to commerce.
Her march j. ca the moaH,Alu save,
Her home = on the devP,"
and the sun would still never set on her Tag, If not
all acre o, sugar cane was ever planted. Among the
modern Greeks. commerce converted the barren,
rocky islet Of Hydra, into a rich anu Furnishing
centre Of trade, and commerce can make these gems
Of the sea, prosperous aud great
If all the money that has been lost in sugar plant
atoms, had been invested in ships -whalers-paekets,
their owners would now be enjoying wealth, luxury
and ease IN their beautiful villas among our tropical
gardens The Hawaiiaus are ocean born. They
come into the world sailors; give them ships to man
and navigate aud they will develop wealth aui CON-
merce. II you are at a loss TO invest capital. convert
II into a ship and 60 into the carrying rAle-take
the wheat and other surplus products Of California
to European and other markets, aud If you bring
back sugar or rice as ballast, il Will not affect your
interests. California, has no ships, nc sailors. Her
march to wealth is not in that line, but in mining,
manufactures and agriculture. The Hawaiian Isl
ands can become the f~reighters OF CahforniS-can DO
their carrying trade-capital and enterprise, are all
that Is wanted Then there are opportunities 10
invest capital in the fisheries Of AlaSka-in the GuAno
Islands-in trading To Australia and the Islands Of
the South. Let Honolulu be the centre OF this trade,
and she would soon be the commercial metropolis Of
the Pacific.
If sugar will not pay. why not invest capital in
manufactures? We produce a large amount OF wool
on these Islands, near 100000 pounds, which is sent
abroad at a sacrifice. Our Legislature has offered a
premium for the establishment Of a mandatory Of
wooden goods. Yet no one has started the enterprise.
The same advantage is offered to the establishment Of
a cotton IaaDufactory, and cotton Is a staple which
we can produce aOundautly and Of the finest quality.
We have abundant water-pOwer-perennial streams
fine river beds, and abundant fall. Why not Is
tablish Il wooden aud a cotton mandatory, and de-
velop this branch of industry this source Of natural
wealth?
We have abundant resources. We can cultivate
tobacco. corn, cotton, rice, coffee and indigo, as well
as sugar cane. Our soil produces delicious oranges,
fine lines and all the tropical fruits that have ever
been planted, that can all be made a source of wealth.
We have vast districts in Puma, Hawaii. and other
portions of the Islands, which are the native home Of
the cocoanut palm. We can supply the Pacific coast
with oil, and if We glut the market, the iron horse
can carry it TO the Atlantic. If we cannot leap from
proverty to wealth AT one bound, We must content
ourselves to plod on slowly, be saving and economical,
and in the end, prosperity and wealth will crown
our toll.
But the foreigners here expect to sow shilliugs and
reap guineas. They want TO jump right into n for
tune. The speculative dreams of the flush times of
California, glimmer before them and they cannot see
that the safe path to wealth, is by honest industry,
economy and perseverance-it may be slow, but sure.
Gods nOblest work, is u self-reliant, independent
man, proudly labOring 10 win his own position in
life, and nations are like individuals. To be nde-
pendent, they must rely upon their own resources
not upon the advAntitious circumstance of IA whaling
feet, or any par ticular pet production. TO which all
other interests must be subservient and subordinate.
All interests should be fostered alike-al cared for;
and 10 develop the resources of the country, it might
be necessary to protect and encourage some branches
of industry, and to bring new and advantageous
enterprises into life. by wise and judicious revenue
determinations. But | leave these questions to the
pOliticians-I will not say statesmen; for if we have
any, | do not know them.
Hawaii, as an independent nation, the commercial
centre of the Pacific, her ports neutral and free to all
where vessels of all nations shall meet on the broad
basis of equality, will De Irosperous and great. And
the time is not far distant when Honolulu will be the
great depot for the products, not only of the Arctic,
but from the 'farthest Ind, Japan, China, California
Australia, South America, and the isles of the sea and
when the colossal statue of the great discoverer, shall
stand upon the summit of Leah, his left hand uu.
rolling a chart of the Pacific, pointing towards San
Francisco, with the Words" there are the gates OF
the continent while his right extends towards the
west, saying, g there is the way to India -
In my next | will pay some attention to the
address of the late Attorney General, on the " Situa-
tiOH.' INDEPENDENCE.