The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-09-26

.Shusy (good fortune) viii help it, and in 4 few
minutes thew can communicate \ message, where
before, weeks and months were required and as
the postal system does not exist IN China, they
are obliged to send q foo.man on their own
account, at q large expense of time and money.
Everyone, from the highest mandarin 10 the
lowest shopkeeper, Will lay aside their supersti-
tons and preiudices, and viii make use OF the
telegraph, and travel by railway, as they have
done By steamers. At the present day nearly
two-thirds OF the steamers in China waters are
owned by the Chinese. In proof OF this, we only
need to point TO the liberal use that the Chinese
in California make Of the wires, railroad, and
the steamboats,. There. is no lack OF money IN
China and Japan. I have seen with my own
eyes, vast sums Of money, both IN gold and silver,
boarded for years without use, waiting for invest
ment. Marty all the Mexican and Spanish pillar
dollars, as well as the East India rupees and q
great deal Of gold Of every nation, have found
their way into China and Japan-the long closed
freaSury-houss Of he lcOrld. By means Of the
modern innovations, of which the telegraph Is
foremost. we can withdraw them. Commerce
has tried but has not succeeded, as there exist
the traditional custom Of exchanging; the China
man for whatever he buys from foreigners, he
gives in return products of his native soil, if the
balance is against US foreigners he wants our
money but the plan l propose will turn the tide.
The Chinaman who would have to go from one
town 10 another, could not 20 to the station and
procure passage-tieket by offering in payment a
few pounds of tea, or a few pounds of silk, but
have to bring his silver or gold. In the same
manner he must do for sending q telegraphic
message, or taking passage on board of steam
boats consequently rhe countless millions that
for centuries have gone and remained in posses
sion of the Chinese and japanese, will hereafter
take their way across the Pacific to the United
States.
Mr.. Chairman, grand opportunities present
themselves to a man, as well as to 4 generation,
seldom more than once in their lifetime; so, l
cannot believe that this honorable committee will
refuse its support to the present one, which is en-
tirely American, and it aims TO prevent the En-
glish from driving US away from the Pacific Ocean,
as they did from the Atlantic. l trust that it
will receive from Congress the hearty response
which it so richly deserves; such an enterprise is
no longer an experiment, but an easy achieve
ment. We, in America, have no connection with
Asia, and the great Island Continent of Australia,
and the islands lying between them, except by the
lines through the nations or waters of Asia, the
Red and Mediterranean Seas, the Continent of
Europe, across England and Ireland and New
foundland, and under the Atlantic. To hear
from Australia, Japan, or China, with whom we
have a large and growing trade and intercourse,
the words must travel perhaps, twenty-five thou
sand miles (25, 000) to reach us-only six thou
sand (6,000) miles away. This plan of mine, of
q cable from California to China, would save us
three-fourths of the distance, cost, and time now
expended.
The amount of money spent every year by the
Government and people of the United States for
sending their messages through English cables
from America to Asia is larger than the interest
at seven per cent. OF the capital necessary for the
construction of the cable.
Marry America to China and japan by an cleo
trio cord at the bottom of the sea, and the fruit
Of the union will be the extension Of our civiliza-
ton, the increase of our commerce, the main
tainance of our national comfy, the diffusion of
Christianity, and the common good of mankind.
Gentlemen, the time will come when all of you
will feel an honorable pride to have given your
powerful support to this grand undertaking, and,
to conclude, l promise you the grand and enviable
reward to share with us the glory to have con-
tributed towar extending to more than q third of
the sons of Adam the improvements of modern
times, and the gratitude of the present and fu-
ture generations.
CELso CESAR MORENO.
DISTANCES IN NAUTICAL MILES.
From San Francisco to Sandwich Islands. ............2 ,os5
From Sandwich Islands TO Yokohama, Japan.
From Yokohama to Shanghai, (China). ...............1,026
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