The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-30

S0,544; of which A ,232 were of the Ha-
waiian race, Is 900 Cinnamon, Portuguese
9,377, Hawaiian-born of foreign parents
2,O40, Americans 2,066, British l ,282, Ger
mans 900, French 1872, Norwegians 362,
Polynesians $50, and japanese 116. The
present year has decreased the number of
Chinese and increased largely the number
of japanese and Portuguese. And here l
do not think that 1 can better express the
wishes Of the Hawaiians themselves, in re-
gard TO the advent of foreigners in our
midst, than to quote from a letter of His
Majesty, published in the g NuhOu " in
1873, before the will of God and this people
had called him to the Throne. His Ma
jesty, then high chief of the land, said:
" We say to the world, as our neighbor,
the United States, says, that we have al
ways welcomed foreigners to our shores
Let them come and bring with them
money and skill to develop the resources OF
the country. Here, in the fTeest and
strongest nation in the world, all men will
be protected in their rights, under civilized
law" In this same friendly spirit His
Majesty and the Government of the cOun-
try strive to increase the nation.
The whalers left us, but the development
of our sugar industries brought us other
vessels; the gigantic and swift ocean
steamers that depart laden with our pro-
duce and return with travellers and pro-
duce from far distant lands. 1t may safely
be asserted that within the past few years
the shipbuilders of California have re-
ceived nearly three-quarters of a million of
dollars for vessels built for interisland
trade and for the trade between the Pacific
Coast ports and this port. Nor should we
forget the amount paid to Philadelphia
builders for our own steamers, the Ala
media and Mariposa. We find that there
are 50 Hawaiian vessels, ~ of them steam
ers, of an aggregate tonnage of 1926 tons,
and that last year 2l1 merchant vessels, of
a tonnage of 1877, S26 tons, arrived at this
port, and 24S vessels of 1904 tons de-
parted. Now, none of these vessele are
lying idle or rotting away at their wharves,
but are all busily occupied in exchange and
barter with the markets of the world, es-
pecially that of our neighbor, the United
States of America. Nor should the in
crease in our postal correspondence be
unnoted, for where ten years ago one letter
was sent or received there are now six or
seven.
And these results too, but twenty years
ago, were deemed to be an impossibility.
Mark well the nOiseless but energetic en-
terprise which day by day is developing
new industries, and pointing forward with
the finger of hope and confidence to Ha-
waits future, future as with the past, of
gradual but sure progress, if directed by
cautious and enlightened, but fearless and
devoted minds. We have many resources
yet undeveloped and requiring only capital
and labor to make them profitable. Look
at our position as a maritime country,
located as if nature had intended it to be
the great emporium of the Pacific, and the
open market house of many nations.
When the interocean canal has been
opened, either through the Isthmus Of
Panama or by way 81 N .iilGisSsTFSsGena' If will
.sske -site North Pacific vantage ground
on the Atlantic Coast for all practical pur-
poses of Commerce. And to these Islands
it would be of inestimable benefit, making
them the rendezvous for shipping and the
center of mercantile transactions. Then
necessarily Will be developed our agricul-
tural resources, our manufactures and our
trades No maritime nation of history had
fairer prospects than has this Kingdom,
but as with them SO with US, push and
patience, energy and harmony must be
utilized, and the nation must increase.
The promise of the future is apparent in
| the fulfillment of the past, and the actual
accomplishment must be in maintaining
! our Monarch's noble watchwOrd, increase
the nation"
But let me now turn to another thought.
! While we enjoy the blessings of a national
independence and even enjoyed it when we
numbered, perhaps, only fifty thousand in
habitants, there are large communities OF
people in the islands of this great ocean
that surrounds US, the millions of people al
| Sumatra, of Java, of BOrneo and other land,
peopled with races similar to ourselves, and
yet they have no independence guaranteed
| to them, or any recognized form of govern
ment like ourselves. On the contrary, ;is
we have but recently seen, they are almos
| held to be the fair spOils of some stronger
| power.
Then let me ask, Why is this? Is it be
cause our fertile land was not desired 10y
others; or is it because the States of Eu
rope have such a Partially for us and dis
like to them that they have favored US il
all that we required, and denied to then
any favor they might demand?
No! Not so, Hawaiians! There is NOR,
substantial reason than these, and one
| that you should ponder on for future
guidance. 1t is this: Our chiefs at tn
time of their first intercourse with the for
eigner early recognized the power anC
blessing of civilization growing out of tru'
Christianity and popular education, anC
our chiefs and representatives, acting un
der this enlightened appreciation, have s.
devoted themselves to the cause of educa
ton and enlightened culture that the ma
tons of the world, already pre-eminent il
enlightment, felt that the code of human
| ity-the true basis of religiOn-was SAT-
i'm our hands; that right and justice anC
the protection to the people growing out o
the due observance of the laws, was as
sured, and that consequently we wei
merited their encouragement and protec
ton to develop our natural advantages
We had " founded our country on right
eousness," and were anxious and able t
| learn the truth.
For our national character as a race
then, has our independence been guaran-
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