The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-03-28
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THE MEL BOURNE EXHIBITION.

The idea of the Hawaiian Islands
being represented at the forthcoming
international exhibition at Melbourne is
not new one, though it does not APP
pear to have attracted much attention so
lar. 1t is nevertheless one which it is
eminently desirable to put into practical
shape, and if this is to be done there is
ID time to lose. The value of such ex-
hibitions in promoting international
commerce is too well established to
need a word of comment, and especially
are they calculated to advance the pros
perity of producing countries. Hawaii
is essentially one of these, and it's list of
staple products is not likely to become
less. The notions that prevail in the
minds of most Australian colonists re-
speeding these Islands are vague in the
extreme. Honolulu is commonly asso-
ciated with leprosy, and is cons Q Iuently
regarded as a place to be avoided Some
have got as far as to become aware that
the Kingdom of " hich it is the capital is
famous for the production of sugar, but
knowledge concerning it. The great
fire of April, 1886, brought it into notice
somewhat, and the recent political dis
turbances have been instrumental per-
haps to greater extent in the same di-
rection. But no intelligent conception
of the resources eff the country and it's
conditions of life is to be found even
among the better informed classes unless
1t be in exceptional cases. If a country
is to be progressive commercially it must
have relations with the outside world,
and the more varied these are the more
stable will its commercial status become
While the trade in sugar with San Fran
cisco will probably be the leading
feature for long time to come, it is not
well to trust entirely to that. Other
wise, fluctuations of the market will af-
feet trade much more deeply than if the
staples OF commerce were multiplied
But it is vain to expect that foreign CAPT.
tai, which is often one of the most eff
fective agents in the development of a
nations resources, will be imported un
less the particular advantages which the
nation has to offer are made known
abroad, and the more widely they are
known the better. We cannot afford
to lose an opportunity of bringing ours
into public notice. An Hawaiian court
at foreign exhibition is like an adver-
tlsement which an individual trader in
arr q al
into what unexpected quarters it's infu-
eDce may penetrate. If sugar, rice,
coffee and other products of these
Islands are exhibited in Melbourne, i'm
porters, not only in the colony of Vic
toria, but in the neighboring ones, will
be led to inquire whether they can with
advantage derive their supplies from u.s.
Ii the wonders and the beaties of Hawa-
ian scenery are made known through
the medium of trophy of lava speci-
mems, photographs and the like, wealthy
colonists who contemplate trip to the
old country will consider whether it
will not afford them greater pleasure to
take the Pacific route than the beaten
LTdCA Through Tile Ou0Z canal. AND IL
they are induced to do SO proportion
of their number will break the voyage
here to visit the points of interest and
spend their money. In this way perma-
nent residents will be attracted. But all
this can only be done by organized eff
fort. A Hawaiian commissioner should
be appointed in Melbourne. Possibly it
might be expedient for the local Consul
10 act in this capacity. A nicely got up
descriptive pamphlet, with Photographic
should be published for
gratuitous distribution. Every possible
inducement should be afforded by this
Government to private exhibitors, and