The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-13
HAWAII'S HOPE.
i Visions of the Future of the
Pacific.

Visions of the Future of the
Pacific.
well versed in the politics of the
ml who has studied the CONNER
rgeSs OF the Pacific Coast States.
questioned relative to the posi-
which may be evolved from the
lCanal thus writes:
ature of the Pacific is one of
gibilities. The Old World has
/. awake to the Importance of
Of the Pacific. The Cape of
Hope was doubled by the Portu-
zn sarch of Marco Polo's India;
pa was reached by the same route,
! hCeIestial trade was monopolized
b commercial nations of Europe.
Gstruction of the Suez Canal gave
nearer and safer route for the
j Of the Mediterranean. The pro-
anal across the Isthmus of Pa
.liIl turn the Pacific trade into
b different channels; the whole
lre will be vastly stimulated, and
&npIetion of this great work will
/ an era in the commercial, and per-
The political history of the Pacific.
lEralia is coming into great import.
bother decade or two there will be
lIiOns of people there, and it is not
-uch to say that they will be either
sierated, as Canada is, under the
-sl so rereignty, or they will form a
E5-c alter the model of the United
3, Either way, they will form a
bee Of power which, in the long run,
Neponderate, from the great extent
.mtry that may be settled and the
-hnown energy and enterprise of the
aniItOn Fish, the Secretary of State
Negotiated the Hawaiian Recipro-
Treaty, was polite and far-sighted
ahe said that he hoped that Treaty
u make the Islanders so prosperous
excite the envy and emulation of
ae American republics. The wished
''ent has come sooner than even Mr..
Expected.
much Tor the nations that are strug-
INTO exlstence-for nations they
,e IN the near future. The tendency
y social and political forces in this age
@aFd civilization, and it is central
-a mat makes great and strong gov
-eltS. China for the last twenty
years has been OVERLOOKING into all
y That We're not previously over
asdel, and all these lands are repell-
itIe CeIestials and throwing them
upon themselves. Guide the imi-
" J. Iacutles OF the Chinese into the
ssOI manufacturing, and the eau
!. VIII find more formidable COM
/, ~, " Tor the worlds trade than he has
IN Tile Chinese in the walks of dOmes-
y, %?of' Her fleet of powerful gum
~, - Just purchased places the Chinese
n 3lll II not first, of the naval powers
10 oe Pacific.
' @3at effect will the two great thor
s J, Tor this Pacific trade which are
CeIhg oWit-the Panama Canal and
!, thalada Pacific Railroad-have upon
! %HSlre destinies? Europe will con.
.bo nT one II possible, and the other is
,m mi hands OF a youthful but energetic
,,,,,o n.on' ambitious of utilizing hel
..n Sl :. route, backed by capital thai
ss~ s I" be exhaustive, and in the in
i5o u the leading commercial nation
..,s ~ earth. We have drawn but &
he,,b G Picture of what the realities are
On IN tt OF the worlds population il
,o,a !" Vie Pacific countries. None are
&sy INDUSTRIOUS, none more frugal
5eg l. nave abundance of capital al
DE OH of 4, Is skill and a complete know
5 tbo :l'elr resources. They will ther
eesbo risl[ r, power, and the industrial
Naza5' u the world will be revolu