The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-09-18

/ OF lDat couuti9 pt taH bultufuR O
that road.
Is 1T any wonder that the United
States is the richest country OIL
earth, seeing il has more railroads
than exists elsewhere in the world
Suppose we apply these statistics
to this region after It becomes de.
veloped by the building of this
road and see how it sgures. Four
million dollars will he required to
build the roads necessary TO fully
develop this distrid. This four
millions multiplied ~ ten figures
forty millions.
Lest these statistics be faulty.
and to be on the safe side, let Us
drop one-half of this sum. Even
then when this district is fully de-
veloped there will be twenty mil
lion dollars of tax;ble property in
this district over ind above what
exists there to-day
Now, gentle reaiers, if this is a
true forecast of the future if these
roads are built, let me ask what is
our duty and the suty of our law
makers. to our country, to our peo-
pie and to the coming generations?
Shall we go forshis twenty mil
lion dollars or aall we forbear,
and appropriate she country into
debt, cease improving and provide
no way of payment?
Can we afford teneglect this inn
portant district and turn a deaf ear
to these petitioner and slight this
largest of all tie islands? We
must be just. IBIS Improvement
has been long projected and until
now neglected.
A period has arrived in our coun-
try's history wheIwe can no longer
afford to neglect his Improvement.
The debts we ae constantly in
creasing must b met by further
development of our resources.
Present development will never
pay them, and tle'unning expenses
of the Government. Hence our
debts demand improvements for
their safety. 1hsse petitioners de-
mand the improvement contemplat-
ed by this rad Both political
platforms demand "pubEc improve
ments," and a the Improvement
contemplated is tie most important
of any yet namei, as well as being
the longest contemplated, it must
have its share of attention and as
sistance.
While other improvements will
yield only thousads, this will yield
scores of thousahs for the Govern
ment. Yes, mGe than all other
improvements ow projected for
improving the ountry.
Shall we tur cold shoulder to
this, the most Important improve
ment that eve will be projected
on these islans when it requires
so little assistance to start with.
This enterpris may prove an ele-
plant to It's projectors, but not so
to those who re made rich by the
enhanced valrr of their property,
or to the Government, that will
reap a rich 'eward yearly, if the
enterprise succeeds.
Although his is the largest and
most promisig enterprise of public
improvementnow before the public,
it is not the oily one, but certainly
it deserves assistance.
No more improving means that
the maximum o. wealth and pro-
duction have ALREADY been reached.
In that case, there will never be
but little more wealth or business
than at present. Hence no more
mechanics, lawyers, merchants
clerks. judges, plicemen, etc., than
we have now will ever be wanted.
Let me ask thin, what are the
strangers that cine to these shores
to live and our hildren agoing to
do when they gDw up?
Shall we set them down as
"paupers" in the streets after hav-
ing spent large sums for their
education? Or sail we be enterpris-
ing and open annues for employ
ment and bushes for them?
The natural advantages of these
Islands if fully developed would
no doubt sustaincomfortab!y, half
a million of poole, but we must
move forward, We can't stand still
and prosper. L business, activity
is life, stagnation death.
The taxable vaues of this King
dom have doubld the past twelve
years. If by Improvement we can
double it the coming twelve years
we think it should be done. So
that in 1902 thge would be one
hundred millionsof taxable values
in the country where fifty millions
now can only be found by the as
SCISSORS. HAWAII.