The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-06-02
TIMELY TOPICS.-V.

AhO piOpOoiCiOu W SoGdDliSu q
unique and effective Hawaiian ex-
hibit at the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position at Chicago should meet
with the approval of every citizen
OF every one who has any interest
in the welfare of this country; Of
every one who believes that Ha-
wall has a grand future; of every
one who has intelligence enough to
grasp the magnitude of the matter
and to realize the far-reaching and
important effects which such dis
play would have on the future veal
or woe of this kingdom. To let
the coming occasion pass by unim-
proved, would be a species of ma
tional suicide. This country should
realize well enough now, after the
sad lesson of the past year, that 1t
must work out it's own salvation.
Other nations are too busily occu-
pied in looking after their own in
terests to care for little Hawaii. In
the race of nations, as in the race
of evolution, the 6ttest will sur
yiye.
Is this country in any condition
to refuse an opportunity to make
it's Importance known? Is any one
in this kingdom able to oppose a
matter that is for the best interests |
of this nation?
Happily, the physical and politi-
cal conditions are such that this |
country is almost guaranteed ma
tional independence and prosperity.
Forming, AS it does, the key to the
Pacific, the powers of the world
will always favor the autonomy of
this people; our natural resources
and advantages must make US
prosperous, if we are wise and
make proper use of them. If
man has talents and debases them,
they are forfeited both by natural
and spiritual law. Will those laws
not apply to nations as well?
An immense republic is quickly
being evolved in the south west;
soon two counter currents of trade
now established between the Aus
tralian colonies and the United
States and Canada will assume
colossal proportions. Honolulu will
reap an immense harvest from this
source, being directly in the line of
trade. Of course we will then
have harbor and suitable wharves
at Honolulu to accommodate the
monster merchant cruisers that
will grace our waters every few
days.
But Hawaii must not rest con-
tent with being the principal sta
ton on the great international
transportation line; she must pro-
duce as we'll. The thousands and
thousands of acres of idle land
must bloom with coffee and spice
and cocoa. It can be done, Brother
Critic, but you will probably not
have any hand in it.
Chicago is the opportunity to
advertise to the whole world this
ocean princlpality. Let us at Chi
cago, for instance, make the world
acquainted with our coffee In some
Way that shall carry conviction,
and the next steamer would bring
more orders for the seductive bean
than our planters could fill in five
years.
Advertise the best coffee sugar
we can make, it is something the
American people have been look
ing for ever since the refneries
have been at work taking the life
and sweetness out of sugar, and
manufacturing nice looking COM
pound of pulverized silica, or what
is about as useful. Washed coffee
sugar is unknown in the States;
just as much as the science of logo
rlthms is TO the Bushmen. Make
American housewives acquainted
with this delicious grade of sugar,
and the refneries would be idle
eleven months in the year and run