The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-07-13
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN
HAWAII"

In the second article of the En-
cheering Magazine Mr.. ".AIanui
Hao" first sketches the general
political and economic conditions
obtaining in these islands, showing
their inevitable dependency On the
United States, how the bulk of I'M
ports into Hawaii come from thence,
and the whole of her exports go
thither, but the real object of the
writer is obviously to discuss the
future of railways throughout the
Kingdom.
Having referred briefly to the
Oahu Railway as it was two years
ago the writer passes on to the
scheme proposed by the late Hon.
S. G. Wilder for the development
of the windward side of Hawai-,
which was, and is, in his opinion
the best plan yet set forth.
Certainly Mr.. Wilder's idea of a
railway seventy miles long Gin the
first instance) connecting the chain
of plantations with export of Hilo
is the most rational conception of
opening up the country. Not sugar
plantations only but the facilities
offered by the railway would soon
tend to bring into cultivation coun-
try now without any market be-
cause without convenient access to
any port or other distributing GEN.
ter. Fresh fruits, coffee, ramie and
half a dozen other paying products
might be raised all along the line
if it were once constructed.
We fully endorse the opinion of
Mr.. Wilder as given in this article
OF the magazine. Samuel G.Wilder
left behind him widespread rev.
erence for his generous heart and
stalwart courage, such as no other
man has left in that cosmopolitan
community. By white and black,
by Protestant and Catholic, by
young and old, he was loved and
mourned." The late Hon. w. L..
Green, who was Premier when
Wilder died, said in the Legislature
he "believed the railway which was
the favorlte object of Wilder's last
years, would get to be built, though
it were mile by mile from one plan
tation to another, and after an elo-
quent tribute to the statesman's
memory, expressed his feeling that
the railway, however built, should
be called by no other name than
his"
The writer states that in 1887 he
was engaged by Mr.. Wilder to
make a report upon the existing
railway constructed by that gentle
man, and to make a new survey
with view to extending the line
from the port of HiIo to the valley
of the Waipio, and he found that,
owing to the numerous gulches to
be bridged or circumnavigated,"
the line would be forty per cent.
longer than the air line; neverthe-
less, there was no difficulty that
might not certainly be overcome,
though, of course, at larger ex.
pense of time and money than
would be required in an easier
country.
With short reference to the Ma.
hukona-Niulii line and the need oil
cable communication with the coast
this article, useful and Instructive
to strangers, is concluded.
As AN illustration of our author
style, we quote the following lines
aptly portraying the Hawaiian
orator:
"The Hawaiian is not coolie-he is
a gentleman. He can work as laborel
when he wants to, and do more than
two Cinnamon; but he does not always
want to. He makes good artisan and
an excellent sailor, but his supreme am
bition is to attain to one OF the loquacions
professions, for he is born orator. He
can make a nicely rounded sentence Out
of the word BEANS If he mounts the
pulpit or stands before the judge as
counsel, his flow of language is pro-
digious; but when he takes the floor o.
the Legislative Assembly he is the burst.
ing forth of a pent-up Niagara. He will