The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-07-30

| a tOurlSL from the states, speaking
| to representative of the ADVERTISER
concerning the Republic of Hawaii, its
resources and possibilities, said sub
| stantially as follows:
I" am very deeply impressed with
this beautiful sunny southland-and
if you will permit me to say it, if no
political mistakes are made, it surely
has very bright future before it.
"In the first place, it is first-class
sanitarium for the weak, sick or dis
abled. Secondly, the exclusive facul-
ty of the most vivid Imagination of
the dreamer will find here rare food
and exercise. Here the bird plumes
it's wings upon the leafy bough, as the
poet would say, "tuning its native
woodnotes Wild" and scars up to the
clear, blue expanse of heavens eth
ereal blue, ETC., etc.
"There is the frailest plant, twining
its parasitical arms around the sup
porting stem, lavishing its tropical
sweets upon the delightful air of these
beautiful mornings; or scattering its
faded leaves upon the gales of the
mountain wilderness, or over the
gorgeous garden valleys resting so
quietly at their feet. And as we look
up into the heavens this evening we
see the faintest cloud sailing before
the face of the moon, basking for
moment in her vestal smile, wearing
her silver livery, and then wreathing
her forehead in fantastic folds of mist
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less and void into the dark abyss Of
unfathomable night.
"All these things are very beautiful
and sound very we'll and suit the lazy
dreamer, but this country has another
and better side to the picture it pre-
sents. Your critics say, in substance,
that your tenure of national existence
is as sure to perish as the tiny mote
which dances in the sunbeam, and as
uncertain as knowledge of the chem
istry of the human heart or of the
liquid steps of water following the
moon.
eff you will again permit me to
speak positively, as Americans usual
ly DO when they feel the tenability of
their position, would say that it is of
no consequence who compose the
personnel of the Government. What
is needed is q most careful considera-
ton of the commercial interests of the
Republic. Once establish the COM
mercial intercourse with such cOun-
tries your market best suits, and pays
the producer best, then the revenues
of the Government will always be
sufficient for all purposes. Look, for
instance, at your sugar industry. Mil
lions have already been made in
sugar, and you are only at the thres-
hold of its life as profitable invest
ment.
"The coffee industry has passed be-
yond the uncertainty of experiment
and is now an established and most
profitable source of revenue. The
coffee of these islands can now be
found in all the principal commercial
centers, and the demand for it is far
beyond the present possibility of sup
ply. Those who fearlessly expended
time, money and patience in the de-
velopment of Kona coffee, now stand
at the wide-open door of one of the
most profitable and valuable indus
tries on the islands, with every in
ducement to men, money and brains
to cross the portals, enter into its pro-
duction and become affluent.
"You need half a million of good,
sensible men and women with brains,
culture, refinement and money. I do |
not mean UDeS6 extra SOOuy-SOOuy
folks, for the man or woman who |
have no faults are generally without |
virtues; neither has the man without |
enemies any force of character. [ |
mean human men and women who |
love home, country and hag--who |
will build up the home, develop the |
resources of these islands and defend |
the country, its constitution and its |
flag. y few sugar barons and coffee |
kings-the balance of the population |
disfrauchised menials-win never |
make a country in which men or |
money will have confidence. Let the !
world know the wonderful pOssibiH- !
ties of these islands. Offer the best |
inducements you can in the form of |
liberal land laws; remove all Obstruc- |
ton, il any exists, to the importation |
Of live stock, agricultural implements, /
household goods, etc. Secure specially |
low rates for those who come to make |
the islands their permanent home; |
believe some people from the outside !
are honest, and would come here for !
honorable motives, and, in my judg- |
ment, you would soon have the /
wealthiest, busiest and happiest Re /
public Ou earth"
"The American people will welcome |
His Excellency Minister Castle. He
is very we'll known in the States, and
like his worthy predecessor, il Te-
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