The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-11-01
rwE OPPORTUNITIES HERB.

Those Who read the Information
Given On this issue ~ the paper. re-
sasvsins the resources of these Islands
shouid closely read the final remark
made regarding the limited opporIu-
mites Cor engaging In business. or POI.
curing employment here. The enthu
sisstic reader may make up his mind
that he will. in spite Of warnings. come
here, and take his chances let him
feel that lot OF other readers Will
take the same view. and are also will
ing to take their chances. large
number OF people are here already
who concluded TO take their chances
and they immigrated here, and are
stranded. a country. that after seven
" years intercourse with Europe and
America, contains only 1000 Anglo
6Axoas including men. women and
childrsn, cannot offer many business
openings Of the kind usually desired.
The States teen with restless men,
young and old. The craze OF the age
Is for sudden fortune. The result Is
q generation of gamblers, with the
usual fate OF gamblers, that one sue
ceeds and hundred fail. The desire
Of the unsuccessful-the restless. 10 70
move on, and make a fresh start boz
You'd the horizon. This Paradise OF
the Pacific is an enchanting place the
correspondents say. and they become
castles in Spain" TO the unfortunate
Anyone who believes that a fortune
or q competence cannot be acquired In
the States is ignorant, indolent and
unpatriotic. The opportunities foI
success in intelligent brain work wer,
never 30 many, for those who have
sense enough TO work and wait. Al
the same time the opportunities for the
lazy, the indoent and restless are de-
creaaing. "A
Moses Taylor OF New York City. a
poor boy in the beginning who left
q fortune OF siO.O0O.O0O acquired by
simply intelligent work, said "compe'
sition among thoroughly trained and
there Is not enough OF them. but com
petition among the indolent, restless
and among those who have neglected
their chances for manual education IL
Increasing"
Hawaii can support a much larger
population than now exists on heI
lands. But only by slow process car
Il be done. Owing to her unfortunate
land system, and the limited amount
not easy to secure homes In the most
desirable places. Al this system is
modified, the conditions will change.
There are many thousands of people
In the States. who desire a mild elm
ate They will find II here. But they
must understand the conditions.
Owing to much trashy literature
about the tropics, published in past
years. the idea Is fixed in the heads O
many that Nature Is more kindly Il
man near the equator than towards tn,
poles. So far as climate Is concern
ed. II Is true, but people who have
wants" find that Nature does mo-
supply them for the asking in any part
OF the earth. People with the limited
wants OF the tropical savage, can sup
ply such wants AZ readily in any part
OF the States. A man consumes about
five bushels of wheat per annum In
America. That quantity is easily rails
Cd. In truth. SO far, living in the tro
pics is more costly than elsewhere, be
cause the people OF the tropics import
all manufactured goods. Until con-
ditions change the tropics will remain
agricultural. Therefore the opportu
mites for business are mainly in agri
culture, and not in manufacturing o
in trade.
These considerations need not dis
courage one who proposes to emigrate
provided he has forethought, is prud
ent. and will not gamble in takin