The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-08

and two talented sons. Nor is he sec
ond to Dumas creation in point of
generosity ana charity. In short, Mr.
Dillingham; Is an up-tO-date Monte
Cristo of the kind that We can under
stand and admire.
Less than thirty years ago he trOd
barefOJted upon the beach at Honolulu.
where now stand his wharves and
warehouses. his sugar mills and his
railway depot. His entire capital at
that time consisted of a robust con-
stitutiOn and an abundance OF gray
matter called brain.
Today he is one of the leading finan-
ciers of the islands and has millions
at mis- command.
Like Dantes he too wrested his mill
lions from mother earth, but they came
not in the form of widowed coin and
precious stones collected by some old
freebooter. His fortune has been coax
ed from the canefelds Of Hawaii by
modern methods of irrigation and fer
tilization. His money chests are
countless acres of sugar cane, bounded
by miles of irrigating bitches and rail-
way tracks.
Three voyages around the world be
fore the mast had sharpened his wits.
taught him the value OF discipline and
self-contrOl and convinced him that
the sea was no place for youth with
ambition. He determined TO settle
down upon the first friendly shore
which offered him shelter and Homo
lulu proved to be the lucky spot. After
being shipwrecked he was washed mp
on the beach there and there he re-
NAMED and labored.
Without a dollar 70 his name or a
prospect in sight he trudged mp the
beach into the town in search OF WoiN.
His frank face, earnest manner ana
sturdy appearance won him position
before the salt spray had dried upon
his scanty clothing. IL was not much
of a position, only dollar a day, out
IL prOved an ample start for a boy OF
Dillingham's calibre. He went about
his humble task with the same earnest
ness ne afterwards displayed in hand
ling gigantic deals where millions were
involved and reward soon followed in
substantial increase of wages.
A Start in Hardware.
But earning money for Others was
not TO Dnlingham's liking and he de-
termined to strike out for himself az
the first opportunity. His savings had
been iudiciOusly invested and while
they did not amount to fraction OF
the sum ne now expends every day,
they sufHced to give him respectable
start in the hardware business, which
ne followed for many years with profit
able results.
All these years the leaven Of am3i-
ton was active in his brain and ne
preached the doctrine OF expansion and
development TO his less enthusiastic
neigbbOrs. Hawaii. he insisted. was
one of the richest gardens Of the uni
verse and il was their duty 20 take adj
vantage of natures bounty and deye.-
on its resources. His logic compelled
their attention. bu- they We're SOW 20
follow his suggestion. When in the
latter SOS Dillingham; proposed the
construction of a railway on the ISL
and of Oahu. which would connect ano
bs fed BY a number OF sugar pianta'
tons which he intended 10 develop
sluggish capital baked at the idea a'
foOl-hardy and impracticable. The Me
KinIev bin had dealt heavy blow q
the sugar industry in Hawaii and VILE
their principal market virtually c.ose'
TO them the planters saw NOTHING
ahead but blue ruin.
DilHngham's unbOunded opium lsH
and nIuck overcame one obstacle affe'