The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-18
A COMING CHANGE.


Some people have idea that the cable will very little
effect upon business and commercial relations They
tempt argue that had had the cable thirty years ago
would have made difference, but that there many
cables skng the Pacific that few any ships will orders
will make any change methods thai we
shall sell supplies and the usual pessmstc talk
always INDUCED by certain minds when great
tageous change is talked Of
No doubt when the first followed a and took
hShng from that instead OF from unashoned log he
garded dangerous nnovato and all kinds of ills pre-
dced for him. The Monk Roger Bacon invented gunpowder
but his courage equal to meeting the OF pessm
and conservatives and he only left the formula couched in
ambiguous phrase When the railroads came the pemss had
breed the air would be poisoned and became fairly wicked
to travel faster than miles.
perfectly true that the pessmsts and doubers do not e
press themselves in this absurd way nevertheless they the
historic descendants OF the densey preudced the past
The presence of the cable going to affect Our business and our
commercial methods and relations is going
and sailing vessels call here for orders, and shall in
sequence sell supplies and will have grow fresh supplies
thus extending truck garden and giving employment to
small capitalists and farmers.
The time will come and will very short order when
crops will be sold the plantations. Agents will be
here the and the deal will be made upon the spot
There will be element of uncertainty in the crop be
ceraned and calculated for easily the Cuban sugar crop 1t
will be able be kept back be thrust forward the buyer
speculato may decide that the present will
preclude this method OF doing business but the will be
out in two years from now and will not be revived similar
terms. The cable will get in its work and will bring about
drous change Two three years from the business
OF today will be simply asonsed by the new methods and the
OF regarding things and OF ransactng business
There will be nothing really to be surprised about this What
has happened elsewhere happen here cable always has
distinct influence upon business and commerce. and cable
: municatiOn is followed by large business increase.
If the cable going affect commercial relations it 60
affect political relations we'll The cable practically
puts close Washington and the Federal Government
annlates the five thousand miles of continent and which
Instead of waiting fortnight three weeks
for question: have practically
within few minutes allowing for necessary delays in few
hours The political attitude of the place which in immediate
touch with the central government becomes very different from
its political attitude when is separated by considerable length
/ of time.
There will also be distinct effect upon population
People who the of the world daily, who know
only of the stirring events but what really far
pOrtan the of the markets will something
to think Of than their petty obs and the gossip about
neghbOrs The reason that there much
view of things that from nsuar position self
cenered The cable instant annhaes that nsuar position
and makes within the heart beats of the world
great writer thus stated his upon electric telegraph
OF which the cable system important part He wrote:
Among the material achievements OF modern science that which
the highest hope respect the progress man
kind the electric telegraph BY this
connected merely with that part of the globe he read
lightly; his liberty from the obstacles imposed by
and he becomes personally present at all the
with his thoughts To the power of his machinery which might
be compared muscular force he adds afford
ed by hbers stretching every drecOn from
cell cell reaches the brain of from the ends of the
EARTH and his expressed wishes flashed continents
to be transformed into actions the other side of globe"
The pessmists need feel gloomy The cable is going to
make change the full workings of which cannot oresee but
they will be We shall receive the grandest Christ
gift that has been bestowed upon Island community
such and feel satisfied and rejoice that shall have
now instead of having to wait years for this boom