The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-08-19
rousyp Ton HAWAII.

Thfft hn sdaHi Nsfs i0 aiifaN inuf.
Ifis h. iiaWan bot ihs mUft ,efialn nrf
would hs io aite them excursion faits
~ thssaFs ffam ne coast with tour.
ists b. is not fo much matter ~ cheap
Utina % the destination nH " o. n
small expense un route. Just now itch.
sis are being fuid from chicago 90
Colorado and fstufu fOr -. and multi
tudeH ~ people are making The trip
careless II the board bills tu come. II
may be set down as n general PROPOSE
ton that excursion rates have been the
making ~ every pleasure resort 10
America from coney Island 10 'oron-
ado Beach They bring the crowds
every time. Just NJ they brought the
two shrlncr piigrimages here. More
than this. the chief cause Of the Amer
lean Invasion 81 Europe lies In the fact
that the eight day steamers give hrst-
class passage at ti5 and that fine ac-
cummodations may be had on the Flyers
FOR $50. Twenty-Five years ago when
the rate was as high as It Is now be
tween San Francisco and Honolulu, the
American who went To Europe was, IL
not a curiosity. at least one to whom a
romantic interest attached
II a round trip rate Of SIS could be
made for the san Francisco Honolulu
trip here Is no doubt but that this
Territory would soon take its rightiul
place as a fashionable resort. 1t IL not
merely that some Fasteners who now
spend their winters In California would
come. but that California people them
selves would flock here. Being as they
are at the jumping off place they have
nowhere but their home resorts to go
to for a change, except along the back
track whore deserts cInprVgnp
and where the summers are hot and the
winters cold. Hawaii is their natural
outlet and IL they could be induced to
think so, how much pleasanter II would
be for them and how profitable for US.
There Is no reason why an average OF
1000 such strangers should not be in the
Territory throughout the winter
months
II Callfornians ever make this their
lying-off place, others will be quick to
follow and Hawaiis circulating medi-
um will be where we all want it. Just
now we are in the shape OF the mer-
chant whose store Is full OF goods but
innocent OF customers. Scenery and
climate are merchantable assets the
world over, but Hawaii offers some
perennial spring novelties not to be
matched on the bargain counters OF
any other concern. Here is where the
the lotus life which men turn to with
a sort of Garden of Eden instinct; and
to make the showing more impressive
we have an active but mannerly VOL
cano on tap and a blue sea that foams
and flashes at the feet OF bending
palms, with never a tidal wave to tear
them up by the roots. These are things
that northern people long for and are
willing to pay for and which the main
land cannot offer them. They are our
special commodities which ought, in
deed, to be marketed-but it costs too
much to bring the willing customers to
our door We are an emporium on the
back street to which a ride worth a
nickel costs the shopper a quarter.
But the steamer business is expand
ing, the Santa Fe people may give us
an excursion line, a more liberal spirit
may come to actuate the old compa-
MES in the face of competition and IL
so, Hawaii will come to us own and
Will not feel the strain so much when
sugar drops a point.