Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-22
cABLE zero DATE.

A contemporary speaks OF the pleas
ure and profit accruing from the cable
as found solely in the innate satis-
faction of being up-to-date." He who
would mark this up as one Of the re-
grets of Hawaii must indeed be devoid
of realization of the forces and
the influences that go to make up a
loyal, progressive, energetic commun-
ity. What better immediate return
from the cable could be asked than the
innate satisfaction OF being up-to-date?
What better recommendation could
Hawaii seek for place among the top
notchers of progress than a reputation
for natural desire to be up-to-date.
This Is the spirit that makes towns,
Territories, States and Nations move.
1t builds modern structures, develops
modern business and II is what has put
our country at the head Of the process
zion among the advancing nations OF
the world. II makes men more active,
increases their comforts and promotes
their material welfare. Whatever prot
IL is coming from the cable is shared
solely by Hawaii. Certainly the Mac
kay interests are not coming a wealth
of income from the millions expended
en- the first link OF the first American
Pacific cable. Doubtless the innate
satisfaction of being up-to-date largely
influenced the elder Mackay in start
ing this project which indi riduals, cor
Torations and even the Nation have
allowed to pass incomplete for these
many years, and urged the younger
atoms of his honored father. They
were building for the future. content
for the time being. with the qualification
that comes from constructing practical
monuments TO the advancement of tn,
worlds progress, confident that the re-
turn from their enterprise and foresight
would be a source of a fair revenu,
a. a result of binding more closely
nther equally progressive enterprises
We are told that for three weeks ha'
the cable been open for business and NJ
more tourists, warships, or ships OF
commerce have made Honolulu por
of call as result OF our closer com
munication with the main centers o
the worlds activity. Now isn't tina
awful? Three weeks, the usual tim
occupied by a round trip of steamship
to San Francisco and no increase o
tourists. Can the people OF Honolulu
imagine Clarence Mackay sitting In hi
New York Office and sadly comment
ing. Three weeks, and no dividen
from the Hawaiian cable. Three mil
lions spent and more to follow wit
only the innate satisfaction Of being up
to-date to put on the credit side OF tn
balance sheet"
What does Hawaii exist for II not I
be up-tO-date? What is the use Of liv
Ing If all surroundings, social, financial
moral and industrial are not up-to-dat'
Up-to-dateness has furnished the in
spiration for making Of the insight
Icant town one of the chief centers O
world wide activity. II is an asset tina
cannot be discounted even by the pes
simistic turn OF the phrase What
, the use" The up-to-date features {
the cable should be and we believe wi
be made the main spring of such
= rapid progress in Hawaii, that It wi
, not know what II is to mark time |
the old grooves. II will make Of ne
Hawaii busy, contented section Of tn
, country that will lead men TO wonde
, how they could have been content wit
A old Hawaii II will create n united
: intelligent people who find a most 81
preme satisfaction in being up-to-dat