Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-19
THE EFFEvT ON HAWAII

While specializing on the business
eject Of the san Francisco disaste;
there ig every reason why our pCOp,a
should not allow themselves " get into
q pauir-strluken Or pcssimistiC franz
at mind.
Even In times Of great disaster, II Il
sim true that conditions are largely
what the people make them.
II Honolulu decides that this wreck
OF san Francisco VIII ruin the city and
must take Hawaii along into the mesa
of wrecked confidence and business
staguatiOn Honolulu can In this man
nor certainly so long way toward
bringing about the fulhllment Of dire
prediction
But san Francisco though suffering
terrible injury will not in all human
probability be satisfied TO lie dormant
In the ushCs of It's present destruCtiGI
Honolulu should then refuse to follow
I'm the trail of misfortune by Inference
and accept a bad name because OF our
association with great city that has
suffered
san Francisco citizens will not sit Oh
the ruins Of their homes and curse the
unkind fate. They will be up and
doing. They will fight manfully ana
GOurageOusly. Unless the world Is
booked for an upheayal that portends
the end Of all human activity tho panic
will subsidc. People will not stay a.
nome to break their nccks By a fall
down stairs, because they feel that By
going abroad they may get mixed up IN
some fell disaster.
san Francisco will recover.
Under any circumstances Honolulu
IS going far aicld to seek trouble II il
inaugurates a campaign within its own
borders to convince the people that this
city should 20 to pot because san Fran
cisco has had an earthquake.
Any community looking for trouble
can usually get il.
Any community that sets up cry
as to what others will think OF II Oh
account Of something that has hap
penCd elsewhere can thereby cause
many more people TO turn thelr
thoughts in the same channel.
ANY community naturally begins TO
wonder where the crust will crack next
and the people who suggest that the
crust Is thinnest in their vicinity have
promise Of making many converts.
The Bulletin Is not an expert on
earth tremOrs and wouldn't attempt
to predict whether the whole Pacific
Coast will break on the edge OF the
continent and the sea reach the
Rockies. We don't appreciate the ne
ecssity Of spending time on these mat
tiers. They are ripe topics for Mother
Grundy and her followers.
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do is to combat at every point the sen
timont Of needless worry and idle
speculation over possible disasters.
rOnoulu has not burned up or down.
san Francisco will not request as 4
mark Of our sympathy, that these Is
lands cease TO be rs attractive as they
have always been, or that our business
hlen shall throw up their hands In
despair. II Is not easy to be cheerful
Yhen sister city 10 known to be in
great distress. At the same time il Is
tplly to make the situation worse than
Il is by dwelling on the darkest side OF
d prolific imagination.
a Honolulu Will continue to grow. Il
will continue TO refuse to be put out
81 action. What setbaCks II might suf-
rr should inspire the people to u
greater energy and more unity in over
coming real and imaginary obstacles.
a II is Just as easy to assume that our
climate and the natural attractions Of
Hawaii will draw with as much power
pcXt year as they have this If new
Htuation has arisen, meet 1t. And that
~ a manner becoming clear-headcd,
vigorous men who know no such wor
ns fail. .,.r... .. ........ ...