The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-21
BISHOP HAMILTON



| But these are the facts
Wen, then. that brings me back 10
the first proposition. that with this
westward trend OF civilization and
| progress Honolulu is at the cross
! roads Of all the great highways Of the
| world. The tide Of progress must wash
at your gates as II goes by. The west
| ern pushing outward Of the Christian
| tides looks 10 the east past Honolulu,
| and the eastern people look 10 the
| westward. In either outlook, stand
] these islands. The shortest way from
/ the rim Of d circle across il is through
| the center-and you are at the center.
| 1T has been estimated that the coun-
| ties that border upon the Pacific con-
| tain about three-fourths of the total
| population Of the whole world. Al
| ready you have steamship lines reach
| ing 10 san Francisco and to China and
Japan and Australia, and the Southern
| islands. II has been said in the news
papers within the past few days that
l. the steamship lines from Seattle,
operating the largest vessels on the
Pacific. viii find themselves COM
PEELED by the position of these islands
10 send their boats down this way
They cannot overlook you.
Los ANGELES y WINNER
The newspa pers have LIKEWISE
spoken Of a steamship line to be oper-
ated between Honolulu and San Pedro.
San Pedro means Los Angeles. and
that line viii strike the trade Of San
Francisco al a vulnerable spot, be-
cause those steamers viii give a
shorter line between the Orient and |
Chicago than the lines via san Fran |
cisco, over the Salt Lake railway. This |
viii open new line of travel. never |
theless, I believe that San Francisco /
VIII hold its supremacy and that the /
tremendous race movement to the
westward VIII come through that part, /
which is 10 be the worlds next great
city Los Angeles will excel Seattle,
however. Tt has already gone ahead Of
II, as the clearing house returns for the
past year viii show. This is the test
and Los Angeles exceeded Seattle by
over one hundred millions of dollars.
With these lines of travel centeringI
here and bound TO center here. with the
line that viii grow from the trade
the lumber trade between
Alaska and the Australian colonies
from Valdez or Seward. straight away
1
predict viii run from v1adivostock
across the Pacific via Honolulu. and
lastly when the Panama Canal opens
entirely new maps of travel with
Honolulu in the direct line of the ships
you can see that if you had not re-
source Of your own here. but only de-
pended upon the trade Of the ships. the ,
supplies and that, this would newt !
, HI AL
md commerce. Why, even the line
rom Cape Horn touches close TO these
Stands This is the most remote
sand spot from any other land. and :
he cable is here. All the steamers >
hat cross the Pacific must stop at a
honolulu to report and to get orders
RICH NATURAL RESOURCES e
And more than that, there are your
aturaI resources of surprising rich :
less. You 90 not raise the bulk OF the
ugar Of the world. but one OF the =
Teatest sugar Industries OF the world
: here. and your methods are the most
dvanced and your soil the most pro- 81
uctive. The climatic conditions are II
erfect, and you can build here the II
reatest sanitariums Of the world for 81
avaIids who require an eQuable tenn Il
erature and freedom from climatic <
igors. This IS even a better climate a.
aan that Of Southern California. for a.
on do not have the cold fogs nor the
aw days that they do occasionally. u
Naturally. when this becomes more u
-ideIy known. there viii be a draw Of
1urists here. This tide is already set =
ng in. There are many people now +
ou1ing 10 Hawaii. and there viii be =
lore when people get over their ter
5rs of sea voyage. which after all is y,
IS 10 be feared here at most times NJ
ian in the North Atlantic
7 believe that the day is coming when a.
lere wiz be cheaper fares 10 Hawaii, NJ
hen the round trip can be made for
II, sevsnty-1ve dolIars-and then The a
sopie ont Of tie mn lie west VIII are ~
ek7ng for Q alder climate in All "
r11ia viii come a little further ani al
10 over here. There can be no doubt
at the great bulk Of the Ameri~aa n,
.ople do not know what we have Al
these islands. The tide Of travel III
nong Americans who have wealth
ID leisure is toward the old woriG Of
~. and not out this way When *
9 larger knowledge is & fused among el
2 masses, as il must ne cone by = III
lnber Of men working toward the h
me end. this viii be changed AM
u and I wiz live 70 see the tide
rned- II
Why, even the Congress Of the Unit 90
States does not yer appreciate -he "
-ger possession. and we must explode "a
ne dynamite there 10 get them fitted
legislate for the whole broad coun- -
: instead Of for small part Of II y
: leaders Of thought the men Of o.
oyvIedge. are in the minority as yet il.
COLLEGE FOR INTALIDS. he
When the tide turns this way. this
JlId be an ideal place for the estab- 70
.menr Of a great college for the edu- / lea
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