The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-07
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proceeds. a method not less dictated
I by the uncertainty OF his returns.
4 than by his desire 20 ensure their con-
tinuance In his service. and 20 Interest
them in the success OF their pcr1ious
employment. He ~ nearly equally
/ limited with the fur trader In his range
OF speculation, and equally destitute
Of the means q supply IN cases Of ac-
cident or distress.
Under such circumstances II IL not
extraordinary that the British share
Of the commerce OF the Pacihc Ocean,
should be small: that the fishing Of the
spermaceti whale should be alone our
sued. that OF the black whale being
utterly unable 20 defray SIS expenses.
and that OF the FUR traders who enter
THE port OF Canton. four-fiftha should
be Americans. who are encouraged 20
this perseverance. partly by greater
economy IN the details Of their voy-
age. partly by their higher apprccia-
ton OF minute profits. but more than
ali. BIZ their habifuai application Of the
resources afforded by the sandwich
Islands IN 17ss Captain vancouver
found three American seamen left By
their employer az Woahoo. on perrnA-
neut wages % eight dollars a month.
To collect Tor him a cargo % sandal
wood. and the necessary rcfroahmonts
on his return. In 1919. Afr. Turnbun
found several q them eatablianmd
about the person OF Tamaah-maah.
and holding positions ~ truNt under
his government. and in 1sio. Camp
bell counted al one time sixty white
persons AZ WaohOo, now become tho
residence q that prince. II IL true.
they stan respected the British nag
displayed by him ever since his ac-
acknowledgement Of the supreme sover-
eighty Of Great Britain. and equally
true. mat the greater number Of these
men were English deserzers. and ref
uEee convicts from New south Wales
But s. cannot be doubted. that among
a rude people personal affection. c.
mented by the Interchange OF COM
nercial benefits. viii FAR outweigh any
abstract attachment 90 a rag. and We
are not now % learn. that renerads
EnEllshmen. OF whatever Inscription.
become in principle and views. Amer
leans % the worst and most hostile
description. The proof and extent %
the danger are contained in the CON-
parative statement q the intercourus
In lslo. ~ twelve ships
which touched a. these Islands. two
were English. one Russian and nine
Americans.
The following are some ~ the prfn-
1IpaI commercial advantages which
would seem attached % the establish
nent q a British settlement az the
same place. They are calculated prin-
,ipaly GA the Euppositlon ~ the Isth-
nus - Panama remaining shut %
commercial enterprize. the EuppDsition
ln which the acquisition Of some of
the military advautaEes above DETAIL
a would seem least Cl-vplel0uEiy De-.
irable.
j. The whale fishing would be prns-
.-utrd in vessels belonging fH thHH new
colony. The fishermen would also be-
onE O. it. and these bold. adventurous
seamcn would o. constantly employed
10 those functions. of which their Exh
md infrepidity secure t1 Them TIE mo-
l0poly instead o. passing. aH they d
now. the greater part ~ thflr Tine 81
j lab0rI1us passage f1 and from The
scene 90 employment They would
lsu their oL and purify their sperrma-
.e-i on the spot and reduce them %
heir most portable state before en-
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