The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-30

torre sud reverence fm tas chflssiss
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in. tioufrr IN tiis anal Nnaiysis
I IH uuT uf nr1'a men ! rof1r ffniu A
u I.nnrtr family nysrif ttaunhttfl
/ ut satnuait ard hunar hfieht uhat
\ hns made az great has hren the Iik
noer spirit the pioneer In commerce
aud missionary nrids. our ancestors
settled upoa the Atlantic Coast and
their children went ON % the pioneer
settlements until finally they reached
! the pacinr Coast hut N I have un.
derstood history Alright. the face IL
that civilization was planted here
long before II was established on the
Pacific Coast
"This development here has been rc-
markable No one who has not come
| out here to Hee, can believe u. | have
been permitted thus far to visit two
| Islands, and I have done them thor
oughly, There In upon every hand evil
dencc that the past In to be- made
more rcsplendent In the future. You
will more and more hold out Invita-
lions to those who wish To come to
make residence with you. Temperate
ly or otherwise.
II was shown a map of this western
world by distinguished native son
OF Hawaii. which had lines running
from the middle ~ every direction like
spokes from wheel. He put his fin
ger modostly on the map-that was
your Governor Frear. and he Is -
mighty good Governor you have got
dong anplause), n man OF discerning
Judgment tApplause) Tonight when
he was called to either listen to the
! appeals of members of the Legislature
or myself. he wisely chose the former.
OLaughter) He pointed to this man
and said, Hawaii Is the hub of the
western world said. All things cen.
ter here and he said. No; all things
. radiate from here; we are the cross
l roads of the Pacific
81 have believed for years. and one
of the objects of my trip through to
the Orient is to confirm my precon-
ceivcd opinion, that tho theater of
future commercial supremacy il to cen
ter in the Pacific. | have believed that
we are not TO have n back door to the
Pacific any longer, but that we are TO
: face TO the east and to face to the
, west and welcome all corners in the
great commercial contest of the future.
:" AS | have said before, the annexa-
ton of Hawaii resulted rs military
necessity. But it is to Mckinley and
his genius that Hawaii is now part
of the United States. (Applause). I
believe that not only would Hawaii be
strategic point in time of war but
strategic center for peace, not con
, test at the point of gun or the sword
. but through the intelligent devotion
of the people of the United States in
the cultivation of friendship for the
children of men throughout the globe.
$50 / believed in Hawaiians annexa-
: tion because of war and peace, be-
cause of peace more than war, for ]
believe in the years before us there is
: not n power on God y earth that will
: knowingly raise hand against the
Republic of the United States. Gap
;, plausc).
= "This club is devoted to the prin-
\ ciples of the extension of commerce.
y Our interests are so interlaced that
y they can never separate. Our com
N merce is increasing with leaps and
:, bounds II is the marvel of modern
= times. | know of no great marvel to
:, compare with it unless il be wireless
;, telegraphy. The latter brings Homo
lulu and San Francisco into close con
;. tact. We have outstripped most Of
. our commercial competitors in the race.
a "We have made great progress in
% many avenues, but there is one woeful
+, matter that | must call attention to,
n and that is that the United States
i should be practically carrying our en-
A tire commerce, not under its own flag,
but under foreign flags.
a I'VE are building canal. and TO the
A genius OF Mckinley we are indebted
o. prise We are proclaiming the cana
II everywhere, but the fact is that al
10 though built by American capita
4 when II IS finished the toll.keepers
h viii be receiving foreign tribute.
Ie at IL not for me to point out why
this Is so. have faith to believe tina,
u our people are waking up to a real
,r ization OF this national deficiency and
ell thai in due time we will have ouI
ID fair share of home trade. believe In
III the ultimate development of a larger
m merchant marine, and we should take
Z our share in competition with other.
10 corresponding with the magnitude o
IL our commerce upon the seas.
y "And now, in conclusion, / will speaI
on another matter. We like people I,
Sc come to us: we have hospitality fol
1
lie world. Somehow. should like to SET
al this American Territory occupied by
re those whose blood Is the blood tina
nj ran through the veins of our ances
III tors and by those whose aspirations
re are the aspirations OF the American
gu people.
ne zone of the things that lmpresses m,
y Is the need of diversified Industries. Il
n is impossible to make the larger prog
ress, baslng your hopes upon one In
II dustry. The United States agricul
ii. turaI department is one of the mos
10 progressive of the government. L
makes two blades grow where but on,
IN grew before. That should be thu
a. watchword of Hawaii In the future
p Captain Rees and Dewey.
Captain Rees followed Or. Fair
Vi banks speaking largely of the Amer
D. lean Navy and giving some interest
w. ing history in connection with the bat
tie of Manila bay, eleven wears agJ